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Schools spend money on cruises, principals' hospitality
9 Dec 2025An annual report said the spending also included food for local families and in some cases travel for principals' partners. Audio
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Body of swimmer missing at Bethells Beach found
9 Dec 2025The 23-year-old man was in waist-deep water at Lake Wainamu when he got into difficulty.
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The human toll of ACC's financial squeeze
People like father Jacob Hamlin and his family have wound up in hardship as the agency pushes more people off long-term claims to get costs under control. Audio
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The safest way to get up close with sharks
9 Dec 2025The new exhibition letting visitors to get face-to-face with some of the largest creatures on the planet.
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Tourists stunned at speed of Tongariro fire
9 Dec 2025Volker and Jan Seipel hiked the Tongariro Crossing just hours before a blaze of over 320 hectares broke out.
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Person found dead after Auckland house fire
9 Dec 2025About 20 firefighters and five trucks were at the New Lynn blaze on Monday.
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Bike trail builders hampered by conservation rules
9 Dec 2025One club had to give $40,000 back to a donor after the Department of Conservation pulled the pin on an agreement to start on tracks in Te Anau's Snowdon Forest Park. Audio
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Fears wind change could cause Tongariro fire to flare up
9 Dec 2025The blaze has burned through 322ha of alpine vegetation and was 50 percent contained on Monday night.
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DOC's plea after seal pup forms 'unhealthy bond' with humans
9 Dec 2025The Department of Conservation is reminding the public that kekeno are not pets, as more and more are spotted around the country.
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Northland hit harder than most by climate change - report
A study by the Climate Change Commission found that was partly due to the region's exposure to storms, droughts and cyclones, but it was also shaped by socio-economic factors.
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Childcare company removes detergent after children chemically burned
9 Dec 2025Seven people, including five children, were taken to Christchurch hospital after a dishwasher chemical was mistakenly used on a children's slip and slide at Kindercare in Woolston.
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Light-fingered army corporal to be sentenced after court martial
9 Dec 2025Jackie Te Weehi pocketed $3422.57 of her fellow soldiers' and Defence Force money.
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Union opposes ministry job cuts amidst restructure
9 Dec 2025A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade report shows it shed seven jobs in a restructure that disestablished 42 jobs and created 35.
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'Do not approach this man' - Police identify alleged attacker in fatal bus stabbing
9 Dec 2025Several people tried to help the man in his last moments, a dairy worker says.
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'That man ruined my connection with my family', sexual abuse trial hears
8 Dec 2025A man who befriended a boy at a campground became a close family friend while sexually abusing the boy into his teenage years, the Crown says.
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Tongariro blaze 50% contained, crews to work through the night
8 Dec 2025Firefighters say the fire has moved towards the area which was burnt last month, but a wind change forecast for the morning could cause flare ups. Audio
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Adults urged to 'front up' against child abuse
8 Dec 2025The Children's Commissioner's campaign is centred around a letter she wrote to New Zealand children, saying: "You have the right to be safe." Audio
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Mongrel Mob associate sentenced for gang kidnapping
A gang member suffered a collapsed lung, fractured eye socket and fractured ribs after a beating that involved weapons, including a child's bike.
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'Anomalies' lead Customs to $15m cocaine bust
8 Dec 2025Hidden among legitimate goods were two plastic-wrapped bags containing 45 cocaine bricks, each weighing 1kg.
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Kmart forced to recall more coloured sand products
Testing has found asbestos in licensed sensory activity sets, branded with popular shows Paw Patrol, Frozen and Bluey.
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NZers among alleged Two by Two church child abusers
The operator of a hotline set up in 2023 claims to have identified over 200 alleged perpetrators across Australia and New Zealand.
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Second murder charge over fatal stabbing in Mt Wellington
8 Dec 2025A 21-year-old man charged with murder made no plea when he appeared in court today.
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Police called to back up firefighters at house fire
8 Dec 2025About 20 firefighters and five trucks were at the New Lynn blaze.
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Minister tells sister of man killed at fertiliser plant action is being taken
8 Dec 2025The woman who has name suppression asked for and got a meeting with Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety Brooke van Velden recently.
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