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Road closed, Clarkville
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) A road in Clarkville, near Kaiapoi is closed following a serious crash overnight. Emergency services were called to the single vehicle crash on Butchers...
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Improving resilience on State Highway 1 at Utiku
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency New resilience work is underway this week at Utiku south of Taihape, on land between State Highway 1 and the railway corridor. Work has now...
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Motorcyclist dies following crash in Palmerston North on 6 January
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) A motorcyclist critically injured in a crash in Palmerston North on 6 January has passed away in hospital. The crash, involving a car and...
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Update on December selected prices indexes (SPI) release 2024 – exclusion of December 2024 rental data
Source: Statistics New Zealand Update on December selected prices indexes (SPI) release 2024 – exclusion of December 2024 rental data – 10 January 2025 – The December 2024 SPI release,...
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Oxfam – Richest 1% burn through their entire annual carbon limit in just 10 days
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa The richest 1 percent have burned through their share of the annual global carbon budget -the amount of CO2 that can be added to the atmosphere without pushing...
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Property Sector – Construction conditions look set to improve in 2025 – CoreLogic
Source: CoreLogic The cost to build a ‘standard’ single storey three bedroom, two-bathroom standalone dwelling* in NZ increased by 0.6% in the three months to December, half the 1.1% growth...
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First Responders – Whangārei vegetation fire update #5
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand now has the vegetation fire in Whangārei under control, and is standing crews down for the evening at 8pm. Incident...
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SH1 work in Northland starting Sunday
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency A reminder, starting next week, our roading crews will begin essential road rebuilding work at key sites of SH1 between Whangārei and Ruakākā. Additionally, there...
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Canterbury and West Coast: humming, high-vis highways
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA’s) highway maintenance crews are getting back into road repair and re-surfacing work this month and next across the central...
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Waikato & Bay of Plenty state highway works January 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency 10 January 2025 11:44 am | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi 2025 has kicked off with a number of active worksites across the region. With...
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Appeal for information following Khandallah incident
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch Police are seeking witnesses to a family harm incident in Khandallah, Wellington, yesterday. About 12pm on Thursday...
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Expect delays on SH2, Te Puna
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency 10 January 2025 1:02 pm | NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Road users are experiencing long delays on State Highway 2 between Waihī and Ōmokoroa....
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Auckland overnight motorway closures 12 – 17 January 2025
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi advises of the following closures for motorway improvements. Work delayed by bad weather will be completed at the next available...
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Hot on the tail: Dangerous driver arrested in Whangārei
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) A dangerous driver allegedly tailgating other motorists and overtaking on blind corners has been taken into custody in Whangārei. At about 9.20am yesterday, Police...
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Great spots for walking your dog this summer
Source: Auckland Council If you’re looking for new places and walks to explore with your dog this summer, you’ll find hundreds of options across Tāmaki Makaurau. Here are a few...
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New Zealand Flag half-masting to mark the funeral of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming, NZ Police
Source: Ministry for Culture and Heritage To action: New Zealand Flag to fly at half-mast for Funeral of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming, New Zealand Police on Thursday, 16 January 2025, 8am –...
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First Responders – Whangārei vegetation fire update #3
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The two homes that evacuated yesterday have now returned home. While yesterday our crews focused on structure protection, today the focus turns to getting a...
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Nowhere to hide: Man arrested following hours-long chase
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) A man who allegedly stole a vehicle at knife-point, drove dangerously through northern Auckland and rammed a Police car has been found hiding up...
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Name release, fatal crash SH25
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police can now name the man who died in a crash on SH25, Te Puru, on 27 December 2024. He was Jason David Taana,...
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KO disruptive tenants’ easy ride over
Source: New Zealand Government Complaints about disruptive behaviour now handled in around 13 days (down from around 60 days a year ago) 553 Section 55A notices issued by Kāinga Ora...
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Death following water-related incident, Pilot Bay
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police can confirm one person has died following a water incident at Pilot Bay Beach yesterday morning. Emergency services were notified just before 8:20am...
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Property Report – Exceptionally lukewarm: property market hits record December lows
Source: RealEstate.co.nz Record-breaking new listings slump – lowest for any December in 17 years 11 of 19 regions see average asking prices decline year-on-year National average asking price back to...
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“Frustrating and distressing”: DOC appeals for information after seabirds killed
Source: Department of Conservation Date: 09 January 2025 A concerned member of the public reported the incident, which happened around 12 pm on Friday, January 3. DOC Hauraki Operations Manager Avi...
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First Responders – Whangārei vegetation fire update #2
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency was alerted to the fire in Whangārei at approximately 12.30pm this afternoon. Crews from both Whangārei and Onerahi responded, but the fire...
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Anti-poverty groups say amendments to Social Security Act will remove job seekers’ human rights
Source: Child Poverty Action Group Anti-poverty groups say amendments to Social Security Act will remove job seekers’ human rights. 9 January 2025 – Anti-poverty groups say that changes proposed in the Social...
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SH29 summer maintenance programme to resume
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency Later this week crews will resume work on a significant programme of summer maintenance on State Highway 29. Work to rebuild and resurface the road...
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First Responders – Whangārei vegetation fire update
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Evacuations are underway for a number of homes near a large vegetation fire south of Whangārei. Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews were called to...