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NZ Transport Agency assures Minister Chris Bishop braking system not inherently unsafe
NZTA stands firm on braking system linked to six deaths
The transport agency has assured the minister that the braking system is not unsafe, going against findings in the 2018 death of Graeme Rabbits. Audio
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Rescue chopper crew chase down car after laser strike
Rescue chopper crew chase down car after laser strike
Two paramedics were targeted while flying over Palmerston on a hospital transfer mission on Tuesday night. Audio
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Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 19 November 2025
Testing companies are getting busy as the spread of potentially contaminated children's play sand reaches council libraries; Fifteen years on from the Pike River disaster, some families are meeting… Audio
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Rescue chopper crew chase down offenders after laser pen strike
The crew onboard a rescue helicopter who were struck by a laser pen, followed the car the laser came from until police could intervene. Helicopters Otago managing director Graeme Gale spoke to… Audio
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The father fighting NZTA over 'inherently unsafe' brakes in some 70,000 vehicles
Failed braking system led to Graeme Rabbits' death - his wasn't the first or last
For years, a father has been fighting for Waka Kotahi to do more about the dangers of a vehicle braking system involved in his son's death. Now a coroner's report backs him up, but NZTA still… Audio
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Our Changing World: Resurrecting Wellington’s Flowers of the Underworld
New find of rare native parasitic plant in Wellington sparks hopes of return
They were thought extinct in the region for 100 years, now the race is on to save a rare parasitic plant in the capital.
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Tongariro fire: Tourists helicoptered out as ash fell from sky
Tongariro fire: Tourists helicoptered out as ash fell from sky
A tourist evacuated from Tongariro National Park to avoid the fire burning through the region saw ash falling from the sky before he was helicoptered out. Audio
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Parts of Tongariro National Park reduced to ash in huge blaze, Lodge owner says
Parts of Tongariro National Park reduced to ash, Lodge owner says
The owner of Tongariro Crossing Lodge says the wildifre has been keeping him busy helping to fill planes with water and managing bookings.
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Cardan shaft park brakes 'inherently unsafe', coroner rules
Common truck brakes 'inherently unsafe', coroner rules
Tens of thousands of trucks are putting people at risk because their brakes are unsafe. Audio
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70,000 vehicles fitted with unsafe breaks, caused six deaths
Tens of thousands of trucks in New Zealand are fitted with unsafe brakes that could fail at anytime. That is according to a damning coroners report into the death of an Auckland worker nearly eight… Audio
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Wild weather delivers power cuts, evacuations, terrifying flights and a crushed car
Wild weather delivers power cuts, evacuations and terrifying flights
The storms that have swept through parts of the country also claimed a life when a man was hit by a tree. Audio
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'You're gonna have rubbish everywhere else' - halving collections not popular with some residents
'You're gonna have rubbish everywhere else' - halving collections riles residents
Moving from weekly to fortnightly rubbish collection is an idea that some Aucklanders want to see binned before it has even begun. Audio
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Residents 'horrified' as native trees cut down in Freemans Bay
'Whole ecosystem destroyed': Residents 'horrified' as trees cut down
Axes and chainsaws have dashed residents' hopes a patch of beloved native trees at a housing complex could be saved.
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Anger over body corp's plans to remove residents' native trees in Freemans Bay
'Ignored': Anger over body corp's plans to remove native trees
Residents at a central Auckland housing complex say the planned removal of the trees from their front garden feels like a violation.
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What new investors are doing wrong, according to a property coach
What new NZ investors are doing wrong
Many people are getting into the New Zealand market for the wrong reasons, author and property coach says.
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Council's housing density plan will bring more people to inner Auckland, architect says
Council's housing density plan will bring more people to inner Auckland, architect says
Auckland Council has voted to take the draft changes out for consultation. Audio
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Mysterious Chinese billion-dollar proposed deal in Nauru sparks concern in Canberra
Mysterious Chinese billion-dollar proposed deal in Nauru sparks concern
Australia has pressed Nauru for more detail about a claimed billion-dollar investment agreement that it has signed with a mysterious Chinese company.
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Man with disability moves into own home after four years waiting in a motel
Man with disability moves out of motel after four years
Shane Emeny's Kāinga Ora house has been modified for a wheelchair user and gives him the privacy he's craved since 2021.
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Should Jacinda Ardern have fronted up to the Covid-19 inquiry?
Emile Donovan speaks to constitutional lawyer Graeme Edgeler about why former ministers weren't compelled to attend the Royal Commission of Inquiry. Audio
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Why congestion charging might not lower Auckland's air pollution
Why congestion charging might not lower Auckland's air pollution
Congestion charges can lower emissions and travel times by putting cordons around the central city and spending the revenue on public transport, but proposals for Auckland could end up doing neither.
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Luxon to tell National faithful 'we're turning the corner'
Luxon to tell National faithful country is 'turning the corner'
Party members are gathering in Christchurch, as MPs try to steer public minds towards the government's cost-of-living policies.
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When it's worth waiting for democracy
The electoral changes that will disenfranchise tens of thousands
The government's suite of amendments to electoral law haven't gone down well, but that's not stopping them from pushing ahead with the changes.
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When it's worth waiting for democracy
The government's suite of amendments to electoral law haven't gone down well, but that's not stopping them from pushing ahead with the changes. Audio
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When it's worth waiting for democracy
The government's suite of amendments to electoral law haven't gone down well, but that's not stopping them from pushing ahead with the changes. Audio
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Enrolment changes could have 'significant' impact on democratic participation - Ministry of Justice
Seymour's 'dropkicks' comments about voters 'unhelpful' - Goldsmith
The government is moving to cut when people can enrol to vote, and officials warn it could hit turnout. Meanwhile, the Justice Minister has critcised comments by the ACT leader. Audio