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Shoppers struggle with rising costs of meat and veges
Source: Radio New Zealand Food prices have gone up 4.5 percent in the year to February. RNZ / Richard Tindiller A humble spag bol dinner may no longer be an...
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Health – Additional winter health care workers a drop in the ocean of need – NZNO
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation The Government’s announcement today of 378 extra staff to help hospitals cope with winter demand is a drop in the ocean of what patients need, NZNO says. Tōpūtanga...
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Supermarket price warning issued by Consumer NZ
Source: Radio New Zealand Fruit and vegetables are up 9.4 percent on last year, with meat, poultry and fish rising 7.5 percent. 123RF New Zealand would benefit from a regime...
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Mudfish pulls off last-minute upset to claim Fish of the Year 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Northland mudfish with a ruler for scale. DOC A deeply unglamorous and rarely seen creature that spends most of its life in mud has pulled...
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Mince records biggest annual increase since data began
Source: Radio New Zealand The average price of a kilogram of beef mince was now $4.60 more than the same time in 2025. RNZ / Vinay Ranchhod Food prices were...
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Wattie’s NZ’s proposed cuts ‘a really big blow’ to seed, arable growers
Source: Radio New Zealand The Wattie’s factory in Christchurch. Nathan McKinnon / RNZ Wattie’s New Zealand’s proposal to stop producing frozen vegetables is expected to impact the country’s already-hurting vegetable...
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Christchurch community leaders uneasy about plan to pump partially-treated sewage into sea
Source: Radio New Zealand Diggers at the burnt-out Bromley wastewater plant. Supplied Image – Christchurch City Council A controversial plan to pump millions of litres of partially-treated sewage into the...
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One man, two brutal killings two decades apart: How the mental health system ‘failed everybody’
Source: Radio New Zealand Leslie Parr killed his partner Fiona Maulolo in 1997, then his mother in 2024. Supplied Leslie Parr was spiralling. It had been 27 years since he’d...
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Dolphin’s death spurs calls for greater protection
Source: Radio New Zealand Four dolphins have been killed off Kaikōura’s coast in the past two years, including three by set net entanglement Supplied / Genevieve Robinson Conservation groups are...
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Fish processor Ikana New Zealand fined $20,000 for nine biosecurity offences
Source: Radio New Zealand The company received 27 shipments of the live green-lipped mussels. NIWA/Rebekah Parsons-King A Christchurch-based fish processor has been fined $20,000 for illegally handling live mussels from...
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Fuel crisis: Which foods will rise in price fastest, and when?
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Food prices are likely to rise if war in the Middle East keeps pressure on oil prices – but some types of food may be...
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Ninety Mile Beach Snapper Bonanza winner reveals his secrets
Source: Radio New Zealand Kaitāia man Harley Ra with the snapper than earned him more than $30,000. Supplied The winner of the $30,000 top prize in this year’s Ninety Mile...
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Dolphin necropsy inconclusive, not thought to be fishing related
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 16 March 2026 The juvenile dolphin was reported to DOC by a member of the public on Thursday 26 February and taken to Massey University...
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Liam Lawson ‘didn’t quite expect’ his success at Chinese Grand Prix
Source: Radio New Zealand Liam Lawson finished seventh place finish in the Grand Prix. MARCEL VAN DORST / AFP New Zealand driver Liam Lawson admits to being a little surprised...
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‘They took my whole life’: ACC spied on man with a traumatic brain injury
Source: Radio New Zealand Jeremy Buxton’s life changed forever after a car accident left him with a traumatic brain injury. But he says the hardest battle wasn’t recovery. It was fighting the system meant...
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Far North man reels in 7.66kg snapper and wins nation’s biggest fishing prizes
Source: Radio New Zealand Far North man Harley Ra with the snapper that earned him a whopping $30,000. Supplied / Snapper Bonanza Far North man Harley Ra has won one...
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The caretaker: Chris Greenacre on his fourth go-round as Phoenix interim coach
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris Greenacre during his current Wellington Phoenix head coach duties. AAP Image/Matt Turner / Photosport Taking over a struggling team mid-season is one of football’s toughest...
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Remains confirmed as Ferzil Babu, who disappeared almost two years ago
Source: Radio New Zealand Ferzil Babu, who went missing while on a fishing trip at The Gap, Taiharuru on 1 May, 2024. GiveaLittle Human remains located on Coppermine Island (Mauipane),...
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Fishing for votes: Fishing regulations, and the balance between recreational and commercial interests are shaping up as an election issue
Source: Radio New Zealand Ross McNaughton ACT MP Cameron Luxton is a self confessed good, keen fisherman. Asked about his biggest snapper, he recounts catching a 23-pounder (10.4kg) from a...
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Human remains identified, Coppermine Island
Source: New Zealand Police Human remains located on Coppermine Island (Mauipane), east of Whangārei have been identified as belonging to a person who went missing in May 2024. On 20...
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Ryan Fox hospitalised, pulls out of Players Championship in Florida
Source: Radio New Zealand Ryan Fox in hospital after operation for kidney stones. 2026. supplied / Instagram Auckland golfer Ryan Fox is in hospital after being forced to withdraw from...
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What you can do to protect your home from flooding
Source: Radio New Zealand There are already 750,000 New Zealanders living in a flood-risk area. RNZ Nick Brown has a real thing about lowered kerbs. Where the average person might...
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Documents reveal Health NZ knew IT job cuts would risk patient care, hospital resilience
Source: Radio New Zealand Health NZ knew cutting data and digital staff would increase risks to patient care and hospital resilience. Unsplash / RNZ Health NZ knew cutting data and...
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Hauraki Gulf collections closure comes into force
Source: New Zealand Government Fishery Officers are ramping up patrols as a ban comes into force on gathering marine life from rockpools and coastal waters on the Hauraki Gulf coast...
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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pasifika TV
Source: New Zealand Government [Speech to the Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Ltd (PCBL) conference, 6pm, 12 March, New Zealand International Conference Centre, Auckland] Good evening – Our hosts, the Pacific Cooperation...
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Crown progresses Ngāti Ruapani settlement at pace
Source: New Zealand Government The first reading for the Ngāti Ruapani mai Waikaremoana Claims Settlement Bill has passed today, just weeks after the deed of settlement was signed, Treaty of...
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DoC’s Kākāpo livestream attracts international attention
Source: Radio New Zealand Rakiura a female kākāpō is being livestreamed from her nest. SCREENSHOT A Department of Conservation (DoC) livestream of a nesting Kākāpo on a remote island off...