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· January 9, 2026
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency This is the first state highway planned roadworks update for Manawatū-Whanganui in 2026. Some of our state highways are busy with traffic this summer, so...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch District Court. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A Canadian national caught with child abuse images and videos has been sentenced to 10 months’ home detention before...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Passengers were stranded on the Connemara overnight. RNZ / Mark Papalii More Bluebridge ferry services are being cancelled since a winch problem left passengers stuck overnight...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ A homicide investigation has been launched after the death of a baby boy in Auckland. On 2 January, the 10-week-old baby boy was taken to...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Summer in Eastbourne, Wellington. RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Temperatures are forecast to top 30 degrees in many places, and heat alerts have been issued for Hastings,...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Temperatures are forecast to top 30 degrees in many places, and heat alerts have been issued for Hastings, Napier, Whakatāne, Motueka, Blenheim and Kaikōura. Fire and...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Silver prices increased 150% in 2025 Gold rose by “just” 65% last year Silver “dual use,” complicates supply Often dismissed as “the poor man’s gold”,...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Karen Bright, Counties Manukau CIB: Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a baby boy in Auckland on...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Sir Tim Shadbolt RNZ / Tess Brunton Comedian Gary McCormick, a lifelong friend of Sir Tim Shadbolt, says the mayor was fearless but armed with “a...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand People tending to the whales at Farewell Spit yesterday. Supplied / Project Jonah Project Jonah says 15 stranded pilot whales at Farewell Spit are now swimming...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Earth Sciences New Zealand A weekly update describing soil moisture patterns across the country to show where dry to extremely dry conditions are occurring or imminent. Regions experiencing significant soil...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand Road freight association Transporting New Zealand is urging the Government to remove provisions in the Land Transport (Revenue) Amendment Bill that would allow existing roads to...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 22 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 9 January, the eighth time the New Zealand Professional...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Privacy Commissioner 9 Jan 2026, 15:52 This statement was updated on Friday, 9 January 2026. We were notified on 1 January by Manage My Health (MMH) of a serious...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Privacy Commissioner 9 Jan 2026, 15:38 Advisory notice from the Privacy Commissioner to all primary care providers affected by the Manage My Health data breach. Notifiable privacy breach requirements....
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand After 21 summers of gleeful mischief, Matinee Idle co-hosts Phil O’Brien and Simon Morris have signed off from one of RNZ’s most gloriously divisive programmes, with...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Two firefighters battling a house fire in Waikanae needed medical treatment, with one suffering a burn and the other overcome by heat...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Wellington Collegians Cricket Club Hundreds of young cricketers are battling the Hawke’s Bay heat as an annual tournament forges on with temperatures forecast to...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries The Queensland fruit fly response continues in the Auckland suburb of Mt Roskill, with no further sign of the pest so far, says Biosecurity...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand A building in Pakuranga has been completely destroyed by fire and a person seriously hurt, with flames leaping from the roof, a local business owner says....
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· January 9, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police A Police officer on route to a robbery job got more than he bargained for after a vehicle travelling in front of him took off, driving...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Adi Ashok bowls for the Black Caps against Bangladesh in the second one-day international at Saxton Oval, Nelson, 20 December. Photosport Black Caps leg spinner Adi...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Samara Maxwell celebrates after her 2025 title victory. Craig Cox New Zealand world mountain bike champion Samara Maxwell is taking a year-long break from competitive sport...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand By Dean Bilton, ABC Australia’s players celebrates with the Ashes trophy following their series win on day 5 of the fifth Ashes Test against England at...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Former Wellington mayoral candidate Graham Bloxham is arrested by police. RNZ / Mark Papalii Three people, including former Wellington mayoral hopeful Graham Bloxham, have been arrested...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Screenshot A building in East Auckland’s Pakuranga is engulfed in flames with billowing thick black smoke. A witness told RNZ the fire started at the Pita...
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· January 9, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Police can now release the name of the man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash discovered on Seadown Road in the Timaru District on 22...