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Fire crews battle blaze at Christchurch Hospital
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire at Christchurch Hospital. Fire and Emergency confirmed eight crews are at the hospital...
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Update: Serious incident Onehunga
Source: New Zealand Police Auckland City Police are continuing to make progress in investigating a firearms incident in Onehunga on Friday morning. Detective Senior Sergeant Matt Bunce says a vehicle...
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NZ agencies have eye on ‘largest solar radiation storm in over 20 years’
Source: Radio New Zealand Aurora lights up the sky in Mercer, Auckland on 11 May, 2024. Supplied / Laura Acket A solar storm is being monitored by the National Emergency...
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Fire Safety – Fire restrictions eased in Hawke’s Bay
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Rain and cooler temperatures have eased the fire risk in parts of Hawke’s Bay, which has enabled Fire and Emergency New Zealand to reduce restrictions...
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When will Election Day be, and how is it decided?
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is expected to announce the 2026 Election Day soon. RNZ / Marika Khabazi / Photo illustration / 123rf Explainer – Only one...
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A fisherman’s yellow leggings helped save them after capsizing at Tolaga Bay
Source: Radio New Zealand Three men spent six hours in the water off Tolaga Bay before a major search and rescue effort reached them. Supplied / NZDF Yellow leggings and...
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Tight job market fuels interest in overseas volunteer work
Source: Radio New Zealand Kate Wareham shops in markets at Apia, Samoa. Supplied/VSA An organisation offering volunteer work abroad says New Zealand’s tight job market is fuelling interest in its...
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Kiwi photographer Max Alexander turns camera on ‘planetary defence’, space junk
Source: Radio New Zealand Max Alexander will photographing New Zealand skies, while travelling here this summer. RNZ/Robin Martin An award-winning New Zealand photographer, who has an asteroid named after him...
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Weather live: Northland, Auckland, Coromandel in line for another blast of heavy rain
Source: Radio New Zealand Northern areas are in line for another blast of heavy rain and winds, days after parts of Northland were flooded. MetService has issued orange heavy rain...
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Australia-New Zealand – New Zealand firefighters deploy to Victoria
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand has sent 22 firefighters to Victoria today, following a formal request from Emergency Management Victoria. The contingent consists of 20...
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Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality says Oxfam
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa Billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people Billionaire wealth jumped by over 16 per cent in 2025, three times faster than the past...
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Family of missing tramper Graham Garnett express joy and gratitude he was found alive
Source: Radio New Zealand Missing tramper Graham Garnett was found sheltering in a hut in Kahurangi National Park yesterday afternoon Supplied / NZ Police The family of missing tramper Graham...
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Northlanders battered by weekend flooding brace for second hit
Source: Radio New Zealand The outside of a home in Northland’s Ōakura on Monday. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ Northlanders already battered by the weekend’s heavy rain are bracing for...
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How a wrong turn led to 3 weeks lost in bush + statement from Graham Garnett’s family
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Sergeant Jonny Evans, Police Search and Rescue Disoriented by heavy cloud and with weather conditions closing in, one wrong turn was all it...
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Weather: Another week of rain as second weather system looms
Source: Radio New Zealand A band of rain moves across the country on Thursday. Earth Science NZ New Zealand is in for another week of rain as a new weather...
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New Zealand firefighters sent to help fight Australia’s bush fires
Source: Radio New Zealand A bushfire burning near the town of Longwood, northern Victoria. AFP / CFA Wandong Fire Brigade / Kylie Shingles Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) has...
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Weather News – Relentless Heavy Rain and Strong Winds – MetService
Source: MetService Covering period of Monday 19th – Friday 23rd January Yellow Heavy Rain Watch for Northland Yellow Heavy Rain Watches for Auckland (north of the Harbour Bridge), Great Barrier...
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What exactly will New Zealand’s free trade deal with India mean?
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Trade Minister Todd McLay announce the conclusion of free trade negotiations with India in December. RNZ / Mark Papalii Explainer –...
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People still isolated in Northland campsite, more heavy rain on the way
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding in Mimiwhangata near Whangārei, on Sunday morning. RNZ Some people are still isolated in Northland after heavy rain caused havoc in the region, the Whangārei...
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Fire crews respond to blaze at egg carton factory overnight in Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/Marika Khabazi Half a dozen fire trucks were called to a South Auckland egg carton factory overnight. A Fire and Emergency spokesperson said seven fire trucks...
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An inter-island ferry route from Picton to Clifford Bay has been an idea for almost a century
Source: Radio New Zealand 2000: The proposed route showing shortened travel times by car to Christchurch Dominion Post It’s an idea that’s endured almost a century. Since at least 1931...
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Family’s harrowing night escaping raging flood-waters in Northland
Source: Radio New Zealand Pattinson Wetere outside one of the cabins shunted by the raging water. Kim Baker Wilson/RNZ It was supposed to be a coming together, a celebration at...
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Mercury’s Tararua wind farm was offline for hours after a turbine catches fire
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services responded around 5pm on Sunday. RNZ / Rob Dixon Half of Mercury’s Tararua wind farm in Palmerston North was taken offline for hours on...
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Inside Northland floods: Through the eyes of Ōakura residents
Source: Radio New Zealand George Gee spends almost every weekend at his holiday home in on a low-lying part of Ōakura Road. That same settlement was among the hardest hit...
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Rassie Erasmus mocks All Blacks with AI-generated post
Source: Radio New Zealand Rassie Erasmus and an AI generated image of Tony Brown PHOTOSPORT Outspoken Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has taken to social media to address rumours of Tony...
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Live: Flooding in Northland isolates communities, prompts warnings
Source: Radio New Zealand The Ngaiotonga Bridge has been washed out, Whangarei District Council warned on Sunday. Supplied/ Whangarei District Council Flooding in Northland has isolated communities, led to a...
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Motorists warned of flooding and slips, Northland
Source: New Zealand Police Motorists are advised to take extra and avoid travel due to flooding and slips between Whangaruru and Helena Bay. Police have received multiple calls this morning...