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“Short, sharp, loud, and quite violent.” That’s how Milford Sound Tourism Limited operations manager Jason Steel described the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that struck 40km north of Te Anau at 9.14pm on Thursday. Steel was in a house in the...
A Southland man told a 9-year-old girl he would hurt her, her mother and her family if she spoke out about his sexual abuse. He then proceeded to perform indecent acts on her for the next four years before raping her. Joshua John Just, 38, was...
The Tenancy Tribunal has ruled a prisoner is not on the hook for rent arrears while in custody. The landlords, Lyndon Charles Franks and Cathryn Mary Williams, originally claimed arrears of $8650 up until December 2025, including storage...
I’ve had a few requests recently for more stovetop recipes, particularly meals that don’t require turning on the oven but still deliver the comforting flavours we crave in the cooler months. While I love a slow-cooked dinner, there is something...
The Odyssey (M, 172 mins) Directed by Christopher Nolan Reviewed by Graeme Tuckett Back in the early 2000s, Christopher Nolan had the hits Memento and Insomnia on his CV – as well as an earlier thriller called Following – and he had broken...
