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How a tattoo icon’s designs live on in Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand Roger Ingerton opened Roger’s Tatooart in Wellington’s Cuba Street in 1977 – and worked from the premises until he retired in 2009. The studio had received...
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Month: November 2025
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Woman critically hurt in Christchurch shooting
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene of the alleged shooting. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon A woman who lives across the road from a house where another woman was shot and critically injured...
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Queen hornet and nest found in Auckland suburb of Glenfield in past week
Source: Radio New Zealand Yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) have recently been sighted in the Auckland region. MPI have put out advisories after a queen was found on 17 October 2025....
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Radiology upgrade to double scanning capacity in Hawke’s Bay
Source: New Zealand Government More than 10,000 additional MRI and CT scans will be delivered each year for Hawke’s Bay patients, enabling faster diagnoses, following the completion of Stage 1...
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Fairer, fit-for-purpose Arms Act to improve public safety
Source: New Zealand Government Cabinet has agreed to repeal and replace the Arms Act 1983 with a new law that’s fairer, fit for purpose, and improves the safety of New...
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World Vision – Time is running out: children’s lives hang in the balance amid El Fasher crisis
Source: World Vision Nearly 82,000 people have fled El Fasher and the surrounding areas in the past two weeks Sudan is now facing one of the world’s most significant humanitarian crises,...
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Education – Open Letter to the Minister of Education: RPA Endorsement of Sector Concerns – Principals Fed
Source: NZ Principals Federation Open Letter follows: 11 November 2025 Hon Erica Stanford Minister of Education Parliamentary Buildings Wellington. Open Letter to the Minister of Education: RPA Endorsement of Sector Concerns...
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Education – Open Letter to the Minister of Education: CPPA Support for Sector Concerns
Source: NZ Principals Federation Open Letter follows: 11 November 2025 Hon Erica Stanford Minister of Education Parliament Buildings Wellington Open Letter to the Minister of Education: CPPA Support for Sector Concerns...
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Trucking Licences – Transporting New Zealand calls for review of international licence conversion processes
Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand National road freight association Transporting New Zealand is calling on NZTA to review its international truck licence conversion processes, as the Agency announced yesterday it has...
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Local News – Recount of votes in Porirua City Council’s Māori Ward
Source: Porirua City Council In a decision issued today, the District Court has ordered a recount of votes in the Parirua Māori Ward, following an application by candidate Jess Te Huia....
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First Responders – Tongariro National Park Fire Update #13
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Drones with thermal imaging equipment have begun checking the flanks of the Tongariro National Park fireground for hotspots. Fire and Emergency’s specialist drone crew completed...
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Politics and Employment – Plan to privatise meat inspectors risks food safety & export markets – PSA
Source: PSA – Meat companies using own inspectors a clear conflict of interest – Raises risk of contaminated and diseased meat being exported – Jobs and wages of inspectors likely to be cut The...
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Iwi petition against government’s removal of Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
Source: Radio New Zealand Rahui Papa, chair of Pou Tangata the NICF’s arm responsible for education. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF), supported by a coalition...
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Iwis petition against government’s removal of Treaty of Waitangi requirement in schools
Source: Radio New Zealand Rahui Papa, chair of Pou Tangata the NICF’s arm responsible for education. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The National Iwi Chairs Forum (NICF), supported by a coalition...
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Mt Eden prisoner has been on run for four days since slipping hospital escort
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are seaching for the prisoner. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A prisoner has been on the run for four days after escaping while on a hospital...
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More than 15,000 measles vaccines given during drive
Source: Radio New Zealand Vaccination efforts have ramped up as part of a nationwide Measles Immunisation Week campaign. RNZ / YouTube More than 15,000 measles vaccines were given during last...
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Police acknowledge IPCA report into justified non-fatal shooting
Source: New Zealand Police Police acknowledges the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority into a non-fatal shooting in west Auckland during September 2023. On 27 September 2023, Police received...
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Livestock trader fined $10,000 for not declaring movement of 513 NAIT cattle
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A livestock trader who failed to declare the movement of 513 cattle under the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Act, has been fined...
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Six All Whites players missing for next internationals
Source: Radio New Zealand Liberato Cacace of New Zealand. Andrew Lahodynskyj / www.photosport.nz The injury list is growing for the All Whites ahead of their next internationals. There are now...
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Wesley College kitchen worker charged after alleged sex offending involving a student
Source: Radio New Zealand Wesley College. Facebook/ Wesley College Old Students Association A kitchen worker at an Auckland school has resigned after an allegation of sexual offending involving a student....
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The Port of Auckland’s role in fight against methamphetamine
Source: Radio New Zealand Straddle carriers and containers on Fergusson Wharf at Ports of Auckland. Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye/ 123RF The Port of Auckland is working with customs and Maritime New...
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Police renew call for help over missing man Graham Russell Smith
Source: Radio New Zealand Graham Russell Smith was reported missing on 10 November 2024. NZ POLICE A year on from the disappearance of a man on a popular Wellington walking...
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Human rights complaint filed to United Nations over treatment of Māori
Source: Radio New Zealand The complaint was sent to the UN committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). AFP Prominent Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon has filed a...
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Proposed animal products notices about specified meat for export with official assurance, and official assessors
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Why we are consulting The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reviewing New Zealand’s inspection and examination requirements associated with exported meat from cattle...
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Aim to eliminate pests from Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 11 November 2025 Led by Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP), on behalf of Te Manahuna Aoraki Project (TMAP), the pest removal combines aerial 1080 application, ground-based...
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Woman critically hurt in apparent Christchurch shooting
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi Police and ambulance were called Shortland Street, Wainoni, on Monday night. Google Maps A woman has been critically injured by what police...
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‘A legacy at least as great as McCahon’ – Tattoo icon Roger Ingerton’s designs live on
Source: Radio New Zealand The new owner of the country’s oldest tattoo studio is working to honour the legacy of the shop’s late founder – the late Roger Ingerton. Roger...