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Update 2: Maeroa incident
Source: New Zealand Police Charges have been entered for the 23-year-old man in relation to the serious incident in Maeroa on Saturday night. He is due in Hamilton District Court...
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PM Edition: Top 10 Business Articles on LiveNews.co.nz for August 17, 2026 – Full Text
PM Edition: Here are the top 10 business articles on LiveNews.co.nz for August 17, 2026 - Full Text
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AM Edition: Top 10 Politics Articles on LiveNews.co.nz for August 17, 2026 – Full Text
AM Edition: Here are the top 10 politics articles on LiveNews.co.nz for August 17, 2026 - Full Text
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Tech – The Skills That Survive America’s Job Market Turbulence: What Nearly a Million U.S. Job Postings Tell Us About Tech Tools Demand
Source: Oxylabs Researchers have found that cloud platforms and baseline infrastructure tools drive employer demand across more than 850,000 listings. Vilnius, Lithuania, August 14, 2026. – The U.S. labor market...
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Greenpeace – Thousands of NZers demand ‘hands off conservation land’ in nationwide day of action.
Source: Greenpeace Thousands of people across Aotearoa have taken part in a nationwide day of action today, calling on the Coalition Government to keep its hands off public conservation land...
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PSA STATEMENT – ACT wants public service to be a bad employer, exposing the real agenda behind its ‘reset’
Source: Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi ACT coming after requirements for the public service to be a good employer says everything about the party’s real agenda, putting...
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Firefighters working to extinguish fire at Botany Downs
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire in an air-conditioning unit on the roof of a three-story building attached to the shopping mall at...
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Botany Downs fire – final update
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand An investigation is underway into the origin and cause of this morning’s building fire at Botany Downs. The fire was extinguished shortly before midday....
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Waikato beef farmer and livestock trader fined $22,000 for NAIT failures
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A Rangiriri beef farmer and livestock trader has been fined $22,000 for a range of failures under the National Animal Identification and Tracing Act...
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Southland seafood company fined $39,000 for shellfish biosecurity breaches
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A Southland seafood company has been fined $39,000 for biosecurity breaches involving illegally moving thousands of oysters and mussels and putting the iconic Bluff...
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Shearer placed on 6 months’ community detention, 12 months’ supervision for deliberate physical abuse of lambs
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A Palmerston North shearer has been placed on 6 months’ community detention, along with 12 months’ supervision for physically abusing 3 lambs while shearing...
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Various Vogel’s breads recalled due to possible presence of small metal pieces
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Goodman Fielder New Zealand Ltd in its recall of various Vogel’s brand breads in the South Island as...
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Fisher who poached 1869 pāua placed on home detention for 10 months, ordered to do 300 hours’ community work
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A fisher who poached 1869 pāua intended for sale, and illegally used scuba gear to harvest the shellfish, has been placed on home detention...
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Proposed temporary closure of Ōhiwa Harbour in the Bay of Plenty to harvesting mussels
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Have your say Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa has requested a further 2-year closure over an area within Ōhiwa Harbour in the Bay of...
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Applications for 2 mātaitai reserves at Whangārei Harbour and Bream Bay, Northland
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Update – 10 August 2026 The consultation period for the proposed mātaitai reserves will be extended, and an additional local community meeting will be...
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Proposed local rock lobster management measures at Aotea Great Barrier Island
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Have your say The Aotea/Great Barrier Local Board and the Ngāti Rehua Ngātiwai ki Aotea Iwi Trust Board have requested that the Minister for...
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Proposed temporary fisheries closure along the western Taranaki coast
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Have your say Taranaki iwi and hapū have requested a 2-year closure of the fisheries waters along the western Taranaki coastline under section 186A...
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Proposed changes to New Zealand’s organic regulations
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Have your say MPI is seeking feedback on proposals intended to make the organic regulatory system clearer, more practical, and proportionate before businesses must...
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Checkpoint dodgers among dozens caught in Taranaki road policing bid to keep roads safe
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Inspector Mark Miller, Taranaki Area Commander: Taranaki Police issued dozens of infringements, impounded vehicles and charged unlawful drivers following a road policing operation over...
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Winston Peters – “The Labour, Green, Māori, Opportunity – Antipodean Animal Farm”
Source: New Zealand First Introduction Good afternoon. We are here on the seventh day of a total circus in Wellington – it boiled down to what was just an utter...
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Name release and message from family, Aranui
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Daniel Overend: Police are now able to release the name of the young child who died following an incident at a...
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Update: Maeroa incident
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Waikato Duty Inspector Karl Thornton: A scene examination continues on Churchill Avenue in Maeroa, Hamilton, following a serious incident last night. Police responded to...
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PM Edition: Top 10 Business Articles on LiveNews.co.nz for August 16, 2026 – Full Text
PM Edition: Here are the top 10 business articles on LiveNews.co.nz for August 16, 2026 - Full Text
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AM Edition: Top 10 Politics Articles on LiveNews.co.nz for August 16, 2026 – Full Text
AM Edition: Here are the top 10 politics articles on LiveNews.co.nz for August 16, 2026 - Full Text
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Man arrested following Maeroa incident
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Sergeant Luke Thompson, Hamilton Police: A man is in custody following a serious incident in Maeroa, Hamilton tonight. Emergency services were called to Churchill...
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Winston Peters – “The Labour Party You Once Knew, Is No More”
Source: New Zealand First Introduction Good afternoon. You may have noticed there was a slight distraction that happened in a flurry in Wellington earlier this week. As already stated –...
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Road blocked, State Highway 50, Maraekākaho, Hastings
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 50, Maraekākaho, is blocked following a single-vehicle crash. Police were called to the crash near the intersection of Kereru Road around 1pm, where a...