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Wellington public transport fares set to increase from May
Discounts for off-peak fares on buses and trains will also decrease by 10 percent.
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'I definitely wouldn't': Residents still wary on Moa Point despite authorities' all clear
27 Feb 2026A local diver says he will eat shellfish from the south coast after the mayor has tried some kina from the sewage spill hot spot. Audio
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Low vision Kiwis have lower average life expectancy, research finds
27 Feb 2026The report by Blind and Low Vision NZ used anonymised data from StatsNZ to compare the experience of people with visual impairments to other groups. Audio
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Thousands of ambulance callouts for mental health non-urgent, study shows
27 Feb 2026The study found nearly 90 percent of the callouts were of low level and should have been managed in the community.
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Hospital IT outages will continue due to Health NZ staff cuts, union warns
27 Feb 2026The Public Service Association says cuts to Health NZ's digital team mean they have lost IT experts who know how to patch up outages quickly.
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Search for man missing in Manawatū River pulled back
27 Feb 2026The decision was made after extensive searches of the river, through to the Foxton Estuary and surrounding area.
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Raglan residents worried about hosting international surfing competition
27 Feb 2026The tourism and hospitality minister's announcement that the World Surf League Championship Tour was coming to Raglan caught many locals by surprise.
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Plenty of fish in the sea: Voting opens for Fish of the Year
27 Feb 2026The blobfish, which was declared the world's ugliest animal in 2013, beat the odds to win the competition last year.
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Sir Richard Taylor recognised at prestigious visual effects awards
27 Feb 2026The Wētā Workshop co-founder has been awarded the prestigious VES Visionary Award at the 24th Annual VES Awards in Los Angeles.
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Kiwi who disrupted mosque prayer in Indonesia could face deportation
26 Feb 2026According to the South China Morning Post the woman disrupted a Qoran recitation night session at a musalla near her villa on Gili Trawangan due to the noise.
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Person dies a week after altercation between gang members
26 Feb 2026Police say the person had been in a critical condition in Christchurch Hospital.
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Teacher had sexual relationship with student, other students blew the whistle
April Marie Nordstrom has had her teacher registration cancelled.
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Auckland and Northland hospitals hit by 'major' IT outage
It is the second critical IT failure in less than a month, the union says.
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Families making impossible decision amid child poverty crisis
Advocates are calling for change after the latest data on material hardship showed the statistics had not changed compared to the year prior.
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Ardern to call Australia home 'for the moment'
26 Feb 2026Being close to New Zealand brings the "added bonus" of spending more time back home, a spokesman says.
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Man charged after driving towards officers, avoiding arrest
The 46-year-old was arrested in Fraser's Gully after a police dog team found him in the bush.
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Speed limit on major road could drop as population rises
26 Feb 2026Up to 2,500 new homes are planned for the northern end of Hamilton in a new neighbourhood, called Te Awa Lakes.
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'Burned in my memory': Man who pulled Sophia Crestani out of deadly party pile-up honoured
26 Feb 2026The Police Commissioner says Samson Aruwa's actions were "absolutely remarkable".
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Nangs users 'playing chicken' on the roads - police
Police warn that problems around the huffing of nitrous oxide products or nangs have escalated to where people are seeing whether they can drive without blacking out after inhaling the gas. Audio
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Farmer behind NZ's biggest GST fraud has $16m of assets confiscated
26 Feb 2026John Richard Bracken was jailed for eight years and six months in 2021 after being found guilty of 39 charges of dishonestly claiming and receiving GST refunds.
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No car required: Learning to drive goes high-tech
26 Feb 2026Motorists know those teeth-clenching experiences while learning to drive. Ashley Gore wants to help make them a thing of the past.
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Firefighters' wives recount moment they learned husbands had died in landslide
26 Feb 2026Amy van Zwanenberg and Lucy Stevens were giving evidence at a coronial inquest into the deaths during Cyclone Gabrielle.
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Support for government's proposed road rule changes
26 Feb 2026The Automobile Association says the government's proposal to bring in a number of new road rules will clarify the situation for road users to make sure that everyone is on the same page. Audio
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Otago Regional Council aims for zero percent rates rise
26 Feb 2026A draft annual plan will be put up for adoption in April.
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