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Man in court after spate of crimes in Feilding
Source: New Zealand Police A 41-year-old man has been charged with nine offences after a spate of thefts and burglaries in Feilding. The offending goes back to 18 September, when...
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Road blocked, Harihari Highway, Ross
Source: New Zealand Police Harihari Highway (SH6), Ross, is blocked following a serious crash this afternoon. Police were notified of the multi-vehicle crash, near Donoghues Road, around 1:10pm. Initial indicators...
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Crash between two buses and a car causes ‘chaos’ in Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand Broken glass and other items can be seen in the gutter. RNZ / Marika Khabazi A person who saw a crash between two buses and a...
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Fishery officers in Gisborne catch 2 divers with 369 undersize pāua
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Fisheries New Zealand fishery officers caught 2 divers with 369 undersize pāua at Sponge Bay in Gisborne yesterday. Officers discovered the pair when they...
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Testing finds Chatham Islands’ waka Rēkohu from mid 1400s
Source: Radio New Zealand Rēkohu-Wharekauri-Chatham Island waka excavation site Supplied/Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage Interim radiocarbon dating on a partially excavated waka in Chatham Islands has revealed the...
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Government bill prevents schools from opting out of international maths, reading tests
Source: Radio New Zealand Education Minister Erica Stanford A government bill will stop schools opting out of international maths and reading tests and speed up intervention in failing schools. It...
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Frontline firefighters to get say in what big fire trucks to buy
Source: Radio New Zealand An aerial appliance. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NZ / SUPPLIED Operators of the country’s largest fire trucks with the longest ladders are going to get a bigger...
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State Highway 1 Transmission Gully/Te Aranui o Te Rangihaeata open this weekend. Planned closure this weekend postponed
Source: New Zealand Transport Agency State Highway 1 Transmission Gully will be fully open this weekend, with a planned southbound road closure now postponed by one week. The next southbound...
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Universities – All New Zealand universities feature in top 450 in QS Sustainability Rankings in 2026
Source: QS Sustainability Rankings QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2026 – All New Zealand universities feature in top 450 in QS Sustainability Rankings in 2026 London, 18th November 2025: QS Quacquarelli...
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Death following fatal Manawatū crash
Source: New Zealand Police An 18-year-old woman has died following a crash in Manawatū on Tuesday 18 November. The crash, involving a car and a truck, occurred at the intersection...
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Auckland business owner jailed for three years after unregistered truck killed worker in Remuera
Source: Radio New Zealand Ashik Ali was sentenced to three years in prison for manslaughter. Kim Baker Wilson / RNZ A truck driver whose dodgy and unregistered truck fatally ploughed...
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Making New Zealand a better place for young Kiwis
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is marking World’s Children Day by reinforcing its commitment to make New Zealand a better place for young Kiwis to grow up in and...
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World’s largest indigenous education conference comes at ‘perfect time’, organisers say
Source: Radio New Zealand This year’s World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (WIPCE) has arrived at what organisers describe as the “perfect time” – with thousands of delegates gathering in...
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Breath test investigation: ‘Small number’ of police officers stood down for additional misconduct
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ earlier revealed about 120 staff were under investigation throughout the country after 30,000 alcohol breath tests were “falsely or erroneously recorded”. RNZ A “small number”...
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Serious crash closes busy road in Auckland’s Mt Eden
Source: Radio New Zealand Traffic on Dominion Rd in Mt Eden being diverted by police after a serious car crash. Calvin Samuel / RNZ Part of a busy road in...
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Spinal Tap II: Reboot of 80s cult classic falls short
Source: Radio New Zealand Back in the early days of home video, one of the first beneficiaries was a documentary – or “rockumentary”, if you will – called This is...
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Homicide investigation launched, resident describes hearing gunshots in neighbourhood on Kāpiti Coast
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services at the scene. Supplied A Waikanae resident has described hearing raised voices and what sounded like gunshots before a man died in Waikanae on...
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Off-duty police officer uses database to contact driver
Source: Radio New Zealand The Authority conducted an independent investigation into the matter and found the officer demonstrated poor judgement and decision making, but did not act dishonestly. RNZ /...
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Frontline firefighers to get say in what big fire trucks to buy
Source: Radio New Zealand An aerial appliance. FIRE AND EMERGENCY NZ / SUPPLIED Operators of the country’s largest fire trucks with the longest ladders are going to get a bigger...
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Swiss man charged after fatal crash in North Canterbury
Source: Radio New Zealand A 32-year-old Swiss national has been charged with careless driving causing death after a fatal crash near Sheffield in Canterbury’s Selwyn district on Wednesday. The person...
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Man charged with murder after death in New Plymouth CBD
Source: Radio New Zealand Robin Martin A man has been charged with murder after a death in the New Plymouth CBD. Emergency services were alerted to a fight on St...
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Homicide enquiry underway in Waikanae
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Inspector Jamie Woods: Police have launched a homicide enquiry after a man died in Waikanae yesterday. Officers were called to Kakariki Grove about...
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Crash between two buses and a car closes road in Auckland’s Glen Innes
Source: Radio New Zealand One person was injured in the crash. (File photo) RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A crash between two buses and a car has closed a road...
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‘How about going for a drive?’ turns into epic global adventure
Source: Radio New Zealand In 1962, Dunedin farmer Alan MacLeod said to his wife Joan and six kids, ‘how about going for a drive’?’ Little did they know the ‘harebrained scheme’...
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Serious crash, Mount Eden
Source: New Zealand Police Motorists are being advised to expect delays following a serious crash in Mount Eden. Emergency services were called to the single vehicle crash on Dominion Road...
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Cell phone ban in schools raising achievement
Source: New Zealand Government New research from the Education Review Office (ERO) shows the Government’s decision to ban cell phones in schools is working and is delivering better student outcomes....
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Pharmac proposes funding another ADHD medicine to improve supply
Source: PHARMAC Pharmac is asking for feedback on a proposal to fund another brand of methylphenidate to increase supply and provide more treatment options for people with attention deficit hyperactivity...