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Coromandel and North Waikato move to open fire season
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Both the Coromandel and North Waikato zones will move into an open fire season from Tuesday 7 April at 9am, until further notice. This means...
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Events – North Island Firefighters compete in high-speed public event
Source: United Fire Brigades’ Association More than 140 firefighters from across Te Ika-a-Māui, the North Island, will converge on Havelock North this weekend to compete in one of the most physically...
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Controversial Hawke’s Bay dam project gets $18m loan from government
Source: Radio New Zealand The proposed site for the dam project. RNZ / YouTube The government is lending $18 million to a controversial dam project in Central Hawke’s Bay. The...
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Controversial Hawke’s Bay dam project gets $14m loan from government
Source: Radio New Zealand The proposed site for the dam project. RNZ / YouTube The government is lending $18 million to a controversial dam project in Central Hawke’s Bay. The...
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‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one administration’: Nicola Willis on Trump and Iran
Source: Radio New Zealand Nicola Willis speaks after the latest government update on fuel supplies, 6 April. RNZ / Giles Dexter The finance minister says she has “never felt so...
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Weather: Orange heavy rain warning for Northland, MetService monitoring tropical cyclone Vaianu
Source: Radio New Zealand The main road in Kawakawa RNZ / Nick Monro Northland is expected to be pelted with heavy rain as a subtropical low approaches the upper North...
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Collecting statistics: When the numbers don’t add up
Source: Radio New Zealand Stats NZ had a seven percent cut to its budget, but the Government Statistician, Colin Lynch, denies the cut has affected the quality of information gathering...
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Synlait Milk sells North Island operations to focus on back-to-basics approach
Source: Radio New Zealand Synlait milk on the production line. Supplied/ Synlait The sale of Synlait Milk’s North Island operations has been completed with the focus a back-to-basics approach, in...
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From rescue to recovery: Inside the first 48 hours at Mt Maunganui
Source: Radio New Zealand This photo was taken in the hours after the deadly landslide. Fire and Emergency New Zealand Newly released documents give an insight into how Fire and...
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Auckland Southern Motorway lane closed by vehicle fire
Source: Radio New Zealand A fire between the Ramarama on-ramp and the Great South Road off-ramp is causing traffic disruption. Screenshot / Google Maps A vehicle fire on Auckland’s Southern...
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Trump’s strategy with Iran is the ‘Madman Theory’, an international law expert explains
Source: Radio New Zealand US President Donald Trump on March 4, 2026. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP An international law expert says the US President appears to be employing what’s known...
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Weather: Tropical cyclone in South Pacific could be headed to NZ
Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] MetService says a tropical cyclone could potentially head towards New Zealand within the next week. There are now two tropical cyclones in the South...
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Weather: Heavy rain warnings and watches for upper North Island
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService has issued heavy rain warnings and watches for the upper North Island. MetService/Screenshot Wild weather is on the way for the top of the North...
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What exactly can you get away with when renting a short-term rental?
Source: Radio New Zealand Four people were sent to hospital after youths clashed at a party at a short-term rental in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert last month. RNZ...
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NRL: What we learnt from Warriors loss to Cronulla Sharks
Source: Radio New Zealand Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad is helped off the field against Cronulla Sharks. Photosport Analysis: Back-to-back defeats have set NZ Warriors squarely on the back foot and their three-game...
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Unearthing a 50-year-old box of iconic chocolates
Source: Radio New Zealand Sarah Adams’ grandfather, baker and businessman Ernest Adams, is synonymous with the iconic Queen Anne Chocolate – and his influence ultimately drew her back into that...
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Patched gang member arrested after Huntly shootout
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ A man has been arrested after firing a gun at another person in...
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Research funding provides rangatahi with hands-on education about climate change
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi project lead Dr Mawera Karetai. Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi has been awarded nearly $300,000 in...
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Research funding provides rangitahi with hands-on education about climate change
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi project lead Dr Mawera Karetai. Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi has been awarded nearly $300,000 in...
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Arrest following firearms incident, West Huntly
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Senior Sergeant Scott McKenzie: A man has been arrested this morning in relation to an incident in West Huntly on Thursday 2 April....
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Weather: Heavy rain, strong winds warning for upper North Island
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService has forecasted heavy rain over for the upper North Island on Tuesday. Screengrab / MetService MetService is warning residents in Northland to prepare for severe...
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I love crime heroines – but Kay Scarpetta leaves me cold
Source: Radio New Zealand Dr Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of the Commonwealth of Virginia, made her fictional debut in Patricia Cornwell’s first crime novel, Postmortem, published in 1990. Cornwell...
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NRL: Roger Tuivasa-Sheck’s departure affects NZ Warriors in different ways
Source: Radio New Zealand Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and family celebrate his 150th Warriors outing against Canberra Raiders. Andrew Cornaga/Photosport Erin Clark heard NZ Warriors teammate Roger Tuivasa-Sheck was leaving from his...
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Highway reopens after Dunedin house fire
Source: Radio New Zealand Four fire trucks had been working to put the fire out. RNZ / Rob Dixon A stretch of State Highway One in Dunedin has reopened to...
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Dunedin house fire closes State Highway 1
Source: Radio New Zealand Four fire trucks had been working to put the fire out. RNZ / Rob Dixon Crews were at the scene of a house fire in Dunedin...
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Iran searches for downed US jet crew, claims second plane hit
Source: Radio New Zealand By AFP teams in Tehran, Jerusalem, Washington, Beirut, Dubai and Sanaa This video grab taken on April 3, 2026, from undated UGC images shared on social...
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Country Life: Bennik’s Eggs pioneers in poultry
Source: Radio New Zealand Bennik’s Eggs is also home to a hatchery. Supplied More than 30 years after moving away from caged egg farming, the Bennik family is proud of...