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Fire at Auckland Kāinga Ora apartment block
Source: Radio New Zealand A close-up of the Fire and Emergency NZ logo. Marika Khabazi / RNZ Dozens of firefighters are tackling a fire at a block of Kāinga Ora...
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Why planning reforms have people concerned about the Waitākere Ranges and development
Source: Radio New Zealand The Waitākere Ranges Heritage Area includes about 27,000 hectares of coastal forest hills and beaches in West Auckland. RNZ/Nick Monro Explainer – Could government planning reforms...
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Baby Soul Mathew Turany’s cause of death still a mystery more than a decade later
Source: Radio New Zealand Soul Mathew Turany. Supplied / Facebook The cause of a Canterbury baby’s catastrophic head injury remains a mystery more than a decade after the child’s death....
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Tiwai Point workers go on strike over slow pace of collective employment agreement talks
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Workers at Tiwai Point aluminium smelter say they are sick of waiting after more than two years of unsuccessful bargaining. E tū...
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Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming pays back $500 for taxpayer-funded stays at hotels during affair
Source: Radio New Zealand Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming. RNZ / Mark Papalii Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming has paid back $500 in relation to taxpayer-funded...
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Seymour bemoans critics reducing immigration debate to ‘soap opera’ politics
Source: Radio New Zealand ACT leader David Seymour. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone David Seymour says ACT’s immigration policy is a long-held approach aimed at tackling real challenges, and those claiming...
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‘Forced off the land’: Lifestyle block owner hits out at Napier’s plan to make rates ‘fairer’
Source: Radio New Zealand Bay View resident Robert Best says finding ways to cut back spending to pay for rates is hard on a fixed income. LINDA HALL / LDR...
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State-owned farming enterprise Pāmu selects new equity partners for Mahiwi farm
Source: Radio New Zealand Wairoa sheep and beef farmers Alice Wilson and Cameron Hassall have been selected as Pāmu’s new equity partners for Mahiwi Farm. Supplied State-owned farming enterprise Pāmu...
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Police appeal for sightings of missing Hamilton boy TJ
Source: Radio New Zealand TJ was last seen on 29 April. Supplied / NZ Police Police have appealed for sightings for a boy missing from Hamilton. Eleven-year-old TJ was last...
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Infant milk formula exporter a2 Milk recalls batches in United States
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Infant milk formula exporter a2 Milk has recalled three batches of Synlait-manufactured a2 Platinum infant milk formula in the United States due to the presence...
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Charge dropped against man whose partner was fatally shot by police
Source: Radio New Zealand Scene at Clyde Rd in Bryndwr last August. RNZ / Adam Burns A charge has been dropped against a man whose partner was shot dead by...
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Kids TV is broken – Can Suzy Cato fix it?
Source: Radio New Zealand There’s something about beloved child entertainer Suzy Cato’s return to television programming that reminds me of Mary Poppins Returns. You probably didn’t see the movie, so...
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Man who spray-painted racist graffiti in Auckland claimed he was drunk, didn’t remember
Source: Radio New Zealand A 61-year-old man has admitted he was behind the anti-Indian graffiti. RNZ / Liu Chen A man who spray-painted anti-Indian graffiti near an Auckland school last...
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BNZ profit takes hit on one-off accounting adjustment
Source: Radio New Zealand BNZ. (File photo) A one-off adjustment related to how it accounts for software spending has seen BNZ post a 38 percent drop in profit for the...
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Orca calf found washed up on Auckland’s Orewa Beach
Source: Radio New Zealand A necropsy will be carried out to determine the cause of the orca’s death. RNZ / Rhonywn Newson A juvenile orca found washed ashore on an...
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Freight prices soar as shipping giant AP Moller – Maersk faces Iran costs
Source: Radio New Zealand Intermodel transport involves the efficient movement of a container between two or more modes, such as rail, sea and road. Andrew Campbell. Global transport company AP...
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Amazon takes $45m hit, abandons planned West Auckland data centre
Source: Radio New Zealand The site which was planned to be used by Amazon in Westgate, Auckland. Google Maps / Screenshot Amazon’s New Zealand data centre arm has taken a...
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18 people killed on roads in 10 days
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ/ Marika Khabazi Police and experts say it is not just excessive speed contributing to a recent uptick in fatal road crashes, but motorists’ poor attitudes...
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Auckland FC penalty ‘walk-up’ practice hailed after win
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland FC players celebrate winning their penalty shootout against Melbourne City in the A-League elimination final. Photosport / Andrew Cornaga Auckland FC place so much importance...
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Top restaurant received complaints about renowned chef’s behaviour to women
Source: Radio New Zealand A former waiter at award-winning Arrowtown restaurant Amisfield says the executive chef made repeated comments about wanting to “f***” her, prompting her to lodge a formal...
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State Highway 3 reopens to single lane, escorted traffic after slips forced closure
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 30 slips fell on the section of State Highway 3 during a severe storm two weeks ago. Supplied / NZ Transport Agency A Mōkau...
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Appeal after cry for help heard near Wairarapa river
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Police want to hear from anyone who heard a person in distress near a Wairarapa river. Search and rescue teams were deployed...
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ACT Party’s new immigration policies ‘vague’, sociologist says
Source: Radio New Zealand Sociologist and Massey University emeritus professor Paul Spoonley. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A sociologist and university professor says ACT’s new [://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594074/act-s-plan-to-toughen-immigration-rules proposed immigration policies] is vague,...
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NZ exporters scramble for US tariff refunds after US Supreme Court ruling
Source: Radio New Zealand US Supreme Court has reversed tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. 123RF NZ exporters may be in for a refund of up to...
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Fatal crashes declining, but not fast enough – Brake NZ
Source: Radio New Zealand Brake NZ director said improving the overall transport system was also key to reducing accidents. RNZ / Andrew McRae A road safety charity says the number...
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Wellingtonians divided over paying higher water bills for improved infrastructure – survey
Source: Radio New Zealand Signs on Wellington’s south coast about a wastewater spill from Moa Point. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Wellingtonians are divided over paying higher bills to improve the...
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Trial begins for man charged with murdering Nelson Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming
Source: Radio New Zealand Hayden Donald Jason Tasker is accused of murdering Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming in Nelson NZME / Open Justice / Tracy Neal A jury trial for the...