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'Nervewracking!': Classic ride returns to Rainbow's End
24 Oct 2025The iconic Manukau amusement park ride is back to delight kids of all ages.
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Christchurch mosque shooter can be called as witness
24 Oct 2025Survivors and victims' families had objected to hearing from the white supremacist as part of the coronial inquest into the attacks.
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'The world's changed': Residents reeling from 'enormous' storm
Power is still out in Eketahuna and internet and cell phone reception is patchy. Audio
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Gang members run illegal raffle to pay for kids to go to Rainbow's End
They claimed the raffle was to raise funds to take about 200 children to the theme park.
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Man charged with murder after fatal Bucklands Beach house fire
24 Oct 2025A father and son were killed in the Auckland fire.
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Waiheke ferry that sparked rescue added to fleet days earlier
24 Oct 2025Three rescue boats were sent to help evacuate 18 passengers and six crew members.
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Arrests likely for those who broke fire ban
24 Oct 2025The total ban on outdoor fires and fireworks in Canterbury was in place due to extreme fire risk caused by forecast severe gales.
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NZ may be on the cusp of another measles outbreak
24 Oct 2025To stem further spread, we must build on the lessons from New Zealand's last major measles outbreak in 2019.
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'Stark reminder': Bus driver's death in crash a tragedy, mayor says
24 Oct 2025Meanwhile, Tāmaki Drive has now reopened after being closed for more than 24 hours after the crash.
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13-year-old has major surgery after eating 100 magnets
29 Oct 2025Surgeons at Tauranga Hospital had to remove part of the boy's bowel to get out the magnets bought on Temu.
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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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