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Widespread power outages affecting over 60,000 properties blamed on wet and windy conditions in Bulli, Thirroul, Woonona, and Austinmer.

Jason Tooke has served his local community of Bungay and wider Suffolk for 33 years as an On Call Crew Manager but now retired.

Jason Tooke has served his local community of Bungay and wider Suffolk for 33 years as an On Call Crew Manager but now retired.

Five men stand accused of orchestrating a clandestine flight from Papua New Guinea to Australia with more than 52 kilograms of methamphetamine on board. 

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We start with the big talk of the week: the Northern Lights!

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Hunter hospitalised after steep fall near Picton Newshub 2 hrs ago © NZ Police It took emergency crews five hours to rescue him. A 76-year-old hunter suffered a broken arm and a dislocated shoulder after falling in "very steep and challenging terrain" in Picton last week. The man was winched to safety after a five-hour rescue operation in Waikawa last Wednesday. Police launched a search and rescue operation after the mans cries were heard by local residents and another member of his huntin...

“It had submerged, but part of the structure was poking out of the water,” Grogan said on Tuesday. Authorities lost track of the drifting wreck until a commercial fishing boat struck it about 16 kilometres away at 10pm, near Cape Jackson, tearing a hole in its hull. Police search and rescue co-ordinator and Blenheim senior sergeant Peter Payne said Coastguard Marlborough delivered a pump to the fishing boat so it could remove the water it had taken on. SUPPLIED The boat sank by The Broth...