A 32-year-old man was arrested after one officer died and another was seriously injured in the incident in the South Island city of Nelson.

A software engineer has completed his year-long challenge of doing 300 press-ups every day in memory of his mother who had multiple sclerosis (MS), raising more than £10,000 for charity.

The last crossings of the year took place on December 29, when 291 people made the journey from France in six boats.

Harry Chandler, a US Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbour after Japan’s attack on the naval base in 1941, has died at the age of 103. He died at a senior ...