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Government pushes back deadline for agencies’ project funding bids
Source: Radio New Zealand It showed agencies such as in health, justice and education had faced a December deadline to make the case for their bids for this year’s Budget,...
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Labour changes tune on welfare claw backs
Source: Radio New Zealand If the law was retrospectively passed it would effectively criminalise people who need help, not debt, Willie Jackson says. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Labour Party...
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Car and motorbike crash closes part of SH1 south of Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Part of State Highway 1 at Meremere, south of Auckland, is closed after a crash between a car and motorbike. It happened...
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Opinion: without law change, more fatal dog attacks will occur
Source: Auckland Council As published by NZ Herald in February 2026 By Councillor Josephine Bartley, Chair of the Regulatory and Safety Committee Like most people, I was extremely sad to...
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31k-strong petition for an independent Commissioner for Animals taken to Parliament
Source: Radio New Zealand A Southland livestock grazing company was fined close to $50,000 for allowing hundreds of cattle to graze in mud. Supplied / MPI Warning some of the...
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Animal welfare alliance calls for Government to establish an independent Commissioner for Animals
Source: SAFE For Animals An alliance of 21 animal protection organisations is delivering a petition to parliament at midday today, calling for the establishment of an independent Commissioner for Animals. Representatives...
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No goal: Rider strikes trouble trying to blend in
Source: New Zealand Police A motorbike rider who fled from Police before attempting to hide as an unsuspecting football fan will head to court. Just after 6pm last night, Police...
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Former top cop Jevon McSkimming used police money to pay for hotels during affair
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. Jevon McSkimming RNZ / Mark Papalii Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming breached police’s code of conduct by staying in hotels at police...
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Man due in court today following Waipa incident yesterday
Source: New Zealand Police The man arrested following a family harm incident in Parawera, Waipa is appearing in court today. The 47-year-old faces a number of charges relating to the...
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Serious concerns at-risk youth will be caught up in government’s new move-on orders
Source: Radio New Zealand Nick Monro There is growing alarm among youth advocates and law experts that at-risk children could be asked to leave a public area if they’re caught...
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Authorities under fire for failure to deal with illegally parked car
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ A Wellington business owner is accusing authorities of failing to do their jobs and allowing the owner of car parked illegally on Tory Street to...
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Forget L&P – Paeroa is the ‘antique capital of New Zealand’
Source: Radio New Zealand In 1993, Vivien Leonard decided Paeroa was the Antique Town of New Zealand. Ke-Xin Li/RNZ A train carriage turned house, racks of clown costumes, tools from...
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South Asians most targeted by racial abuse, police hate crime data reveals
Source: Radio New Zealand Bus driver Rajnish Trehan was attacked by a passenger on the number 18 bus in the Auckland suburb of Avondale on Saturday, 7 September, 2024. Supplied...
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Two before the courts after supermarket catch in Queenstown
Source: New Zealand Police A pitstop to curb a chocolate craving led to the arrest of two wanted shoplifters in Queenstown. On Tuesday 24 February an officer stopping in at...
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Naval officers charged over HMNZS Manawanui sinking ‘unprecedented’
Source: Radio New Zealand The Navy ship sank in October 2024 off the coast of Samoa after hitting a reef. Supplied / Profile Boats A retired law professor who’s sat...
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Police looking for victim of alleged aggravated robbery
Source: Radio New Zealand The incident happened at Ellerslie Train Station (file image). RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Police have made the arrests, but now they are trying to find the...
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Former soldier and sex offender Adrien Bell’s volunteer work sparks concern
Source: Radio New Zealand Just Zilch. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham There are concerns that a former soldier sentenced to home detention for filming young people using a bathroom for six...
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Transpower needs ‘fit for purpose’ Public Works Act to expand electricity transmission system
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Supplied / Transpower The national grid operator says it will probably have to use a streamlined public works act a lot more in future...
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Police seek robbery victim following arrests
Source: New Zealand Police Auckland City Police are seeking the victim of an aggravated robbery in Ellerslie this afternoon to come forward. Six people have been arrested over the offending...
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Firearms owners say gun laws overhaul doesn’t go far enough to undo ‘damage’
Source: Radio New Zealand A selection of firearms which are now prohibited, on display to media at a 2022 police press conference. RNZ / Ana Tovey Firearms owners say the...
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Former solider and sex offender Adrien Bell’s volunteer work sparks concern
Source: Radio New Zealand Just Zilch. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham There are concerns that a former soldier sentenced to home detention for filming young people using a bathroom for six...
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Wāhine Māori overrepresented in the criminal justice system
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Justice Headline: Wāhine Māori overrepresented in the criminal justice system MEDIA RELEASE 24 February 2026 Māori women are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system,...
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Officer accused of kidnapping ex-wife avoids disciplinary action, keeps job
Source: Radio New Zealand The IPCA released a summary of a police investigation into the officer, overseen by the authority, on Monday (file photo). hamilton, auckland, station, office, precinct, municipal,...
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Tyres slashed on three ambulances during Manukau break-in
Source: Radio New Zealand St John district operations manager Andy Everiss said the action was highly disrespectful. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Police are searching for a group of people who...
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Tyres slashes on three ambulanceduring Manukau break-in
Source: Radio New Zealand St John district operations manager Andy Everiss said the action was highly disrespectful. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Police are searching for a group of people who...
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Appeal for information following damage to ambulances
Source: New Zealand Police Counties Manukau Police investigating the wilful damage of a number of Hato Hone St John Ambulances are appealing for any information to assist in our enquiries....
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Person dies in crash, car submerged in river
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon A person has died on State Highway 1 in Taihape, to the north of Spooners Hill. Police were advised at 7.25am on...