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Covid-19: Fourth vaccine dose announced for vulnerable groups
A second booster dose will be made available to at-risk people with legislation adopted next month, the government has announced.
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'Democracy can be fragile': PM uses Harvard speech to call out tech giants
Jacinda Ardern has called social media a threat to modern day democracy, during her latest speech in Boston. Video
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RNZ finalists named for Voyager Media Awards
28 minutes agoRNZ has finalists in several categories of the annual Voyager Media Awards - including best website and reporter of the year.
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Primary principals call for compulsory mask wearing as winter approaches
Some primary school principals want a return to compulsory face mask-wearing as they head into the colder months.
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Death of man hit by golf ball ruled an accident by coroner
1 minute agoA coroner has released her findings into the death of a Queenstown man, more than four years after he died after being hit by a golf ball.
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Sanction of former Gloriavale school principal 'a little soft', trust says
9:37 am todayThe trust supporting former members of the Gloriavale community is surprised a former Christian School principal has not been struck off the register for twice endorsing a teacher he knew had sexually…
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Roading contractors ordered to pay $1.6m after death of young cyclist
8:35 am todayCharges have been dropped against two big contractors over unsafe roadworks where a young cyclist was killed in Christchurch.
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Low staffing levels demoralising for firefighters - union official
37 minutes agoFirefighters can be called on to work up to 80 hours a week because of staff shortages, a union official says. Audio
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Brazen crime 'happening everyday' in Auckland's Sandringham quarter
9:54 am todayBusiness owners in Auckland's Sandringham suburb say a recent rise in ram raids and robberies is "getting too scary". Audio
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Wellington town hall strengthening budget increases
about 1 hour agoThe marathon job to fix Wellington's earthquake-prone heritage town hall has become even harder.
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Twenty properties red-stickered after Levin tornado
about 1 hour agoMore than a dozen households in Levin are still unable to return to their tornado-struck homes. Audio
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Rāhui placed on Kaikohe township in bid to end gang violence
9:35 am todayCommunity leaders in Kaikohe led a hikoi through the town centre this morning calling for peace amid rising gang violence.
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'Too hazardous': Manawatū Gorge road's fate sealed over fears of fatalities, injuries
9:08 am todayWaka Kotahi has confirmed that the old road which closed five years ago will not be reopened.
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Long-standing gang rivalry blamed for recent Auckland gun crime
The Police Association has laid the blame for shootings in Auckland and several scraps in the Far North squarely at the feet of the Tribesmen and Killer Beez gangs.
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Otago cycle trail network confident it will overcome consent hurdles
It's hoped work on the next connections between Otago's cycle trails will begin this year - when finished a continuous 600km network of trails will link Queenstown to Dunedin.
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Homicide inquiry underway after body found in Auckland
26 May 2022Detective Inspector Chris Barry says the victim, a local man, was on his way home when the incident occurred.
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McCallum Bros say construction sector will struggle if sand mining consent refused
7:04 am todayAn Auckland company is to appeal a council decision to refuse resource consent for sand extraction off shore from Pakiri Beach, north of the city.
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Is Marlborough looking after the oldest merchant ship in the world?
26 May 2022The roof over the oldest merchant ship in the world leaks, and the walls of its dry dock let seawater in.
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Diabetes and Me: Unsolicited diet advice
25 May 2022Since writing about diabetes, Megan Whelan's inbox has been filled with advice: from plant-based diets to pasta replacements. In this week's Diabetes and Me, she asks why people are in such a rush to…
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Matatā: The town that had to retreat
26 May 2022The Detail - A massive landslide swamped part of the Bay of Plenty town of Matatā in 2005. Seventeen years on, the managed retreat process is finally coming to an end.
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How new technology is revealing the secrets of an under-researched undersea world
24 May 2022Analysis - Despite New Zealanders' close connection with the oceans, very few will have heard of "temperate mesophotic ecosystems". Even fewer will appreciate their importance for coastal fisheries…
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Queenstown mayoralty hopeful: 'We need more diversity and voices'
26 May 2022A former lawyer who shone a light on sexual harassment in the legal profession is standing for the Queenstown Lakes mayoralty.
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NZDF personnel en route to the UK for Ukrainian military training
26 May 2022Five defence force personnel from the 16th Field Regiment are already on their way to the United Kingdom to help train Ukrainian troops.
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Tiwai Point smelter doubles clean up and closure costs to $687m
26 May 2022The massive jump in costs was due in part to the smelter promising to get rid of more than 200,000 tonnes of spent cell lining waste containing cyanide and toxic fluoride by 2029.
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Covid-19 update: 16 further deaths, 7591 new community cases
There are 16 people who have died with Covid-19 and 7591 new community cases being reported today, the Ministry of Health says.
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Chch residents affected by waste water plant to get $1m
26 May 2022Christchurch City councillors have voted unanimously to provide the funding, and 3380 households in the worst affected suburb of Bromley will be able to get a share from Monday.
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One dead after being hit by truck in Hawke's Bay
26 May 2022A pedestrian has died after being hit by a truck on the Hawke's Bay Expressway.
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Nasa to attempt final launch of football stadium sized balloon from Wanaka
Nasa has scheduled a last ditch attempt to launch its super pressure balloon from Wānaka on Friday.
Top News stories
- New videos recorded during Texas shooting show parents urging police to intervene sooner
- Covid-19: Fourth vaccine dose announced for vulnerable groups
- PM Jacinda Ardern calls out tech giants in prestigious Harvard University speech
- RNZ finalists named for Voyager Media Awards
- Primary principals call for compulsory mask wearing as winter approaches