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Howling winds rip roof off Canterbury home
24 Oct 2025The wind was followed by rain that has saturated the inside of their home.
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'High risk exposure event': Measles case on ferry could see spread around country
24 Oct 2025Health New Zealand is warning a Cook Strait ferry sailing was a measles high risk exposure event. Audio
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Man jailed over sexual images of babies and children
24 Oct 2025The Department of Internal Affairs says the depicted victims in the more than 2000 images were between one and 14-years old.
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Weekend weather: What to expect for the long weekend
24 Oct 2025A mostly fine weekend is forecast around the country but more rain and high winds are expected in some places on Labour Day. Audio
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Man charged following arson attacks on cellphone towers in Wanaka
24 Oct 2025Police say there had been a series of arsons in recent months.
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74-year-old found dead was 'devoted' to family, son wanted by police
Karen Gilbert-Palmer was found dead on 15 October and Police have been searching for her son, Jeremy Robertson, for over a week in connection with her death.
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'It shouldn't be that way': The detention practice worrying youth experts
The rooms are small and bare, "some have a toilet" - and teens are being kept in them alone for days.
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Prisoner waited four months for help before suicide
Coroner Mary-Anne Borrowdale said the Covid-19 lockdown worsened access to "already overstretched" mental health services.
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Patti LaBelle is coming to New Zealand
The 81-year-old soul singer has clocked a six-decade career, entering the music business at 14-years-old.
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Far North District Council ordered to intervene in Kāeo's private water supply
24 Oct 2025New Zealand's national water authority has for the first time ordered a council to intervene in a private water supply it says is failing to address basic safety concerns.
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Does the wind really make people bonkers?
24 Oct 2025Gusty days seem to send kids into overdrive and make grownups feel irritated. What's the reason behind it?
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Thousands waking up without power and water
24 Oct 2025As conditions ease, the clean up is kicking in across the motu after trees were ripped clean from the ground, roofs lifted off, and fences and sheds sent flying. Audio
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One dead, one hospitalised after crash near Ashburton
24 Oct 2025Police say one person died and another was hospitalised after a crash near Ashburton overnight.
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Alert issued over missing five-year-old non-verbal boy
24 Oct 2025The boy was missing from his home in the Taranaki town of Kaponga.
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Soldier espionage case: Suppression orders to be re-examined
24 Oct 2025A military court will hear more about the suppression orders and sentence of a soldier who tried to pass on sensitive defence information to a foreign entity. Audio
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Manawatū-Whanganui Civil Defence boosting staff numbers as more stormy weather looms
23 Oct 2025A strong wind warning is in place in Tararua district for severe gales gusting to 120km per hour.
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'Like a bomb going off': Family dives for safety after window blows
23 Oct 2025Shards of glass went flying after gale force winds smashed a large house window in Featherston.
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'People have lost their homes and lost everything'
23 Oct 2025The house, church and other buildings at the residential respite centre were engulfed by fire in minutes, as flames and embers sped down the hillside fuelled by 150 kilometre-per-hour winds.
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Rakaia, Kairaki and The Pines residents told to evacuate
23 Oct 2025The rains have eased but multiple Canterbury rivers are at risk of flooding overnight as water flows from upper catchments. Audio
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Hundreds of ferry passengers potentially exposed to measles
23 Oct 2025The new cases bring the total number active nationally to six.
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Warning to watch for tired birds, blown away nestlings
23 Oct 2025People are being urged to watch for exhausted seabirds and tiny nestlings blown from their nests in the wild weather.
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Ferry catches fire in Auckland's Hauraki Gulf
23 Oct 2025The boat is now anchored and is waiting for help.
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Wall blown out, roofs lifted: 'Strongest winds that I can recall in Eketahuna'
23 Oct 2025People have been stocking up on supplies and staying home as strong winds hit Wairarapa.
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Man gets home detention sentence for immigration fraud
23 Oct 2025A 59-year-old man has been sentenced to nine months' home detention with six months' post-detention conditions following a major investigation into a long-running immigration fraud scheme.
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