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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1 week ago Classical music, opera scares off miscreants at Christchurch bus hub

The Christchurch Bus Interchange. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon By Jean Edwards Dramatic orchestral symphonies, soaring operatic solos and piano sonatas have been blasting from speakers at Christchurch's bus interchange in a council trial aimed at driving trouble away.

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1 week ago Reports three rescued after yacht capsizes off Bank Peninsula

Three people were rescued from a yacht capsize off Banks Peninsula. Photo: supplied/Facebook/Anita Osborne A rescue operation has been carried out near Little Akaloa on Banks Peninsula.

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2 w. ago Warning hospitals aren't ready for violent patients without police help

Mental Health Foundation chief executive Shaun Robinson says there needs to be some replacement if police aren't supporting mental health callouts. Photo: RNZ Medical and mental health experts are warning that hospitals are not ready to take care of violent mental health patients without police support.

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2 w. ago Severe wind watch for Banks Peninsula, 'mini tornado' hits town

The North Island town of Levin has been hit with a "mini-tornado" which took down trees and lifted roofs this morning.

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2 w. ago Hospice Care Trust set to wind down operations after 37 years

Waitaki Hospice Community Trust chairman Brian Robinson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The Waitaki Hospice Care Trust, which has provided vital support to the terminally ill across North Otago since the late 1980s, is set to wind down its operations.

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3 w. ago Canterbury council opts to start new company to manage water

Selwyn district councillors opted to set up a new company to manage water. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Selwyn district councillors have decided to establish a new company to manage water.

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3 w. ago Revenue set to double for Chch company specialising in hydrogen fuel tech

Fabrum co-founders Hugh Reynolds, left, and Christopher Boyle at their Christchurch headquarters. PHOTO: TIM CRONSHAW A Christchurch company leading the way in zero-emission transition technologies is about to build hydrogen fuel stations - firstly in Invercargill and then in its home city.

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4 w. ago How a UC runner set the pace for teen's four minute mile record

Ethan Smolej during Sam Ruthe’s (black singlet) sub-four minute mile attempt in Auckland. PHOTO: MICHAEL DAWSON/ATHLETICS NZ When Ethan Smolej stepped off the track at the halfway mark of the ACA Mile Night in Auckland, he wasn’t disappointed – he knew he had done his job perfectly.

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