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Fire at Auckland Kāinga Ora apartment block
Source: Radio New Zealand A close-up of the Fire and Emergency NZ logo. Marika Khabazi / RNZ Dozens of firefighters are tackling a fire at a block of Kāinga Ora...
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Month: May 2026
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Minister acknowledges resignation of FMA Chair
Source: New Zealand Government Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Cameron Brewer has accepted Financial Markets Authority (FMA) Chair Craig Stobo’s offer of resignation, following the completion of an independent review...
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Roadmap approved for Auckland’s future transport spending
Source: Auckland Council Auckland Council has signed off its first-ever transport policy statement – a document that sets out how the city will plan and invest in transport in the...
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Why planning reforms have people concerned about the Waitākere Ranges and development
Source: Radio New Zealand The Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area includes about 27,000 hectares of coastal forest hills and beaches in West Auckland. RNZ/Nick Monro Explainer – Could government planning reforms...
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Baby Soul Mathew Turany’s cause of death still a mystery more than a decade later
Source: Radio New Zealand Soul Mathew Turany. Supplied / Facebook The cause of a Canterbury baby’s catastrophic head injury remains a mystery more than a decade after the child’s death....
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Property, vehicles and cash seized in Mangapapa operation
Source: New Zealand Police Police have seized property, vehicles and cash as part of a multi‑agency operation targeting drugs and money laundering in Gisborne. Last week, a search warrant was...
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Murchison man found with illegal firearms, explosives and drugs
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Senior Sergeant Micaela Rolton, Nelson Police A man will face court this week following a search at a Murchison property where guns and...
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Tiwai Point workers go on strike over slow pace of collective employment agreement talks
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Workers at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter say they are sick of waiting after more than two years of unsuccessful bargaining. E tū...
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Events – Excitement builds ahead of Electrify Queenstown 2026
Source: DESTINATION QUEENSTOWN & LAKE WĀNAKA TOURISM Queenstown, New Zealand (4 May 2026) – Tickets are nearly sold out for the third Electrify Queenstown (17-19 May), with a major political...
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Update – Rethink of Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill urged
Source: New Zealand Institute of Safety Management A coalition of New Zealand’s peak workplace health and safety organisations – representing employers, workers, and health and safety professionals – has written jointly...
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Workforce Safety – Rethink of Health and Safety at Work Amendment Bill urged
Source: New Zealand Institute of Safety Management A coalition of New Zealand’s peak workplace health and safety organisations – representing employers, workers, and health and safety professionals – has written jointly...
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Health: Asthma and Respiratory Foundation – “Please don’t die today” a mother’s fight against asthma
Source: Asthma and Respiratory Foundation “I love you, Mummy. Please don’t die today.” That’s what Jade Stevens’ five-year-old son whispered to her one morning before school. For Jade, a mother-of-three from...
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Health – Overwhelming Public Support for Prostate Cancer Screening Programme in New Zealand – especially from women
Source: Prostate Cancer Foundation New Zealanders, especially women, have sent a clear and urgent message: it is time for a national prostate cancer screening programme. New independent polling of 1,000...
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Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming pays back $500 for taxpayer-funded stays at hotels during affair
Source: Radio New Zealand Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ / Mark Papalii Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming has paid back $500 in relation to taxpayer-funded...
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Seymour bemoans critics reducing immigration debate to ‘soap opera’ politics
Source: Radio New Zealand ACT leader David Seymour. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone David Seymour says ACT’s immigration policy is a long-held approach aimed at tackling real challenges, and those claiming...
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‘Forced off the land’: Lifestyle block owner hits out at Napier’s plan to make rates ‘fairer’
Source: Radio New Zealand Bay View resident Robert Best says finding ways to cut back spending to pay for rates is hard on a fixed income. LINDA HALL / LDR...
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Activist Sector – NZ must reject any Hormuz involvement – Peace Action Wellington
Source: Peace Action Wellington The NZ Government has received an invitation from the US to participate in a multilateral force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The US State Department...
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Health Tech – Live cross-continent robotic surgery at Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress 2026
Source: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) The 94th Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Annual Scientific Congress (ASC) 2026, held at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre from 29...
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Internships Take Centre Stage as Students Prioritise Career Outcomes in Higher Education Choices
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 4 May 2026 – As students increasingly evaluate higher education options through the lens of employability, internships have emerged as a...
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State-owned farming enterprise Pāmu selects new equity partners for Mahiwi farm
Source: Radio New Zealand Wairoa sheep and beef farmers Alice Wilson and Cameron Hassall have been selected as Pāmu’s new equity partners for Mahiwi Farm. Supplied State-owned farming enterprise Pāmu...
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Police appeal for sightings of missing Hamilton boy TJ
Source: Radio New Zealand TJ was last seen on 29 April. Supplied / NZ Police Police have appealed for sightings for a boy missing from Hamilton. Eleven-year-old TJ was last...
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Infant milk formula exporter a2 Milk recalls batches in United States
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Infant milk formula exporter a2 Milk has recalled three batches of Synlait-manufactured a2 Platinum infant milk formula in the United States due to the presence...
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Charge dropped against man whose partner was fatally shot by police
Source: Radio New Zealand Scene at Clyde Rd in Bryndwr last August. RNZ / Adam Burns A charge has been dropped against a man whose partner was shot dead by...
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Kids TV is broken – Can Suzy Cato fix it?
Source: Radio New Zealand There’s something about beloved child entertainer Suzy Cato’s return to television programming that reminds me of Mary Poppins Returns. You probably didn’t see the movie, so...
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Man who spray-painted racist graffiti in Auckland claimed he was drunk, didn’t remember
Source: Radio New Zealand A 61-year-old man has admitted he was behind the anti-Indian graffiti. RNZ / Liu Chen A man who spray-painted anti-Indian graffiti near an Auckland school last...
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BNZ profit takes hit on one-off accounting adjustment
Source: Radio New Zealand BNZ. (File photo) A one-off adjustment related to how it accounts for software spending has seen BNZ post a 38 percent drop in profit for the...
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Orca calf found washed up on Auckland’s Orewa Beach
Source: Radio New Zealand A necropsy will be carried out to determine the cause of the orca’s death. RNZ / Rhonywn Newson A juvenile orca found washed ashore on an...