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Top 11 national parks in New Zealand Lonely Planet Editors 28 April 2021 New Zeland is a stunning country with no shortage of national parks © Breathing Images / Getty Images New Zealand offers boundless opportunities to scramble up scree, spot wildlife in the wild, and lose yourself in some outdoors that truly deserves the epithet “great”. Whether its the rainforest-shaded shores of Lake Waikaremoana, the recently opened Paparoa Track, or the cloud-nudging uplands of the Tonga...

The life of Queenstown artist Peter Beadle 28 Apr, 2021 07:43 PM 3 minutes to read The late Peter Beadle. Photo / Mountain Scene Other One of Queenstowns most highly-regarded artists is being remembered as a "Renaissance man", a lover of a good debate, an armchair philosopher and the holder of an irreverent sense of humour. Peter Beadle died aged 87 at Lakes District Hospital in February, having been diagnosed with dementia late in life. But his family says he never lost his appreciation of art...

Freezing temperatures: Coldest morning of year for Mackenzie District 27 Apr, 2021 07:31 PM 2 minutes to read Aoraki Mount Cook shown from a webcam at Glentanner Park. Photo / Glentanner Park Centre Digital producer, Christchurch, NZ Heralddevon.bolger@nzme.co.nz Much of the country has awoken to a chill this morning as winter looms closer. The Mackenzie District has experienced its coldest temperatures of the year so far. Twizel takes out the top spot for the coolest place with -7C followed by...

MONIQUE FORD/Stuff A tent set up by police protecting the scene was visible on Sunday. On Monday, Wellington City Council spokesman Richard MacLean said council representatives had spoken to the residents in the direct vicinity of the crime scene, with a tenant drop-in office expected to be set up on site from Tuesday. Councillors were expected to receive a written briefing on Monday afternoon. Several police officers, including forensic specialists, were combing over the scene on Sunday af...

A police forensic team arrive at the Central Park apartment complex, where a woman was found dead. Pink chalk ovals can be seen in a stairwell foyer at a Wellington City Council-run apartment complex where a woman was found dead, as the agency embarks on an immediate review, citing the safety and wellbeing of tenants as its priority. Dressed in a grey tear-resistant gown and sporting bare feet, a 42-year-old man – granted name suppression by Justice of the Peace Allan Sainsbury on Monday mo...

A tenant who lives in the Wellington apartment complex, who Stuff agreed not to name, said the death was unnerving. “It’s frightening, especially because there are a lot of old people who live in this block, a lot of women on their own. ROSA WOODS/Stuff Several police officers were at the scene on Sunday morning. “It’s an unfortunate situation, but I guess social housing ... sometimes things go off the rails.” Heavily-armed police officers were at the scene late on Saturday night...

District Court hearings in two main centres today, despite it being a public holiday 26 April 2021 Theyll be held in Christchurch and Wellington after deaths on Saturday. In Christchurch, a 28-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a man in Sydenham on Saturday afternoon. Police are still looking for sightings of the victims vehicle -- which left the Otautahi Community Housing Trust at 11.15 am. A 42-year-old man is also facing a murder charge after the death of a woman in the Well...

Police investigating after woman found dead at Wellington property Newshub 2 hrs ago © Provided by Newshub Police are investigating after a woman was found dead at a Wellington address on Saturday night. Officers were called to the Brooklyn Rd address in the suburb of Mt Cook in Wellington at about 6:30pm.  An investigation is now underway into the circumstances of the womans death.

Police investigating deaths in Christchurch and Wellington 24 Apr, 2021 09:29 AM Quick Read Police were called and investigating both deaths. File photo / Bevan Conley NZ Herald A homicide investigation has been launched in relation to the Christchurch death, police confirmed tonight. "A person has died after being located with critical injuries at an address in Sydenham, Christchurch this afternoon ... residents in the area can expect to see a continued police presence." Its understood emergen...

Date Time Wellington Police investigating death in Mt Cook Police are investigating after a woman was found deceased at a property in Mt Cook, Wellington this evening. Emergency services were called to the address on Brooklyn Road at 6.30pm. Enquiries are under way to establish the circumstances of the woman’s death. /NZ Police Public Release. This material comes from the originating organization and may be of a point-in-time nature, edited for clarity, style and length. View in full here. W...