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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...
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Employment Disputes – Briscoes Distribution Centre workers on strike and picketing for overtime pay
Source: Workers First Union WHAT: Workers First Union members at the Briscoes Group Distribution Centre (DC) in Auckland are on strike and will be holding a public picket outside the facility tomorrow....
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Work-based learning information for tertiary education providers
Source: Tertiary Education Commission Last updated 11 September 2025 This page has information for providers who currently offer work-based learning, or who may be interested in offering it in the...
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Experienced Māori education leader appointed as EIT’s Pouārahi Māori
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 27 seconds ago EIT has appointed Robin Fabish (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Mahanga) as its new Pouārahi Māori (Executive Director Māori), bringing extensive experience in education...
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EIT student maps robin population in Hawke’s Bay conservation project
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 2 days ago A final-year Environmental Studies student at EIT is mapping North Island robin territories in Mōhi Bush as part of her negotiated research...
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EIT Master’s supports aviation professional’s move into management in New Zealand
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology 1 day ago Studying the Master of Digital Business at EIT has helped aviation professional Vinodh Dharmarajah build on more than a decade with leading...
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New Zealand’s biggest navy ship made transit through sensitive Taiwan Strait this month
Source: Radio New Zealand The HMNZS Aotearoa. (File photo) Supplied / NZDF New Zealand’s biggest navy ship HMNZS Aotearoa has made a trip through the sensitive Taiwan Strait. The Strait...
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Aucklanders against plan to trial fortnightly rubbish collections
Source: Radio New Zealand About 80 percent of written submissions were against the a proposed trial to halve the number of kerbside collections in Te Atatū, Panmure, Tāmaki, Clendon Park...
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Residents warned to keep windows shut after series of scrub fires break out in Otago and Southland
Source: Radio New Zealand A scrub fire in Palmerston. Supplied / Martin Neame Authorities are warning residents in the Otago town of Palmerston near a pine tree blaze to keep...
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Construction of controversial sewerage pipeline near Rotorua lake heads back to court
Source: Radio New Zealand The scheme would connect about 440 Lake Tarawera properties to the public wastewater network. (File photo) Michal Klajban The construction of a controversial sewerage pipeline near...
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Dunedin City Council will ask for interest to set up housing outreach service
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The Dunedin City Council will ask for expressions of interest to set up a housing outreach service in a bid to help...
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Santa arrives early for New Zealand borrowers
Source: Finance and Mortgage Advisers Association of New Zealand Finance and Mortgage Advisers Association of New Zealand managing director Peter White AM said: “Christmas has come early for New Zealand...
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First Responders – Otago and Southland vegetation fire updates
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews have been responding to a number of vegetation fires across Otago and Southland this afternoon and into the evening....
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Bioeconomy Science Institute to ask for voluntary redundancies
Source: Radio New Zealand Bioeconomy Science Institute CEO Mark Piper SUPPLIED/PLANT & FOOD RESEARCH The Bioeconomy Science Institute is planning to ask for voluntary redundancies from all permanent staff. The...
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Crypto accountant warning investors that tax collector is coming for them
Source: Radio New Zealand Last year IRD signalled it was honing in on people dealing crypto who were not declaring their income. Supplied A crypto accountant is warning investors that...
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Proposed Waikato housing subdivision sparks land occupation
Source: Radio New Zealand The occupation site near the shores of Lake Whakamaru in Waikato. LIBBY KIRKBY-MCLEOD / RNZ A proposed 66 house subdivision near the shores of Lake Whakamaru...