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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government Health Minister Simeon Brown has today announced four appointments to the Nursing Council of New Zealand, ensuring the Council continues to provide effective leadership across the...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has told Auckland leaders the government’s not “shagging spiders” as it progresses work on a second Auckland harbour crossing. Public discourse about...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The person was pulled from the water at St Clair beach but could not be revived. File picture. RNZ / Tim Brown A person has died...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Inspector Nicola Reeves: Police are following strong lines of enquiry after four people were injured at a Hoani Street address last night. Emergency...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An artist’s impression of the seven-storey apartment building, Mayfair, that is proposed for Wellington’s Mt Victoria. Supplied / One to One Hundred Ltd A controversial high-rise...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Tiaki Wai board chair Will Peet. Supplied / Tiaki Wai The chair of Wellington’s new water entity will not promise the Moa Point wastewater treatment plant...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Parking changes in Hamilton city have come with a hefty price tag for drivers, with infringements more than doubling. The total value...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied Wellington Water has announced a new board chairperson after Nick Leggett stepped down amid the Moa Point plant failure. Bill Bayfield was appointed into the...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Police have arrested and charged three people following an operation targeting organised crime in Dunedin. On Thursday 12 February, Police conducted a search warrant at a...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Salvage crew survey the wreckage of Black Foils’ Amokura boat at New Zealand SailGP. James Gourley for SailGP The Black Foils are drawing heavily on the...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dual citizens face having to get both passports and keep them up to date – and to get a UK passport soon if they want to...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 98 percent of the co-op’s 8000 shareholders voted in favour of the capital return scheme resulting from the divestment of Mainland Group. 123rf /...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand You aren’t in much danger of walking out of No Other Choice wondering what it was about. But director Park Chan-wook’s idiosyncratic, dark-comedy thriller is a masterclass...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The bridge over Hurupi Stream on Cape Palliser Road. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone It’s not “panic, panic” yet, but Ngawi crayfishers are keeping their fingers crossed...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ A man found dead in a Tauranga park, sparking a homicide investigation, has been named as Dax Rodney Holland. He was 54. Detective Senior Sergeant...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Reserve Bank kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.25 percent. RNZ Wholesale interest rates have softened a little since the Reserve Bank’s Wednesday update,...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cabinet has agreed to lower the maximum number of houses in Auckland from 2 million to at least 1.6 million. Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced the...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Under a drizzly Auckland sky, clusters of people gather on hilltops across the city, eyes fixed on a narrow band of horizon on Wednesday night. They...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand SH1 was closed between Kaiwaka Mangawhai Road and Mangawhai Road for a time. RNZ / Tim Brown One person has been transported to hospital in a...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Pirongia. Phillip Capper / Flickr / Creative Commons Residents in the Waikato town of Pirongia will have to conserve water until Sunday. The Western Waikato Emergency...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Ziming Li Casino operator Sky City’s first half profit is nearly double that of the year earlier, despite a drop in revenue associated with...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government The Government will amend the Resource Management Act to reduce the minimum housing capacity required for Auckland Council’s Plan Change 120 from just over 2 million...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute the following to Senior Sergeant Craig Bates, Acting Waikato West Response Manager: Waikato West Police have arrested a brazen burglar who broke into a...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF New Zealand is facing a shortage in neurologists, despite advances in the life-saving treatments available. A new study from the University of Otago in Wellington...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A person was seriously injured after being shot in the Auckland suburb of Manurewa on Wednesday night. Detective Inspector Shaun Vickers, of the Counties Manukau CIB...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Local Government Simon Watts said he was seeking urgent advice on dangerous dogs. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The SPCA is calling for an overhaul...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Moa Point. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Catastrophes like the recent sewage spill in Wellington will happen again due to a lack of skilled water operators, a...