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UPDATED: 7:13am - The solicitor for the Quake Outcasts said their settlement with the Government is not an election ploy.

UPDATED: 5:47am - The statement by the North Korea ambassador to the United Nations comes two days after his country detonated its sixth and largest nuclear test.

UPDATED: 5:40am - Iran thanked Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for its handling of the annual hajj pilgrimage, saying it opened the way for negotiations between the regional rivals.

UPDATED: 9:12am - High Court Judge, Justice Sunil Kumar agreed with the unanimous opinion of the three assessors and found a school teacher, guilty of two counts of rape.

UPDATED: 9:00am - Serious concerns have been raised by a SODELPA member in relation to the comments made by SODELPA Leader Sitiveni Rabuka calling for a public poll to be conducted to determine how many leaders are engaging in adulterous affairs.

UPDATED: 7:20am - The New Zealand Parole Board confirmed its decision today to release Bouwer as he was no longer an undue risk to the community.

UPDATED: 7:15am - Analysis - The second leaders' debate saw some zingers from both Labour leader Jacinda Ardern and National's Bill English, as well as from the moderator, Newshub political editor Patrick Gower.

UPDATED: 7:10am - A man's body was found in the Waimakariri River bed in Canterbury last night.

UPDATED: 6:08am - North Korea has conducted a series of missile tests in recent months, the latest one being a nuclear test which the country's central news agency claimed ran "perfect" and fit to be loaded on to a missile.

UPDATED: 5:43am - Thomas Mason escaped without injury but was stranded without water in one of the most desolate and unforgiving places in Australia.