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Woman missing in Auckland found after police appeal
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / NZ police A 50-year-old woman who was reported missing from the Birkenhead area in Auckland has been found on Friday morning. Earlier today, police...
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Traffic stop locates wanted man, bag of drugs
Source: New Zealand Police A standard night on the job landed Police a wanted man in possession of cocaine in Epsom last night. At about 10.40pm, officers stopped a Toyota...
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Speech to the Automobile Association Annual Conference
Source: New Zealand Government Introduction Good afternoon. Thank you, Brett, for the introduction and everyone for the warm welcome. I am excited to be here to talk with you today...
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Police officer outpaces offender
Source: New Zealand Police Police have made three arrests for a burglary, including one offender who led an officer on a one-kilometre foot pursuit. On Thursday morning, The Waitematā Gang...
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F1: Liam Lawson still having trouble with new car, but rule change could help
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ F1 driver Liam Lawson PHOTOSPORT Liam Lawson concedes driving remains difficult as he and the majority of the grid struggle with the new electrical element...
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Bill to give police new powers to move and detain introduced to Parliament
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Minister Mark Mitchell. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone A new bill would give police new powers but just how far it goes will now be fought...
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Around the world for a jersey: The extreme travel of New Zealand’s athletes
Source: Radio New Zealand A Football Ferns training session in Honiara. Joshua Devenie / Phototek.nz Sailors representing New Zealand stopped off in the most countries (8) of any team in...
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Move to strip upbringing info from alcohol and drug court reports angers lawyers, counsellors
Source: Radio New Zealand An Alcohol and Other Drugs Treatment Court sitting in 2022. RNZ Insight/Teresa Cowie A move to strip family background information from alcohol and drug reports used...
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Why Israel and the US are in lockstep – and why that might be changing
Source: Radio New Zealand US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS As the Iran...
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‘No response’: Jevon McSkimming yet to pay back taxpayer funded hotel stays during affair
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ / Mark Papalii Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has not replied to a request to pay back...
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Round of A-paws for the latest graduates
Source: New Zealand Police Police, Defence and Pacific enforcement agencies welcome new dog teams Deputy Police Commissioner Jill Rogers has acknowledged ten freshly trained handlers and their dogs at a...
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High Court rules in favour of College of Midwives class action
Source: Radio New Zealand College of Midwives chief executive Alison Eddy. supplied The High Court has ruled in favour of the New Zealand College of Midwives in its longstanding dispute...
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Focus on boosting enrolment after government’s new voter restrictions – Electoral Commission
Source: Radio New Zealand Karl le Quesne says the Commission is expecting increased numbers of special votes this election. RNZ / Russell Palmer The Electoral Commission says it is pushing...
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Appeal for information, burglaries, Napier
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Senior Sergeant Dan Scott – Napier Police: Police are appealing to the public for information following burglaries in Greenmeadows and Tamatea. Police were called...
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Person arrested, another in hospital after Waikato high school put in lockdown
Source: Radio New Zealand Tuakau College in Waikato. Tuakau College A teacher has been injured and a student is in custody fter an incident at a Waikato school. Tuakau College...
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Local knowledge proves pivotal in trio of arrests
Source: New Zealand Police Police were quick on the heels of a trio allegedly responsible for an aggravated robbery and car theft in Glen Eden yesterday. Just before 4pm, Police...
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Universities – As AI races ahead, can the law keep up? UoA
Source: University of Auckland – UoA How can existing and emerging legal frameworks govern artificial intelligence without stifling innovation? This question will be top of mind at a conference on...
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Celebrities are seeing that you can’t outrun a video
Source: Radio New Zealand As a culture, we are nosy. That’s why tabloid culture — both in its grocery store checkout aisle and online forms —thrives, especially when it involves...
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Tuakau College in Waikato in lockdown due to ‘ongoing incident’
Source: Radio New Zealand Taukau College in Waikato. Tuakau College A high school in the Waikato town of Tuakau has gone into lockdown. Police said they are dealing with an...
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Government once again squeezing young people into one-size-fits-all model
Source: Green Party The Green Party has serious concerns with the proposed changes to NCEA by Luxon’s Government, which will undo decades of progress towards a student-centred system. “Luxon’s Government is...
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Person critically hurt in kindergarten carpark fight
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com A person was critically injured during an assault in a kindergarten carpark in Lincoln, near Christchurch, overnight. Police said they responded to a report of...
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Man in custody following Grove Street incident, Nelson
Source: New Zealand Police A man has been taken into custody following an incident in Grove Street, Nelson. Police were called just after 9:20pm yesterday following reports of a verbal...
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New commercial vehicle safety centre in Taupō
Source: New Zealand Government A new commercial vehicle safety centre in Taupō is now open, helping target unsafe heavy vehicles and improve road safety on one of New Zealand’s busiest...
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District Court Judges appointed
Source: New Zealand Government Attorney-General Judith Collins today announced the appointment of two new District Court Judges. The appointees, who will take up their roles in April and May at...
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U-turn on fish sizes not enough for some
Source: Radio New Zealand Commercial fishing in the Hauraki Gulf Simon Mark-Brown Advocacy groups are supporting the government’s U-turn on minimum size limits for commercial fishers, but still want the...
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Corrections ends Pūwhakamua prisoner reintegration contract after ‘serious sexual allegations’
Source: Radio New Zealand Billy Macfarlane stands outside Kohuora Auckland South Corrections Facility, a SERCO run high security men’s prison located at Wiri, in Auckland. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Corrections...
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Prison ‘an unsuitable place’ for Alexander Nicholls-Braddock, who died by suicide – coroner
Source: Radio New Zealand Coroner Alexandra Cunninghame. KAI SCHWOERER / POOL Corrections failed to properly monitor a man with ADHD and addiction problems who died by suicide in Christchurch Men’s...