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ACC’s use of AI to help decide who gets help shocks advocate
Source: Radio New Zealand There are about 25,000 long-term claimants that have been receiving compensation for a year or more, the most there had ever been. A move by ACC...
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EIT inspires pharmacist to reignite career after five-year break
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 15 seconds ago After stepping away from her career for five years to support her family overseas, industrial pharmacist Nisha James has reignited her professional...
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What the government’s firearms act reform proposals will change – and what they won’t
Source: Radio New Zealand Explainer – How will firearms proposals change access to guns in New Zealand? Here’s what you need to know. New Zealand is planning its biggest overhaul...
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Comvita takeover bid fails
Source: Radio New Zealand Comvita products on display. Supplied The takeover bid for honey exporter Comvita has failed after not enough shareholders approved of the offer. The company’s board had...
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Well-known Northland entrepreneur Monty Knight named as alleged murder victim
Source: Radio New Zealand Monty Knight was a well-known wine-maker, entrepreneur and local politician in Kaitāia, inducted into the Northland Business Hall of Fame in 2010. RNZ/Carol Stiles The man...
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Woman charged with murder following death of man in Northland’s Kaitaia
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A 57-year-old woman has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Kaitaia. Emergency services were called to an...
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‘Loss beyond measure’: Three children killed in Sanson house fire identified
Source: Radio New Zealand August, Hugo, and Goldie died in a house fire in Sanson on Saturday. GIVEALITTLE / SUPPLIED The three children killed in a Sanson house fire have...
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Two antibiotic-resistant superbugs found at Christchurch Hospital
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch Hospital. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Health NZ has confirmed two separate outbreaks of superbugs at Christchurch Hospital. Two different strains of antibiotic antibiotic-resistant enterococci have...
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ProCare launches HealthForce NZ – supporting Primary Healthcare workforce solutions
Source: ProCare ProCare is proud to announce the official launch of HealthForce NZ, a newly rebranded workforce subsidiary designed to meet the ever evolving and increasingly complex needs of Aotearoa...
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Woman charged with muder following death of man in Northland’s Kaitaia
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A 57-year-old woman has been charged with murder following the death of a man in Kaitaia. Emergency services were called to an...
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Hornet incursion: No plans to spray invaders – yet
Source: Radio New Zealand A hornets’ nest. Supplied Spraying to eradicate the yellow legged hornet is not currently in Biosecurity New Zealand’s plans. Biosecurity New Zealand North Commissioner Mike Inglis...
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High electricity connection costs a barrier for development – Electricity Authority
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF The electricity sector regulator wants to be able to intervene to control prices for connecting to electricity networks. The Electricity Authority said some lines companies...
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How Kiwi kids are becoming the new face of ‘adult’ diabetes
Source: Radio New Zealand A teenager with type 1 diabetes uses a CGM – a continuous glucose monitoring device. Amelie Benoist / BSIP via AFP A specialist in treating childhood...
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Crash puts e-scooter rider in hospital
Source: Radio New Zealand The aftermath of a scooter accident in central Auckland, November 2025. Dan Lake / RNZ A person has been taken to hospital in a serious condition...
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Death in Ōtāhuhu treated as unexplained
Source: Radio New Zealand A person was found deceased at an Atkinson Avenue Ōtāhuhu property. 123RF A person has been found dead at an Ōtāhuhu property and police are treating...
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More types of play sand test positive for asbestos
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the affected play sand brands. Supplied / Product Safety NZ Some schools in Canterbury have closed for asbestos testing because a brand of play...
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Scammers using ‘extremely sophisticated methods’, one retiree lost $250,000
Source: Radio New Zealand A retiree though he was signing up to an online platform for trading crypto but he was actually being scammed out of $250,000. 123RF New Zealanders...
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‘He’s our hero’: Father killed in Auckland double-fatal house fire died while trying to save his son
Source: Radio New Zealand Jung Sup Lee and his Ha-il Lee, pictured when he was 4, died in a double-fatal house fire in Auckland last month. Supplied Six weeks after...
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‘Private rather than public resolution’ High court judge wants family dispute dealt with in arbitration
Source: Radio New Zealand High court judge Anne Hinton wants privacy but her family seeks a public hearing. ikiryo/123RF Lawyers for a high court judge say her family’s dispute over...
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Gurjit Singh murder trial begins in Dunedin
Source: Radio New Zealand Police at the scene in Hillary Street in the Dunedin suburb of Liberton in January 2024. RNZ / Tess Brunton The trial of the man accused...
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Golf: Daniel Hillier misses place on PGA Tour
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s Daniel Hillier plays a during the DP World Tour Championship 2025 at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, November 2025. GIUSEPPE CACACE Wellington golfer Daniel...
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Search for body of third child after deadly Sanson fire
Source: Radio New Zealand Police stand guard outside the fatal house fire. RNZ/Mark Papalii The search for the body of a third child caught in a deadly house fire in...
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Caulerpa invasion: ‘Government isn’t taking it as seriously as they need to’
Source: Radio New Zealand Caulerpa smothers everything from kelp to shell fish. File photo. Supplied Ngāti Kuta, Patuketa In the more than four years since exotic caulerpa was first discovered...
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Donald Trump’s tariff ‘flip-flopping’ has NZ businesses on edge, economist says
Source: Radio New Zealand US president Donald Trump has cancelled tariffs on several US food imports including beef and kiwifruit. AFP / RNZ Composite An economist says US president Donald...
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Netball: Silver Ferns beaten in second test against England
Source: Radio New Zealand Jeremy Ward/Photosport The Silver Ferns have lost the second netball test against England in London. They were been beaten by the same score they won by...
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Government performance rating hits new low in survey
Source: Radio New Zealand The government rating of 3.9 out of 10 is the lowest since the survey began eight years ago. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Public ratings of government...
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Disability advocate has Facebook account shut down
Source: Radio New Zealand Meta has told Blake Forbes the account breached its “community standards” – but he suspects he was targeted for his political activism. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone...