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Man taken to hospital with broken ribs leaves paralysed after mistake
1 Dec 2025He was admitted with fractured ribs and bruised lungs, and was left paraplegic after a chest drain was inserted incorrectly.
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Youth homelessness crisis escalates
1 Dec 2025Young people are sleeping on the streets and in cars as a service says the problem is getting worse. Audio
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Teary eyed Swiss national pleads guilty to fatal crash
1 Dec 2025Patrick Keusch was charged with careless driving causing the death of woman.
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Soldiers' burial plaques stolen from grave sites
Police say they are investigating the thefts.
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Puberty blocker regulation 'based on politics', legal injunction filed
1 Dec 2025PATHA is asking for an urgent judicial review on the grounds that the incoming regulation is "illegal and unethical".
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Firefighters free driver trapped in logging truck crash after three hours
1 Dec 2025The driver is reported to be seriously injured.
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Search for 13-year-old girl missing for two weeks
1 Dec 2025Metallica was reported missing from Auckland's Manurewa area.
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Person dies after car crashes into tree, catches fire on SH5
1 Dec 2025The fire is reported to have spread to nearby vegetation.
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Members of the public yell abuse as man charged with hurting baby appears
Two women were removed from court by security after yelling insults and threats at the accused at the beginning of proceedings.
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Search for missing fisherman continues
The Police Dive Squad is searching the water near Cape Reinga.
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The narrow window to stop the yellow-legged hornet
1 Dec 2025Unless New Zealand rapidly scales up its search effort, we could soon be confronting an incursion far tougher and costlier to stamp out.
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Terminally ill man fires lawyer, cuts siblings from will, signs estate over to ex-wife
1 Dec 2025Johan de Rooy's family was suspicious and discovered his ex-wife was behind the change.
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The doctor owed $1.27m in annual leave
1 Dec 2025And many more are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for leave they have been unable to take.
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Body of Te Anihana Pomana formally identified
1 Dec 2025Her death has been referred to the coroner.
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Dunedin woman fatally shot herself while deer hunting
1 Dec 2025Kate Aynsley, 48, had likely removed the safety catch while preparing to shoot a deer, and then may have slipped.
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Seymour, Bennett defend $357k exit payment to former Pharmac head
1 Dec 2025A $357,000 payout to the former chief executive of Pharmac was "well beyond the norm in the public sector", says Labour.
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What to expect when IKEA finally opens in NZ
With the official opening just days away, here's everything you need to know about what to expect if you're visiting the store or just trying to travel across the city.
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'We're basically stuffed': Oyster farmers shut down by another overflow
1 Dec 2025Growers have been told to halt harvesting after 1200 cubic metres of wastewater spilled into a river.
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How police lost two houses, and an iwi's trust
1 Dec 2025Iwi offered to fix up the unused former Police houses. Instead, a 'miscommunication' led to a $138,000 taxpayer bill to get rid of them.
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Motorcyclist hospitalised after hitting fence while fleeing police
1 Dec 2025"They allegedly accelerated, overtook another vehicle and failed to take a bend," police said.
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'I will find you and kill you': Couple's vicious attack on teens after road rage
30 Nov 2025While Te Hina Rehua-Whare may not have laid a hand on the five victims, a judge has laid the full blame of the assault at her feet.
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Nark was pressured to testify at murder retrial, documents suggest
1 Dec 2025The key witness to a deadly prison beating was told by police they would "play dirty" if he didn't cooperate.
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Jimmy Barnes to celebrate 40 years solo with two NZ shows
The legendary Aussie rocker is here next year with his band to mark 40 years since his first solo outing after Cold Chisel.
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