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No need for a further inquiry into McSkimming scandal – PM
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Police Minister Mark Mitchell. VNP / Phil Smith The Prime Minister says there is no need for a further inquiry into...
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First Responders – Tongariro fire update #2
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Five helicopters and multiple crews are working to extinguish a large vegetation fire near Tongariro National Park. Fire and Emergency New Zealand crews were first...
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Firefighters battle another blaze at Tongariro National Park
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighters are scrambling to contain a fire burning in Tongariro National Park. Sixteen fire vehicles, 60 firefighters and nine choppers are battling the blaze, now mapped...
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Mt Wellington stabbing death: Second person arrested
Source: Radio New Zealand Police cordon off the scene on Harris Road, Mt Wellington, after launching a homicide investigation. RNZ / Felix Walton A second person has been arrested over...
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Children’s Commissioner launches anti-abuse ‘Dear Children’ campaign
Source: Radio New Zealand Anaru Mihaere. Ellen O’Dwyer / RNZ The Children’s Commissioner has launched an urgent nationwide campaign against child abuse, calling on every adult to “front up” to...
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Police called to back up firefighters at Auckland house fire
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon Police have been called in to back up firefighters at an Auckland house fire. Fire and Emergency says it was alerted by...
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Police make second arrest in Mt Wellington homicide
Source: New Zealand Police Police have made a further arrest in the homicide investigation underway in Mt Wellington. Operation Hawkin commenced on the afternoon of 5 December, after a man...
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‘Anomalies’ lead Customs to $15m cocaine bust
Source: Radio New Zealand Cocaine bricks intercepted by Customs in Tauranga, December 2025. Customs / supplied Customs says it seized more than $15 million worth of cocaine found in a...
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Watch live: Christopher Luxon lays out plans for last weeks of political year
Source: Radio New Zealand The Prime Minister is set to face questions as he lays out his government’s plans for the last weeks of the political year. Christopher Luxon is...
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Have you seen Mark?
Source: New Zealand Police Police are asking for the public’s help finding Mark Roiall, who has been reported missing from the Glen Innes area. The 65-year-old was last seen at...
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Cell phone distraction causes serious crash
Source: New Zealand Police An alleged ‘moment of recklessness’ could have caused deaths, after a driver crashed while using a cell phone on Sunday afternoon in Hampden. District Road Policing...
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State Highway 47, Tongariro closed due to fires
Source: New Zealand Police State Highway 47, Tongariro is currently closed between State Highway 48 and Mangatepopo Road due to a number of fires beside the road. Police were notified...
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Man accused of swallowing $33,000 pendant appears in court
Source: Radio New Zealand Court documents reveal the pendant was worth $33,585. Supplied / NZ police A man accused of swallowing a Fabergé locket worth more than $33,500 during an...
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Kiwi charged with trying to smuggle $10m of heroin in Sydney
Source: Radio New Zealand A New Zealand man has been charged with trying to import $10 million worth of heroin into Sydney in floral-patterned bags. In a joint statement the...
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Environment – The 12 pests ruining Christmas for farmers
Source: Federated Farmers Pine trees and deer might stir up warm feelings of festive joy for many Kiwis, but for farmers they represent mostly cost, destruction and heartache. That’s why Federated...
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Universities – Te Herenga Waka graduates light up Wellington
Source: Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington This week, the newest cohort of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s graduates will stop traffic with glam fits, billowing cloaks, and...
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Torch Run on Tuesday, then Special Olympics Opening Ceremony on Wednesday, Christchurch
Source: New Zealand Police Media is invited to attend both Tuesday’s Law Enforcement Torch Run event and Wednesday’s Opening Ceremony. Come along to take photos and interview participants and their...
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Scrutiny Week in review: Politics vs oversight
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/Louis Collins Parliament’s final weeks of the year began with Scrutiny Week, and while bellicose exchanges dominated headlines, much examination took place in relatively calmer hearings....
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Coroner suppresses name of man stabbed to death in Auckland’s Mt Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand Police at the scene of the death on Harris Rd in Mt Wellington on Friday. RNZ / Felix Walton A Coroner has made wide-ranging suppression orders,...
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Who knew what and when in the Jevon McSkimming saga?
Source: Radio New Zealand Both Chris Hipkins and Mark Mitchell have denied Andrew Coster’s claims. RNZ A lot has happened since the Independent Police Conduct Authority released a scathing 135-page...
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20-year old charged after shooting a man in Papakura
Source: Radio New Zealand The offender was arrested on Sunday and is set to appear in the Papakura District Court on Monday. AFP / Andri Tambunan Police have charged a...
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Police make arrest after man shot in Papakura
Source: New Zealand Police Police have charged a man over a firearms incident in Papakura in the early hours of Saturday morning. Enquiries began after a man sustained a gunshot...
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Police quickly apprehend teens after aggravated robbery
Source: New Zealand Police Two teenagers have been arrested after an aggravated robbery outside a Mt Wellington petrol station overnight. Police were called to the petrol station on Mt Wellington...
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A 60 percent cut to the Wellington maritime police means they will no longer be responding 24/7
Source: Radio New Zealand A Wellington police boat RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Wellington’s maritime police are no longer responding 24/7 to help boats in trouble or to respond to crimes...
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‘Total nonsense’: Police Minister hits back at former commissioner’s claims he knew about McSkimming allegations
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Minister Mark Mitchell said he wasn’t aware of a complaint against Jevon McSkimming until November 6, 2024. (File photo) RNZ / Mark Papalii Police Minister...
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Nightmare finish for Liam Lawson in Abu Dhabi as Lando Norris crowned F1 champion
Source: Radio New Zealand British driver Lando Norris celebrates his first Formula One title. GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP McLaren’s Lando Norris sobbed tears of joy and relief as he won...
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Four injured after vehicle hits tree in Whatatutu
Source: Radio New Zealand Four patients were transferred to Gisborne Hospital. St John File photo. Four people have been taken to Gisborne Hospital, after a vehicle crashed into a tree...