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Police helicopter deployed to Christchurch amid rise in youth crime
4 Dec 2025A 14-year-old was arrested after an Opawa dairy owner was stabbed during a robbery on Tuesday.
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Jury rejects sex offender's memory loss claims after new victim comes forward
4 Dec 2025Gary Claude Wilson, 74, has been on trial in the Whangārei District Court on charges related to sexually abusing a boy over several years.
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'Not going to happen': Paid firefighters reject call to end strikes
4 Dec 2025The Employment Relations Authority is referring Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the Professional Firefighters' Union to facilitation.
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Teenager arrested for aggravated robbery as youth crime spikes
4 Dec 2025The 17-year-old is set to appear before the Youth Court on a number of charges, including burglary, aggravated robbery, and wounding.
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Why is the Aratere ferry still in New Zealand waters?
4 Dec 2025It was retired in August and sold for scrap in October, yet its currently sitting in Nelson Harbour.
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Thumbs up for 'robust' complaints system to ease 'niggles' in retirement villages
4 Dec 2025The government's planned rule changes strike a balance between residents' and operators' needs, the retirement commissioner says.
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Woolworths pleads guilty over supermarket rat infestation
4 Dec 2025The Dunedin South stores was closed for almost three weeks to eliminate the pests.
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What's going on with Auckland house prices?
Auckland is 22.9 percent below its peak and "lagging behind everyone else", an expert says.
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Financial mentors report being overworked, underfunded
Nearly two thirds were seeing more indebted middle-income clients, a new survey found.
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'Language, culture and identity matter': Union backs iwi fight over schools' treaty obligations
4 Dec 2025NZEI Te Riu Roa says principals and school boards are frustrated the government dropped the Treaty requirement without any engagement.
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Wairarapa council's green initiatives in full bloom
4 Dec 2025From no-mow trials in public parks to soft plastic recycling, Carterton council is adopting sustainable practices across its business units.
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Code browns strike again in Invercargill pool
4 Dec 2025Last week, the learners pool closed for 1 hour 45 minutes due to a faecal contamination incident,
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Suspicious fire engulfs multiple trucks overnight
4 Dec 2025Police are investigating a suspicious fire which damaged four vehicles at Invercargill's Queens Park in the early hours.
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Rotokākahi pipeline planning grievances aired in High Court
4 Dec 2025The Rotokākahi Board of Control has aired its grievances at the High Court in Rotorua about the process to install a sewerage pipeline near a sacred lake. Rotorua Lakes Council's...
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North Canterbury housing development drags on
4 Dec 2025The fate of a proposed North Canterbury housing development is no closer to being known, more than two years after it was first rejected.
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Secondary teachers vote to accept govt's latest collective agreement offer
4 Dec 2025The deal includes a 4.6 percent pay increase over two years.
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Bike trails vandalised again with logs, holes and wooden barriers
4 Dec 2025Police told RNZ they had "exhausted all available lines of inquiry" in the attempt to find those responsible.
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Canterbury police arrest 'brazen tagger' for over 500 graffiti tags
4 Dec 2025The 23-year-old man will be appearing in Court on charges of entering agricultural land with intent and wilful damage for graffiti.
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Schools left to foot the bill for asbestos sand clean-up
The Ministry of Education says childcare centres and schools are legally responsible for funding asbestos-contaminated sand removal. Audio
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Police still cannot say if machete linked to killing of Kyle Whorrall
It has been five months since police investigating the American student's death announced they had found a machete close to where he was attacked.
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Boil water notice issued for Paihia, Ōpua and Waitangi
4 Dec 2025People in three Far North towns have been warned to boil their tap water before drinking or cooking with it.
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NZTA halts millions in funding to police over breath test saga
4 Dec 2025The New Zealand Transport Agency says it is holding back the $6m until it's satisfied police have met their targets.
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'I just hope someday he confesses': Murdered man's father after guilty verdict
4 Dec 2025Rajinder has been on trial accused of killing the Dunedin man last year.
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