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Source: Radio New Zealand A fifth State of Emergency has been declared ahead of severe weather expected to strike tonight and overnight. Manawatū District Council is the latest to make the declaration – in a post on social media, the council said it has activated its emergency response team and is closely monitoring river levels. … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand A fourth State of Emergency has been declared ahead of severe weather expected to strike tonight and overnight. Manawatū District Council is the latest to make the declaration – in a post on social media, the council said it has activated its emergency response team and is closely monitoring river levels. … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / REECE BAKER A body has been found after washing up at Māhia, near Wairoa. In a statement, Tuai senior constable Tony Maultsaid said a member of the public found the body on Mahanga Beach about 1pm on Saturday. “Specialist officers from Tai Rāwhiti attended and the formal identification process … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the NZ Māori All Stars take on the Australian Indigenous All Stars at FMG Stadium, Waikato. Six Warriors have been named for the Māori men: captain James Fisher-Harris, Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Adam Pompey, Te Maire Martin and Jacob Laban. Kick-off is at 5.45pm. Team lists: … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Attribute to Tuai Senior Constable Tony Maultsaid: Police are making enquiries after the body of a person washed up at Mahia, near Wairoa. A member of the public made the discovery on Mahanga Beach about 1pm on Saturday 14 February and called Police. Specialist officers from Tairāwhiti attended and the formal … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Australia celebrate their New Zealand SailGP victory off auckland’s Wynyard Point. Getty Images Despite defending his New Zealand SailGP crown off Auckland’s Wynyard Point, Aussie supremo Tom Slingsby harbours mixed feelings about how his team achieved their feat. The three-time series champion had a front-row view of the horrible high-speed crash … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Swells could rise to 7 metres this evening and overnight, MetService said (file image). RNZ/Reece Baker Wellingtonians are being warned to stay off south coast beaches as severe southerly winds and heavy rain strike the region this evening. Severe weather warnings are in place for a large part of the lower … Read more
Source: Burnett Foundation Aotearoa Associate Health Minister Doocey’s decision to sign the U=U declaration today is a critical step on the road towards zero locally acquired HIV transmissions in Aotearoa New Zealand. U = U stands for Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U). It means that a person living with HIV who is on effective treatment and maintains … Read more
Source: PSA ACT Leader David Seymour’s latest attack on the public sector is straight out of the hard-right playbook – slash and burn now, worry about the consequences later. “We’ve seen this movie before Iin the 1980s and 90s and we know how it ends – with worse services for New Zealanders and the country less … Read more
Source: MetService Covering period of Sunday 15 – Monday 16 February 2026 – At 2:36pm MetService escalated the Severe Weather Warnings in Manawatu, Rangitikei and Ruapehu Districts north of Feilding and east of State Highway One to a Red Warning for Heavy Rain, in consultation with the Horizons Regional Council. All MetService Warnings have … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Wild weather is sweeping through the east and lower North Island and some parts of the South Island, with orange weather warnings, and yellow watches across much of the motu, for heavy rain and strong winds. In some places, MetService forecasters have warned there is a threat to life from dangerous … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Follow all the action as the Māori WahineToa take on the Australian Indigenous women at FMG Stadium, Waikato. Six Warriors have been named for the Māori women: Payton Takimoana, Gayle Broughton, Shakira Baker, Harata Butler, Mya Hill-Moana and Matekino Gray. Kick-off is at 3.30pm. Team lists: Māori All Stars: Shakira Baker, … Read more
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries Have your say The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is inviting feedback on proposed changes to New Zealand’s kava food standard. The proposed changes include: clarifying the existing rule that processing aids and additives are not allowed in the preparation of kava. prohibiting the use of non-noble varieties of … Read more
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand Food Safety is supporting Nestlé in its recall of specific batches of Milo Dipped Snack Bars as the product may contain foreign matter. “The concern with this product is that rubber pieces could cause choking,” says acting New Zealand Food Safety deputy director-general Jenny Bishop. “If you … Read more
Source: NZ Ministry for Primary Industries An amateur fishing charter company that illegally caught crayfish for customers and served it as a meal has been fined $60,000. Fiordland Cruises Limited was sentenced on one charge under the Fisheries Act in the Invercargill District Court, following a successful prosecution by the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand SailGP organisers have decided to split the fleet for day two of racing off Wynyard Point, after the huge high-speed crash between New Zealand and France on Saturday. One sailor from each team was taken to hospital, with Kiwi grinder Louis Sinclair reported in stable condition with compound fractures to both … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Police say the incident happened at around 9pm on Saturday night. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly A Hamilton woman has been seriously assaulted in her own home after confronting two men trying to get inside. Police said the assault happened on Clarkin Road in Fairfield at about 9pm on Saturday. The woman … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Commissioner of Police Richard Chambers lead a team of 66 Police runners at the Southern Cross ‘Round the Bays event in Wellington this morning. Staff from the Police executive, non-sworn employees, sergeants, constables and recruits took part, some running the 8.4km and others completing the 21km race. New Zealand Police teamed … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The ACT leader has distinguished his party from its coalition partners in a state of the nation speech, giving a blunt assessment of how tough things are at the moment, especially for young people. ACT leader and Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour took a swipe at “bureaucratic” governments that aren’t balancing … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Hamilton Police are investigating a disturbing incident, where a woman was assaulted in her home in Fairfield last night. The woman was assaulted after confronting two men attempting to enter her address on Clarkin Road about 9pm. The offenders fled the address towards River Road, leaving the victim with injuries requiring … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand 110 Symonds Street RNZ / Marika Khabazi The chairman of a controversial ministerial advisory group that will disband months earlier than planned rejected advice from officials about which office it should rent, preferring a more expensive option for privacy reasons. The Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime is renting … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister Shane Jones. RNZ/Samantha Gee After a public outcry, the government is imposing a two-year ban on taking shellfish from rockpools north of Auckland. The ban is for all of the Whangaparāoa Peninsula, and further north at Kawau Bay and Ōmaha Bay. Locals have said more people are taking sea life … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and ACT leader David Seymour will deliver his latest ‘State of the Nation’ speech in Christchurch on Sunday morning. Last year, Seymour said the country was at a tipping point between “two invisible tribes” and what the country did in the next few years would decide “which way … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand SailGP organisers have decided to split the fleet for day two of racing off Wynyard Point, after the huge high-speed crash between New Zealand and France on Saturday. One sailor from each team was taken to hospital, with Kiwi grinder Louis Sinclair reported in stable condition with compound fractures to both … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Adolescence writer Jack Thorne hopes the UK will follow Australia in introducing a social media ban for children under 16. “I think it’s amazing that Australia is ahead of the world in terms of the social media ban,” Thorne says. “It’s hopefully going to spread like wildfire through the world, because … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Emerald Fennell’s film of Wuthering Heights, starring Australian actors Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff and Margot Robbie as Catherine, bills itself as the “greatest love story of all time”. A poll of British readers agreed. But what would Heathcliff think? Heathcliff, if you’ve not read the book, seen one of the many … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone “With the wastewater catastrophe ongoing, the Moa Point treatment plant continues to be cleaned. But what was raw sewage pouring into the water is now screened wastewater,” Newstalk ZB’s Wellington newsreader Max Towle told listeners last Monday. Better news? Only a little. “Mayor Andrew Little said there’ll … Read more