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'Is my house still standing?' Tasman residents battle to get home
Tapawera residents continue to grapple with flood devastation, with some yet to return home.
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Aussie police recruiters say they're just making sure Kiwis know their options
14 Jul 2025Police recruiters will be in Christchurch and Auckland this month to host jobs and information sessions for the Northern Territory. Audio
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Hawke's Bay man loses prison sentence appeal for 100 assaults on partner
14 Jul 2025Ronald Sydney Wharepapa, 54, says his prison sentence is unduly harsh.
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Auckland EDs overloaded, patients diverted to clinics
14 Jul 2025Hato Hone St John says all four Auckland hospitals are experiencing significant pressure.
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'An execution': Mongrel Mob member gunned down as retribution for earlier attack
14 Jul 2025Hori Gage was waiting for his mum to come and jump-start his car when he was shot in front of his partner and children.
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Khandallah murder trial: Victim's eerie message played in court
14 Jul 2025The audio comes from a call 79-year-old Helen Gregory made to her bank on the evening of 23 January 2024.
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Hospice cuts patient numbers: 'We are so desperately sorry for the unavoidable suffering'
14 Jul 2025An Auckland hospice is being forced to cut the number of people it cares for in their final days by almost a third. Audio
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Quake swarm near Mt Ruapehu
14 Jul 2025The cluster of nearly 100 small earthquakes near Mt Ruapehu have not altered the volcano's alert level.
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Tasman highway reopens after subsidence of road
14 Jul 2025State Highway 60 on the Riwaka side of Takaka Hill in the Tasman region has reopened after it was closed due to movement and subsidence of the road.
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A special boy who loved dinosaurs: Malachi's mother talks at inquest
14 Jul 2025Malachi Subecz was five when he died at Starship Hospital in 2021.
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'The power of it': Uninsured digger smashed in Tasman storm
Byron McEnroe is counting his blessings despite the complete destruction of an uninsured $80,000 digger.
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Auckland trains delayed after person spotted on rail corridor
14 Jul 2025An emergency response to a trespasser at Middlemore Station has lead to delays on the Southern and Eastern rail lines.
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Access to parks and tracks closed following Tasman storm
Slips and storm damage have cut off access to the Kahurangi National Park from Tasman District.
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'Real strain': Student nurses, midwives on workload, financial pressure
One midwifery student says over 20 percent of her cohort has either taken a break from the course or dropped out. Audio
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More slip troubles in Muriwai: 'We need to know how did this happen'
14 Jul 2025A slip in Auckland's west coast settlement has residents reliving the devastating landslides of two years ago. Audio
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Tory Whanau says Ray Chung has apologised via email
14 Jul 2025The Wellington mayor says it's for Chung to share the apology over an inappropriate email he sent two years ago, while her focus is in running the city.
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'Totally unfair': New Plymouth residents on proposed water charge changes
14 Jul 2025From 2027 ratepayers will be billed, at least in part, according to volume of water used.
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'Evading police': Public warned not to approach wanted man
14 Jul 2025Police have a warrant to arrest Louis Pukeroa.
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New host of Music 101 revealed
Kara Rickard will take up the hosting role, with Tony Stamp producing the Saturday show.
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Family seeks answers: Inquest into pepper spray death begins
14 Jul 2025Caleb Moefa'auo, 26, died in 2022 after being pepper sprayed at Auckland's Mt Eden Corrections Facility.
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Person dead after concrete mixer crashes into house
14 Jul 2025Emergency services were to Auckland's Remuera after the truck tipped into a home.
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Family says they can't get answers over daughter's Mt Ruapehu death
14 Jul 2025After marine biologist Wednesday Davis died last year, family and friends say they endured months without an explanation.
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Health minister 'heartened' by rising child immunisation rates
14 Jul 2025National coverage climbed to just under 80 percent for three-month-olds in the first three months of the year.
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Care home residents subjected to violence, intimidatory acts
14 Jul 2025A major disability provider failed to tell the families of residents at a care home about sexual assaults by another resident.
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Warnings after DJ dies from fatal drug mix after Splore Festival
14 Jul 2025Simon Garside performed as a DJ on the final day of the music festival. Hours later, he was dead.
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Ray Chung says email leaked in 'attack' to discredit him
14 Jul 2025But the mayoral candidate says he regrets writing the email about Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau.
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Truck leaks diesel on roads from Wellington's city centre to Miramar and Kaiwharawhara
14 Jul 2025The clean-up is expected to take some time, police say.
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'Heartbreaking sights': Counting the flood devastation
14 Jul 2025Homes have been destroyed, schools are closed, power is out for many, and families are in emergency accommodation, as the scale of the damage becomes clear. Audio
Top News stories
- Tapawera residents battle to get home after major slips
- 'Policing is policing': Australian recruiters say they're just making sure Kiwi cops know they have other options
- Hawke's Bay man loses appeal against prison sentence for 100 assaults on partner
- 'Mana of Black Sox will go on': NZ men's softball climbs back to podium at World Cup
- Auckland ambulance patients being diverted to non-hospital clinics
