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Man hid in ceiling, robbed store while closing
A man allegedly hid in the ceiling space of a Marton store until evening before threatening an employee and fleeing with a large amount of cash.
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'This has impacted everyone heavily' - Auckland vigil held for Air India crash victims
13 Jun 2025The Indian community gathers at Auckland's Shree Radha Krishna Temple for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Air India crash.
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LynnMall attack inquest: 'We have to take great care in trying to analyse'
Police counsel says the task of the coroner is a delicate one as CCTV footage examines frame by frame what happened.
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One dead, three injured in Waikato crash
13 Jun 2025One person died and three were injured in a two-vehicle crash at Te Aroha in Waikato on Friday afternoon.
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Indian community devastated after loss of lives in Ahmedabad plane crash
13 Jun 2025The community are gathering at Auckland's Mahatma Gandhi Centre to pay respect to the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash.
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Aratere to resume sailing following electrical fault stand-down
13 Jun 2025Passengers on the Aratere ferry were stuck on board for hours overnight after it broke down on its way to Wellington.
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Bore water clear following diesel spill, but experts remain cautious
13 Jun 2025About 14,000 litres of diesel leached into the ground at the prison in May after the hatch of a fuel tank was left open.
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'Shocking' - Nearly 500 guns seized in one of NZ's largest firearms busts
The weapons stockpile included pistols, potentially prohibited and restricted weapons, significant quantities of ammunition, and parts.
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A decade on Taihape Area School finally gets rebuild green light
The school has been plagued by leaks, cold rooms and bad plumbing ever since a rebuild 15 years ago.
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Progress made at troubled Shotover wastewater treatment plant, council says
13 Jun 2025The Environment Court required the Queenstown Lakes District Council to make facility upgrades as well as operation and maintenance changes.
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Bus collides with person in wheelchair seriously injuring them
13 Jun 2025A person has been seriously injured after a bus in Hawke's Bay collided with a wheelchair.
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Yanfei Bao's killer removed from court after outbursts
13 Jun 2025Chinese national Tingjun Cao interrupted in Mandarin and gesticulated towards his lawyers.
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SH3 reopens at Awakino after mudslide
13 Jun 2025A lower speed limit is in force on a section of the main highway north of New Plymouth after a large mudslide.
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Queues outside Mt Hutt despite opening day cancellation
Mt Hutt was supposed to open its doors for ski season on Friday, but rainfall warmed the snowpack and caused it to become unstable.
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Covid is still around - so what are the isolation rules now?
13 Jun 2025Explainer - Do you still have to isolate if you get Covid? Can you get free RAT tests? Here's what you need to know.
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Police pull-back from mental crisis callouts continues
The police's staged retreat from responding to mental crisis callouts reaches another milestone on Monday, with a 60-minute limit on patient handovers at emergency departments taking effect…
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Lyttelton home damaged in landslip, neighbours evacuate
13 Jun 2025Fire crews are working with a geotechnical engineer to assess the situation. Audio
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Weekend weather: Fine in the South Island, not so much in the North
13 Jun 2025There have been 37,000 lightning strikes since Monday.
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Police had no option but to shoot LynnMall terrorist, inquest hears
Ahamed Samsudeen was shot and killed by police after stabbing five people with a kitchen knife at a Countdown supermarket.
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'Sufficiently troubling': Private investigator reviews ex-cop's rape conviction
Tim McKinnel says he was initially reluctant to look into the case, but then decided it warranted closer examination.
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Large Lyttelton blaze investigated
14 Jun 2025Two homes were badly damaged in a fire that broke out late Friday afternoon in Brittan Terrace.
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Man who murdered real estate agent Yanfei Bao to be sentenced
13 Jun 2025Tingjun Cao was found guilty following a seven-week High Court trial. Audio
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Coroner to deliver findings on Lachlan Jones' death
13 Jun 2025Six years after Gore pre-schooler Lachlan Jones was found face up in a council sewage pond, a coroner is set to deliver his findings. Audio
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