3 d. ago Guns, firearms seized after 'distressing' hunting incident: police

Six rifles and 163 rounds of ammunition were seized. Photo: Police Canterbury police have arrested and charged two people following an illegal hunting incident which saw a firearm discharged within 40m of a house.

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4 d. ago Raise the Woof: How Finnegan 'changed our lives for the better'

Nina Romain and her dog Finnegan are taking part in the Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust’s Raise the Woof fundraiser during May. Photo: Supplied Before Nina Romain adopted her american staffordshire, Finnegan, she was into cats.

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9 d. ago Christchurch restaurant owner who served up unsafe food has sentence reduced

By Al Williams, Open Justice reporter

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1 week ago 'Disgusting job for our rangers': Track workers covered in dog poo

Contractors return from clearing a Bluff track covered from head to toe in dog excrement thrown about by scrub-cutters. Photo: Department of Conservation Contractors clearing a popular Bluff walking track are returning covered "from head to toe in excrement" as dog faeces reach "obscene" levels.

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1 week ago Funeral director sentencing: Company 'has not tried to hide'

Fiona Bakulich has been jailed for just over two years. Photo: Lucy Xia The co-owner of a company which employed a funeral director sentenced for interfering with human remains and obtaining money by deception says it has been an "incredibly painful chapter" for the business.

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2 w. ago 'Not acceptable': Car crash responsible for tsunami test failure

By Adam Burns of RNZ Planned testing of tsunami sirens along Christchurch's coast did not happen because the Auckland-based person responsible was dealing with a car crash outside their property at the time.

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3 w. ago Christchurch Boys' High headmaster claims he was victim of bullying

Susan Mowat says she was unfairly dismissed by Christchurch Boys' High School in 2019. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Adam Burns of RNZ A Christchurch school headmaster has wiped tears from his eyes and claimed he was the victim of bullying while giving evidence at an Employment Relations Authority hearing.

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3 w. ago 'It will have an impact on exports': Trump adds 10% tariff to NZ goods

US President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington. Photo: Reuters New Zealand exporters face hundreds of millions of dollars of tariffs on goods sent to the US as President Trump carried through with his trade charges.

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3 w. ago 'Someone’s junk is another man’s treasure': Bidding war over junk

The three-bedroom South New Brighton home fetched $368,000 at auction. The house was sold “as is, where is” and billed as “not for the faint-hearted”. Photo: Supplied A South New Brighton house overflowing with junk became a magnet for developers and bargain hunters when it was auctioned off in Christchurch.

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3 w. ago 'We put down 25 dogs that day': Puppies killed as owners reject desexing

Some adoption puppies are euthanised to make room for strays. File photo: Getty Images Dozens of puppies are being killed because some New Zealand dog owners are not desexing their pets.

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4 w. ago 'He said there’s a fire, get out now’: Dog saves owner from burning house

Peter Mcmeekan was sleeping in his bedroom when Moose started barking to let him know his house was on fire. Photo: Givelittle A Christchurch man will be forever grateful to his dog Moose who woke him during a fire.

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