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'We want to get Queenstown moving again' - cable car companies target resort town
A race is underway as two companies unveil their schemes to connect Queenstown by high-wire. Audio
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'She told me lies': Luxury resort boss says ex-manager's actions were 'terrifying'
27 May 2025Operations manager Belle Mumby allegedly forged chief executive's signature to claim overtime.
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'Traumatising' and 'terrifying' - Students' flat of horrors
27 May 2025A 19-year-old who took on a notorious Dunedin landlord is sharing her 'traumatising' ordeal over fears others could end up trapped in the same situation.
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'Confusing and unhelpful' police directive canned
27 May 2025Police commissioner says staffer behind controversial theft and fraud memo 'thought they were being helpful'.
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Māori housing developer not concerned by Budget 2025 funding change
27 May 2025Kris MacDonald says they can build houses faster with lower overheads and with whānau engagement.
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Fighter at Dan Hooker's backyard brawl event referred to police
27 May 2025The man is understood to be a senior Mongrel Mob member who was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet.
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'Liars': Former members slam Gloriavale's personal apology offer as a 'PR stunt'
27 May 2025Former member Gideon Benjamin's request for an apology was rejected because he would not meet in secrecy.
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Kiwi in global contest to feature on Timbaland's album
Singer and musician Josh Leys has beat thousands of competitors to make it to the semi-finals.
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$50 million of cocaine seized at Port of Tauranga
27 May 2025130 bricks of the drug were found in a shipping container which had come from Italy via Panama.
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'We won't survive': Oyster farmers call for urgent solution to sewage overflows
27 May 2025Each spill into the Mahurangi River results in a 28-day ban on harvesting.
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Auckland rail system to shut down over long weekend
27 May 2025Auckland trains will be shut down over the Kings Birthday long weekend, due to the ongoing rail upgrades.
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'Giving liberty to the criminals': Shopkeeper speaks out on police memo
27 May 2025The directive sparked confusion and caused concern among shop owners. Audio
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Man who raped, murdered elderly woman to stay behind bars
27 May 2025Peter Carrington has spent over two decades in prison for the murder of Mya Sollis.
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Police appeal for sighting of Northland murder victim
27 May 2025Daniel Hepehi was found with critical injuries at a property on Waikerikeri Road and later died.
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Mayor renews calls for rain radar after flash flooding
27 May 2025Intense rainfall left parts of Nelson underwater on Monday.
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Debate heats up over stone stacking on lake's foreshore
27 May 2025Locals want the practice banned due to environmental concerns, but experts hold mixed views on whether the structures are harming the ecosystem.
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Blocked fire exits could see bar's licence suspended
The operators of a popular Dunedin bar say threat of on-licence suspension has been a profound wake up call.
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'Woefully inadequate': Sportsground has six toilets for 4000 people
27 May 2025Tauranga council debates $20,000 cost for portaloos at Mount Maunganui's Blake Park.
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'Wrong': PM lays into police shoplifting directive
27 May 2025The Police Commissioner says the instructions were "unhelpful" and Christopher Luxon says they were "not appropriate", after confusion about how police would treat retail theft. Audio
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Ministry's staff to work from home for week after pipe bursts
27 May 2025MBIE's office buildings is closed after the burst on a men's bathroom.
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How Billy T winner Hoani Hotene uses te reo Māori in comedy
27 May 2025Hotene joins the likes of Kura Forrester, Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi as past Māori winners of the prize celebrating emerging talent on the NZ comedy circuit.
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Public health response to Auckland measles case stood down
27 May 2025Health officials have stood down the public health response to measles, after no further cases were detected about two and a half weeks since a first case in Auckland was identified.
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Man charged over Auckland school bus crash that injured child
27 May 2025The man is facing a charge of careless driving
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