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[ad_1] A drug dealer high on methamphetamine has been jailed for more than nine years after a fatal hit and run in Christchurch. Liam Teau Ariki Strickland, 22, was fleeing police in a stolen van when he ran over and killed Dean Amies, 48, in the coastal suburb of New …

[ad_1] World number one Novak Djokovic has been sensationally disqualified in the fourth round of the US Open after hitting a linesman with a ball during the first set of his match against Spain’s Pablo Carreño Busta. Novak Djokovic checks with the linesman that he struck with a ball during …

[ad_1] A month ago, New Zealand received the news that no one wanted to hear. After 102 days with no new Covid-19 cases in the community, suddenly four members of a South Auckland family tested positive. Within weeks, the group designated as the Auckland August Cluster had expanded to become …

[ad_1] The National Party has announced its plan to address the supply and demand for methamphetamine. On a visit to Hawke’s Bay today, Leader Judith Collins announced the party’s plan that will address supplies entering prisons, target organized crime networks, increase drug dogs at airports, and establish a disputable $ …

[ad_1] Joseph Johnson / Stuff Investigators are trying to establish what caused a fire at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, Waitikiri Dive, Christchurch. A ward of Jehovah’s Witnesses is badly damaged after a series of suspicious fires in Christchurch in the next three hours overnight. It was one of …

[ad_1] A former colleague has recalled a man in his 50s who died after contracting coronavirus in Auckland as a brother he considered family. Alan Te Hiko was being treated in the intensive care unit at Auckland’s Middlemore Hospital before he died on Friday afternoon, the Health Ministry said. He …

[ad_1] Just a few months ago, Tupou Vaa’i was helping his father build wooden fences in Auckland during the first Covid-19 shutdown. The New Zealand Under-20 lockout and Taranaki had no Super Rugby contract, before Chiefs CEO Michael Collins got on the phone and sent his career through the roof. …

[ad_1] Joseph Johnson / Stuff Fire crews tackled a large fire at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses on Waitikiri Drive, Parklands. Two fires that started 30 minutes apart at places of worship in Christchurch are being treated as suspects. The alarm went off at the Christchurch Transitional Cathedral on …

[ad_1] Stuff Two assaults on the highway through Dunedin prompted calls from the police. Police are investigating two road rage incidents in Dunedin, one involving a bus driver and the other involving a windshield wiper being pulled from a vehicle. Police have yet to find a 36-year-old man, who allegedly …

[ad_1] COMMENTARY Credit where credit is due. National cannot be accused of not taking this election seriously with politics. Name me the latest Labor policy and when it was announced. At least National is pumping it. And put aside whether you agree or not, at least it’s there, at least …