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Porirua City Elections 2025 – Final results
Source: Porirua City Council All votes have now been counted and the shape of Porirua City Council for the next year years has been decided. Today’s final results update the earlier...
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Seven new Police Patrol Dog Teams celebrate graduation today
Source: New Zealand Police Police Commissioner Richard Chambers welcomed seven new Patrol Dog Teams during their graduation at the Police Dog Training Centre (DTC) in Trentham, Upper Hutt today. The...
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Man fined, dogs ordered to be destroyed for prolonged dog attack on seal
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 16 October 2025 Sebastian Marinkovich was walking his two dogs, a retriever/labrador cross and a German shepherd/Siberian husky cross, on Kina Beach near Motueka on...
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Privacy Commissioner speaks out about sharing information for children’s safety and wellbeing
Source: Privacy Commissioner 9 Oct 2025, 12:48 “A child’s safety and wellbeing comes first,” is the Privacy Commissioner’s message to front-line workers after today’s announcement that the Government is working...
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Privacy Commissioner speech to the Police Association Annual Conference
Source: Privacy Commissioner 16 Oct 2025, 16:00 “My thanks to the Police Association for giving me the opportunity to address your annual conference on the subject of body-worn cameras and,...
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Blasting into summer at Central Otago’s Nevis Bluff
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Road users should prepare for delays as critical safety work at the Nevis Bluff, on State Highway 6 between Cromwell and Queenstown, gets underway later...
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Teaching the Basics Brilliantly: New curriculum, resources and assessment tools
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is delivering on its commitment to lift student achievement, with new curriculum updates, resources, and assessments rolling out from Term 4, Education Minister Erica...
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Five people due to appear in court on multiple charges in drug operation, Ōpōtiki
Source: New Zealand Police Five arrests have been made and drugs seized as Police target drug dealing in Ōpōtiki. Four search warrants were carried out on Wednesday 15 September, at...
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New Zealand Practice Guidelines for Opioid Substitution Treatment 2025
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health Publication date: 16 October 2025 The New Zealand Practice Guidelines for Opioid Substitution Treatment provide clinical and procedural guidance for specialist services and primary...
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More job seekers finding employment
Source: New Zealand Government Minister for Social Development and Employment Louise Upston says the Government’s approach to tackling unemployment continues to make progress despite a challenging economic environment. “Despite tough...
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Fishery Officer ranks bolstered with new graduates
Source: New Zealand Government Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has today attended the graduation of 10 new Fishery Officers to acknowledge the importance of the work frontline officers do...
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Foreign Minister to visit UK and Nordic countries
Source: New Zealand Government Foreign Minister Winston Peters leaves this weekend for the United Kingdom and the Nordic region. While in the United Kingdom, Mr Peters will take part in...
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Dental treatment proposed for public funding
Source: PHARMAC Pharmac is proposing to fund silver diamine fluoride for people accessing dental services through Health New Zealand public hospitals, and ‘Health New Zealand’s Community Oral Health Service’ for...
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Police seek information following hit and run, Paeroa
Source: New Zealand Police Police are seeking information following a hit and run incident on State Highway 2, Paeroa last weekend. On Saturday 11 October police received a report that...
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Pahiatua homicide: Police locate victim’s vehicle
Source: New Zealand Police Police investigating the suspicious death of a woman in Pahiatua have located a car that was taken from the victim’s address. Officers were called to a...
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Name release: Fatal Crash, Aka Aka
Source: New Zealand Police Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash in Aka Aka, Waikato, on 5 October. He was Ryan George Terry-Daley,...
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Name release: Fatal Crash, Ōhaeawai
Source: New Zealand Police Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash in Ōhaeawai, Far North, on 30 September. He was Riccardo Clark, 20,...
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Toroa/albatross season breaks records
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 16 October 2025 38 chicks fledged from the colony, including 18 which were fitted with trackers showing their location using the Global Positioning System –...
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Board appointments add strength to infrastructure agencies
Source: New Zealand Government Newly appointed and reappointed directors will bring significant expertise to the Boards of Crown Infrastructure Delivery Ltd (CID), National Infrastructure Funding and Financing Ltd (NIFFCo) and...
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Man arrested after ‘unpredictable’ incident in Tauranga
Source: New Zealand Police A serious incident in Tauranga this morning involving an armed, fleeing driver has ended with the arrest of a 36-year-old man. Nobody was seriously hurt, but...
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Flood resilience funding targets regional risk
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is investing close to $97 million into 32 flood resilience projects across New Zealand, helping to protect more than 30,000 homes and around 350,000...
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Cutting roadwork delays from buried pipes and cables
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is cracking down on the delays and cost blowouts caused by pipes and cables buried under our roads “Infrastructure projects up and down the...
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Cake makers to get a slice of red tape relief
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is cutting red tape for home-based cake makers as part of a wider work programme to make it easier to operate and innovate in...
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Government should back vital workforce over Swiss multinationals
Source: Maritime Union of New Zealand The Maritime Union has today called for the Government to reject an application by Swiss-based shipping company Nova to be exempted from the legal...
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Pharmac cuts red tape to improve access to medicines for thousands of New Zealanders
Source: PHARMAC Pharmac is removing unnecessary renewal requirements for selected Special Authority medicines and products, making it easier for people with long-term conditions to access the treatments they need. A...
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Homicide investigation launched after Pahiatua death
Source: New Zealand Police To be attributed to Detective Senior Sergeant David Thompson, Area Investigations Manager: A homicide inquiry has commenced following the death of a woman in Pahiatua yesterday....
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Our enduring approach to a changing climate
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has released New Zealand’s first National Adaptation Framework to ensure people know what risks they face and what the plan is to address them,...