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Questions over what HMNZS Manawanui was doing before it sank
17 Apr 2025There are calls for greater transparency - including whether the New Zealand warship was performing specific security for King Charles and Queen Camilla. Audio
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Charity launches AI chatbot therapy service for veterans
17 Apr 2025No Duff Charitable Trust created the chatbot and trained it in things like crisis support, mindfulness and breathing modules. Audio
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Patient left pregnant after doctor failed to insert contraceptive says ACC must do better
23 Apr 2025Jessie's claim for cover was declined by ACC, which considered the pregnancy as the injury.
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More than 2400 jobs on the line at Health NZ. Half are vacant
17 Apr 2025The agency confirmed this week it was consulting on proposed restructures in its people and culture team, and communications and engagement team.
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Mark Lundy: A timeline of events
17 Apr 2025The 66-year-old has been granted parole and will be released from prison next month. Here are all the key moments since the deaths of his wife and daughter.
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Tam wrecks havoc on Northland, Auckland and heads south
17 Apr 2025The storm has already brought down powerlines and trees, closed roads, cancelled ferries and flights, and damaged property.
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Former bank accountant sentenced for insider trading
Kevin Young made a profit of $11,241 on information that the Financial Markets Authority said was not available to the public.
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Council told to stop discharging treated wastewater to land
17 Apr 2025It comes after high levels of nitrogen were detected in the Hāwea oxidation pond.
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Easter weekend holiday traffic hampered by severe weather
New Zealanders are beginning to take to the road as the long Easter weekend kicks off.
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Northland Civil Defence leader: Govt must 'wave the big stick' over telcos’ storm failure
17 Apr 2025Kelly Stratford's comments come as thousands of Northlanders are without mobile phones, broadband and or power due to ex Tropical Cyclone Tam.
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High Court confirms Wellington cutback on character-housing protections in district plan
LIVE Wellington had appealed the city council's recommendations, which were backed by RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop.
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British poet Lemn Sissay: 'I left care with poems that were like emotional witness statements'
17 Apr 2025When Sissay was 12, he was given back to social services by his foster family who had taken him in as a baby. He knew from then he wanted to be a poet for life.
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