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Central Lower Hutt’s Queens Drive reopens after police incident
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Queens Drive in central Lower Hutt has reopened after an earlier incident. That incident had been resolved, police said. The road had...
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NRL: NZ Warriors audition new goalkickers after Tanah Boyd’s season-ending injury
Source: Radio New Zealand Taine Tuaupiki was first cab off the rank against Brisbane Broncos and suffered the first miss of his first-grade career. Photosport NRL: NZ Warriors v St...
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Contactless credit and debit payments on Metlink services go down
Source: Radio New Zealand Metlink is asking Wellington bus passengers to pay with cash or Snapper cards. SUPPLIED / GWRC Metlink is asking Wellington bus passengers to pay with cash...
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Central Lower Hutt’s Queens Drive closed as result of police incident
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Queens Drive in central Lower Hutt has been closed while police respond to an incident. Police aren’t providing details, but say there...
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Minor parties steal spotlight from Nicola Willis’ Budget
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand First’s Winston Peters and ACT’s David Seymour. RNZ Analysis – Much like every other political party in Parliament, New Zealand First isn’t really planning...
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Football: Auckland FC coach Steve Corica targets sixth A-League title against former side
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland FC coach Steve Corica. Shane Wenzlick / Photosport.nz Steve Corica has won the biggest prize in the A-League five times before and should he do...
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Police warning after tourist convicted of painting scam
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Police are warning of scams from overseas visitors after a tourist from the UK swindled tens of thousands of dollars from a couple. It is...
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Health professionals, border officials on alert for diphtheria amid outbreak in Australia
Source: Radio New Zealand The best protection against the infection is immunisation (file image). MARIJAN MURAT / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP Healthcare professionals and border agencies are on alert for...
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Move-on orders pass first reading
Source: New Zealand Government Legislation which provides Police with the power to issue move-on orders as a tool to deal with disorderly behaviour in public places has passed first reading...
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Road blocked, Queens Drive, central Lower Hutt
Source: New Zealand Police Queens Drive in central Lower Hutt is currently blocked while Police respond to an incident this evening. Police were called to the incident around 4.50pm. There...
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Bill would protect public conservation land this Government wants to mine
Source: Green Party Green Party Member Lan Pham‘s Bill to prohibit mining on conservation land has been drawn from the ballot today. “Conservation land belongs to all of us. It is...
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Pharmac changes could see more than 250,000 children qualify for free flu jab
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF More than a quarter of a million children could qualify for free flu vaccines from next year. Pharmac has proposed changes, including widening the access...
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Ruling backs Viv Beck in Heart of the City stoush
Source: Radio New Zealand Heart of the City chief executive Viv Beck Supplied/ Heart of the City Auckland’s Heart of the City has been ordered by the Employment Relations Authority...
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Jennah Wootten named new boss of Netball NZ
Source: Radio New Zealand Jennah Wootten speaking as the CEO of Aktive, in November 2023. Alan Lee / www.photosport.nz Experienced sports and major events leader Jennah Wootten has been put...
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Reverse Robin Hood rides to Government Budget rescue again
Source: NZCTU The Government’s announcement that it will increase housing costs for some of the poorest families in the country is a sign that the Budget is making all the...
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Duo charged over Tauranga fuel theft
Source: Radio New Zealand Police saw vehicles that had been broken into, alongside equipment used to siphon fuel. AFP or licensors Two men are due to appear in Tauranga District...
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Labour and Greens say social housing shake-up will see public housing tenants evicted
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The opposition says the government’s social housing shake-up is “cruel” and will lead to more evictions of public...
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New stoat bait a 30-year journey for predator-free scientist
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Seeing a stoat den lined with feathers from rare native birds motivated Elaine Murphy to become a scientist at the Department of Conservation over 30 years ago. Elaine...
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Wairoa youth benefit from new funding partnerships
Source: New Zealand Government More than 80 Wairoa youth will be supported to re-engage with education or embark on the pathway to employment, through a joint Government and community funding...
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Whānau grieve mother and daughter who died in Christchurch house fire
Source: Radio New Zealand Rose-Maree, 23, and Sapphire-Hope, 3, died after a fire tore through their home. Supplied A heartbroken Christchurch family is mourning the loss of a 3-year-old with...
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New Zealand boxer David Nyika on fiancée’s cancer fight
Source: Radio New Zealand David Nyika will headline a Duco card on 8 August in an IBF cruiserweight world title eliminator with New Zealand-born Australian Floyd Masson. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Kiwi...
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Pair arrested after early morning burglary
Source: New Zealand Police Police have helped a pair to court after they were caught helping themselves in Epsom this morning. At around 4.24am, Police responded to a report about...
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Family Violence and Sexual Violence Advisory Group Announced
Source: New Zealand Government A new advisory group has been created to bring lived experience and frontline leadership knowledge to the government’s decision-making and strategic direction around preventing family violence...
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Two in custody following overnight fuel siphoning incident, Tauranga
Source: New Zealand Police Two Tauranga men are due to appear in Court following a report of a fuel theft from a construction site. At around 11.35pm, Police were notified...
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Roadside drug tests rolling out nationwide
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Alexander Robertson Roadside drug tests are rolling out nationwide, as the government aims to crack down on impaired drivers. The new tests could detect...
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Crusaders v Chiefs rivalry rings loud as Will Jordan welcomes cowbells
Source: Radio New Zealand Will Jordan of the Crusaders with fans. © Photosport Ltd 2026 www.photosport.nz All Blacks fullback Will Jordan is back for the Crusaders and he’s daring Chiefs...
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Forest & Bird challenges councils over controversial dam project in court
Source: Radio New Zealand Site of the Tukituki Water Storage Project. RNZ Forest & Bird has filed judicial review proceedings in the High Court challenging a decision to extend consents...