Tourists in Christchurch are being kicked out of the international airport and some are sleeping rough while they wait for early morning connections.
Calls are growing for the Auckland Council to rethink its plans for more intensive housing.
Now police in one city have reported dramatic results, slashing the number of burgled homes by two-thirds in just two months.
A man is dead and a woman is critically injured after an incident involving a firearm and a 38-year-old man has turned himself into police.
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