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Source: Radio New Zealand A wall of smoke from the Tongariro National Park fire is providing a spectacular but worrying vista for a central plateau village. The blaze has burned through up to 2500 hectares and is 20 percent contained. Whakapapa Village was evacuated on Sunday, and the fire has forced the evacuation of trampers … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Coming from a family who’d farmed for generations, Amelia Thomas expected that she’d inherited some understanding of animals. The day her family moved to an old dairy farm in Nova Scotia, the former journalist was divebombed by a hummingbird, and had to deal with escaped piglets, screaming horses, fighting dogs and … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Woolworths Point Chevalier reduced its hours last year following safety concerns. RNZ / Jessica Hopkins Residents and business owners in Auckland’s Point Chevalier are feeling optimistic as shoplifting is finally brought under control. It comes just over a year after the local supermarket started closing early over safety concerns. On a … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Workers at North Shore Hospital’s He Puna Waiora secure mental health unit have reported multiple assaults. RNZ Another serious assault at North Shore Hospital mental health unit The PSA says staff had been pleading for help Health NZ says it added extra workers before it opened five new beds last month. … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand The Education Review Office said there is a need for a stronger, system-wide approach in order to improve struggling schools. Unsplash/ Taylor Flowe The Education Review Office wants tougher action on struggling schools that do not improve. In its annual report the office criticised the lack of support for under-performing schools … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Car headlights cut through the darkness of an early morning bootcamp. Ke-Xin Li It’s 6am in Pukehina – a rural community down the coast from Tauranga. Leaves are rustling against the gentle breeze as tyres crunch through the gravel driveway. The basketball court – surrounded by kiwifruit orchards and dairy farms … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Mental health in-patient killed herself after being given leave to go home for Christmas Family unaware of previous attempt and ongoing risks Health NZ says it’s introduced new protocols for the inpatient unit at Palmerston North Hospital on leave, discharge planning, documentation and communication with families Coroner’s recommendations include review of … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand World leaders gather for the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para State, Brazil. AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN Climate scientists and advocates say the government needs to come clean on how New Zealand plans to meet its first international climate target. A decade on from the Paris Agreement, and as … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Methamphetamine use had increased significantly and meth seized in New Zealand and offshore had increased by 266 percent over the past five years. Supplied / Customs There’s widespread support for the government’s new action plan to combat methamphetamine use, with the Drug Foundation commending its “health focused interventions”. A mental wellness … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jenkinson Metro Magazine Former detectives have been left “stumbling for words” by police reports of a secret meeting in 1985 between a Department of Justice official and the key Crown witness in the murder prosecution of Ross Appelgren. Appelgren was convicted of killing fellow inmate Darcy Te … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Westpac had the joint lowest rates advertised 54.5 percent of the time. File photo. RNZ Which bank consistently offers the lowest advertised home loan rates? And does it actually matter? Data compiled by economists Ed McKnight from Opes Partners shows that since August 2023, across all home loan rate terms, Westpac … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand [L1] Waimarino business owners hope for forecast rain [L1] Concern tourists might cancel bookings [L1] Wall of smoke provides spectacular but unwelcome backdrop to village. A wall of smoke from the Tongariro National Park fire is providing a spectacular but worrying vista for a central plateau village. The blaze has burned … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice residence RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A staff member has been injured at a Youth Justice facility this evening. Police were called to a report of an assault at a Kiwi Tamaki Road address in Auckland about 7.30pm. Auckland’s Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice residence is on the … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice residence RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A staff member has been injured at a Youth Justice facility this evening. Police were called to a report of an assault at a Kiwi Tamaki Road address in Auckland about 7.30pm. Auckland’s Korowai Manaaki Youth Justice residence is on the … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand A brother and sister had lived in shame, after being sexually abused by a relative four decades ago. 123.rf Warning: This story deals with the sexual abuse of children and may be distressing for some readers. A brother and sister say they both lived with guilt, shame and confusion following sexual … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Former champion boxer Sean Sullivan has been found guilty of misconduct and gross negligence by the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority. NZ HERALD/SUPPLIED Former world-rated boxing champion, turned debt collector Sean Sullivan has landed himself in hot water for unlawfully trying to repossess goods. Once ranked the No.7 welterweight in the … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand Moves to revoke Jevon McSkimming’s Long Service and Good Conduct medals have begun. RNZ / Mark Papalii The police commissioner has begun a process to revoke medals awarded to disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. McSkimming pleaded guilty to three charges of possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material in … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Ghost Bat drone is displayed on the first public day of the Australian International Airshow on 28 March 2025. Paul Crock / AFP New Zealand could benefit from Australia building a wall of military drones to keep China at bay. A defence analyst said Ukraine … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced the pause after Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signed a partnership with China. RNZ/Pacific Islands Forum/123RF New Zealand has extended its pause on direct payments to the Cook Islands government, after it signed partnership agreements with China earlier this year. A Ministry of Foreign … Read more
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Whakapapa Village is being evacuated as a precaution due to the fire in the Tongariro National Park. Thirty six people who live in the village were warned earlier today that they might need to evacuate, and that the signal to leave would be the use of the town’s lahar warning … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. RNZ / Nate McKinnon Two crashes – including one involving a police car on its way to the earlier smash – have closed SH2 River Road in Upper Hutt. Police said motorists should expect delays in the area. Emergency services were called to River Road, Clouston Park, between Fergusson … Read more
Source: New Zealand Police Motorists should expect delays in Upper Hutt this evening, with two crashes having occurred on SH2 River Road. Emergency services were called to River Road, Clouston Park, between Fergusson Drive and Totara Park Road, about 5.50pm after a two-vehicle crash. Fortunately, there have been only moderate injuries reported. While travelling under … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand State Highway One between Longbush and Kennington near Invercargill was closed. RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon State Highway One between Longbush and Kennington, near Invercargill, was closed and the power was out for 62 properties, after a truck hit a powerpole. Emergency services were called to the crash at 2.30pm Sunday. There … Read more
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The air attack on the Tongariro National Park fire will continue until twilight, when aircraft will be grounded for the night. Fire and Emergency NZ has 12 helicopters and five fixed wing aircraft waterbombing the fire. Another helicopter is being used to coordinate all of the aircraft’s movements. Assistant Commander … Read more
Source: Radio New Zealand One new measles case has been found in Nelson with no links to others that have had the disease. Supplied/ US CDC Health New Zealand says one new measles case has been found in Nelson with no links to others that have had the disease. There have now been 18 confirmed … Read more
Source: NZ Drug Foundation Te Puna Whakaiti Pāmamae Kai Whakapiri Statement from Sarah Helm, Executive Director, NZ Drug Foundation Te Puna Whakaiti Pāmamae Kai Whakapiri: “We welcome the health-focussed interventions to reduce methamphetamine harm that were announced by the Government today. “It is good to see an emphasis on health approaches in the Government’s announcement … Read more
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Precautionary evacuations of five facilities in the vicinity of the Tongariro fire are almost complete. They are the Hillary Outdoors Education Centre, the Maungatepopo School Camp, the Old Mill, the Taurewa Lodge and the Avondale College Lodge. Fire and Emergency Assistant Commander Craig Gold says additional aircraft are being used … Read more