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Housing provider announces first developments since taking over from council
10 Oct 2025Te Toi Mahana will build its first two new developments in the northern Wellington suburbs of Tawa and Crofton Downs.
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Council's 'low mow' lawn approach a win for flora and fauna
10 Oct 2025Twelve sites around Wellington have been left largely unmown since August last year. Audio
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Missing woman's sister appeals for help in search
10 Oct 2025Te Anihana Pomana went missing in Auckland over a month ago, now her sister has come to the city to help search for her.
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Renewed calls for ban on unfenced temporary pools
10 Oct 2025A coroner has found that a 20-month-old child who died in her grandparents unfenced temporary pool was a 'tragedy waiting to happen'.
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'We cannot use our medical services as psychiatric services'
10 Oct 2025People with eating disorders stuck in medical wards for weeks are not getting the treatment they need - and are taking up beds desperately needed by other patients.
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When your big plans for life differ from your partner's
10 Oct 2025Couples will often have very different ideas about what they want at various stages of life, but it can be resolved, an expert says.
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Man charged after string of death threats made against MP
10 Oct 2025A 19-year-old man has been charged.
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Fears of 'surveillance state' as police given back power to photograph public
An amendment to the Policing Act will allow police to collect and use images in public spaces.
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Iwi leader speaks out after ejection from Parliament during tense foreshore debate
10 Oct 2025Aperahama Edwards says the government has no authority to push through a law that would make it harder for Māori to win customary marine title to the foreshore and seabed.
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'Steady the waka': Discipline, policy focus of Te Pāti Māori reset
9 Oct 2025The party has faced the death of Takutai Tarsh Kemp, the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election and allegations of problematic leadership.
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Police minister hospitalised with chest infection
Mark Mitchell has lung problems stemming back to an incident as a police officer in the 1990s.
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'We've made a seismic shift in New Zealand' - 50 years of the Waitangi Tribunal
9 Oct 2025Former Waitangi Tribunal chairperson Sir Eddie Durie joined dozens of other tribunal members to commemorate its creation.
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'Notoriously poorly paid': Regional jobs no easy fix for Jobseeker benefit squeeze
From November 2026, the government will introduce a parental assistance test set at $65,000. Audio
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Unsecured Smiths City creditors likely to go unpaid
10 Oct 2025The business has debts of more than $10.7 million to trade creditors and nearly $4.8m to other unsecured creditors.
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Climate change impact on farms: 'Bad years' will be 'worse and more frequent'
A new report found irrigated dairy farms are particularly at risk because water supplies are expected to become less reliable in some areas.
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'Protect our families': Pacific leaders issue measles warning
10 Oct 2025A Pacific leader has called on people to get vaccinated against measles because, "we all know what happened in Samoa".
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Kaipara's local election voter turnout highest in six years
10 Oct 2025The district is still topping the region's voter turnout leaderboard with an overall local voter election return of 38.9 percent.
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Compliance issues surface at Southland water facilities
9 Oct 2025An annual report prepared for a district council meeting showed some drinking water plants had missed the mark.
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'Really large waitlist': One-third of applicants miss out on UC halls
9 Oct 2025Christchurch has become a city of choice for students, but the university halls are struggling to keep up with demand. Audio
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Only one in five Aucklanders have voted in local elections
10 Oct 2025With two days remaining until polls close, only 21.9 percent of eligible voters had returned their papers.
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AI wellbeing platform launched by Sir John Kirwan
10 Oct 2025The rugby legend is helping to launch the first AI-powered wellbeing guide for adults, endorsed by Health New Zealand.
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'Substantial flock of birds': Large dent visible on nose of plane after take-off drama
9 Oct 2025The Fiji Airways flight encountered the birds as it left Christchurch and spent two hours circling above the airport.
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Whakaari eruption survivor recalls extreme pain while being hit by steam, rocks
9 Oct 2025A video recording of a survivor's harrowing account of the White Island disaster has been played in a coroner's court.
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Wellington waterfront's 'Water Whirler' damaged again
9 Oct 2025Len Lye's wand-like sculpture was last repaired in October 2024.
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