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There has been a serious road incident in the North Waikato this afternoon, the New Zealand Transport Agency has advised.

There will be plenty to talk about at the Roxburgh Area School 150th jubilee next Easter, including a Lotto win by one of the organisers.

Traffic mayhem is hitting motorists attempting to flee Auckland for the beaches of Northland.

A man has a busted ankle after he crashed a paraglider into the side of Mount Maunganui this afternoon.

Petrol prices may fall to around $1.70 a litre in some parts of New Zealand where Australian player Gull is savagely discounting, an energy specialist tips.

Hundreds of people waiting to board the troubled Cook Strait ferry Aratere have been told the ferry has broken down again and the 2.45pm sailing from Wellington to Picton has been cancelled.

KiwiRail is to replace its 31-year-old Cook Strait rail ferry Arahura with the Swedish-owned ferry Stena Alegra.

Sealord today confirmed it will cut 70 factory jobs, 11 office-based jobs and another 30 contract workers will no longer be needed at its Nelson wetfish factory.

Kiwi retailers are today hoping to cash in on "Black Friday", America's biggest shopping day of the year, by luring consumers with promises of big discounts on goods ahead of Christmas.

The man wanted by police in connection to a triple stabbing on Auckland's North Shore this morning has been found.