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Police charge Dunedin man after seizing 820kg of pounamu
3 Dec 2025Officers found the stone, which was cut and ready for sale, during a search on Monday.
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Call for ban as 20th person drowns at notorious fishing spot
3 Dec 2025Olson Canatoy and Eric Dabalos had been warned about the dangers of Papanui Point.
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Christchurch mosque terrorist likely to give evidence at Court of Appeal hearing
The court will hear evidence on an extension of time for the terrorist to appeal his conviction and sentence in February next year.
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Mayors challenge FENZ ban on use of watercraft in river emergencies
3 Dec 2025The trio want watercraft reinstated immediately - however, FENZ says this won't be happening.
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'I just wanted to be a good policeman': Inside Police Commissioner's fraught first year
3 Dec 2025And the c-word that defined the start of Richard Chambers's tenure.
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'We just want justice': Anger as inquiry into girl's ice-skating death ruled out
3 Dec 2025Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka, 13, was not wearing a helmet when she fell at Alpine Ice. She died in hospital two days later.
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Charity's snorkel events under threat after equipment stolen
3 Dec 2025Mountains to Sea Wellington was left without enough gear to run its free school and community snorkel programme in the new year.
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'Cheap, tacky and tired looking': Do we need public Christmas tree displays?
3 Dec 2025Towns and cities across Aotearoa are hoisting their trees into place - symbols that, for many, come with a hefty price-tag.
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Solving a murder with no hard evidence, and a dead suspect
3 Dec 2025No forensic clues meant police relied on a bunch of criminals - many with dishonesty convictions and muzzled by a code of silence.
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Massive traffic queues as crash closes major Auckland motorway during commute
3 Dec 2025The two-vehicle crash, involving a car and a truck, was reported at 4am on northbound lanes by the Coronation Road off-ramp.
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Molloy censured, fined by Vet Council for Grace Millane suppression breach
2 Dec 2025The prominent restaurateur deliberately flouted a High Court suppression order while the jury was still deliberating.
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Why flying is still the safest way to travel
3 Dec 2025Aviation under pressure: Airbus A320 glitch adds to a year of crashes, questions, and shaken confidence
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