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Westpac fined $3 million after misleading, overcharging customers
The New Zealand High Court has fined the bank over its historic breaches.
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Quad bike death could have been avoided - WorkSafe
1 May 2025The bike flipped at low speed and killed Ethen Payne at an Eketāhuna dairy farm in 2022.
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Doctors won't rule out another strike as 4300 patients face delays
2 May 2025The senior doctors' union wants more pay and fewer vacancies but the government hasn't moved its offer.
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Police make arrests after gang tangi in Hawke's Bay
2 May 2025During the tangi, there was gang insignia breaches and traffic offending.
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Weather: What you need to know about road and school closures, flights, ferries
2 May 2025Teams are looking for slips in Christchurch.
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Death of man in Feilding not suspicious, police say
2 May 2025The death will be referred to the Coroner.
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'High scale of disruption': 22,000 fliers affected by storm
2 May 2025With 200 flights through Wellington cancelled yesterday because of severe wind, Air New Zealand is now scrambling to get travellers home. Audio
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Mainfreight expects to beat market exceptions
The company's full year result ended 31 March and will be released at the end of this month.
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Watch: Marlon Williams performs live at RNZ
2 May 2025The singer-songwriter plays live as part of a series of intimate concerts celebrating 20 years of RNZ's NZ Live music sessions.
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Floodwaters flow through main-street pub for first time in half century
2 May 2025The scale of the flooding in the Banks Peninsula is the worst in 50 years, a publican says.
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Is Whakapapa making a comeback?
2 May 2025DOC has granted a 10-year concession allowing Whakapapa Holdings Ltd to run the ski field.
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Trial aborted for man accused of killing Auckland couple
2 May 2025He has pleaded not guilty for the murders of Fuk-Fu Joseph Kwok and Mei Han Chong.
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Power outages in Wellington to last until next week
2 May 2025Continued high winds have seen new and repeat outages.
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Vaping doubles risk of serious lung disease - study
2 May 2025And the news is even worse for people who use both cigarettes and vapes. Audio
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Broken wastewater pipe causes sinkhole
2 May 2025The council says contractors have secured the site and wastewater is being redirected to a nearby pump station.
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Corrections defends release of rapist who went on to murder woman in her home
The convicted rapist murdered Juliana Bonilla-Herrera 10 weeks after he was released on parole.
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Park your plane at home: New 'residential aviation community' takes flight
2 May 2025Waikato's first purpose-built residential aviation community is starting to take shape next to Te Kōwhai Aerodrome.
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Person dies, another in critical condition after crash destroys Auckland restaurant storefront
2 May 2025Police are still looking for one of the drivers who fled the scene.
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Man assaulted by NZ Catholic brother wants say in election of new Pope
2 May 2025A Fijian man sexually abused as a boy by a Catholic brother says he has a right to lobby the conclave in Rome over who it chooses as the next pope.
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'We can never underestimate the value of being able to see ourselves in stories'
2 May 2025Shilo Kino's latest novel All that We Know is about a young woman reclaiming her reo as a disconnected urban Māori.
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Tree that endangered woman during storm not on council's radar
2 May 2025However, she wants the council to heavily chop back two pohutukawa trees, after her narrow escape.
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Body found in burnt out vehicle in Wellington
2 May 2025The discovery was made in Woodridge, a suburb of northern Wellington.
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Armed Offenders Squad sent to Northland property overnight after armed robbery
Police are still searching for the men involved.
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Mayor Brown walks out after fiery debate over Western Springs Stadium plans
1 May 2025Until now, the stadium had been primarily used for rugby union matches and speedway racing.
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