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Source: Radio New Zealand Lifeguards will start patrolling Tauranga waters a week early. Cody Keepa for Surf Life Saving NZ Lifeguards will start patrolling Tauranga waters a week early, due to a spike in serious accidents. Surf Life Saving warns that the warm weather has created a perfect storm of hidden hazards, such as rips. … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand A record number of Christmas Boxes have been packed this year with around 2500 volunteers packing more than 35,000 boxes for the charity initiative. Each Christmas Box has $70 worth of food and can feed a family of four to six. Head of Community Response Rebecca So’e said Christmas was supposed … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The number of teenagers who vape on a daily basis has dropped to 7.1 percent, down from “peak vape” of 10.1 percent in 2022. 123RF A survey of more than 30,000 of New Zealand’s Year 10 students has indicated that the perception of vaping is changing. The number of teenagers who … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison entrance. Google Maps Two new high security units are set to be built at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison adding an additional 316 beds. Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell said the construction would begin next month and finish up by early 2027. He said the new units would expand … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said the 20-year-old allegedly threw the gun into some bushes before leaving in a vehicle with another person. RNZ / REECE BAKER Police have arrested a man after a gun was fired near a popular swimming hole in Thames, Coromandel. Police were called to the scene on Kauaeranga Valley Road … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Robinson was quickest of 56 skiers in the first run on Copper Mountain. photosport New Zealand skier Alice Robinson has ignited her season with a dominant win in the women’s giant slalom at the World Cup in Colorado. Robinson was quickest of 56 skiers in the first run on Copper Mountain … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Santa in one of the Auckland parade’s previous years. Supplied Auckland’s annual Santa Parade is expected to draw 150,000 people into the city centre to see dozens of floats make their way down Queen Street. The parade begins at one 1pm on Sunday on the corner of Mayoral Drive and Cook … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand ACC said it would use individual advisors instead of a panel, like it did in other clinical cases. RNZ/Marika Khabazi ACC has disbanded its toxicology panel that firefighters take their cancer claims to. The New Zealand Professional Firefighters Union (NZPFU) says the corporation did not tell it about this, but it … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Detective Sergeant Mark Leathem, Coromandel Hauraki CIB: A man has been arrested after an incident yesterday where a firearm was discharged near a popular Thames swimming hole. Police were called about 5pm to the location on Kauaeranga Valley Road after reports that a man had threatened members of the … Read more
Source: Worksafe New Zealand 30 November 2025 WorkSafe is cautioning all businesses that work at height to review their safety systems, following sentencing for a fall that nearly killed a KiwiRail employee. The man fell 10 metres while installing a telecommunications pole in Whanganui in October 2023. He suffered a torn artery, a torn liver, … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Dyeming said two years on he is fully functional back at work, but yet at full fitness away from the job. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham KiwiRail to pay about $250,000 in fines and reparation over worker’s 10-metre fall WorkSafe finds ‘fundamental failures’ in KiwiRail’s introduction of new communications poles Worker says … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Disruptions will likely continue though as airlines deal with a backlog of flights. 123RF Airbus A320 software updates have been completed on all New Zealand based Jetstar aircraft, while some of Air New Zealand’s fleet remain grounded with further flight cancellations possible. About 6000 Airbus A320 aircraft around the world are … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland United FC players celebrate winning the final of the Women’s National League Championship. photosport Zoe Benson scored the winner as Auckland United clinched a third consecutive National League Championship women’s title with a 1-0 win over cross-city rivals Eastern Suburbs. It was the fifth clash between the two evenly matched … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Dyeming said two years on he is fully functional back at work, but yet at full fitness away from the job. RNZ / Jimmy Ellingham KiwiRail to pay about $250,000 in fines and reparation over worker’s 10-metre fall WorkSafe finds ‘fundamental failures’ in KiwiRail’s introduction of new communications poles Worker says … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ’s money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions. RNZ Got questions? RNZ has launched a new podcast, ‘No Stupid Questions’, with Susan Edmunds. We’d love to hear more of your questions about money and the economy. You can send through written questions, like these ones, but even better, you can drop … Read more
Source: New Zealand Government Two new high security units will be built at Hawke’s Bay Regional Prison to help keep criminals off the street and keep Kiwis safe, says Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell. “With the prison population increasing due to the governments strong measures on law-and-order, these two new units will add more capacity and … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Disruptions will likely continue though as airlines deal with a backlog of flights. 123RF Airbus A320 software updates have been completed on all New Zealand based Jetstar aircraft, while Air New Zealand’s fleet remain grounded with further flight cancellations possible. About 6000 Airbus A320 aircraft around the world are affected by … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Drones allowed teams to access remote areas, detect possum populations and pinpoint exactly where people needed to be deployed, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard says. Supplied The government is trialling new technology to better control possum populations as part of its push to eradicate bovine tuberculosis. The disease in cattle and deer … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand You settle down on the couch, maybe under a blanket or with a snack, and turn on the TV. What you’re really craving right now is to watch something with a juicy puzzle to solve — maybe about a murder. Despite a world filled with grim headlines, audiences are consistently drawn … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Disruptions will likely continue though as airlines deal with a backlog of flights. AFP/ William West There could be further flight cancellations as Airbus A320 jets are grounded globally for an urgent software upgrade. About 6000 Airbus A320 aircraft around the world are affected by a recall for a software upgrade. … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Brady Rush photosport The All Blacks Sevens were the only men’s team to make it three wins from three on day one of the world series opening tournament in Dubai, while the Black Ferns Sevens also topped their pool. Coming off a substandard seventh placing overall in last season’s world series, … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Payments NZ reported about $265 million had been scammed out of New Zealand bank accounts in the past year. PhotoAlto The Banking Association is criticising social media, technology and telecommunications companies for not doing enough to prevent scams. Payments NZ reported about $265 million had been scammed out of New Zealand … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand In early November New Zealand music icon Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn, Blam Blam Blam) gave the inaugural Lilburn Lecture at Wellington’s National Library. Here’s an edited version of his words. I go swimming a lot. Either where I live half of the year, with my lovely wife … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand A concept design of the new Waiwera Thermal Springs. One to One Hundred Ltd / SUPPLIED A $50 million redevelopment plan of North Auckland’s popular, now demolished Waiwera Hot Pools has been unveiled. Concept designs for the currently empty site include 28 pools and wellness experiences along with saunas, reflexology walks … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand When it came to wielding weapons in the new Spartacus series, Māori performers had an advantage, says actor and musician Jordi Webber. “We are gifted in the sense that our tupuna were warriors, you know? We’re so grounded, and our fluidity when we move is just innate. “Even though it’s not … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand An unattended kayak was found off Raumati Beach. New Zealand Police Wellington police are asking the public for information on an unattended kayak found off Raumati Beach. The kayak was found about 500 metres off Raumati Beach at about 12pm on Saturday. Police also found a hoodie on the beach. A … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Jorja Miller was back to try scoring ways at Dubai. Photosport / Jayne Russell The Black Ferns Sevens have their 2025/26 World Rugby sevens campaign off to a winning start, overcoming France 24-21 in their opening game at Dubai. Without try scoring superstar Michaela Brake, pregnant with her first child, the … Read more