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The woman who has delivered 19 babies over the phone
4 Jul 2025Gemma Cale helped deliver a baby in her first week on the phones for Hato Hone St John. After ten years, she's earned the nickname "baby magnet".
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Residents breathe sigh of relief as latest storm passes
4 Jul 2025Meanwhile, mayor Tim King says the "nightmare" telecommunications situation will likely be a major topic of review.
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More rough sleepers on Auckland streets: 'NZ doesn't have to be this way'
4 Jul 2025Makeshift shelters of cardboard and blankets are dotted along the street near Auckland City Mission, which is struggling to support an increase in rough sleepers. Audio
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Candidate nominations open for Auckland's local elections
4 Jul 2025A few months out from voting fewer people than usual have expressed an interest in standing.
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'Baby magnet' emergency call-taker helps with 19th birth
4 Jul 2025Gemma Cale helped deliver a baby in her first week on the phones for Hato Hone St John. After ten years, she's earned the nickname "baby magnet".
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MP Maureen Pugh pitches one-stop-shop for mining consents
3 Jul 2025The West Coast Tasman MP has weighed into the campaign to improve waiting times for miners needing resource consents and other permits.
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What is on the government's radar next quarter?
3 Jul 2025The next quarter will see the repeal of the oil and gas exploration ban, next steps to improve supermarket competition and further changes to the RMA.
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'Petrified': Woman with $70k student loan debt too afraid to return home
3 Jul 2025New Zealanders who moved overseas without paying their students loans are living with skyrocketing debt because of compounding penalties and interest. Audio
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'Strong sewage smell': Staff walk off job at Thames MSD
Thames Ministry of Social Development staff have relocated to Paeroa, 33 kilometres away. Audio
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Awakino Gorge and SH4 closed due to slips, flooding
3 Jul 2025Taranaki experienced widespread flooding and a state of emergency has been extended by a week in Nelson Tasman. Audio
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New Rocky Horror doco: '50 years of this wonderful nonsense'
If Richard O'Brien had landed the role of Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar his smash cult musical The Rocky Horror Show might never have happened, he says.
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Kiwi dad's desperate bid to see son in Aussie lands him in court
3 Jul 2025It was the catalyst for Dane Moule to forge two passports so he could travel between countries for three years.
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'Delightful': Flood-stricken Motueka residents get warm after power restored
3 Jul 2025Motueka residents relied on generators and neighbourly generosity to get through flooding that tore down power poles near their homes.
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Blood-smeared walls staged, says forensic scientist
3 Jul 2025Jury in Helen Gregory murder trial told that blood looked like it had been applied with fabric.
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Mental health minister briefed on death of baby found in bin
A 32-year-old woman has been charged with interfering with human remains.
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Spend on locum doctors could reach $200m
3 Jul 2025The spend on fill-in medical staff is rising fast, leading a frontline doctor and the senior doctors' union to voice frustration. Audio
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Road cones covered in diesel, set alight in Northland
3 Jul 2025Police have received several reports of suspicious bush and scrub fires.
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The Auckland bus drivers making public transport cool online
3 Jul 2025As bus drivers take to social media to share glimpses of their life, a teen has been inspired to release an Auckland Transport themed game on popular gaming platform Roblox.
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Landlord fined over $100k for unlawful Queenstown boarding house
James Truong chose to ignore tenancy rules and had 22 people living in the building.
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Manslaughter over fatal Southland crash
3 Jul 2025A 20-year-old man faces one charge over the crash on the Niagara-Tokanui Highway.
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Māori landowners take Crown to court over water rights
2 Jul 2025The case cites what the group describes as the Crown's "repeated failure to uphold the tikanga-based and Tiriti-guaranteed rights".
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'Indescribable loss': Takutai Tarsh Kemp laid to rest
1 Jul 2025The Te Pāti Māori MP has been laid to rest today on the grounds of a small church at Opaea Marae among the rolling hills of Taihape.
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Frustration grows over two-year road works 'mess'
2 Jul 2025Works on a Auckland street are expected to drag on due to delays.
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Watch: Christopher Luxon speaks to media after tech company visit
3 Jul 2025The Prime Minister is in Ferrymead visiting Chiptech, which makes digital telecare solutions including personal emergency response systems.
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