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· February 27, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Taranaki Area Commander, Inspector Mark Miller: Taranaki Police have arrested one person and summonsed another following antisocial road user behaviour in Oaonui last weekend....
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Little River, about 30km south of Christchurch, was flooded in February and also in May 2025. RNZ/Nathan McKinnon The Christchurch City Council disagrees with Little River...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Photosport Moana Pasifika will play their first home game of the Super Rugby Pacific season as they host the Western Force at Navigation Homes Stadium in...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The government proposal would allow children up to 12 years old being allowed to ride bikes or e-bikes on the footpath with no speed restriction 123RF...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand (file photo) RNZ / Nate McKinnon Northland Regional Council says a woman whose teaching registration was cancelled for serious misconduct is no longer employed by them....
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf Whangārei woman Brooke Gibson was left feeling burned when she tried to use a $200 gift card for a local restaurant. “We were given a...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand There has been fewer cases of police taking action against children and young people, latest data from the Ministry of Justice shows. Police have taken action...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Football Fern Kelli Brown. Photosport A first half hat-trick for Kelli Brown set the Football Ferns on the way to a 8-0 victory in their opening...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Work continues to reopen the roads in the Waipā District. RNZ / Libby Kirkby-McLeod Waipā District is now in the recovery stage after extreme weather forced...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson One person has been injured after steel piles fell on a worker’s leg at a road construction site in Auckland. Emergency...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand Road freight association Transporting New Zealand says ensuring reliable Cook Strait capacity through to 2029 is a strong industry priority, following a major industry...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The ministry said parts of Auckland were among the worst-affected by the teacher shortage. 123RF Secondary principals say the worsening shortage of teachers is forcing schools...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Robin Martin Nelson City Council is putting $100,000 towards helping vulnerable and homeless women in the city. The grant to the Nelson Women’s Centre...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Awatea Mita UGP / Melody Thomas Māori women are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice system, getting worse the further they progress through the system, a...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said they hope the arrest would reassure Sharlene’s family and the community. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly Two Napier men have been charged in connection with...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand St Joseph’s School in Ashburton. Google Maps Four people have been taken to hospital, St John ambulance says, after reports of unwell children at an Ashburton...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Police had received reports that a person was assaulted at the intersection of Massey Street and Korimako Street. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A person is seriously...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment plant. Christchurch City Council claims it is committed to doing everything it can to reduce the effects of Bromley’s damaged sewage treatment...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Two Napier men have been charged in connection with the homicide of Sharlene Smith – one charged with her murder. Sharlene’s body was located on a...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health Publication date: 27 February 2026 New Zealand stockpiles pre-pandemic influenza vaccine as part of the National Reserve Supply. The pre-pandemic vaccine stockpile is a...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 27 February 2026 Nathan Pettigrew, an avid wildlife photographer and naturalist, shared the images with DOC to help build understanding of the distribution and behaviour...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: PHARMAC Information on what the Cancer Treatments Advisory Committee (CTAC) will be considering at its upcoming meeting in March 2026. Applications Pertuzumab and trastuzumab for breast cancer Adjuvant treatment...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police A number of people are before the courts facing new charges following an operation by Manawatū Police on 25 February. Operation Maxim is taking place across...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Wilson, Eastern Bay of Plenty Area Investigations Manager: A man is before the courts after assaulting a woman in...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Greenpeace Aotearoa says its activists “altered” the Rakaia salmon statue, turning it into a cartoon dead fish in protest of the dairy industry’s environmental destruction, but...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington’s south coast beaches have been rated as unsuitable for swimming just two days after the city’s mayor went for a swim in Lyall Bay to...
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· February 27, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 17 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 27 February, the fourteenth time the New Zealand Professional...