Train-truck collision on Kapiti Coast under investigation
The flatbed truck carrying a digger was stopped on the tracks, when the freight train smashed into it.
RNZ 
Tamborine Mountain travel guide: Best wellness retreats and things to do
Tamborine Mountain sits 525m above the Gold Coast, wrapped in rainforest views.
NZ Herald Travel 
Labor criticised over worker visa rule backflip that could affect thousands
Tens of thousands of people from the Pacific and East Timor currently work in Australia under the PALM scheme.
SBS News 
DOC launches new cadet programme: 'It's about making a real difference'
"It's not just your fitness, it's the resilience", says DOC as it launches a new cadet programme.
Wattie’s NZ taking fewer tomatoes, corn, beetroot until demand increases
Ministry is probing claims Chinese imports are undercutting local producers.
NZ Herald Business 
UK vets face price caps after competition review
Watchdog finds regulatory system is ‘not fit for purpose’
Financial Times 
Otago Daily Times 
'Touch to exit' security switch recalled as it may allow unauthorised access to secure areas
The fault "could allow an unauthorised person access to a secure area without a user first touching their hand to the device".
Four fresh faces at the council table
Torrone Smith. Photos: Gerrit Doppenberg Gerrit Doppenberg takes a look at the new faces soon to be around the Gore District Council table.
Gore District Council preliminary results
PHOTO: SANDY EGGLESTON The preliminary results for the Gore District Council elections held on Saturday, October 11 are as follows.
Police Association elects new president
Senior sergeant Steve Watt has been with police for 25 years.
Bell delighted with community support
Gore District Mayor Ben Bell, the "reigning and defending" youngest mayor in New Zealand, is returning for a second term. PHOTO: GERRIT DOPPENBERG Gore District Mayor Ben Bell said his re-election showed how confident the community was in him, regardless of a shaky first term.
Gore District tops voter turnout in Southland
The Gore District election had a great voter turnout, resulting in some new faces joining the council, as well as all standing incumbents returning for another term.
NZ's high-level credit rating reaffirmed
S&P says the ratings could be lowered if the budget deficit does not narrow as expected. Photo: RNZ Leading credit agency S&P Global Ratings has reaffirmed New Zealand's AA+ rating with a stable outlook, but noted budget deficits and debt need to be tackled.
Emergency response time to White Island eruption questioned at coronial inquest
The coronial inquest also heard police did not follow the prepared eruption response plan in 2019.
Looking back
Photo: files In January 1887 a company was formed to construct and operate a dairy factory in Mataura, which was up and running by November of that year.