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Police responding to incident on Kāpiti Coast
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER Police are responding to an incident in Waikanae on Kāpiti Coast. Emergency Services were called to Kakariki Grove just before 3.30pm. A...
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Ban On Harmful Puberty Blockers Protects Children
Source: Family First MEDIA RELEASE – 19 November 2025 Family First NZ is applauding the government’s decision to end the use of GnRHa hormones (usually referred to as ‘puberty blockers’) for...
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Twenty police staff investigated over ‘misuse and inappropriate content’
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers ordered a “rapid review” of police’s information security controls after the McSkimming case came to light. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Twenty police...
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Kelston Boys’ High School charter takeover bid abandoned
Source: Radio New Zealand Screenshot / Google Maps A controversial outside application to change an Auckland school to a charter school has been abandoned. Bangerz Education and Wellbeing Trust and...
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New Zealand receives ‘Dirty Ashtray’ award for poor progress in tobacco control
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand cited for sabotaging Indigenous tobacco-free aspirations and having alarming vaping rates among young people. 123rf.com Researchers say New Zealand is attracting international attention for...
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Gurjit Singh murder trial: Sister says murder-accused was not upset over love triangle
Source: Radio New Zealand Rajinder has been accused of murdering Gurjit Singh in Dunedin in January last year. RNZ The sister of a man accused of killing Dunedin’s Gurjit Singh...
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Zero households in Contracted Emergency housing in Rotorua
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has officially ended the use of Contracted Emergency Housing (CEH) motels in Rotorua, taking the number of households in CEH from its peak of...
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Ferry solution saves New Zealand $3.2b
Source: New Zealand Government Good afternoon. Thank you, Lachie, for the introduction. And thanks to CentrePort for having us here. We selected this site as it was the scene of...
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A two-storey classroom fire was promptly put out at Saint Kentigern College
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke seen from the field at St Kentigern College in Pakuranga. Supplied A two-storey classroom block at Auckland’s St Kentigern College in Pakuranga caught fire on...
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New safeguards for puberty blocker prescribing
Source: New Zealand Government Cabinet has agreed to introduce new safeguards on the prescribing of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, while ensuring patients with medical needs can continue to access appropriate care,...
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Weather: Rockfall on highway near Coromandel township
Source: Radio New Zealand A man who was travelling on State Highway 25 towards Coromandel town this morning said he saw rocks, small slips and “spontaneous waterfall” along the way....
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New Cook Strait ferries won’t cost more than $2b, Rail Minister vows
Source: Radio New Zealand The government’s Cook Strait ferry project will cost less than $2 billion, says the Rail Minister. Winston Peters announced in March the government would buy two...
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Passengers stuck on Bluebridge ferry due to ramp issue
Source: Radio New Zealand The ramp on the Connemara is stuck and preventing passengers from disembarking. Supplied/Nick Simcock The Bluebridge ferry, Connemara, is stuck in Picton after an issue with...
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State Highway 73, Sheffield closed following crash
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 73, Sheffield is closed at the intersection with Deans Road following a crash. The two-vehicle crash was reported at around 2:50pm. Initial indications are...
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Minister Peters to travel to Asia
Source: New Zealand Government Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister for Rail Winston Peters will travel to Viet Nam, Thailand and China next week. “Southeast Asia has been a strong...
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Ferry solution saves New Zealand $2.3 billion
Source: New Zealand Government The Government has saved the taxpayer billions with two new Interislander ferries from Guangzhou Shipyard International and no-nonsense infrastructure in Picton and Wellington, Rail Minister Winston...
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Health – Horrifying but Predictable: Māori Smoking Decrease Stalled After Protections Stripped Away
Source: Hapai Te Hauora Hāpai Te Hauora is devastated by the latest New Zealand Health Survey, which shows Māori smoking progress has stalled for the first time in more than ten...
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Pumped up Metallica fans descend on Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand Die-hard Metallica fans have been queuing in the rain for hours before Wednesday night’s sold-out concert at Eden Park in Auckland even starts. The city and...
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Body found in search for missing Upper Hutt woman Anita Hart
Source: Radio New Zealand Anita Hart. Police / Supplied Anita Hart, 61, was reported missing on 13 November, after her abandoned car was found on Gillespies Road. “Police, along with...
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Body found in search for Anita Hart
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Kylee Cusin: Police searching for 61-year-old Anita Hart, who was reported missing from the Upper Hutt area on 13 November, have...
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Live: All Whites v Ecuador – international football friendly
Source: Radio New Zealand The All Whites will play their final game of 2025 against unfamiliar opposition in an unfamiliar venue. World No. 85 New Zealand have never played the...
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A two-storey classroom block has caught fire at Saint Kentigern College
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke seen from the field at St Kentigern College in Pakuranga. Supplied A two-storey classroom block at Auckland’s St Kentigern College has caught fire this afternoon,...
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Pacific Maritime Safety Programme supports Cook Islands during IMSAS audit
Source: Maritime New Zealand Maritime NZ’s Pacific Maritime Safety Programme (PMSP) supported the maritime administration of the Cook Islands last month as it participated in its five-yearly International Maritime Organization...
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SH30A Rotorua road rebuild postponed
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) apologises for significant delays experienced on State Highway 30A (SH30A) in Rotorua on Monday 17 November. Traffic was heavily...
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Amnesty International agrees with Minister Stanford on her comment re social media
Source: Amnesty International Aotearoa New Zealand 19 November 2025 – As reported by Radio New Zealand on 18 November at the handover of the B416 petition at Parliament, Education Minister Erica Stanford said, “Social...
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Employment and Law – New law unfairly punishes civilian Defence workers – PSA
Source: PSA Civilian Defence workers are being penalised by the Government for daring to ask for more than a 0% pay rise by legislation passed by Parliament today, the PSA says....
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Unions – Spin busting: Workers First prepares historic pay claim for Uber drivers
Source: Workers First Union Fresh off the back of Monday’s Supreme Court judgment that found four current and former Uber drivers had been misclassified and denied the rights of full employment, Workers First...