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Prime Minister wraps visit to Singapore
Source: New Zealand Government Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has concluded a two-day visit to Singapore, where he met Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and shored up critical fuel supply with...
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Fuel costs, household expenses on the rise as economy heads into ‘choppy waters’
Source: Radio New Zealand ANZ spending data showed a large drop in grocery spending and a spike in fuel spending. RNZ / Quin Tauetau The fuel crisis has brought with...
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‘Big concern’: Tongan journalist threatened at gunpoint after gang-related report
Source: Radio New Zealand Tonga Police is investigating the incident on 23 April. Facebook / Tonga Police A female journalist in Tonga has been threatened at gunpoint following the broadcast...
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Southland councils call for united response to govt’s amalgamation plans
Source: Radio New Zealand Environment Southland chair Jeremy McPhail said the region had a limited window to determine its future. ODT/Supplied Southland’s regional council is calling for a united response...
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Abbey Caves inquest: Trip leader entered water without discussion, instructor says
Source: Radio New Zealand 15-year-old Karnin Petera died during a Whangārei Boys’ High School trip to Abbey Caves in May 2023. SUPPLIED An instructor on a fatal Whangārei Boys’ High...
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Review of the Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Have your say The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has reviewed the Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999 under the Biosecurity Act 1993. The regulations...
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Shellfish biotoxin warning for Marlborough
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from Port Underwood in the Marlborough area due to...
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Shellfish biotoxin warning for Eastern Bay of Plenty
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Eastern Bay of Plenty region due to...
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Hawkes Bay farmer placed on home detention, disqualified from being in charge of sheep and cattle, after more than 200 sheep euthanised
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries A Hawke’s Bay farmer has been put on seven-and-a-half months home detention and disqualified from being in charge of or owning sheep and cattle...
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Unemployment set to stay at near-decade high, economists say
Source: Radio New Zealand Major bank economists expect the unemployment rate to stay unchanged at 5.4 percent or nudge slightly higher for the three months ended March. 123rf Unemployment expected...
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Consumers tipped to see price increases due to fuel surcharges in about a month
Source: Radio New Zealand Interislander is hiking its fuel surcharge to 54 percent on commercial vehicles and trucks crossing the Cook Strait. Wikimedia Commons Crossing the Cook Strait is about...
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New Appointment to Tertiary Education Commission Board
Source: New Zealand Government Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds has announced the appointment of Michelle Findlater to the Board of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). Michelle began her career as...
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Gloriavale man Vigilant Standtrue sentenced to home detention on assault charges
Source: Radio New Zealand Vigilant Standtrue was the boys’ teacher and supervisor at the time of the assaults. Jean Edwards A Gloriavale man has been sentenced to 10 months’ home...
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Arrests after Rānui incidents
Source: New Zealand Police Police have made arrests after two separate incidents resulted in people being wounded in Rānui this afternoon. Just before midday Police were called to a residential...
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Gangs, drugs and firearms operation lands nine in court
Source: New Zealand Police Gangs, drugs and firearms across Hawke’s Bay and Wairoa were targeted last week, resulting in nine people appearing in court, with further arrests likely. Operation Tar,...
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Council to examine alternative routes for trucks taking gravel from Waimakariri River
Source: Radio New Zealand Clarkville residents protesting at Baynons Road. RNZ/Anna Sargent Canterbury’s Waimakariri District Council will examine alternative routes for trucks taking gravel from the Waimakariri River, after Clarkville...
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Two people taken to hospital, one in serious condition, after incident in West Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand St John A person has been take to hospital in a serious condition after a large ambulance call-out in Auckland. Four ambulances and a rapid response...
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Mercury customers mistakenly told they hadn’t paid
Source: Radio New Zealand Mercury has apologised to affected customers. Supplied / Mercury NZ Ltd Some customers of power company Mercury have mistakenly been told they have not kept up...
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Two further police staff having internet usage assessed for potential misuse
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver Two more police staff’s internet usage is being “assessed” for potential misuse, RNZ can reveal. A rapid review of staff internet usage...
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Missing Hamilton boy found safe and well
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say the 11-year-old was found safe and well. Police say an 11-year-old Hamilton boy who had been missing since last Wednesday has been found safe...
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ACT wants pharmacists to take on more medical services, to help out GPs
Source: Radio New Zealand David Seymour and Simeon Brown announcing the scheme in April. RNZ / Nick Monro The ACT party is proposing to ease pressure on GPs by getting...
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Student pilot’s mishap leaves him ‘shaken up’, damages plane
Source: Radio New Zealand An aerial view of Whanganui Airport where the incident took place. File picture. RNZ / Robin Martin A student pilot “misjudged the landing” and his plane’s...
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Commodity prices dragged down by 7.5 percent drop in dairy prices
Source: Radio New Zealand Butter is a hot topic. Margaret Jaszowska for Unsplash Overall commodity prices have been dragged down by a 7.5 percent drop in overall dairy prices with...
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Councils must work with unions and communities in fast-track reform – PSA
Source: PSA Local government agencies are being urged to consult thoroughly with staff and local communities before being rushed into a plan for reform, the union for local government workers says....
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Business – Simplifying local government will make it easier to do business – EMA
Source: EMA Today’s announcement by Local Government Minister Simon Watts and RMA Reform & Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop to make it easier for local authorities to voluntarily amalgamate will remove a...
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WasteCo charged over workplace death of Lynda Kelly
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Angus Dreaver A waste management company has been charged after an employee was killed at Te Anau transfer station last May. WorkSafe has been...
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Police search bank accounts, phone records of missing Southland farmer Kevin Belling
Source: Radio New Zealand Invercargill man Kevin Belling, 62, was last seen at his Motu Rimu farm on Friday 9 January. Supplied / NZ Police Police have searched the property...