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Found, missing tramper, Kahurangi National Park
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Sergeant Jonny Evans, Police Search and Rescue. Graham Garnett, 66, has been found sheltering in a hut in Kahurangi National Park, alive. Graham...
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Government seeks urgent advice on how to protect Auckland rockpools
Source: Radio New Zealand Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The government is seeking urgent advice on dealing with the alleged stripping of rockpools by harvesters...
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Urgent advice sought on rockpool collections
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has asked for urgent advice on how to deal with reports of rockpools on Whangaparāoa Peninsula and other areas being stripped of marine life, Oceans...
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Update 2: Police rescue operation on SH 2 between Ōpōtiki and Matawai
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Senior Sergeant Bill Fisher, Bay of Plenty District Deployment Coordinator: Police conducting a rescue operation of all those stranded in slip-struck Waioeka Gorge on...
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Local pilots to the rescue after dozens left stranded in Waioeka Gorge
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 40 people were evacuated after flooding and slips shut State Highway 2 between Matawai and Ōpōtiki on Friday. Police/Supplied A local helicopter pilot helped...
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Update: Police rescue operation on SH 2 between Ōpōtiki and Matawai
Source: New Zealand Police More than 40 people have been evacuated after flooding and slips shut State Highway 2 between Matawai and Ōpōtiki yesterday. Police were alerted to the first...
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Longest ever lull in nuclear testing – but record already on shaky ground
Source: Radio New Zealand By Brad Lendon, CNN Firework displays in North Korea, as the state held a rally days after its last test of a nuclear weapon on 3...
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Northland News – Marris to head Kaipara Moana Remediation Operations
Source: Northland Regional Council Kaipara District Council (KDC) chief executive Jason Marris has been appointed the new Pou Tātaki (General Manager) of Kaipara Moana Remediation (KMR) operational arm Kaipara Maurikura. Kaipara...
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Watch: Tornado appears to rip through paddocks in Waikato
Source: Radio New Zealand There are reports of small tornados in the North Island, as severe thunderstorm and heavy rain watches remain in place for the top half of the...
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Whangaparāoa rock pools ‘stripped bare’ by sea life gatherers, resident says
Source: Radio New Zealand People gathering sea life at Army Bay. Protect Whangaparoa Rockpools Mark Lenton, who grew up in the Auckland coastal community of Whangaparāoa, fondly remembers spending hours...
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Search for tramper in Kahurangi National Park suspended
Source: Radio New Zealand Graham Garnett, 66, was meant to return on 30 December. Supplied / NZ Police The search for missing tramper Graham Garnett, 66, who failed to return...
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Kahurangi National Park search suspended
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Sergeant Jonny Evans, Police Search and Rescue: The search for missing tramper Graham Garnett, 66, has been suspended. This decision follows extensive searches...
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Weather: Severe thunderstorms, heavy rain warnings for North Island, upper South
Source: Radio New Zealand An orange rain warning is in force for Bay of Plenty, including Rotorua, until 11am on Friday. Supplied/MetService Severe thunderstorm and heavy rain watches are in...
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The X Factor: Grok deepfakes and why NZ is still using Elon Musk’s X
Source: Radio New Zealand In this photo illustration an iPhone screen displays Elon Musk’s repost on his social media platform X regarding criticism from British Prime Minister Kier Starmer about...
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‘He lost his spark for life’: Benjamin Timmins’ sister speaks out after Waitārere shooting
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene of the shooting on Wednesday. RNZ/Mark Papalii The sister of a man who died after a shooting in Waitārere Beach in Horowhenua says her...
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Health – ProCare appointed to lead veteran health reimbursements from 2026
Source: ProCare Leading healthcare provider ProCare has been appointed by Veterans’ Affairs New Zealand to lead the reimbursement of medical and pharmacy costs for veterans’ service-related conditions from 1 April...
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Qatar says some personnel departing US base over ‘regional tensions’
Source: Radio New Zealand A US military transport aircraft is pictured on the tarmac at the Al-Udeid air base southwest of Doha on 21 March 2024. AFP/GIUSEPPE CACACE Some personnel...
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Ministry of Defence seeks advice for plan to have drones scour Pacific
Source: Radio New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Ministry of Defence is looking to companies and experts for advice on a potential plan for surveillance...
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Men found clinging to life jacket, bucket and petrol can after boat capsizes
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / NZDF Three men who spent six hours in the water after their boat overturned did not have time to grab hold of anything, the...
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Manage My Health data breach: A timeline of what happened, and everything we know so far
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Finn Blackwell In one of the biggest privacy breaches in New Zealand history, at the end of 2025 hackers got access to health data...
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Water Safety – Team effort saves three people from overturned vessel off Tolaga Bay
Source: Maritime New Zealand Three people have been rescued after their crayfishing vessel overturned off Tolaga Bay today, thanks to a coordinated effort involving Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ),...
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Team effort saves three people from overturned vessel off Tolaga Bay
Source: Maritime New Zealand Three people have been rescued after their crayfishing vessel overturned off Tolaga Bay today, thanks to a coordinated effort involving Maritime NZ’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCCNZ),...
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Person dead, three critically wounded in Waitārere Beach shooting
Source: Radio New Zealand Police at the scene at Waitārere Beach, a small settlement 13km south of Foxton. RNZ/Mark Papalii Warning: This article discusses family harm. Horowhenua’s mayor says a...
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Christchurch cricket club hosts visiting Australian and UK cricketers
Source: Radio New Zealand Harcourt team-mates Oliver Pascoe (left) and Callum Wright during Sunday’s fixture RNZ / Adam Burns A Christchurch cricket club turned on the charm for their first...
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Samoa chief suggests returning Manawanui compensation to NZ as it’s not enough
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZN Naval Divers on the scene above HMNZS Manawanui, off the Southern Coast Of Upulo. New Zealand Defence Force Uncertainty around compensation payments for the HMNZS...
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What exactly are American ICE agents and what can they do?
Source: Radio New Zealand An ICE agent stands nearby while federal agents detain a protester near the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on 9 January 2026. CHARLY...
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Search for missing tramper in Kahurangi National Park moved to ‘limited search phase’
Source: Radio New Zealand Graham Garnett, 66. Supplied / NZ Police The search for a man missing in Kahurangi National Park is moving to a limited search phase, police say....