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High school volleyball team in crash that left 12 injured

· November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The volleyball players had been competing at Stadium Southland before the crash. File photo. © Photosport Ltd 2021 www.photosport.nz A Queenstown high school volleyball team is...

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Libraries caught up in asbestos play sand scare

· November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Educational Colours Rainbow Sand has been recalled. Supplied / Product Safety NZ Thames Coromandel District Council hopes to be able to say soon when two of...

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Police halt duo’s crime spree

· November 19, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police A crime wave gripping a small Waikato town over the past month has been solved, following a spate of burglaries and an arson. Two young people...

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Buying blind: Mystery packages tempting shoppers

· November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand Amid anemic consumer spending, some businesses are turning to novel ways of selling goods in mystery packages to boost sales. Colloquially called “blind boxes”, the packages...

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Prisoners design dozens of pairs of canvas shoes

· November 19, 2025

Source: Radio New Zealand The art medium of “acrylic paint and glitter on canvas shoe” doesn’t easily fit with the hardened stereotype of a New Zealand prisoner. But that is...