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Tasman floods recovery expected to cost $50m, take two years
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding and damage in Otuwhero Valley and Sandy Bay Road near Marahau, during extensive floods in the area, on 12 July, 2025. Supplied/ Jodie Reed More...
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Science, English slide, as secondary school students seek life skills
Source: Radio New Zealand English is still the most-widely studied subject, but has slipped from 87 to 80 percent of students. Unsplash One in five secondary school students studied life...
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Assaults on K Road disorder: Police asking for help to identify offenders
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute the following to Auckland City Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Greaves: Police are asking for the public’s assistance after the mass disorder that occurred on...
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Government and industry launch pilot to enhance welfare practices in shearing sector
Source: New Zealand Government The Government and industry are supporting training initiatives to improve animal welfare outcomes in New Zealand woolsheds, Associate Agriculture Minister Andrew Hoggard and Rural Communities Minister...
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Drivers should take care in Tairāwhiti over the holidays
Source: New Zealand Police Police are urging motorists to plan ahead and expect hold ups, with an influx of traffic to Tairāwhiti over the holiday break. With Rhythm and Vines...
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Crash involving fire truck injures one in Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand The crash involved a fire truck (generic image). RNZ / Nate McKinnon One person is injured after a crash between a fire truck and car in...
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Weather set to worsen ahead of New Year’s Eve
Source: Radio New Zealand Revellers at last year’s Rhythm and Vines event. Kaelin Wade A bout of bad weather is about to sweep across the east of the North Island,...
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Where do MPs go, when they go bush?
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour MP Duncan Webb and his son Albert Webb on top of Avalanche Peak. Supplied There’s simply nothing better than ditching the workwear for an outdoor...
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UFC year in review: The good, the bad and the ugly
Source: Radio New Zealand From eye pokes to Donald Trump, the UFC in 2025 was not the most stellar of years for the promotion. photosport The year 2025 will not...
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Staycation activities in New Zealand’s main cities
Source: Radio New Zealand A staycation doesn’t require flashy gear or carefully planned excursions to make it memorable. What matters is finding something that fits your family’s interests and offers...
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Fishery officers target illegal pāua gathering
Source: New Zealand Government Fishery Officer patrols will be stepped up over summer to help reduce the illegal gathering and illicit trade of pāua, Oceans and Fishers Minister Shane Jones...
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Four arrested, one in hospital after ‘mass disorder’ on Auckland’s Karangahape Road
Source: Radio New Zealand Karangahape Road on a quieter day. The Detail/Tom Kitchin Four people were arrested and one hospitalised after a mass brawl on central Auckland’s Karangahape Road early...
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Weather: Sunday expected to live up to its name, though still ‘showers about’
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService meteorologist Devlin Lynden says the thunderstorms will ease (file image). 123RF A calmer day is in store for parts of the South Island battered on...
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Nelson mayor welcomes police boost a year after officer was killed
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samantha Gee The police commissioner being on the beat in Nelson this New Year a year on from the death of one of its...
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Chris Wood set for extended time out after surgery
Source: Radio New Zealand Chris Wood of New Zealand. PHOTOSPORT All Whites captain Chris Wood’s spell on the sideline will continue for an indefinite period after undergoing surgery. The Nottingham...
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Charities turning away high numbers of volunteer applications
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteering NZ spokesperson Margaret McLachlan SUPPLIED Charities are turning away people wanting to volunteer amidst a flood of interest they say is linked to the high...
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The best board games to play (and gift) this summer
Source: Radio New Zealand In a world that can seem increasingly digitised and isolating, board games offer a unique chance to connect with others. And over the holiday period, the...
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Essential New Zealand Albums: Bressa Creeting Cake
Source: Radio New Zealand To a listener who was tuned to Auckland’s bFM in the mid-1990s, the self-titled debut of Bressa Creeting Cake might not have come as quite the...
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What makes Shona Laing’s South an essential album
Source: Radio New Zealand Shona Laing was just 17 when she had her first national hit with ‘1905’ in 1972. Fifteen years later, she was reintroducing herself as a different...
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Thunderstorm watch lifted as South Island hit with intense storms
Source: Radio New Zealand An active supercell south from Rakaia. MetService/Screenshot The thunderstorm that lashed the South Island and brought widespread and large hail is one of the year’s most...
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The Ashes: England beats Australia – fourth test, day two
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action, as the fourth in the five-test series between archrivals Australia and England continues at the MCG in Melbourne. Australia swept to...
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South Island hit with one of the year’s most intense storms
Source: Radio New Zealand An active supercell south from Rakaia. MetService/Screenshot The thunderstorm that has lashed the South Island and brought widespread and large hail is one of the year’s...
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Housing First Ōtautahi launches rapid response to homelessness, finding an increase in elderly with no home
Source: Radio New Zealand Housing First Ōtautahi manager Nicola Fleming. Rachel Graham A new outreach service for homeless people in Christchurch encountered an 87-year-old woman living on the streets in...
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Fishermen whose boat sank were well-prepared – police
Source: Radio New Zealand Māngere Bridge. RNZ / Dan Cook Three fishermen rescued on Friday night after their boat started taking on water did “everything right”, police say. The trio...
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SH 2 open near Petone
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 2 near Petone is open for traffic both ways after a single-vehicle crash around 5.17am. Police continues to investigate the crash and urges safe...
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The Ashes live: Australia v England – fourth test, day two
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the cricket action, as the fourth in the five-test series between archrivals Australia and England continues at the MCG in Melbourne. Australia swept to...
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NZ’s best public events to celebrate the New Year
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch will welcome 2025 with live music and fireworks. AFP / MATIAS DELACROIX A rundown on some of the biggest public events to ring in 2026...