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Five injured after buses collide in Auckland
10 Aug 2024Five people have been injured in a crash between two buses in central Auckland.
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Former Silver Ferns captain Dame June Mariu dies
10 Aug 2024Dame June led the national netball team in 1960 and was a long-time advocate for tangata whenua and rangatahi.
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'The bush has a way of slowing us down'
10 Aug 2024Sam Gibson has a deep love for the bush, spending his time hunting, fishing and working to protect endangered species. He talks to Saturday Morning. Audio
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Plans for more mining on the West Coast divides locals
10 Aug 2024Out of sight - in to mined? Frank Film gauges local attitudes to increased plans for West Coast mining.
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Breaking meows: Non-stop laughs at Nelson's cat video festival
10 Aug 2024The festival features four 15-minute blocks of back-to-back cat videos.
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Multi-million dollar scheme aims to put cork in constant flooding
10 Aug 2024Devastating floods that have swamped three towns may soon be a thing of the past - or at least less frequent.
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Interislander ferry Aratere resumes sailings
10 Aug 2024A KiwiRail spokesperson says the repairs have now been completed.
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Hundreds turn out to farewell Chills legend Martin Phillipps
9 Aug 2024As Martin Phillipps' chill blue coloured coffin was taken outside, an unreleased song from a forthcoming album boomed over the speakers. Video
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Former chemical plant still potential to cause contamination
10 Aug 2024The operator says it could also affect human health and the environment.
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Chainsaws and peacocks: Neighbours at war over trees
10 Aug 2024A woman's passion for helping animals has led to an ugly row with her neighbour.
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Study reveals 'heartbreaking' stories from parents of children with autism
Social stigma and a lack of formal support is physically and mentally affecting parents' wellbeing regardless of their personal circumstances, a New Zealand study has found.
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Iconic brewery ends public tours after 25 years
10 Aug 2024The public tours are being replaced with a new beer tasting experience.
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Flights to Auckland Airport diverted after reports of debris on runway
9 Aug 2024Passengers have been unloaded from a Qantas flight that suffered an engine fault at Auckland Airport this evening.
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Ngāti Kahungunu celebrates promoting Māori language to thousands
10 Aug 2024Ngāti Kahungunu iwi chairperson Bayden Barber says it was a "positive" two days that celebrated all things Māori.
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Eruption at Whakaari raises alert level
9 Aug 2024The Volcanic Alert Level has now been raised to Level 3 and the Aviation Colour Code raised to orange.
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12yo suffers serious face injury after lunchtime attack
9 Aug 2024"We don't understand [why] the student hurt my son," his father says.
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Philip Polkinghorne murder trial: Accused was 'quite demanding sexually'
9 Aug 2024A friend and colleague of Pauline Hanna says she confided that Polkinghorne was sexually demanding and "liked her to stay slim".
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'Lifeguards are not babysitters', coroner says in ruling over toddler's death
9 Aug 2024Ranger Hetaraka, 2, was found floating face down in a pool with no adult watching him.
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Rage-bait influencers are profiting off your anger
8 Aug 2024It's staged interactions and storytimes, disgusting cooking videos, and mistakes that, frankly, just piss people off.
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Can you handle the Olympic shot put diet?
A nine-egg burrito - and that's just for breakfast.
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How high wholesale power prices could push up food cost
Some big businesses, including supermarkets, are exposed to wholesale prices more quickly than consumers.
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Little public trust left for Foodstuffs North Island after fine, grocery advocate says
9 Aug 2024Grocery Action Group chair Suzanne Chetwin says the $3.25m fine is a drop in the ocean for the company. Audio
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Business to offer AI cameras for front of buses
9 Aug 2024A US company that puts AI-enabled cameras on the front of buses to try to stop cars from blocking bus stops has entered the New Zealand market.
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Ex-youth offender sceptical new boot camps will help
9 Aug 2024A Taranaki man says attending a boot-camp in the 1980s left him toughened-up and angry - but not rehabilitated.
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