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How the government plans to tackle 'stubbornly high' suicide rates
Explainer - The government announced a new five-year Suicide Prevention Action Plan this week. But what does it include? Audio
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Melatonin to be sold over-the-counter; magic mushrooms to be prescribed
3:30 pm todayThe change for psilocybin was a huge win for people with depression who had tried everything else, David Seymour says.
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'You are disappointing minister': Stanford, Labour in slinging match
1:32 pm todayMPs have clashed over the redress system for survivors abused in state care. Audio
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Person dies after ending up under car in Blenheim
3:34 pm todayEmergency services are investigating how the crash came about.
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Goodbye, Census: five-yearly count to be scrapped
11:53 am todayThe traditional Census will be replaced with a combination of government data and smaller annual surveys.
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Person arrested after Napier Pharmacy break-in
It is the Pharmacy's third raid in the last 10 weeks.
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How To Train Your Dragon live action remake fails to fly
The remake of How To Train Your Dragon sticks close to the blueprint, but is missing one elusive ingredient - originality.
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Unused central police station still for sale six years on
1:12 pm todayStaff left their base on Vincent Street for their current base on College Hill six years ago.
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Night sky turning blue for Matariki
12:16 pm todayLast year, a trust illuminated the clock tower and, after a great reception, decided to take it a step further.
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KiwiRail charged over Aratere ferry grounding
1:12 pm todayThe ship grounded just north of Picton last year with 47 people on board.
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What a 'rapid review' of police after McSkimming case will look at
9:55 am todayAn investigation into former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming led to concerns staff could bypass internal controls and "exploit vulnerabilities to access inappropriate content," documents reveal.
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Seven people hurt in five-vehicles crash near Tekapo
1:38 pm todayThe crash was between Lake Pukaki and Tekapo.
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Tom Phillips likely to be 'moving quite regularly' in cold bush - hunter
6:51 am todayThe oldest missing Phillips child will celebrate yet another birthday on the run today, but an experienced bushman says it is likely to be a miserable day.
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'Don't put your kids online' - Top cop's warning to parents
5:28 am todayAI is being used to create fake child abuse images of real children.
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A pub, a pond and a body: What happened to Mikey?
8:04 am todayMichael Tamatea left work one night, went to the pub and was found dead the next day. What happened in-between? Audio
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Nationwide public transport ticketing system 'not on track', minister says
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says he's worried about 'Motu Move' and "no options are off the table" to get the project back on track.
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Concern for missing teen who may have gone camping
10:26 am todayThe teen didn't attend school on Monday and returned home to fetch camping equipment, police say.
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Locals say supermarket fire 'absolutely devastating'
10:00 am todayFire and Emergency says the investigation into a blaze which severely damaged a central Auckland New World supermarket will include the building's sprinkler system. Audio
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Big, mysterious carbon sink possibly found in South Island
17 Jun 2025But scientists caution more work is needed before New Zealand could claim the discovery as a climate win.
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Teen missing from Auckland's North Shore found safe
2 minutes agoMya was last seen in the Takapuna area at around 1.45am Tuesday.
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More than 200 Northland doctors, dentist striking over pay
Staff will walk out from Whangārei Hospital and be picketing outside the Kaitaia Hospital. Audio
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Chances of surviving fatal boat capsize would have been 'significantly increased' by lifejackets
8:04 am todayA coroner wants one consistent law requiring boaties to wear lifejackets on small vessels, after finding a mother and her young son would have had better chances of surviving a capsizing, if they been… Audio
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Public have their say on controversial Hawke's Bay dam
2:37 pm todayLeaders of a controversial Hawke's Bay dam project faced tough questions from fired up locals at their first public meeting about the project. Audio
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Derelict Wellington building allowed to exist for 'far too long' - minister
Heritage NZ is "deeply disappointed" at the Wellington building's seemingly imminent demolition and says refurbishment is still achievable.
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Foreign policy critics are shouting 'impotently at clouds': Peters
7:06 am todayForeign Minister Winston Peters says critics of the government's foreign policy reset are ill-informed and shouting "impotently at clouds".
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'Cynical and disappointing': Abuse survivors to get less than a third of government's redress package
12:55 pm todayOfficials are "taking so much away from the pockets of survivors, who deserve better than this", a lawyer says. Audio
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MFAT providing 'extremely vague' advice for Kiwis trapped in Iran
A friend of a New Zealander stuck in Iran says the government needs to help provide safe passage, and that the advice so far has been "vague and lacking any substance whatsover". Audio
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New standards may be needed for NZ's critical communications infrastructure
7:01 am todayGovernment officials are looking at developing minimum standards for the protection of critical communications infrastructure.
Top News stories
- The new Suicide Prevention Action Plan - What you need to know
- Melatonin to be sold over-the-counter; psilocybin to be prescribed
- National's Erica Stanford clashes with Labour MPs over redress system for survivors abused in state care
- France's rugby coach Fabien Galthie defends weakened squad for NZ tour
- What is 'perpetual stew' and is it safe to eat?
