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Live: Residents brace for cold, snowy weather amid power outages
Thousands of homes still have no power, but NZ is getting no rest from the wild weather.
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'Hundreds' of close measles contacts identified at Wellington schools
9 minutes agoTen known cases of measles now exist in New Zealand.
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Sandcastle world record broken during anti-mining protest
42 minutes agoThe cost of bringing Guinness World Records officials to New Zealand means it will likely go unrecognised internationally.
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'Not that beautiful': Altered photos causing headaches for immigration advisers
1:13 pm todayImmigration NZ receives 1000 doctored photos a week - about one in 20.
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Crash on Otago bridge closes section of SH1
Police said they were responding to reports two cars had crashed on the Waikouaiti River bridge, north of Dunedin.
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Social media depressed him, lifeguarding saved him
30 minutes agoAbout 20 percent of New Zealand's young people may have problematic social media and phone use.
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Building law shake-up gives hope to Rotorua's historic Blue Baths
9:09 am todayMayor Tania Tapsell says reforms may finally bring Blue Baths back to life.
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'Safer, greener and more welcoming': Mayor heralds new town centre
7:06 am todayLast week's site blessing, led by Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki, marked the beginning of stage one works of the Lincoln $10.4 million town centre upgrade.
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Local publican opens doors as welfare centre for storm-affected residents
10:45 am todayThe pub has a lounge with a large fire, ready to welcome those doing it tough.
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MetService, NEMA warn of 'dangerous' Labour Day weather
26 Oct 2025Forecasters issue widespread warnings for heavy rain, gales and snow across much of the country on Monday.
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'Plugging holes in a dam': Native birds facing extinction after beech seed drop
26 Oct 2025Rats and stoats will explode in numbers, eat all the seeds and look to supplement their diet with birds.
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'Very, very lucky' no deaths from storm - Emergency Management Southland
26 Oct 2025Acting controller Lucy Hicks also warned people to take care while cleaning up.
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Police spike car, arrest suspect after reports of firearm
26 Oct 2025A 33-year-old man has been taken into custody following the chase and is likely to face a raft of driving related charges, police said.
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Charges laid after online threats against Islamic Centre - Police
An 18-year-old faces charges of causing harm by posting digital communication, after threatening the Wellington Islamic Centre.
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Person dies after three-wheeled motorbike hits tree on Waiheke
26 Oct 2025Emergency services were called to the crash at Ocean View Road about 2pm.
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Review: One of cinema's giants explored in new doco 'Mr Scorsese'
26 Oct 2025Martin Scorsese, one of the greatest directors of all time, gets a well-deserved - and epic - documentary about his career.
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'Cost to the economy enormous': Storms, accidents, road closures hurt trucking industry
Police insist they have a responsibility to victims and their families to thoroughly investigate road crashes.
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Homicide inquiry launched, after death of man critically injured in Te Puke
26 Oct 2025Police received a report of a person being admitted to hospital with critical gun shot injuries.
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Talley's v TVNZ in defamation confrontation
26 Oct 2025TVNZ's newsgathering ended up under the microscope in the Talley's defamation trial. What can we learn from this high-stakes case?
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'I was very nervous at first' - how Wikipedia founder learnt to embrace trust
26 Oct 2025Its success shows that good can come from strangers trusting each other, says founder Jimmy Wales.
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What should I do with piles of old photos?
26 Oct 2025If you've got loads of photo albums stacked up, here's how the experts suggest organising and sorting what's worth keeping.
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The Exploding Rainbow Orchestra returns to Auckland
26 Oct 2025Rap legend Dam Native and soul sensation Crystal Chen are among the 12 Kiwi artists who'll perform their original songs with a 35-piece orchestra.
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Luxon shores up Indo-Pacific trade as volatile Trump impact continues
Luxon's trip comes as Trump makes his first visit to the region since returning to the White House, amid continuing fallout from his 'Liberation Day' tariffs.
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Parliament delivers heralds of 2026 election
This week, parliament produced two signs of the election to come - crucial work on tweaking rules and a new calendar that may just hint at an election date.
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Mushroom murderer never expected anyone to survive lunch - former cop
26 Oct 2025"I've met some killers in my time and some of them just view other people as an inconvenience, a trouble to be removed."
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Review: Billy Joel doco reveals struggles of pop's piano man
26 Oct 2025The two-part documentary And So It Goes paints a compelling picture of a pop genius and complex man still battling his demons.
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AI-powered medical tech will help rewire our brains, but could endanger our privacy
25 Oct 2025The neurotechnology that might enable humans to one day become symbiotic with AI is incoming, and it's not "ethically neutral", says a leading clinical neurologist.
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How generative AI could change how we think and speak
25 Oct 2025Could an over-reliance on AI damage our ability to use language as an instrument for thinking creatively?
Top News stories
- Live weather: More wind and rain on the way as clean-up continues
- What happens in your brain when you change your mind?
- Hundreds of close measles contacts identified at Wellington College, Wellington Girls' College
- Sandcastle world record broken during anti-mining protest
- 'Did you see that?': Scary incident as Liam Lawson retires from Mexican F1 GP
