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Coroner blasts government over teen's sofa fire death
18 Sep 2025Lizzy Marvin, 16, died after inhaling the toxic fumes after embers from a fireplace landed on a sofa bed last year. Audio
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One person killed in Manawatū crash
18 Sep 2025Part of State Highway 3 is closed near Sanson in Manawatū.
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Angry last words between two friends before deaths on way to Rhythm & Vines
18 Sep 2025Jardon Te Hau and Waylon Uatuku planned to see in the New Year at the festival, but never made it.
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Doctors warn of looming prostate cancer crisis
18 Sep 2025Annual diagnosis numbers for New Zealand's most common cancer are projected to double to 8000 by 2045. Audio
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El Niño's hidden role in hay fever season
We are heading into the season of itchy eyes and runny noses - and new research says the climate could be making it worse. Audio
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Words on the Street: Inside the role of a mobile librarian
18 Sep 2025Beyond literacy and reading pleasure, a mobile library helps those seeking social connections, self-reflection or even a bit of tech advice.
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Chappell Roan to headline Laneway Festival
18 Sep 2025The bigs acts have been announced for the event at Auckland's Western Springs, but this time you'll need to book leave.
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Trust and Tech: Where should RNZ draw the line on AI?
18 Sep 2025Editorial - Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, but we can still make deliberate decisions about how we use it.
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Auckland mayor promises to ask for extra funding for homelessness
18 Sep 2025Wayne Brown says he can't commit to increasing the city's annual homelessness budget, but will ask the council if re-elected.
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Crash blocks Christchurch Northern Motorway on-ramp
18 Sep 2025Police received a report of a two-vehicle crash near the Tram Road on-ramp around 6.25am.
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As it happened: Road snowfall warnings in place
18 Sep 2025As it happened: Fire crews put out a large vegetation fire in Canterbury.
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Concern over theft of several firearms in Far North
"Firearms in the hands of the wrong people pose a significant risk to our communities," the officer leading the investigation says.
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'Bit gimmicky': McClay criticises council's 'nitrate emergency'
18 Sep 2025Canterbury Regional Council, known as Environment Canterbury (ECan), carried a motion to declare a nitrate emergency at its final meeting on Wednesday. Audio
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DOC takes down possum-shooting video after complaint
18 Sep 2025The video shows a woman on her front porch shooting a possum in a tree.
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Gang member held wounded man hostage for two hours
Jade Mellow has had an extra 15 months added to his jail sentence.
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NZ's slow uptake of cancer treatments driving doctors offshore
17 Sep 2025It comes as blood cancer patients with myeloma are forced to move to Australia to get drugs that cost hundred of thousands of dollars here. Audio
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'We need to work together': Health Minister shrugs off frosty reception at nurses' conference
Dozens of delelates at the Nurses Organisation annual conference turned their backs on Simeon Brown during his speech.
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Man shoots dog in the head in supermarket carpark
The dog escaped without serious injury, but the offender was sentenced to eight months' jail.
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Suitcase murders: CCTV footage at body storage site lost
Police say key CCTV from an Auckland storage site was lost as Hakyung Lee's trial over her children's deaths continues.
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'Harassment': Devices seized from Chinese citizen at NZ airport
The Chinese Embassy says a traveller was interrogated without cause by security agencies in New Zealand.
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Witness says Loafers Lodge accused threatened to kill him
17 Sep 2025Psychiatrist Dr Jeremy Skipworth, told the court the accused had threatened to kill him during proceedings today.
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SH2 Remutaka Hill to remain closed overnight due to severe gales
17 Sep 2025MetService forecast strong northwesterlies gales gusting at 130km/h in parts of the Canterbury High Country.
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Woman dies after Auckland crash
17 Sep 2025Police were called to a two-vehicle crash in the Auckland suburb of Ellerslie.
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Environment Canterbury declares nitrate emergency
17 Sep 2025The move comes after a survey found both E coli and nitrate concentrations were increasing. Audio
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