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Remote Hokianga community gets power upgrade
Source: New Zealand Government A remote community in the Hokianga area of Northland will have their electricity supply strengthened with the help of a $1.6 million grant from the Regional...
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Surfer catches lucky break
Source: New Zealand Police A surfer caught more than just waves at Piha Beach on Tuesday after getting dragged out to sea. Around 8pm a man reported to Police that...
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Habits may change as price of beef mince soars by 18%
Source: Radio New Zealand Beef mince is now 18 percent higher than the start of the year. RNZ / Vinay Ranchhod Beef mince long seen as the most affordable red-meat...
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Health Employment – OIA Data reveals Health NZ delaying recruiting for vacant roles – PSA
Source: PSA – Health NZ taking up to 30 weeks to approve starting a recruitment process – The delays are in addition to the time it takes to do the recruitment...
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37 former Lake Alice patients receive individual compensation payments of up to $600,000
Source: Radio New Zealand The total band of compensation payments spanned $160,000 to $600,000. Supplied Thirty-seven former Lake Alice child and adolescent unit patients negotiate compensation They received amounts between...
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Tower reports record profits, more customers, fewer big-claim events
Source: Radio New Zealand The company forecasted an underlying profit for the coming year between $55m-65m. RNZ / Dan Cook Insurance company Tower has reported record profits, as increased numbers...
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Carving returned to marae after more than 100 years
Source: Radio New Zealand Hāmama is back at Rānana Marae after more than 100 years away. Supplied After more than 100 years in museum exhibitions and storerooms, a carving is...
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Chatham Islands’ new Point Durham wind farm to drop power prices by 20 percent
Source: Radio New Zealand Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust chair Hamish Chisholm expects the power prices will start to drop soon. Ajay Peni Ataera / First Dawn Productions A new wind...
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Property managers fined for relying on QR code
Source: Radio New Zealand Property Brokers were fined for having a QR code rather than a price on a sign. (File photo) 123RF A property manager says he was shocked...
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Greenpeace says Government’s war on nature has sparked a powerful nationwide resistance
Source: Greenpeace Greenpeace says the Luxon Government’s “war on nature” has been met with an unprecedented wave of resistance from tens of thousands of New Zealanders over the two years since...
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Tech and Business – NZ business embracing AI but missing customer connections – InternetNZ
Source: InternetNZ New Zealand small businesses could be missing out on connections with customers, new research from InternetNZ finds. The 2025 .nz research surveyed businesses and consumers to get a snapshot...
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Founder of CCTV register in Australia urges NZ police to look into similar scheme
Source: Radio New Zealand The Safer Places Network was developed to help police identify security cameras across the country. (File photo) Unsplash/ Alan J Hendry The founder of a CCTV...
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‘More could have been done’: How two murdered children were taken out of school and fell through the cracks
Source: Radio New Zealand Yuna and Minu Jo, aged eight and six, were murdered by their mother Hakyung Lee in 2018. Supplied Education officials should have done more over the...
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The fierce battle over mining on Denniston Plateau
Source: Radio New Zealand Protesters at the mothballed Escarpment Mine say they won’t quit until Bathurst pulls out of the area. Fox Meyer A proposal to expand mining operations on...
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Lawsuit filed against Transpower and contractor Omexom over Northland power pylon toppling
Source: Radio New Zealand Class action has been filed against national grid operator Transpower and its maintenance contractor Omexom over the toppling of a power pylon in mid-2024 that cut...
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New Zealand’s best TikTok content creator crowned
Source: Radio New Zealand Māori father-of-three Louis Davis, who shares heartwarming and funny snippets of his family life, has been crowned NZ Creator of the Year. Davis describes himself as...
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Vingroup Builds Vietnam’s Future by Pursuing the Hard Path
Source: Media Outreach Vingroup’s story unfolds as a company that repeatedly opts for the hardest path, turning improbable ambitions in cars, cities and culture into a broader statement about Vietnam’s...
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Banking – ASB trims interest rates
Source: ASB ASB is reducing interest rates across its variable home lending products in response to RBNZ’s OCR announcement. ASB’s Executive General Manager Personal Banking Adam Boyd says “We know...
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7-Eleven unveils the first-ever Sanrio characters “Unbox Your Perfume” collection
Source: Media Outreach A debut crossover with Hong Kong’s homegrown fragrance brand, BeCandle Double blind boxes. Double the surprises – for a scent-sparkling Christmas 7-Eleven App upgraded: new interface and...
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Fish thought to be lost from Auckland’s wetlands found after decade of searching
Source: Radio New Zealand A native freshwater fish thought to be lost from Auckland’s wetlands has resurfaced after more than a decade of searching. Populations of the endangered Waikaka, or...
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DHL Summit Solutions, Inc. (DSSI) accelerates sustainable transport with largest-owned EV fleet in the Philippines
Source: Media Outreach STA. ROSA, LAGUNA, PHILIPPINES – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 November 2025 – DHL Summit Solutions, Inc. (DSSI), the joint venture between DHL Supply Chain APAC and...
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Sharing to protect a child or young person’s wellbeing and safety (OT Act)
Source: Privacy Commissioner 24 Nov 2025, 09:00 If you believe a child or young person is in immediate danger, call the Police on 111. This section provides guidance on how...
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Sharing information using the Privacy Act 2020
Source: Privacy Commissioner 24 Nov 2025, 09:00 Information Privacy Principle (IPP) 11 permits the sharing of personal information that is held by agencies in certain circumstances. Download a copy of...
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Sharing when a child is subject to family harm (Family Violence Act)
Source: Privacy Commissioner 21 Nov 2025, 09:00 If you believe a child or young person is in immediate danger, call the Police on 111. This page provides guidance on how...
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Update: Pahiatua homicide
Source: New Zealand Police Police are continuing to search for a man wanted in relation to a Pahiatua woman’s death last month. On the afternoon of 15 October, Karen Gilbert-Palmer,...
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Economy Analysis – Time to sit back and watch – Cotality
Source: Cotality, Commentary by Chief Property Economist Kelvin Davidson The Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee delivered the widely expected 0.25% cut to the official cash rate (OCR) today, taking it...
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Economy – The Co-operative Bank leads market with 4.99% floating home loan rate
Source: The Co-operative Bank The Co-operative Bank has responded to today’s 0.25% Official Cash Rate (OCR) cut by dropping its floating home loan interest rate to 4.99% – a 0.31% cut...