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Update: Bucklands Beach fatal fire, Operation Town

· October 15, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Tofilau Faamanuia Va’aelua, Counties Manukau CIB: Police investigating the fatal fire at Bucklands Beach on 2 October can now confirm the...

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70+ new social homes on the way for Northland

· October 15, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government More than 70 new social homes will be delivered in Northland by Community Housing Providers (CHPs), Housing Minister Chris Bishop says. “Our Government backs social housing,...

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Bringing breast screening close to home in Kāpiti

· October 15, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Women on the Kāpiti Coast now have easier access to breast screening with the opening of a new fixed site in Waikanae, Health Minister Simeon Brown...

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Economy – NZ Reserve Bank to ease LVR restrictions

· October 14, 2025

Source: Reserve Bank of New Zealand 14 October 2025 – The Reserve Bank of New Zealand intends to ease mortgage loan-to-value ratio (LVR) restrictions from 1 December 2025. “Over the past...

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Plan to ease home lending restrictions welcomed

· October 14, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Finance Minister Nicola Willis has welcomed the Reserve Bank’s intention to relax restrictions on lending, making it easier for first home buyers to get started. “Home...

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Major boost to diagnostic scanners nationwide

· October 14, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government A $108 million upgrade to New Zealand’s diagnostic infrastructure will deliver 32 new and replacement CT, MRI, and SPECT scanners across the country, Health Minister Simeon...

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New state-of-the-art CT scanner for Kenepuru Hospital

· October 14, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Patients in Porirua and surrounding communities now have access to faster, more accurate diagnostic imaging, with a new state-of-the-art Photon Counting Computed Tomography (PCCT) scanner operational...