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Which Anniversary Day should Tararua workers get off?
19 Jan 2026Tararua is bordered by three other regions so which Anniversary Day should residents observe?
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Campers trapped by slips wait for crews to clear roads
19 Jan 2026While some people are still isolated in Northland after flooding, more rain is forecast to hit the region, as well as Auckland and Coromandel. Audio
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Sheep die after truck crash in Wairoa
19 Jan 2026Police were called to the truck crash mid-morning where the driver was found uninjured.
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NZ firefighters sent to help fight Australia's bushfires
19 Jan 2026They departed this morning and will return to New Zealand on 2 February.
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Family's harrowing night escaping raging flood-waters
19 Jan 2026The water, and lots of it, came by stealth in the dead of night.
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Dozens of slips close SH2 for several weeks
19 Jan 2026There were up to 40 slips in total, including four to eight larger ones.
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Man dies after being pulled from water in Rotorua geothermal area
19 Jan 2026Emergency services were called to the geothermal valley on Tukiterangi Street last night.
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'Amazing result': Missing tramper in Kahurangi National Park found alive
19 Jan 2026Graham Garnett, who failed to return home from a hike on 30 December, has been through "quite an ordeal", police say.
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Fewer than 1 in 10 referred Abuse in Care cases prosecuted
19 Jan 2026The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care made 110 referrals to police. Audio
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Should Wegovy be government funded?
19 Jan 2026Pharmac has received two applications to fund Wegovy or semaglutide - a GLP-1 receptor agonist for weight loss. Audio
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Is an inter-islander route from Picton to Clifford Bay a possibility?
19 Jan 2026The latest bid - dubbed the North South Express - has been submitted to the government's investment agency and comes more than a decade after the previous bid was quashed. Audio
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Education Ministry error almost cut 2027 school year short
19 Jan 2026An Ministry document said schools were supposed to be open for at least 380 "half-days" each year but it forgot to allow for the Matariki holiday in its 2027 term calculations.
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Fire crews respond to overnight blaze at egg carton factory
19 Jan 2026Seven fire trucks were called to the commercial building in Auckland's Ōtara overnight.
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Northland floods through eyes of Ōakura residents
18 Jan 2026"Devastation" and "tragedy" are how one resident has described scenes at the beachside settlement after damaging floods.
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'We know it's a sensitive issue': Luxon on rethink of Auckland intensification
19 Jan 2026After his State of the Nation speech, the prime minister said the conversation in Auckland was about "how much densification" and "where it happens".
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Saveloys out, spinach in: Here's how our spending habits have changed
19 Jan 2026If you think about what you - or your parents - were spending your money on 30 years ago, it might be quite different to how you spend it now. Audio
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Cats kill millions of birds, bats, lizards and other native animals a year, HBRC says
16 Jan 2026But other native animals such as bats, lizards, and invertebrates, are also particularly vulnerable, Hawkes Bay Regional Council says.
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Parents question pool's 'manu' restrictions ahead of World Champs
16 Jan 2026Some are saying they are surprised to see children being told off at the Norman Kirk Memorial Pool, which has been used for diving practise.
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Gisborne mayor reflects on council staffing, RMA reforms and 2026 plan
16 Jan 2026Rehette Stoltz, Mayor of Gisborne, speaks to Local Democracy Reporting about her summer break and reflects on the year that's been and the year ahead.
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'It's devastating': Generations-old eel population wiped out
15 Jan 2026Hundreds of tuna, including breeding stock thought to be 40 to 50 years old, have been found dead in the Waiatai Stream.
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'We have come to bury Caesar': Family, friends remember Sir Tim Shadbolt
Sir Tim is being remembered as a man who always chose to see the best in every situation and the person in every person
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Part of Mercury wind farm offline after turbine catches fire
18 Jan 2026A Mercury spokesperson said half of the wind farm was taken offline for hours while the affected turbine was removed from service.
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Do custody rulings really put kids first?
Some young people say their Family Court experiences reveal a system that fails to hear and protect them. Audio
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Buddhist statues dispute: Environment Court backs plan
18 Jan 2026A plan for compromise has been reached after a court heard of the controversial installation of a large network of tall colourful statues on a bush-clad hillside at the Whangārei Heads.
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