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'They're thankful and blessed that everybody's alive' - church leader
30 Nov 2023A local school has closed for the day due to concerns around asbestos in the burning buildings.
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ECE providers 'struggling' amid falling enrolments
30 Nov 2023Early childhood services say they are running on a knife edge after enrolments dropped and record numbers went out of business.
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Review: Kraftwerk's vintage men-machines perfectly at home in 2023
30 Nov 2023In an age where ChatGPT presents an approximation of human thought, Kraftwerk's man-machine feels very present, writes Nic Gorman. Video
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New Zealand's challenge in cutting water contaminants revealed in study
30 Nov 2023While E coli was the stand-out across three-quarters of all land in Aotearoa, Canterbury needs to reduce nitrogen by 44 percent, and Southland by 41 percent, a new report says.
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'I am sorry': St John dispatcher apologises for mistake during terror attack response
29 Nov 2023Armed Offenders Squad members rushed to Christchurch Hospital's ED in the middle of the terror attack response after a false report by a St John staffer that a shooting was taking place there.
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'This is hurting people': Michael Baker photos fraudulently used to sell product
29 Nov 2023Epidemiologist Michael Baker is concerned about his image being fraudulently used to sell a product called 'Blood Balance'.
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Wellington mayor Tory Whanau admits alcohol problem
30 Nov 2023She's admitted having a drinking problem after another incident of drunken behaviour in public and says she's since sought professional help.
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Green MP slams 'double standards' over coverage of mayor's public drinking
30 Nov 2023Julie Anne Genter says male politicians have been "drunk in public for decades" without the kind of coverage Wellington mayor Tory Whanau is getting.
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Call for health minister to quit over plans to axe smokefree legislation
30 Nov 2023A recently retired intensive care specialist says he saw patients suffer heart attacks, strokes and lung disease from their exposure to smoking. Audio
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Consumer NZ takes legal action over Z Energy claims
30 Nov 2023The consumer group is seeking declarations from the High Court that Z Energy has breached the Fair Trading Act with misleading public messaging. Audio
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Reserve Bank keeps official cash rate at 5.5 percent
The Reserve Bank has left its benchmark interest rate unchanged, as expected, and repeated that rates will stay high for an extended period
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'High fire risk': 20 people moved out of lodge that 'dead-bolted' them in at night
29 Nov 2023The council issued the lodge two dangerous building notices within a week.
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Disbelief as smokefree generation slips away
The Detail - Anti-smoking researchers are promising a fight against the new government's moves to repeal world-first legislation on tobacco sales.
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Indian nurses lead international influx to New Zealand
29 Nov 2023Almost 50 percent of trained nurses who have registered to work in New Zealand since the country's borders opened last year have relocated from India.
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'Not impressed': Councillor slams Brown's idea of leasing port
29 Nov 2023Auckland's mayor says his plan to lease council assets to pay for the rising costs of running the city is not asset stripping.
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North Shore axe attacker acquitted on grounds of insanity
The man who used an axe to injure six victims at Chinese restaurants accepts he did attack people - but has been acquitted on all charges due to insanity.
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Fire crews tackle large blaze on Auckland's North Shore
29 Nov 2023About 60 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a commercial site on Auckland's North Shore this evening.
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The Detail makes Apple's end-of-year top 10 podcasts list
29 Nov 2023The Detail has been named one of New Zealand's favourite podcasts for 2023 on the Apple Podcasts platform.
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Canterbury's $10.8 billion transport wish list
29 Nov 2023Canterbury mayors are backing the call for a $10.8 billion investment in local transport infrastructure, but the government will need to help.
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Drugs and weapons seized during police operation in Wairarapa
29 Nov 2023One person has been arrested while drugs, weapons and a vehicle have been seized during a police operation today.
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Court of Appeal reserves decision over David Tamihere's conviction
29 Nov 2023Justice French said time was needed to review the material that had been presented to the court over the course of two days.
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No more poo - or portaloos - in Masterton gardens
29 Nov 2023Council supplies 21 properties with new reflux valves and wastewater tanks.
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Tears and recriminations as Northland Regional Council chair elected
29 Nov 2023Accusations, claims and counter-claims flew as the complete takeover of Northland Regional Council by a right-leaning five-person majority elected farmer Geoff Crawford as chair.
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Morphine shortage has health workers worried
29 Nov 2023Stocks are dwindling and expected to run out in December, due to the manufacturer - Pfizer - closing the factory in Australia.
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