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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZTA said motorists should expect lane closures and temporary speed limits on Transmission Gully/SH1, as chip seal works and pavement reconstruction continued (file image). RNZ /...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Joint statement between New Zealand Police and NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi: A planned protest across the Auckland Harbour Bridge has had its permit declined, and...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Auckland Police investigating a firearms incident in Onehunga this morning are seeking information from the public after a person suffered critical injuries. Shortly after 11am Police...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police The eastbound lane on State Highway 29 near Matamata is blocked after a single-vehicle crash. The crash was reported to Police just before 5pm. Two people...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand British pop star Ed Sheeran is playing the first show of his Loop Tour in Auckland tonight. Supplied / Mark Surridge Ed Sheeran fans are converging...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand An oil rig off the coast of Taranaki. Supplied An Australian firm incorporated weeks before New Zealand’s offshore oil and gas ban ended will have its...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Patrick Keusch, 32, appears for sentencing on a charge of careless driving causing death in the Christchurch District Court. ALDEN WILLIAMS/THE PRESS A Swiss man cried...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Hastings District Court. A woman has been arrested and a homicide investigation launched after the death of a man in Napier. Emergency services were called to...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police District: Canterbury The eastbound lanes on Harper Avenue are blocked due to a four-vehicle crash around 4.40pm. No injuries are reported. Motorists are advised to avoid...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand received calls for 11 incidents between 12pm and 1pm today, Friday 16 January, the nineth time the New Zealand Professional...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Child Poverty Action Group What has changed Stats NZ confirmed that the current DEP-17 index will be replaced with a new MH-18 index. While DEP-17 asks 17 questions and defines material hardship...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Greenpeace The Global Ocean Treaty, dubbed one of the most significant pieces of environmental legislation in decades, will officially enter into force this Saturday [January 17], paving the way for...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Who and what does Scott Robertson’s historic firing as All Black coach say the most about? Or is the most important statement about the team, rugby...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Rau Oranga o Ngāti Kahungunu Waka Ama Club, J16 Men compete at the Waka Ama Sprint Nationals. Supplied/Waka Ama Aotearoa NZ This years Waka Ama...
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· January 16, 2026
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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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand The housing minister has confirmed the coalition is taking another look at housing intensification plans in Auckland after pushback from critics. Last year, Auckland Council approved...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Marty James: Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in Marewa this morning. Emergency services were...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police Police can now release the name of the person who died following a crash in Hamurana, Nort of Rotorua on Tuesday 13 January. He was 21-year-old...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ Herald / Greg Bowker Corrections are set to trial a pilot for a “hospital hub” with the current model of hospital escorts “no longer fit-for-purpose,”...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Police have arrested a 25-year-old man following a family harm incident in Masterton. Officers were called to a River Road...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Mourners have queued under umbrellas to pay their respects to Sir Tim Shadbolt, whose funeral service begins in Invercargill. The 78-year-old former mayor of Waitematā and...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand What began as a casual rendition of ‘Blue Hawaii’ has led Wellington performer Taurean Kenny Mill to a win at the Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist’s preliminary...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: New Zealand Police A 25-year-old man has been arrested following a family harm incident in Masterton on Thursday. Police were called to the River Road address at around 5pm....
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone New Zealand’s embassy in Iran has temporarily closed due to what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Queensgate Mall in Lower Hutt has assured shoppers closures to parts of the carpark are temporary, and caused by planned maintenance. The closure of parts of...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: New Zealand Government Changes to the system that values fish caught by commercial fishers outside their quota allowance will better reflect the actual value of the fish depending on...
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· January 16, 2026
Source: Radio New Zealand Armed police were in the area of Arthur St and had cordoned off part of the busy road. RNZ/Calvin Samuel A person has been left with...