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Dementia-friendly book club brings memories flooding back
2 Jul 2025On this particular day, members found humour in discussing the merits of the Kennedy family. Audio
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'Cyclists are underclass road users': Truck driver acquitted after death at intersection
Kelly Shearer was charged with careless driving causing death but judge says road layout contributed to the accident.
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'Shocked': Owner hit with $1400 fee to have three dogs
1 Jul 2025The consent fee was on top of the three charges of $90 to register each dog.
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Pedestrian seriously injured in truck crash
2 Jul 2025The crash in happened about 6am on Amohau Street in Rotorua.
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Tommy Solomon statue on Rēkohu - Chatham Islands to be restored
2 Jul 2025Work to restore the statue of the man widely regarded as the last known full-blooded Moriori has begun on Rēkohu - Chatham Islands.
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Council opposed red weather warning before cyclone hit
2 Jul 2025MetService wanted to issue the severe warning the day before the cyclone made landfall, but faced opposition.
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Have school lunches been fixed?
David Seymour is giving term two an eight out of 10, but one principal says complaints are only down because people have given up. Audio
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21,000 more operations to be carried out, government announces
The initiative will cover operations for hip and knee replacements and cataract surgeries, the Health Minister says.
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'Now's the time': Takutai Tarsh Kemp's son calls for Māori roll registrations
2 Jul 2025Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp was buried at Opaea Marae at a service attended by over 300 people. Audio
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'Fear-based control': Youth MPs accuse govt of 'censoring' them
1 Jul 2025The government has denied the speeches were censored.
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Oyster farmers' 7-year battle with Watercare
2 Jul 2025A group of oyster farmers in the north of Auckland have reached their breaking point over sewage overflow and want the government to intervene. Audio
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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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Lincoln to host new Bioeconomy Science HQ
2 Jul 2025It comes as the science sector overhaul came into effect officially on Tuesday. Audio
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Auckland's new dog rules: What you need to know
30 Jun 2025Updates are being introduced on where and how dogs can be walked throughout the Auckland region.
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Questions museum visitors should ask themselves this school holidays
26 Jun 2025Analysis - Like all forms of storytelling, museums present the past in particular ways.
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Fire-fighters extinguish blaze in six-storey residential building
1 Jul 2025A fire in a six-storey residential block in downtown Auckland has been extinguished.
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Iconic Jaffas to be discontinued for good
1 Jul 2025Jaffas' parent company RJ's Confectionery says it's sad to say goodbye.
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Punjab to Aotearoa documentary 'a preservation of our legacy'
1 Jul 2025Indian filmmakers have traced their ancestors' migration to New Zealand over the past century.
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Kiwis consider ditching insurance as prices soar
Stats NZ figures show at March last year house insurance was up almost 25 percent, contents insurance up about 28 percent and car insurance up almost 23 percent. Audio
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FENZ, army send reinforcements as Tasman girds for more heavy rain
1 Jul 2025Civil defence Nelson Tasman group controller Alec Louverdis says he is planning "for the absolute worst" ahead of two orange rain warnings across the region.
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Council apology sought over pōhutukawa wrangle
1 Jul 2025Max Brough wants an apology over the treatment of his daughter who has been caught up in a disagreement over who is responsible for 100-year-old tree.
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Gecko spotted alive and well after harrowing ordeal
1 Jul 2025A previously poached West Coast green gecko has been seen alive and well more than a year after being released back into the wild.
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Future of Wellington aquarium uncertain due to coastal erosion, sea level rise
1 Jul 2025The Island Bay Marine Education Centre has been operating since 1996.
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