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Months to fix major slip in Dunedin

The Dunedin City Council says it will take months to fix a road wrecked by a large slip. About 30 metres of hillside that held up the Upper Junction Road has fallen away in heavy rain.

Updated 15 minutes ago

Search for Rawene woman

Barbara Ann Moka.

Police in the Far North are mounting a search in south Hokianga for any sign of a Rawene woman who has been missing since 9 June. Police want to contact everyone who was at a tangi at the Omanaia marae that weekend.

Largest snowfall in decades in south

Hanmer Springs snow scene 20 June 2013.

Some inland areas of Otago and Canterbury have received their largest snowfalls in decades in a winter storm that has cut power to thousands of people. Some coastal areas are also flooded.

Updated 15 minutes ago

Mana wants to provide houses to Maori first-home buyers

The Mana Movement wants to build 10,000 state houses annually and then either sell or rent them to Maori.

Actor James Gandolfini dies

James Gandolfini.

Actor James Gandolfini, who starred as Tony Soprano in the long-running television series The Sopranos, has died in Italy. He was 51.

Updated about 1 hour ago

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