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The fire spread because the houses were so close together.

Minister says conservation land needs to be protected from bulldozers and diggers.

"We are pretty excited", Bernie Monk says, as law changes to allow re-entry mooted.

No new clues after a dozen volunteers search for missing man Colin Ross over the weekend

Traffic pressure on the Lewis Pass since the Kaikoura quake may have led to a fatal crash.

Police said there would be long delays and asked motorists to avoid the area if possible.

Tim Warrington finds himself in the stunning icefields of Franz Josef Glacier.

The controversial politician says media reports he's a bully are "a real hoot".

Police were looking for George Sean Warren in relation to a shooting in Greymouth.

A neighbour said she heard one gunshot before armed police arrived.

A front is bringing wet weather to several parts of the country tomorrow.

Bernie Monk says he is "ecstatic" about new hope for re-entry.

Fingers crossed in regard to coalition promises about Buller Hospital rebuild.

Thirty years on, ex-workers will be returning for a weekend.

The Dive Squad is resuming their search for missing boatie 22-year-old Kieran Lynch.

Worried neighbours fled early this morning as a vacant house next door erupted in flames.

Tens of thousands of by-the-wind-sailors, or velella, first appeared on Blaketown Beach.

The road toll includes a young couple in love, a mother and daughter and a teen boy.

After a rocky couple of years Westland Milk Products is on the road to recovery.

The 1941 Stan Graham shootings remain the greatest single loss of police in New Zealand.

Scientists find amazing shots in remote and extreme locations

Kiwi pensioner caught with 2.5kg of cocaine is back in NZ after being cleared by jury.

The future of the Ban 1080 Party will be reassessed after an abysmal result on Saturday.

Travel is disrupted in the capital and South Island as wild winds start ramping up.

Hokitika building "well ablaze" and fire took more than an hour to bring under control.

The coalmine that once fired Greymouth's economy will be broken up and sold by tender.

A fire has completely destroyed a helicopter hangar on the West Coast.

A body has been recovered near the wreckage of the Greymouth fishing boat Wendy J.

A helicopter is heading to the site to take the person to hospital