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Mount Maunganui missing teen Sharon Maccanico remembered at Auckland's Domain
About 100 people came together to mourn Sharon Maccanico, one of six people missing after the slip at a holiday park last week.

Te Araroa residents band together to get through the storm
Four days on from a devastating storm, pockets of whanau remain cut off from one another on the East Coast.

Alex Pretti death: New Zealand Nurses Organisation 'appalled' at US government's killing of ICU worker
Alex Pretti was pinned to the ground, pepper-sprayed, disarmed and then shot 10 times by federal agents during a protest in Minneapolis.

Over half of government retail crime advisory group resigns
Questions have been raised about the group's value for money and the behaviour of its chair, Sunny Kaushal.

'I spent £2,000 on one event': Why Gen Z is obsessed with Hyrox
How young millennials and Generation Z - people in their twenties to early forties - have become obsessed with this fitness craze.

Thousands of children facing 'catastrophic' waits for NHS community care
A quarter of the 300,000 children waiting for community NHS care have spent more than a year waiting.

UK to join major wind farm project with nine European countries
For the first time, the new wind farms will be connected to more than one country through undersea cables.

Russia using Interpol's wanted list to target critics abroad, leak reveals
A leak exposes for the first time the extent of Russia’s misuse of Interpol to request the arrest of critics.

Minneapolis protesters march against ICE as governor urges Trump to remove agents
Second fatal shooting an 'inflection point' says Tim Walz as protests spread over Saturday's shooting of intensive care nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

As it happened: Mount Maunganui landslide recovery continues, mourners gather
The recovery teams are working in conditions that remain highly dangerous after six people were apparently killed in a landslide last week.

Caribbean cannabis growers eye budding domestic sales and exports
Producers in Jamaica and Antigua hope that increasing liberalisation will lead to higher revenues.

Police investigating 'unexplained' death in Takaka
A scene examination has been completed at the property.

Class bias should be illegal, culture review says
More than 50% of respondents to a survey on the creative sector say they experienced class bias.

'Starmer triggers Labour civil war' and 'Republicans break ranks'
Labour's move to block Andy Burnham's return to parliament dominates Sunday's papers.

NRA stress right to carry weapons in wake of Minneapolis shooting
The gun-lobby group, typically aligned with Trump, criticises a suggestion that those who carry guns risk being lawfully shot.

'This is horrifying' - Minneapolis residents reel from second deadly shooting
Two people have been shot dead by federal agents in the city in recent weeks, leaving many angry and frustrated.

Fifteen dead after Philippines ferry with 300 passengers sinks
The local coast guard is still searching for 28 missing passengers of the MV Trisha Kerstin.

Gold tops $5,000 for first time ever, adding to historic rally
Gold is seen as a so-called safe-haven asset that investors buy in times of uncertainty and low interest rates.

Make sure pupils don't ever use phones at school, Phillipson tells teachers
The education secretary says phones should not been seen during lessons, breaktimes or lunchtime.

Murder and MI5: How an extraordinary battle erupted over what the state keeps secret
Can the state, especially when it is implicated in killing, be trusted as the arbiter of what should remain confidential?