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Government cracks down on drug drivers
Source: New Zealand Government Drivers under the influence of drugs will soon face tougher enforcement on New Zealand roads, with the Government confirming which drugs will be screened under the...
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‘A real and imminent threat’: Police officer justified in shooting of offender
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly An offender posed a real and imminent threat when he was shot twice by police on an Auckland motorway, the police watchdog...
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How a tattoo icon’s designs live on in Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand Roger Ingerton opened Roger’s Tatooart in Wellington’s Cuba Street in 1977 – and worked from the premises until he retired in 2009. The studio had received...
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Woman critically hurt in Christchurch shooting
Source: Radio New Zealand The scene of the alleged shooting. RNZ/Nathan Mckinnon A woman who lives across the road from a house where another woman was shot and critically injured...
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Radiology upgrade to double scanning capacity in Hawke’s Bay
Source: New Zealand Government More than 10,000 additional MRI and CT scans will be delivered each year for Hawke’s Bay patients, enabling faster diagnoses, following the completion of Stage 1...
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Trucking Licences – Transporting New Zealand calls for review of international licence conversion processes
Source: Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand National road freight association Transporting New Zealand is calling on NZTA to review its international truck licence conversion processes, as the Agency announced yesterday it has...
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Politics and Employment – Plan to privatise meat inspectors risks food safety & export markets – PSA
Source: PSA – Meat companies using own inspectors a clear conflict of interest – Raises risk of contaminated and diseased meat being exported – Jobs and wages of inspectors likely to be cut The...
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Mt Eden prisoner has been on run for four days since slipping hospital escort
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are seaching for the prisoner. RNZ / Nate McKinnon A prisoner has been on the run for four days after escaping while on a hospital...
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Police acknowledge IPCA report into justified non-fatal shooting
Source: New Zealand Police Police acknowledges the findings of the Independent Police Conduct Authority into a non-fatal shooting in west Auckland during September 2023. On 27 September 2023, Police received...
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The Port of Auckland’s role in fight against methamphetamine
Source: Radio New Zealand Straddle carriers and containers on Fergusson Wharf at Ports of Auckland. Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye/ 123RF The Port of Auckland is working with customs and Maritime New...
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Human rights complaint filed to United Nations over treatment of Māori
Source: Radio New Zealand The complaint was sent to the UN committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). AFP Prominent Māori health leader Lady Tureiti Moxon has filed a...
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Proposed animal products notices about specified meat for export with official assurance, and official assessors
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Why we are consulting The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reviewing New Zealand’s inspection and examination requirements associated with exported meat from cattle...
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Aim to eliminate pests from Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 11 November 2025 Led by Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP), on behalf of Te Manahuna Aoraki Project (TMAP), the pest removal combines aerial 1080 application, ground-based...
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Woman critically hurt in apparent Christchurch shooting
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi Police and ambulance were called Shortland Street, Wainoni, on Monday night. Google Maps A woman has been critically injured by what police...
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The T20 of rowing a ‘hell of the lot of fun’ for legend Emma Twigg
Source: Radio New Zealand Emma Twigg. Steve McArthur / www.photosport.nz Rowing legend Emma Twigg still loves having oars in her hands and is not about to give up as “you’re...
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Police investigating after woman shot in Christchurch
Source: New Zealand Police Police are investigating after a woman suffered what appears to be a serious gunshot wound in Wainoni, Christchurch. Police and ambulance were called to a Shortland...
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Wellington Hospitals Foundation celebrates 20 years of impact
Source: CCDHB When serious illness or injury strikes, nothing matters more than knowing our loved ones will receive the best possible hospital care. November marks the 20 year anniversary for Wellington...
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Police acknowledge year since Kapiti man reported missing
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Acting Detective Sergeant Nicholas Mead: Police investigating the disappearance of Kapiti man Graham Russell Smith are still hopeful that he can be returned to...
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‘Well-liked’ former publican dies in ‘preventable’ fall at crowded Taranaki Base Hospital ED
Source: Radio New Zealand A coroner says the risk of catastrophic events happening at Taranaki Base Hospital’s Emergency Department remains high. Google Maps * This story has been updated to...
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Hīkoi mō Te Tiriti: A year on from one of Aotearoa’s largest protest movement
Source: Radio New Zealand Scenes from Day 3 of Hikoi mō Te Tiriti in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly One year ago, a dawn karakia at Te Rerenga...
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Hopes a vast fire at Tongariro won’t turn the tourists away
Source: Radio New Zealand The Tongariro National Park fire is leaving the surrounding sky covered in hazy smoke Supplied In Tongariro, locals pin their hopes on rain to put out...
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List of products, businesses on Consumer NZ’s anti-awards
Source: Radio New Zealand Among its winners were Pams plasters, which did not stick for as long as they needed to. 123RF A lack of understanding from consumers and a...
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Biosecurity New Zealand expands hornet search
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Biosecurity New Zealand is continuing to ramp up its response to yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) detections on Auckland’s North Shore, says Mike Inglis, north...
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Health and Employment – Coroner warns short staffing creating high risk of catastrophic event
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation Coroner’s findings into the death of Taranaki man Len Collett put Te Whatu Ora on notice that “consciously deciding” to under-resource the local Emergency Department creates...
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November health strike grows to 16,700
Source: Radio New Zealand The strike is set for Friday 28 November. RNZ/Samuel Rillstone Another 5200 health workers will walk off the job at the end of the month, the...
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Short staffing directly led to man’s death from fall in Taranaki Base Hospital ED, coroner rules
Source: Radio New Zealand A coroner says the risk of catastrophic events happening at Taranaki Base Hospital’s Emergency Department remains high. Google Maps A coroner has warned that five years...
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Health Employment – Another 5200 health workers vote to strike on 28 November – PSA
Source: PSA The workers have voted to strike in support of their claims for a settlement that ensures safe staffing and a pay increase that keeps pace with cost-of-living increases facing...