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Gore's brown trout statue defaced in protest
23 Jul 2025Fishy business: The statue and welcome sign to the town were defaced in an attempt to highlight issues with Gore's drinking water.
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Police search for man after 'concerning behaviour' at school
23 Jul 2025The public are being asked for their help identifying the man.
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Nelson Hospital review dismissed as a 'plan to make a plan'
23 Jul 2025Persistent delays in recruiting medical staff has been compounded by ageing infrastructure and increasing demand for services, a review of the hospital has found.
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Kiwi donor outraged after Givealittle shuts down Gaza fundraising page
23 Jul 2025Four fundraising pages have been closed as Givealittle updated its policy on Gaza. Audio
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Police still searching for youths who fled remand home
23 Jul 2025Oranga Tamariki were informed that the trio left a community based remand home on 8 July.
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Hawke's Bay Hospital out of lockdown after incident
A Health NZ spokesperson said the lockdown began after a report of "an incident" in the Emergency Department.
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Coroner calls for law change after charity boxing death
24 Jul 2025Christchurch man Kain Parsons died after receiving 30 blows to his head in under three minutes. Audio
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Burglar leaves $750,000 trail of destruction in Queenstown
A string of homes were broken into over a period of 12 hours on O'Meara St in Frankton.
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'Absolute stupidity': Substation break-ins cut power to homes
23 Jul 2025A Northland lines company says substation break-ins are endangering lives and causing power cuts affecting thousands of people.
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International visitor numbers back to 93% of pre-Covid figures - DOC
Bookings at Department of Conservation huts, campsites and Great Walks brought in more than $13 million last summer.
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SH1 blocked as logging truck rolls
23 Jul 2025The highway is closed north of Kaitāia, with logs strewn across the road and a neighbouring paddock.
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Accountant pleads guilty to manslaughter in dispute over belongings
23 Jul 2025The Auckland accountant drove her vehicle into Dean Fifield in a dispute over items she said she owned.
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Twelve cases of Campylobacter in Nelson Tasman following floods
All bore water owners in the region are asked to continue to boil their water as a precaution.
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Khandallah murder trial: How police identified a potential murder weapon
23 Jul 2025The jury in the murder trial of Julia DeLuney will resume deliberations this morning after four weeks of evidence, including the story of how police went about identifying a potential murder weapon.
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Ratepayers to get money back from council after gaffe
23 Jul 2025A gaffe in its annual plan meant property owners faced a 12.8 percent rates hike rather than the 9.9 percent advertised. Audio
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Destiny Church protesters in court over Pride Festival charges
23 Jul 2025The group were appearing in relation to disrupting a children's event at Te Atatu Library.
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Group plead not guilty to killing elderly man in house fire
23 Jul 2025The group of men have pleaded not guilty to murder and arson.
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Drag racer killed after 250km/h crash, questions over parachute
23 Jul 2025A Christchurch drag racer died after losing control at almost 250km/h and crashing into a concrete wall at Ruapuna Raceway, but the car's parachute and harness may have contributed to his death.
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Auckland Council denies allegations of negligence over beach
23 Jul 2025However, the council says it will re-evaluate whether it should have done more to monitor past sand mining.
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Morris and James set to close after half a century of pottery sales
23 Jul 2025An iconic Matakana ceramics business has made the decision to close its doors after 47 years. Audio
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Bank warns customers of multi-million-dollar 'subscription trap'
The bank said it helped stop more than $25 million in unwanted charges being put on credit cards of unwitting customers. Audio
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'A space where whānau can come together': Kaupapa Māori health hub opens
22 Jul 2025Te Whare Piringa, located on Ngāti Pāoa whenua in Glenn Innes, is the first iwi-led space of its kind in Aotearoa.
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Elation as Whanganui gets voice in fast-track seabed mining decision
23 Jul 2025A Whanganui District councillor is "elated" her council has been named a relevant authority in the fast-track application process for a seabed mining project off South Taranaki.
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City councillor's posts prompt hate crime complaint from Israel
23 Jul 2025Whakatāne-Ōhope ward councillor Nándor Tánczos shared a link on his personal Facebook page to an online petition calling for United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese and the doctors of…
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