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Are you doing enough to protect local wildlife from your cat?
Source: Radio New Zealand Allowing pet cats to roam has long been the norm in New Zealand. But growing awareness of the devastating impact cats have on native wildlife is...
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How can foreign butter (and veges) be cheaper than New Zealand-made?
Source: Radio New Zealand Customers are questioning why US butter is cheaper than New Zealand butter in some instances. Sorin Gheorghita for Unsplash How can food products that travel into...
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Earthquake trio hits north of Bay of Plenty
Source: Radio New Zealand 1,958 people reported feeling the first quake across Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel and Bay of Plenty. GeoNet/Screenshot The eastern North Island has been jostled by a trio...
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Police officer killed by car worried about traffic management that night, court told
Source: Radio New Zealand Hayden Tasker has pleaded not guilty to murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in Nelson early on 1 January and intentionally causing grievous bodily harm to Senior...
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Clean-up of polluted Horowhenua lake will make it ‘perfect spot for a wetland’
Source: Radio New Zealand A digger removes peat from the wetland area. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham One of New Zealand’s most polluted waterways could be on the way to losing...
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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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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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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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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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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...
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Abbey Caves inquest: Water may have reached neck height in 30 seconds
Source: Radio New Zealand Karnin Petera died in the flash flood. SUPPLIED A teacher on a fatal school caving trip says he didn’t consider waiting out a flood in a...
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Abbey Caves inquest: Water in cave may have reached neck height in as little as 30 seconds
Source: Radio New Zealand Karnin Petera died in the flash flood. SUPPLIED A teacher on a fatal school caving trip says he didn’t consider waiting out a flood in a...
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Mystery door on Wellington beach just a ‘stunt’, police say
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Police now say a door found on a beach near Wellington’s Ōwhiro Bay was a “marketing stunt”. A woman out for a...
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Government gives councils amalgamation ultimatum
Source: Radio New Zealand The government has given councils an ultimatum: come up with amalgamation plans within three months or the government will do it for you. Local Government Minister...
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Outcome of research into low-emitting bulls ‘disappointing’
Source: Radio New Zealand Heifer calves at Tauwhare research farm, near Hamilton. Photo credit: Stephen Barker / Barker Photography. ©LIC Stephen Barker New research looking at whether low-emitting bulls pass...