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More red flags over potential for fatal electric shock hazard
16 Dec 2025The country's main engineering industry group has joined warnings that changes to electrical safety rules create a new hazard.
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'It's about anywhere anytime': First day of roadside drug testing
The testing got underway in Wellington on Monday, and will be rolled out to the rest of the country next year. Audio
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Do you know what you're drinking?
16 Dec 2025Luis Arevalo fears his grandson will never be able to drink water straight from the tap. Audio
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Why the plug is being pulled on one of our biggest summer festivals
16 Dec 2025Splore organisers say they've had to make a tough call after years of headwinds.
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NZ police to guard Jewish community locations
16 Dec 2025Police say the officers, who have been armed, will stay while they continue to assess the deadly attack at Bondi that killed 15 people. Audio
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Transport subsidies for elderly and disabled people reduced
The Total Mobility scheme provides discounted taxis and public transport fares for those with long-term impairments.
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'Take a mask': The popular tourist toilets labelled an 'embarrassment'
15 Dec 2025Whakarewarewa toilets have been labelled an embarrassment, with new facilities planned soon.
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Tom Phillips filmmakers agreed police could edit documentary
16 Dec 2025The documentary makers' 'access agreement' outlines exactly what the filmmakers and police signed up to back in March.
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Homelessness in Auckland more than doubles in a year
16 Dec 2025A worker at a special court that helps Auckland's homeless who have committed low-level crimes turn their lives around, says she is seeing increasing levels of distress in recent months.
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Paws on board: Inside the Pet Bus as it travels the country
16 Dec 2025Along with dogs and cats, the family-run business has transported poultry, spiders, and carried ant farm to an Invercargill school. Audio
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South Taranaki fire grows to 100 hectares
16 Dec 2025The fire, located between Waitōtara township and Waiinu Beach settlement, started on Monday afternoon and is yet to be contained.
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Most NZ glaciers on track to disappear - study
16 Dec 2025At the current rate of global warming, just a few hundred of the country's 3000 glaciers could remain by the end of the century.
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Teaching Council interim CEO resigns from board after legality questions - chair
16 Dec 2025The council appointed Tom Gott to the role last month even though the Education and Training Act says the chief executive "may not be a member of the Teaching Council".
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Could 2026 see the biggest boost in kākāpō numbers yet?
16 Dec 2025Hopes are high for a bumper kākāpō breeding season - and RNZ will be there to cover it.
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Disgraced former top cop Jevon McSkimming to be sentenced
McSkimming is due to be sentenced at Wellington District Court on Wednesday.
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Firefighters sent to Rangipo Power Station after false fire alarm
16 Dec 2025Fire and Emergency said crews were called to the site and the reported fire was a false alarm
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New mega-ministry to merge housing, transport and environment
16 Dec 2025Minister Chris Bishop says currently much of the government's reform work spans multiple agencies. Audio
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Parliament bill set to return historic Māori site in Northland to Ngāpuhi
16 Dec 2025Kororipo Pā, at Kerikeri Basin, was the stage for some of the most formative events in the history of Aotearoa. Audio
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Crews fight house fire in Nelson
16 Dec 2025There were early concerns somebody was still inside the home but everyone was since accounted for.
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High-powered magnet ban not preventing harm, say experts
15 Dec 2025Doctors and advocacy groups say they are still easily accessible and are calling for even stricter controls to protect children. Audio
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New name for Courtenay Place cinema complex revealed
15 Dec 2025The new owners lodged have resource consents for its exterior, and has released renders of the new building, under a new name.
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'Unreasonable and inconsistent': GP faulted over handling of student's abortion request
15 Dec 2025The doctor also wrongly told her no abortion services operated in Level 4 lockdown.
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One dead, five injured in crash involving speeding BMW
The driver of a car hit by a BMW that was seen speeding by police in Waipā last night died in the crash, with five other people injured.
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'We now need heavy security around places of worship': NZ Jewish community on edge
15 Dec 2025Local leaders say they have stopped holding religious celebrations in public because it is too much of a security threat. Audio
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