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Budget for Mt Messenger Bypass project nearly doubles to almost $600 million
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Ara o Te Ata – Mt Messenger Bypass project construction in February 2025. NZTA / Waka Kotahi The budget for a major Taranaki road has...
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Police investigating 90 minute string of ramraids in Christchurch
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Police are investigating a series of ramraids across Christchurch after about a dozen businesses were targeted within the space of 90 minutes. Multiple burglaries were...
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Wellington Girls College to finally get new buildings
Source: Radio New Zealand Prefabs onsite of Wellington Girl’s College. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A Wellington school is looking to put behind it years of disruption centred round its old...
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Senior Auckland detective faces criminal investigation over objectionable material
Source: Radio New Zealand Criminal investigations have begun into three police staff in relation to “misuse and inappropriate content”. RNZ / Angus Dreaver An Auckland-based detective with decades of experience...
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Wellington cleaner’s shock $20,000 discovery
Source: Radio New Zealand She opened the cushion and pulled out an old plastic bag full of $100 notes. Supplied A cleaner tidying up some dusty old chairs at a...
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Review: Pixies deliver polished walk down unconventional memory lane
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s hard enough to find time to listen to a whole album these days, given the constant demands of everyday life. So when influential US alternative...
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Second phase of inquest into pepper spray prison death of Caleb Moefa’auo begins
Source: Radio New Zealand An image of Caleb Moefa’auo positioned in the witness box. RNZ/Felix Walton Corrections officers are expected to face the Coroners Court as the second part of...
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First recipients of social investment funding revealed
Source: Radio New Zealand Social Investment Minister Nicola Willis. RNZ / Mark Papalii The government has announced the first organisations to receive funding from the Social Investment Agency. Ministers in...
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Kane Williamson returns to Black Caps for first West Indies test
Source: Radio New Zealand Kane Williamson celebrates a century in Hamilton against England in December 2024. PHOTOSPORT The Black Caps welcome back the side’s all-time leading run-scorer Kane Williamson in...
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Members given extension to take helicopters to exclusive Auckland golf club
Source: Radio New Zealand Members at Mangawhai’s Te Arai Links and its sister club Tara Iti will get an extension to keep taking their helicopters to the course. 123RF High-flying...
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Lee Kum Kee Inspires Future Chefs at Le Cordon Bleu Australia with French-Asian Fusion
Source: Media Outreach MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 24 November 2025 – Lee Kum Kee, the global leader in Asian sauces and condiments, joined forces with Chef Vincent...
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Dive squad searches Christchurch lake for missing man
Source: Radio New Zealand Search and rescue teams as well as the dive squad were continuing to look for the missing man. Google Maps A police dive squad is searching...
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Watch live: New ‘home warranty’ rules protecting homeowners announced
Source: Radio New Zealand All three-storey homes, and any alterations costing $100,000 or more, will be required to get a home warranty under indemnity changes under the Building Act. Architects,...
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Minister Andrew Hoggard assures PM he’s following Cabinet rules after complaint
Source: Radio New Zealand Andrew Hoggard. RNZ / Angus Dreaver A decision to allow the continued use of farrowing crates and mating stalls is the straw that broke the camel’s...
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Police tried to take licence off Ashik Ali twice before dodgy truck killed roadworker
Source: Radio New Zealand Ashik Ali was sentenced to three years’ jail for manslaughter. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ Police wanted a trucker, who was jailed for three years for...
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Search resumes for fisherman missing at Tapotupotu Bay
Source: Radio New Zealand Cape Reinga looking south to Tapotupotu and Spirits Bay. RNZ / Lois Williams Police are continuing to search for a fisherman who was swept off the...
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Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s advice to National and Labour: Be more like me
Source: Radio New Zealand Wayne Brown. Jessica Hopkins / RNZ Newly re-elected Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown says his second term will be focused on boosting the region’s economic growth, making...
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Iwi calling for Te Pāti Māori president John tamihere to step down, ousted MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says
Source: Radio New Zealand Mariameno Kapa-Kingi RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Expelled Te Pāti Māori MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi says an iwi has called for the party’s President, John tamihere, to step...
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What NZ would look like if we didn’t have enough psychologists?
Source: Radio New Zealand There are hundreds of people who take their life each year, but there are thousands more who contemplate it, get help and recover. But new data...
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Kiwis to open Rugby League World Cup against Australia
Source: Radio New Zealand The Kiwis celebrate Phoenix Crossland of the Kiwis try (C) during New Zealand Kiwis v Tonga XIII, round 3 of the Pacific Championships at Eden Park....
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Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house days before death
Source: Radio New Zealand Lisa Hawkeswood and her son Jack on mother’s day in 2023 Supplied This story discusses suicide. Lisa Hawkeswood said her son Jack lasted three days in...
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‘We want it to end’; Hui on Te Pāti Māori schism
Source: Radio New Zealand Mariameno Kapa-Kingi RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly That came from a hui called for by Te Rūnanga Nui Ā Ngāpuhi where more than 200 people packed into...
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F1: Apologies all round after Liam Lawson mistake and McLaren disqualification
Source: Radio New Zealand Liam Lawson of New Zealand RUDY CAREZZEVOLI / AFP Liam Lawson apologised to his team after he squandered valuable F1 points at the Las Vegas Grand...
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‘It just seems cruel’: Councillor shocked by comments after cycling accident
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland councillor Julie Fairey says her fellow councillors who are women – particularly women of colour – often receive more abuse than their male counterparts. *******...
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Woman says son pleaded to leave boarding house in distress
Source: Radio New Zealand Lisa Hawkeswood and her son Jack on mother’s day in 2023 Supplied Lisa Hawkeswood said her son Jack lasted three days in the lodge before pleading...
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Work underway to replace pipes after almost century underground in New Plymouth
Source: Radio New Zealand Fulton Hogan workers move the new pipe into place in Robe Street. Supplied Work is underway to replace some of the first water pipes ever installed...
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Cause of large Waiheke house fire unknown
Source: Radio New Zealand Four firetrucks and 16 crew members tackled the blaze at its peak. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone More than a dozen firefighters were called to a large...