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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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25 patients wrongly told they had sexually transmitted infections
13 Jun 2025At least six still don't know it was a mistake.
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English teachers voice concern about proposed curriculum
13 Jun 2025Consultation on a draft intermediate and secondary school English curriculum closes today.
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Crash causes traffic congestion near Fieldays site in Waikato
13 Jun 2025The Tamahere off-ramp has re-opened following a crash, which caused extensive delays for those heading to Fieldays.
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Woman reported missing in Taranaki found
13 Jun 2025Police say a woman who was reported missing earlier this week from Egmont Village has been found, and is safe.
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Student with allergy eats incorrectly labelled food at uni hall
An Otago University hall has stopped serving food to those with special dietary requirements while the MPI investigates.
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Youth hīkoi to highlight homelessness in Auckland
13 Jun 2025An advocate says there are at least 140 young people in the city who do not have stable housing - some as young as 11 years old.
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Firefighters struggling with ageing truck fleet - union
13 Jun 2025The firefighters union says overheating equipment in a 28-year-old fire truck is symptomatic of the workers' ageing tools. Audio
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Shoe-shining days over for Fieldays, but tractor pull a main draw
13 Jun 2025At Fieldays, exhibitors from around the country - and the world - come to show off the latest farming innovations.
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Fast track or slow track? The data problem that could hurt development
12 Jun 2025The government's fast track for infrastructure will be the opposite if New Zealand does not get its head around its hotchpotch of data.
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Property owner jailed for 20 months after 'kidnapping' meter reader
12 Jun 2025The woman was left terrified and now suffers extreme anxiety.
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Does Lundy's parole condition impinge his freedom of speech?
12 Jun 2025Experts have raised concerns about parole conditions that ban Mark Lundy from media interviews and social media. Audio
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Historic museum to reopen after repairs
12 Jun 2025The category-one historic place was last month found to be in worse condition than first thought.
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Aratere should not retire, despite breakdown, says union
12 Jun 2025A propulsion fault meant the ferry had to wait at anchor for hours in Queen Charlotte Sound overnight while a specialist electrician fixed the problem.
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Search continues for New Plymouth woman missing for two nights
12 Jun 2025Jan was last seen walking north along State Highway 3 near the intersection of Thomason Road.
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