58 h. ago 'Want my life back': Woman in ACC limbo after rare blood clot

Nataly Vitreras spent a week in Dunedin Hospital. Photo: supplied By Melanie Earley and Rayssa Almeida of RNZ  A woman who developed a rare blood clot in her brain more than four months ago says she's stuck in limbo and unable to work while ACC investigates her case.

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4 d. ago Dunedin man accused of torching Southland home named in court

The house on fire in Waikaia in February last year. Photos: NZ Police The identity of a man accused of a Waikaia arson can now be revealed.

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9 d. ago Fan group calls out FIFA over 'extortionate' World Cup ticket prices

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the FIFA World Cup 2026 match schedule announcement last week. Photo: Reuters Football Supporters Europe (FSE) has called on FIFA to immediately halt sales of national team allocations for next year's World Cup, accusing football's governing body of imposing "extortionate" ticket prices that risk shutting ordinary fans out of the tournament.

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1 week ago Feud between farming family and market leads to accusations of 'sour grapes'

Broadview Produce owners Will and Gemma Thian harvest kale on their Southbridge farm. Photo: Geoff Sloan A feud is brewing between the Otago Farmers Market and a family-run farm from Canterbury, which has opened a stall outside the market’s gates.

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1 week ago 'Denying everyone and seeing what sticks': The toll of ACC's squeeze

Jacob Hamlin Photo: Supplied By Anusha Bradley of RNZ

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1 week ago Thailand launches airstrikes against Cambodia as tensions reignite

People rest at a shelter, following fresh military clashes between Thailand and Cambodia along parts of their disputed border, in Buriram province, Thailand. Photo: Reuters Thailand said it launched airstrikes into Cambodia on Monday as fighting broke out in multiple areas along their disputed border, after both countries accused the other of breaching a ceasefire brokered by US President Donald Trump.

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2 w. ago Obituary: from Tawa to Hollywood, ‘Warriors’ director’s epic journey

Lee Tamahori at The Devil's Double premiere during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Photo: Getty Images Lee Tamahori won acclaim with his first feature film in 1994, an adaptation of the Alan Duff novel Once Were Warriors.

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2 w. ago Crown closes case in murder trial: 'It's not rocket science'

Gurjit Singh, who was killed in his Liberton home in January last year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The evidence against a Dunedin man accused of viciously murdering his former employee is "completely overwhelming", the Crown says. 

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2 w. ago Deputy PM accuses Chch principal of being media 'frequent flyer'

Some of the rancid lunches had already been eaten by students. Photo: Supplied By Jessica Hopkins of RNZ Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour has labelled the principal of the Christchurch school where children ate mouldy school lunches a "frequent flyer in the media".

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3 w. ago Hong Kong mourns victims of fire that killed 128 and counting

The charred remnants of the apartment complex that went up in flames in Hong Kong. Photo: Reuters Hong Kong's leaders oversaw a ceremony on Saturday to mourn the at least 128 people killed in a high-rise apartment complex fire, a toll that is likely to rise further with 200 others still unaccounted for days after the tragedy.

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3 w. ago Glove fragment takes centre stage at Gurjit Singh murder trial

Rajinder is accused of stabbing Gurjit Singh to death at his Liberton home. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON The detached thumb of a glove was found just metres from the body of a partially decapitated Dunedin man, a court has heard.

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