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The boss of a government agency which hired the man has known his whānau for years, but had no involvement in him getting the job, the agency says.

Police investigating the suspicious disappearance of a Marlborough woman nearly five years ago are searching a rural property with a digger.

In Block 19, Plot 331 at Christchurch's Ruru Lawn Cemetery, a nondescript plaque marks the burial site of Alfred Anderson - a man who was brutally murdered.

Angela Blackmoore was nine weeks pregnant when she was bludgeoned and stabbed in Christchurch home in 1995.

A major police investigation into abuse at Gloriavale has identified more than 100 potential victims over four decades of alleged offending.

“Gun Control NZ extends our deepest sympathies to the victims of the Auckland shooting. Our thoughts are with the victims, their family and whānau, and all those who were traumatised by this attack. We also acknowledge the bravery of the first ...

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