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Police arrest man following spree of offending
Source: New Zealand Police An Auckland man faces serious charges after a dangerous dash across the city and attempting to steal two vehicles. The man’s hatchback had come to Police...
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Have you seen Tracey?
Source: New Zealand Police Counties Manukau South Police are seeking the public’s assistance in locating Tracey. The 14-year-old has been reported missing from her Conifer Grove home. Police believe Tracey...
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Hong Kong high-rise fire: Similar renovations at Kiwi’s apartment building
Source: Radio New Zealand Residents check clothing donated for them after a major fire swept through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong’s Tai...
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Why New Zealand failed to reach its Smokefree 2025 target
Source: Radio New Zealand “If you match a tobacco cigarette in a joint in terms of the same size and smoked in the same way, cannabis results in five times...
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‘There’s nothing we opposed’: Board responds to outrage over Eden Park events
Source: Radio New Zealand Six60 perform the first concert at Eden Park. Supplied/Six60 Albert-Eden Local Board’s chairperson says they’re are not opposed to more events at Eden Park after being...
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Major boost to stem cell transplant services
Source: New Zealand Government A significant expansion of stem cell transplant services will help patients access critical, life-saving treatments without delay, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. “Every New Zealander deserves...
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Police outwit fleeing burglar
Source: New Zealand Police A change of clothes failed to change the outcome for an alleged burglar in Manurewa this morning. Just after 3am, Counties Manukau Central Police received a...
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Advocate rejects MPs claims schools were pressured to reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti
Source: Radio New Zealand The tino rangatiratanga haki (flag) outside Parliament on the day of the Treaty Principles Bill introduction. RNZ / Emma Andrews Campaigners have rejected statements from the...
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Ryan Fox starts well in Brisbane while Kobori aces hole
Source: Radio New Zealand Ryan Fox of New Zealand in action during the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane, 2025. AAP / Photosport New Zealand golfers...
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Tall Blacks, Boomers tip off world cup qualification
Source: Radio New Zealand Finn Delany will captain the Tall Blacks against Australia in the first round of world cup qualification. Jeremy Ward/Photosport Boomers v Tall Blacks Friday, 28 November...
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Firefighters battle fires in Otago, Southland overnight
Source: Radio New Zealand A scrub fire in Palmerston. Supplied / Martin Neame Seven fire crews and heavy machinery will be heading to a vegetation fire near the Otago town...
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F1: Liam Lawson still waiting as team-mate has seat confirmed
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand F1 driver Liam Lawson. MPS AGENCY / PHOTOSPORT The clock is ticking for Liam Lawson to show he has what it takes to stay...
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‘Hidden’ workforce shortages in hospitals add to frontline pressures
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash / RNZ Painfully slow recruitment processes within public hospitals are masking the true scale of the dire workforce shortages in the health system, frontline workers...
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100 critically endangered Mahoenui giant wētā released into Taranaki’s Rotokare Sanctuary
Source: Radio New Zealand About 100 critically-endangered Mahoenui giant weta have been released into the Rotokare Sanctuary in Taranaki this week as part of efforts to preserve the taonga species....
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New nativity float for Auckland Santa Parade
Source: Radio New Zealand A team of volunteers have been working together to build the float, here are some of them. L-R: Adam Poloha, Ben Mai, Daphne Benitez, David Scott,...
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A Kerikeri tradie turned a car park into an abundant veggie plot
Source: Radio New Zealand It started as a tiny seed of an idea, but has grown into a flourishing vegetable garden in an unlikely spot – a concrete company car...
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Why convicted drug smuggler Karel Šroubek still hasn’t been deported
Source: Radio New Zealand Karel Šroubek does not want to be deported back to the Czech Republic. (File photo) Carmen Bird Photography Šroubek, also known as Jan Antolik, is still...
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Labour gathers for AGM as it shifts into campaign mode
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii Labour leader Chris Hipkins says he’s confident his party has changed enough since the 2023 election...
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Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
Source: Radio New Zealand Parliament’s Justice Committee has recommended the Electoral Amendment Bill be passed by majority, but suggested some amendments. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Parliament’s Justice Committee has released...
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Principals stunned no tally kept of schools testing positive for asbestos from coloured play sand
Source: Radio New Zealand The latest coloured sand products to be recalled over asbestos fears. Supplied The lack of a full and proper tally of how many schools are testing...
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An acre full of colourful Christmas lights, extravagant animations
Source: Radio New Zealand “It’s dead Christmas,” Carl Yates says. Around him, a graveyard of sleeping elves, reindeer and toy soldiers lay still. ‘twas eerily quiet at Shands Road when...
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Smokefree choking
Source: Radio New Zealand “If you match a tobacco cigarette in a joint in terms of the same size and smoked in the same way, cannabis results in five times...
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17,000 healthworkers strike for the second time in a month
Source: Radio New Zealand Protesters in the ‘mega strike’ in Hamilton, October 2025. Libby Kirkby-McLeod / RNZ Mental health and public health nurses, allied health workers and policy staff will...
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Study discovers wells containing 40,000-year-old groundwater, warns of taking too much water
Source: Radio New Zealand Programme co-lead Uwe Morgenstern sampling a spring. Supplied / Earth Sciences New Zealand A world-first study of New Zealand’s aquifers reveals that some wells contain groundwater...
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Erebus victim’s daughter furious memorial will be in Christchurch instead of Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand The koru on the tail of Air New Zealand Flight TE901 at the site of the Mount Erebus crash. Colin Monteith / Antarctica New Zealand Pictorial...
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Wellington’s Transmission Gully to close for southbound traffic over weekend, while trains replaced by buses
Source: Radio New Zealand Transmission Gully will be closed over the weekend. (File photo) RNZ / Charlie Dreaver The transport network between Wellington and the Kāpiti Coast will be under...
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‘Phenomenal’ response: $70m raised for Icehouse Ventures seed fund to help start 30 businesses
Source: Radio New Zealand Icehouse Ventures chief executive Robbie Paul. Smoke Photography Ltd Icehouse Ventures says the response to its latest early-stage seed fund has been “phenomenal”, raising a record...