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Training exercise to test response to maritime emergency
14 Dec 2025The operation will be held on Sunday between Port Taranaki and the Bell Block area.
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Homicide investigation launched in Ruatiti
13 Dec 2025Two bodies were found at a rural property on Saturday afternoon.
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Roadside drug testing is about to start: how it will work
Days before the new testing is to start, police warn drivers who refuse roadside drug testing may face significant fines,
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Woman abused, strangled by policeman husband wins Family Court ruling
13 Dec 2025A policeman investigating complaints of violence to a woman later married her, then abused her, the Family Court has heard.
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Firefighters extinguish North Shore housefires
13 Dec 2025FENZ crews were sent to two blazes in the Auckland region, one in Beach Haven and one in Glenfield.
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Humpback whale dies after being caught in rope
13 Dec 2025The death is the first recorded of a humpback whale entangling with a rock lobster pot buoy rope in New Zealand.
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Drug-dealing dad to lose more than half-a-million dollars in assets
Property, motorbikes and bank deposits are being stripped from a Wellington methamphetamine dealer.
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Brave boy tried to stop neighbour's 'horrible' prolonged assault on father
13 Dec 2025The 12-year-old is the third-youngest recipient ever to receive a NZ Bravery Award, after an experience he says he "wouldn't want anyone to go through".
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SH75 in Bank's Peninsula re-opens after crash
13 Dec 2025Police previously shut the highway between Summit Road and Long Bay Road.
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Police, Oranga Tamariki still hunting escaped youth inmate
13 Dec 2025The youth escaped from justice residence Te Puna Wai o Tuhinapo in the Selwyn district town of Rolleston on Saturday morning.
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Interislander ferry failure shows emergency tug needed - Maritime Union
13 Dec 2025The government announced it would be cutting the contract for MMA Vision months ahead of time to save money.
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Auckland shop owner assaulted in alleged aggravated burglary
13 Dec 2025Five men have been arrested and charged in relation to the incident.
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'Extraordinary act of bravery': Intervention in violent attack saved stabbing victim's life
13 Dec 2025Junior Fa'amalosi Isaako was asleep at his home in Flaxmere, Hastings in June, when he was awoken by loud arguing.
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Homicide probe launched after man dies in suspicious crash
13 Dec 2025Injuries sustained by a person in a vehicle "are not consistent with a crash", police say.
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Police officer commended for bravery after rescuing family during Cyclone Gabrielle
13 Dec 2025Detective Sergeant Heath Jones was one of eight people to be awarded the New Zealand bravery medal on Saturday. Audio
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KiwiRail investigating Interislander ferry steering problem
13 Dec 2025Passengers were stuck on the Kaiārahi for more than six hours on Friday night, after a "technical problem with the steering" was discovered during checks.
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Motorbike rider dies in Northland crash
13 Dec 2025The rider was taken to hospital in a critical condition but died soon after.
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Three people honoured for roles in saving boy in danger of drowning
13 Dec 2025Australian man Jonathan Young received the bravery award posthumously as he drowned while trying to save the struggling child in Lake Whakatipu.
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How to pack for a summer road trip
13 Dec 2025Few things are more frustrating than spending hours on the road only to realise you've forgotten something important.
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Native bird numbers double in Miramar Peninsula
13 Dec 2025Predator Free Wellington says efforts to eliminate predators have led to increased numbers of kōtare (kingfisher), pīwakawaka (fantail), riroriro (grey warbler), and tūi being observed.
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Person dies after serious crash in Palmerston North
12 Dec 2025Emergency services were called to a two-vehicle crash on Fitzherbert East Road, State Highway 56 around 12.30pm.
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Getting through a natural disaster with a disability
12 Dec 2025A new emergency preparedness guide developed by, and for, disabled people, has been unveiled.
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Ongoing strikes 'rolling the dice on people's safety' - FENZ
13 Dec 2025But the union is hitting back and said its comments about pay offers are pedalling "rubbish" that will only galvanise their member's resolve.
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Hamilton Zoo announces 'deeply tragic' death of giraffe
12 Dec 2025Masamba had just celebrated his 23rd birthday, but had been declining in health.
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