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[ad_1] A wildlife ecologist says it is “highly unlikely” that a black panther is roaming the Canterbury highlands. There have been multiple recent sightings of what is apparently a great black cat, a Canterbury legend that has been around since at least the late 1970s. During Labor Weekend, Mark Orr …

[ad_1] Beleaguered Dunedin City Councilman Lee Vandervis will leave two seats on the committee. He has refused to apologize for what an investigator found to be intimidating behavior at a July board meeting, deciding instead to resign from both the Otago Museum Board of Trustees and the Dunedin district licensing …

[ad_1] Supplied Bir Bahadur Poudel, 70, missing from Palmerston North, was last seen on John F Kennedy Drive at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, October 23. Palmerston North Police are searching a Milson Creek after reporting sightings near a Bhutanese man who has been missing for six days. The last confirmed …

[ad_1] The Superior Court has appointed attorneys to hear the stories of former and current Gloriavale members after a former resident brought civil proceedings against community leaders. More than 600 people have left the West Coast Christian community in recent years, with some alleging mistreatment, lack of freedom, job problems, …

[ad_1] The driver tried to turn onto Burnett St but failed: he hit a light pole and hit bushes. Photo / Peter McIntosh The driver of a vehicle that crashed into a bush while allegedly fleeing police in Dunedin yesterday is the same man who reportedly banged on doors and …

[ad_1] It may be an unprecedented catch, but the fisherman who pulled a 44.3-pound (20.1-kilogram) brown trout from the Mackenzie hydroelectric canals near Twizel wishes to remain anonymous. The man, who just wants to be known as “Seamus of Tūrangi,” brought the screech fish to the Razza Bar and Bistro …

[ad_1] The woman pleaded guilty to a representative count of fraud. Photo / NZ Herald A former Canterbury DHB employee who defrauded the organization and spent the money on gambling and a lavish lifestyle was sentenced to three years in prison. The Serious Fraud Office found multiple fraudulent transactions between …

[ad_1] Another added that Anderson-Hill “filled our days with joy.” “I loved you [sic] like the sister I never had and will always love you. “ Detective Sergeant Damon Wells said officers want to speak to anyone who may have been near the Cattlestop Crag climbing area on Sunday. “He …

[ad_1] Rosalie Anderson-Hill left her home in downtown Christchurch on a black skateboard on Saturday night. He was wearing a hooded robe. Two days later, a pair of climbers found the body of the 21-year-old at the bottom of a cliff in Port Hills. How he got there is a …

[ad_1] Town hall workers clear pohutukawa trees from Harborside Dr trail and road, Karaka, following the mysterious logging. Photo / Supplied Police are appealing any sighting of a man with a chainsaw believed to have cut down eight pohutukawa trees just weeks before flowering. Auckland City Council was called in …