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Morning Report Essentials for Wednesday 26 March 2025
On today's episode, the government wants bipartisan support to repeal and replace the RMA, we cross to the US to get the latest on yesterday's bombshell that senior Trump administration officials… Audio
Investigations begin over how police mistook 11-year-old for 20-year-old mental health patient
Investigations are underway into how Health NZ staff and Waikato police mistook an 11-year-old girl for a 20-year-old mental health patient. Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Investigation underway into girl mistaken as 20 year old patient
An investigation is underway into how a young girl was mistaken for a missing 20-year-old patient and put in a mental health facility under a compulsory treatment order. The 11 year old, who is… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 25 March 2025
In today's episode, the Prime Minister says someone needs to take accountability in the case of the 11-year-old child, mistaken for a 20-year-old mental health patient, the Wellington region will lose… Audio
Health NZ on 11-year-old mistakenly taken to mental health facility
The Prime Minister says someone needs to take accountability in the case of the 11-year-old child, mistaken for a 20-year-old mental health patient. Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Deputy Chief… Audio
'Out of control': Witness says pedestrian sent 'flying' by car
Multiple people have been hurt after a car struck bystanders and a tree.
Police investigating string of jewellery store robberies
Glass cabinets were smashed and jewellery stolen from two separate stores in Auckland.
'I was so proud of you': Mother heartbroken after son killed in shooting
Doreion Hard, 23, was found in a vehicle with a gunshot wound. Two men have been charged with murder.
Police yet to lay charges over Auckland stabbing
The victim was taken to Auckland City Hospital where he remains in a stable condition.
Gisborne and Carterton mayors on weekend shootings
In South Wairarapa, two men will be in court on Monday, charged with murder of a man in Featherston on Saturday afternoon. Also on Saturday a house was shot at in Gisborne, and in the afternoon a… Audio
Four firearms related incidents over weekend
Police were called out to four separate firearm related incidents at the weekend. Police Association president Chris Cahill spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Two arrested, charged with murder after South Wairarapa shooting
Two men have been jointly charged with murder after the death of a man in Wairarapa Saturday in a daylight shooting.
Driver charged after multiple hurt in Taupō crash
Two vehicles crashed on the Napier-Taupō Road near Rangitaiki School Road, Taupō District.
Police say people will know more about Wairarapa shooting
Police say there will be people who know more about what led to a shooting, the death of a man found in a vehicle, and three sections of SH2 being closed down in the Wellington Region.
One dead, two injured after Wellington motorway crash
A driver has died after a crash between two cars, which shut down part of Wellington's motorway overnight.
Rāhui placed on Tongariro Alpine Crossing after death
Hikers in the area are being asked to use alternative tracks.
Shots fired at a house in Gisborne the latest in series of gang-related conflict
Officers were called to Ranfurly Street at around 6.30am after reports of a gunshot.
Appeal for help over man missing for two years
Stephen Ryan was last seen at an address in Feilding in March 2023.
Eight people hurt, road blocked as truck and van crash
Police are responding to a crash involving a truck and a van in the town of Oxford.
Car wreck left on hill for months: 'Someone will get squashed'
A crashed car left sitting on council land is now in a "precarious position" after months of vandalism, a worried property owner says.
