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'I never thought it would get this far': Fishing club leader on seabed mining bid
7 Jul 2025The commodore of the Wanganui-Manawatu Sea Fishing Club is raising the alarm over a seabed mining project he never believed would happen.
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South Auckland grocery store loses right to sell alcohol
7 Jul 2025The off-licence was denied after an appeal led by an Auckland councillor with the Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority.
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Past v future for shaky council seat
6 Jul 2025For New Plymouth's Māori ward, voters will choose between a young māmā ushering in the next generation and an experienced campaigner wanting land returned.
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Breaking Barriers: Youth MP wants amplified Pasifika voices in politics
6 Jul 2025Marques Tominiko has returned from Parliament feeling proud of how he represented his people, but he thinks that South Auckland remains under the radar.
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Heavy vehicle traffic prompts community petition to council
6 Jul 2025The petition highlights noise from 1.30am, speeding trucks and road damage.
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Glitch sends one person's rates bill to up to 1000 ratepayers
5 Jul 2025The council's chief executive, Doug Tate, said they were made aware of an issue with the rating system on Friday morning.
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Fresh push for four-lane highway from Rolleston to Ashburton
4 Jul 2025A local woman is renewing the campaign for State Highway 1 between Rolleston and Ashburton to be increased to four lanes.
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Invercargill mayor returns to hospital after weekend stroke
4 Jul 2025Clark is recovering from a minor stroke.
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Pensioner with no power in caravan for six years finally gets new home
4 Jul 2025Steven Connelly, 67, spent years on a waitlist.
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Far North Mayor calls on New Zealanders to vote for Māori wards in October
4 Jul 2025On 11 October polling will close at 42 councils on whether to continue with Māori wards.
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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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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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‘Scary stuff’: Locals on crash corner fear it will take a death to get it fixed
3 Jul 2025Locals on a busy Tauranga street fear someone will die before anything substantial is done to improve safety on a bend notorious for crashes.
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Auckland pastor convicted, church fined for unsafe building
2 Jul 2025The church and community centre continued to be used for gatherings, even after being slapped with a dangerous building notice.
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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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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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Matariki pou whenua unveiling marks milestone for marae's cyclone rebuild
25 Jun 2025"It's emotional for us because it is a long time coming," a marae trust official says.
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She’s moved 14 times since toxic flooding forced her out – now she has a place to call home
30 Jun 2025A Wairoa wahine forced out of her home by Cyclone Gabrielle's toxic aftermath has finally found somewhere she can call home.
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Spring Creek resident confronts council boss in soggy showdown
29 Jun 2025Sixty homes in Spring Creek were evacuated after heavy rain lashed the top of the South Island.
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Dog's bite pulls Wairoa great-grandmother off mobility scooter
28 Jun 2025Carol Stewart, 63, was flown to Hawke's Bay Hospital with serious bite wounds to her legs and arms after the attack.
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Rotorua library service delivers 80,000 books to the needy
29 Jun 2025In the five years to April, it issued 81,906 books, eight DVDs, 1018 magazines, 257 memory aids and 1234 talking books for a total of 84,423.
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Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark criticises own council of being too risk averse
29 Jun 2025His comments follow the organisation revealing it spent more than $7.3 million on consultants in less than three years between July 2022 and December 2024.
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'Dangerous spectacle': Health experts push for Run It Straight ban
27 Jun 2025Three frontline medical professionals issued the warning in a hard-hitting editorial published today in the New Zealand Medical Journal.
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Tauranga’s rates hike approved amid protest
27 Jun 2025The approved 9.9 percent increase is down from the 12.5 percent initially proposed.
