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One injured after fire destroys home in Christchurch
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Rob Dixon A fire has destroyed a home and left one person injured in the Christchurch suburb of Mairehau. Up to four crews were...
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Firefighting resumes at scrub blaze in Fernhill, Hastings
Source: Radio New Zealand A firefighter extinguishing hotspots at the Fernhill fire on Tuesday. Supplied / FENZ Fire crews are battling to control a scrub blaze that broke out near...
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Bracell Wins 2025 Amcham Eco Award for Pioneering One-for-One Environmental Conservation Initiative
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 December 2025 – Bracell, a global leader in soluble pulp production, has been named a winner of the 2025 Amcham...
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First Responders – Fernhill Fire Hawkes Bay Update #3
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The fire at Fernhill in Hawkes Bay has been contained with no additional damage to structures. Fire and Emergency New Zealand Operations Manager, Assistant Commander...
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Fire Safety – Restricted Fire Season and temporary fireworks ban for parts of Otago from tomorrow
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The Queenstown Lakes District is moving to a restricted fire season on Christmas Eve. A short-term prohibition on the use of private fireworks in the Central...
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The most popular stories you read on RNZ in 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ What were the most popular stories of the year on RNZ? They included major breaking news events, but there was also a lot of talk...
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First Responders – Fernhill Fire Hawkes Bay Update #1
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Residents living around the Farmhouse Lodge on the outskirts of Fernhill are being evacuated due to a vegetation fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand has...
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Fire Safety – Northernmost part of Aotearoa moving to a Prohibited Fire Season
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Outdoor fires will be banned in the northernmost part of Northland from midday today (Tuesday), when Fire and Emergency New Zealand moves its Muri Whenui...
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Fire Safety – Fireworks banned in Coromandel
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The date in the original media release was incorrect. Please use the version below. Fire and Emergency New Zealand is enforcing a ban on fireworks...
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Advocacy – NZ government looking the other way on record Israeli West Bank settlement building
Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) is again urging the government to uphold its long-standing policies and publicly take action against record Israeli settlement expansion....
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Expert questions whether New Zealand was only country involved in survey before Manawanui sank
Source: Radio New Zealand UAS footage of RNZN Divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution. New Zealand Defence Force...
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Families want answers a year after South Korea’s deadliest plane crash
Source: Radio New Zealand By Kang Jin-kyu, AFP Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at...
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Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, person hospitalised
Source: Radio New Zealand Drone footage of the fire near the Farmhouse Lodge in Fernhill. SUPPLIED Homes in rural Hastings are being evacuated due to a scrub fire which has...
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Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, homes evacuated
Source: Radio New Zealand The Farmhouse Lodge in Fernhill, Hawke’s Bay is near the fire. Screenshot / Google Maps Homes in rural Hastings are being evacuated due to a scrub...
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Four arrested in connection with investigation into September Gisborne murder
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi Police have arrested four people of interest after a man’s death in Gisborne in September. Bill Maangi, 36, died in hospital after...
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Hualien New Year’s Countdown Party Kicks Off Taiwan’s Year-End Festivities and Winter Travel Season
Source: Media Outreach HUALIEN, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 December 2025 – The Hualien County Government invites domestic and international travelers to plan ahead and experience the county’s...
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Fire crews battle Hawke’s Bay scrub fire in windy conditions
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are battling a blaze in Fernhill near Hastings. Crews said they responded to the blaze Tuesday afternoon which is located between the Fernhill township and...
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Gisborne homicide: Arrests made and firearms seized
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Acting Detective Senior Sergeant John Love: Police have arrested four people of interest following the investigation into the murder of Bill Maangi in Gisborne....
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Fire crews respond to vegetation fire in Hawke’s Bay
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are battling a blaze in Fernhill near Hastings. Crews said they responded to the blaze Tuesday afternoon which is located between the Fernhill township and...
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State Highway 50, Fernhill, Hastings closed due to fire
Source: New Zealand Police A section of State Highway 50, Fernhill, Hastings has been closed following a fire near the highway. Police were notified of the vegetation fire around 2.50pm...
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Officers pull over fake undercover police car in Northland
Source: Radio New Zealand The Commodore had been fitted with red and blue lights in the front grille, like an undercover police car. Supplied/NZ Police Officers in Northland who pulled...
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What we know about the Ruatiti double homicide as search for Mitchell Cole continues
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Cole. Supplied / NZ Police It has been over a week since there was a double homicide in the small farming community of Ruatiti in...
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Reds, blues, and charges: Police make unexpected discovery
Source: New Zealand Police Northland officers have located restricted weapons after they were unexpectedly joined by a Commodore with flashing red and blue lights. The non-police vehicle slid into a...
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New Wairoa River management system boosts flood resilience
Source: Radio New Zealand The lowered river mouth crest at the end of Kopu Road Supplied / Hawke’s Bay Regional Council A new approach to quickly opening up the flood-prone...
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‘Only takes one spark’: Fireworks banned at multiple holiday hotspots
Source: Radio New Zealand Fireworks have been banned in several locations over the holidays. Robert Smith/RNZ The private use of fireworks has been banned at multiple holiday hotspots over the...
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Firefighters called to blaze at Christchurch business
Source: Radio New Zealand One crew is still there dampening down hotspots. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Firefighters are responding to a fire at a commercial property in the Christchurch suburb...
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Te Pāti Māori insists no left bloc without it, prepares to mobilise support again next year
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Pāti Māori’ co-leaders Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi. RNZ/Liliian Hanly Te Pāti Māori co-leaders say they were “blindsided” at the way things “spiralled out of...