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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The clubroom has no power, running water or bathroom, and not enough room for their roughly 50 members to shelter and socialise. RNZ / Tess Brunton...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Little River, about 30km south of Christchurch, was flooded in February and also in May 2025. RNZ/Nathan McKinnon The Christchurch City Council disagrees with Little River...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Work continues to reopen the roads in the Waipā District. RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Waipā District is now in the recovery stage after extreme weather forced...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson One person has been injured after steel piles fell on a worker’s leg at a road construction site in Auckland. Emergency...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment plant. Christchurch City Council claims it is committed to doing everything it can to reduce the effects of Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 17 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 27 February, the fourteenth time the New Zealand Professional...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Canterbury Regional Council has issued an abatement notice to the Christchurch City Council over the putrid stench coming from Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment plant. The...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Auckland Council Auckland Council’s six-month results show sustained progress with infrastructure investment, transport improvements and enhanced community services. Released today, the Interim Report (covering the six months to 31...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand TD09F is currently located 90 kilometres southwest of the Vanuatu capital Port Vila. Zoom Earth Met services in Fiji and Vanuatu are closely monitoring a tropical...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand DOC staff working on the rerouted section of the Motatapu Track Supplied/DOC A popular walking track linking Wānaka and Arrowtown has been moved to avoid a...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wairau Bar. RNZ / Samantha Gee A Marlborough iwi now has responsibility for managing a historic coastal site including the area of the first Polynesian settlement...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand West Aucklander Boyd Steel has launched a blue “S” plate sticker, designed to signal there’s an older driver behind the wheel. He knows not for everyone...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government KiwiRail continues to lift its performance in line with our long-term performance expectations, Rail Minister Winston Peters said today. “We make no apologies for bothering to...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Kāpiti Mana Area Commander, Inspector Renée Perkins: Police investigating an assault in Cannons Creek last week, have arrested and charged a man. On Friday...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 27 February 2026 The track, a historic route linking Wānaka and Arrowtown and crossing private land, is part of the Te Araroa Trail and is...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of the central North Island for Friday afternoon and evening. Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued for the central...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Auckland Council Mercury Lane and Beresford Square, two upgraded public spaces framing the forecourts of Karanga-a-Hape Station, are finished and now open for the public to explore. This milestone...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An overhaul of emergency management legislation has reached the crucial stage of submissions to a parliamentary select committee. RNZ Transpower is questioning why early warning systems...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Experts say that the real rule change is simply that when things go wrong, the burden of responsibility will be on the homeowner, not the council....
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Giancarlo Italiano joined a growing list of coaching casualties across the A-League. AAP / Photosport Giancarlo Italiano’s abrupt departure from the Wellington Phoenix is the latest...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Media Outreach MACAU SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 February 2026 – Marking a dynamic arrival of the Year of the Horse, on February 21 and 22 (the...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The 46-year-old was arrested in Fraser’s Gully after his attempts to avoid Police RNZ / Marika Khabazi A Dunedin man who drove his vehicle towards officers...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZPork has previously warned that local producers were struggling against a flood of lower-welfare imports. 123RF Farmers are renewing calls for the Government to enforce the...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Superintendent Jason Guthrie, Southern District Commander: The man arrested following a series of events in Dunedin last night has been charged and is due...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dave van Zwanenberg, left, and Craig Stevens. Supplied The wives of two firefighters killed in a landslide during Cyclone Gabrielle have recounted the moment they learned...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied The Defence Force is going to begin testing air, land and sea drones from a Mount Maunganui company. Syos Aerospace drones are used in Ukraine...
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· February 26, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police arrested two women and a man. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Three people have been arrested after a shooting in Te Kauwhata, north of Huntly. Police...