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Young Dunedin band opening for the Foo Fighters: 'It's insane'
Guitarist Lucy Hughes says her bandmates didn't believe it when she told them.
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Abatement notice issued over stench from sewage treatment plant
27 Feb 2026Canterbury Regional Council has received more than 4500 complaints during the past month describing a "putrid, sewage-like smell".
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Would you slap an 'S' sticker on Nan's car?
27 Feb 2026Boyd Steel hates to think anyone would give older drivers a hard time on the road for driving a bit more carefully or slowly.
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New gift card rules clarified
27 Feb 2026From 16 March, gift cards have to have a minimum expiry time of three years.
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Marlborough iwi takes over managing historic coastal site
27 Feb 2026Te Pokohiwi o Kupe - or the Boulder Bank Site Historic Reserve - includes the Wairau Bar, where Wairau River meets the sea at Cloudy Bay in Marlborough.
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Hapū seek ocean status to save Taranaki kaimoana
27 Feb 2026Hapū of Taranaki iwi want their interests along the region's western coast officially recognised, so they can continue to protect kaimoana when the current rāhui is no longer legally enforceable.
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'We can move on': Napier mayor names new deputy after sacking last one
27 Feb 2026Napier City Council mayor Richard McGrath stood down Sally Crown from her duties as deputy mayor in dramatic circumstances earlier this week.
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Hunt for culprit behind tar clumps from Waiouru to Wellington
27 Feb 2026Though there were "a number of speculative ideas" about the source of the tar, there was no set culprit for the spillage.
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New flood data shows where Manawatū-Whanganui most vulnerable
27 Feb 2026Various tests were run to simulate what would happen to existing flood prevention methods during extreme weather events.
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Division emerges in Canterbury over local government overhaul
27 Feb 2026Ashburton District Council generally supports the proposal, Selwyn is more cautious, and Environment Canterbury has pushed back strongly against being abolished.
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Weather: Severe thunderstorms may hit parts of North Island
27 Feb 2026There may also be up to 40mm of rainfall an hour for several regions, MetService says.
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Part of Motatapu Track moved after risk of slip movement identified
27 Feb 2026The Department of Conservation said a routine assessment of a 400 metre slip near the Motatapu Track found it was at risk of growing during storms.
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Finn brothers get the band back together for Electric Avenue
Split Enz leads a star-studded line-up for Australasia's biggest music festival in Christchurch this weekend.
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Woman abused by teacher says Teaching Council made case 'traumatic right from that first contact'
27 Feb 2026A woman said she lodged a complaint in 2023 about abuse that happened 30 years ago at a secondary school.
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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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