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SH 2 northbound closed near Petone
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 2 heading northbound near Petone is closed after a single-vehicle crash. Emergency services were called to the area at 5.17am. One person has serious...
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Water search for missing jet skier ended for second night
Source: Radio New Zealand The police Eagle helicopter crew and Coastguard are searching for a missing jet skier off Waikato (file photo). RNZ / Dom Thomas The search for a...
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Water search underway in Waikato for missing jet skier
Source: Radio New Zealand The police Eagle helicopter crew and Coastguard are searching for a missing jet skiier off Waikato (file photo). RNZ / Dom Thomas The Coastguard are helping...
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Body found after helicopter joins search at Piha Beach
Source: Radio New Zealand Piha Beach, west of Auckland City, is notorious for its challenging conditions for swimmers and surfers (file photo). RNZ / Marika Khabazi A body has been...
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Sudden death, Piha
Source: New Zealand Police Police received report of a person washed away by waves on Piha Beach around 12.30pm. The Police Eagle was deployed to help locate the person, sadly...
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Domestic violence experts warning of increase in abusive partners using tracking devices
Source: Radio New Zealand Experts say there is an increase in abusive partners stalking their exes with small tracking devices. 123RF Domestic violence experts warn they are seeing an alarming...
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Man charged after Hornby incident
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Sergeant Luke Vaughan: A man was due to appear in court today following an incident in Hornby yesterday evening. Police received multiple calls...
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Vietnam Is Shining, and Can Gio Is the Hidden Jewel Awaiting Its Moment
Source: Media Outreach CAN GIO, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 25 December 2025 – In 2024, when Hines released its seminal report Why Asia Now, the message was simple...
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Man wanted for questioning in Ruatiti homicide turns himself in
Source: Radio New Zealand Sheep farmer husband and wife, Brendon, 56, and Trina Cole, 54, were found dead at their Murumuru Road property in the farming community of Ruatiti on...
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Update: Man speaking to Police in relation to Ruatiti homicide
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Central District Commander Superintendent Dion Bennett: The 29-year-old man Police required to speak to about a double homicide in Ruatiti on Saturday 13...
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Christmas Day marked with reflection, fun and shared lunch
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealanders are celebrating Christmas Day throughout the country, with traditional family get togethers, shared meals, gift giving and Christmas trees. Here’s some of what Christmas...
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Aeroplane crashes into house in Pauanui
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Paul Baker A small plane has crashed into a house in the holiday hotspot of Pauanui, on the Coromandel Peninsula. Police said about 9:10am on...
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Two injured in stabbing, police say
Source: Radio New Zealand (File photo) RNZ Two people are injured following a stabbing in Ngaruawahia, north of Hamilton, late on Christmas Eve, police say. Emergency services were called to...
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Three youths arrested after Christmas Eve robbery in Hamilton
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to an aggravated robbery on Mill Street at about 6.40am. RNZ / Marika Khabazi Three youths have been arrested following a Christmas Eve...
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Nitrates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The High Court has ruled Canterbury’s regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without resource consents,...
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Trio arrested after aggravated robbery
Source: New Zealand Police Police have arrested three youths following a swift response to reports of an aggravated robbery in Hamilton this morning. About 6:40am, Police were alerted to the...
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Nitreates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing dicharges, High Court rules
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The High Court has ruled Canterbury’s regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without resource consents,...
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Man charged with murder over Hamilton death
Source: Radio New Zealand A 21-year-old man was arrested on Christmas Eve and charged with murder. (File photo) RNZ / Richard Tindiller A man has been charged with murder after...
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Facial recognition report shows teenagers are worst threat to South Island supermarkets
Source: Radio New Zealand Foodstuffs South Island is trialling facial recognition in three Pak’nSave supermarkets in Christchurch 123RF A report into facial recognition systems used on shoppers shows teenagers are...
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NZ F1 star Liam Lawson raises more than $50k for breast cancer research
Source: Radio New Zealand Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson in Cromwell on Tuesday. SUPPLIED Hot laps with Formula 1 driver Liam Lawson has raised more than $50,000 for breast cancer...
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Hamilton homicide: Man charged with murder
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Daryl Smith, District Manager Criminal Investigations: Police have arrested and charged a man with murder in relation to the death of...
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New North Road, Kingsland re-opens
Source: New Zealand Police Police can advise New North Road in Kingsland has re-opened to traffic in both directions, following an earlier crash at lunchtime. Enquiries into the crash will...
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Police reasonably pleased with Hastings drink driving operation results
Source: New Zealand Police Hawke’s Bay Police are reasonably pleased with the results of an operation targeting drink driving on Friday 19 December – but four impaired drivers let the...
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Police scour suburb for answers after victim left ‘fearful’
Source: New Zealand Police A Police investigation has identified an offender allegedly behind two targeted wilful damage incidents in an Auckland suburb. The development comes after Waitematā West Police scoured...
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Ruatiti huts reopen as police continue to search for Mitchell Cole
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Cole Supplied / NZ Police The Department of Conservation has reopened several huts near the Whanganui River where police have been searching for Mitchell Cole....
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An unwelcome Christmas gift for anti-social road users
Source: New Zealand Police Wellington Police have disrupted multiple planned anti-social road user gatherings overnight. Hutt Valley Area Commander Inspector Wade Jennings says checkpoints and a visible Police presence at...
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One dead after Christmas Eve fire in New Plymouth
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon One person has died after a house fire in New Plymouth early on the morning of Christmas Eve. Emergency services were called...