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· February 20, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A friend found 18-year-old Kishan Patel with his car on top of him. 123rf A coroner says the accidental death of a teenager while repairing his...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The unprecedented flooding at Whāngaimoana Beach has laid-waste Mellisa Tipene’s veggie garden. The small settlement on Wairarapa’s south coast became a lake when a trickle of...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A Lower Hutt man whose family was forced to flee their home when a large slip fell away from beneath the building says they will be...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A jerry-rigged backyard invention has turned into sizzling hot property for a retired farmer turned entrepreneur. Alan Dyer has worked out a way to brown sausages...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Save the Children Children in Ukraine have endured an average of about 4,000 hours of air raid alarms – equivalent to over 5.5 months of constant alerts – since the...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government agreeing to lower the maximum number of houses in Auckland shows they have been listening to Aucklanders, a heritage group says. Cabinet agreed to...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Gloriavale overseeing shepherd Howard Temple. The Press/Kai Schwoerer The lawyer for convicted sex offender and former Gloriavale leader Howard Temple claims jailing the 85-year-old was...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has introduced legislation to Parliament to establish the new Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), a key step in delivering its ambitious...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour MP Kieran McAnulty. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour MP Kieran McAnulty was ordered to leave the House during a tense session that included many challenges...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sky TV is increasing the price of its Sky Sport and Sky Sport Now packages. AFP/SUPPLIED Sky TV is increasing the price of its Sky Sport...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour deputy leader and spokesperson for Auckland Carmel Sepuloni. RNZ / Angus Dreaver Labour says the Housing Minister has been undermined by his leader and colleagues...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An artist’s impression of the seven-storey apartment building, Mayfair, that is proposed for Wellington’s Mt Victoria. Supplied / One to One Hundred Ltd A controversial high-rise...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Dual citizens face having to get both passports and keep them up to date – and to get a UK passport soon if they want to...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The Reserve Bank kept the Official Cash Rate (OCR) at 2.25 percent. RNZ Wholesale interest rates have softened a little since the Reserve Bank’s Wednesday update,...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Cabinet has agreed to lower the maximum number of houses in Auckland from 2 million to at least 1.6 million. Housing Minister Chris Bishop announced the...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government The Government will amend the Resource Management Act to reduce the minimum housing capacity required for Auckland Council’s Plan Change 120 from just over 2 million...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute the following to Senior Sergeant Craig Bates, Acting Waikato West Response Manager: Waikato West Police have arrested a brazen burglar who broke into a...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Auckland Council Work gets underway from Monday 23 February on the final town centre section of Te Ara Awataha – Northcote’s new greenway. What is Te Ara Awataha? Te...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop has welcomed the Fast-track approval of thousands of new homes and a major economic boost in Queenstown. RCL Homestead Bay Limited lodged...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Zoi Sadowski-Synnott with her family after winning silver medal at the final of the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle, Winter Olympics, 2026. www.photosport.nz Wānaka snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott is...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unemployment is at its highest in more than a decade, but an economist says that could actually be an early sign of economic strength, as more...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government is expected to make an announcement on housing plans for Auckland. RNZ / Kate Newton The details of the government’s election year U-turn on...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Lake Forsyth in Banks Peninsula following the bad weather. Nathan Mckinnon / RNZ Residents of a Banks Peninsula town flooded for the second time in a...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Unemployment is at its highest in more than a decade, but an economist says that could actually be an early sign of economic strength, as more...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Influencers must stay on the right side of the tax rules. (File photo) Supplied/123rf Emily Holdaway, or Officially Em, as she is known to her thousands...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand University of Otago law professor Andrew Geddis. Supplied A law expert says it is ironic the coalition appears to have run out of time to put...
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· February 19, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Phil Pennington The Chief Victims Advisor says there needs to be an independent investigation into historical allegations of sexual abuse at St Bede’s College....