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Recycling plant firefighters' lives were at 'immediate risk'
28 Apr 2025The two firefighters stranded above the blaze made a rare mayday call when "everything that could go wrong did go wrong". Audio
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'A much higher chance' of more sea snakes - ecologist
28 Apr 2025More sea snakes could show up on our beaches in the near future, an ecologist is warning.
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US funding cuts threaten ground-breaking Auckland University vaccine study
28 Apr 2025The study has drawn on data from more than 300 million people to research vaccine safety and efficacy since 2019. Audio
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Part of MSD programme to prevent people ending up in emergency housing scrapped
The Ministry of Social Development said in a report this was because it could not cope with workloads, which included work relating to changes to the Jobseeker benefit. Audio
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'Hīkoi for Health': Doctors on journey for change
Two doctors are hoping to turn their anger and frustration over the decline of New Zealand's public health system into a bottom-up blueprint for change.
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Air New Zealand's prices are costing Kiwis more than just coin
Air New Zealand's chief financial officer Richard Thomson says costs of inflation has caused a rise in the airlines' airfares. Audio
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NZ updating banking practice code to better prevent scams
Where a bank fails to meet the changes, they will have to compensate all or part of the customers losses if scammed.
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Farming with a toddler: 'He would sleep in a cot in the truck'
20-month-old Charlie Munro already knows some dog calls and how to open gates. His Mum, Anna, also grew up at Cravendale, a hill country farm near Mount Somers.
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Men charged with Ellerslie couple's murder in court
28 Apr 2025Lok Fung Lorrence Li and Shu Man Poon are due in court today over the killing of Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok and his wife Mei Han Chong at their home in November 2023.
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New Zealand to recognise physician associates - minister
A newly-regulated healthcare role is hoped to unlock more pairs of hands for medical care, and attract more overseas workers to rural practices.
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Kiwi with 'reckless' dangerous driving history deported to NZ
27 Apr 2025Daniel Phillip Hancy has been kicked out of Australia after crashing into a motorcyclist and two cars while driving drunk.
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Venomous sea snake found at Auckland beach now dead
27 Apr 2025A venomous sea snake found at a north Auckland beach appears to have been fatally bitten by a dog or bashed to death.
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Rain lashes top of North Island, heavy rain watches for Auckland, Northland
An unstable weather system prone to producing thunderstorms is moving down the North Island and heading to parts of the South Island. Video
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NZ's only cardinal reflects on 'amazing' funeral, 'daunting' job of choosing new pope
27 Apr 2025Cardinal John Dew, said he felt incredibly privileged to have attended Pope Francis' funeral. Audio
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'A curiosity bite' - Shark researcher says attacks low risk after Fiordland incident
27 Apr 2025Marine researcher Adam Smith says he was intrigued to hear that a diver had been bitten in Dusky Sound, after spotting a white pointer on camera in February.
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Stock truck rolls on SH1, sheep killed
SH1 near Balclutha is closed after a stock truck rolled, scattering sheep, and leaving one person with minor injuries.
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SH1 blocked in Canterbury after crash
27 Apr 2025State Highway 1 near Greta Valley, is blocked following a three-vehicle crash this afternoon.
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Wellington man left stranded in Brisbane after his kayak wouldn't fit in plane
Air New Zealand has apologised for the mistake.
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Officials still mulling over options for recreational use of Manawatū Gorge road
27 Apr 2025The section of State Highway 3 near Palmerston North was shut to traffic for good in 2017, after a series of massive slips.
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Horowhenua Mayor disappointed speed limits on SH1 to increase again
Bernie Wanden says there have been no deaths or serious injuries between Ōhau and Manakau since the speed limit was reduced.
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Tune-Yards want people to find power in Heartbreak
27 Apr 2025The experimental music project of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner are releasing their sixth studio album with the help of a special guest - their 3-year-old.
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Palmerston North Hospital staff haven't noticed promised boost in security, union says
It comes two weeks after a gun-wielding man got into a nurse's car and threatened her.
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Tenancy Tribunal powerless in family dispute over brother's ‘untidy' cabin on sister's property
27 Apr 2025In a recently released decision on the matter, the tribunal found it did not have jurisdiction to make a ruling on the application.
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Hawke's Bay secures funding for Whirinaki flood mitigation project
27 Apr 2025The area was one of many where homes were flooded and lives were ruined.
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