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Destruction of 100-year-old pōhutukawa 'a travesty' - landscape designer
1 Jul 2025An award-winning landscape designer has weighed into a stoush over the felling of a 100-year-old pōhutukawa in New Plymouth.
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League veteran and councillor Ken Laban to run for Lower Hutt mayor
1 Jul 2025Sports commentator, league player and coach and Wellington regional councillor Ken Laban says he is running for mayor of Lower Hutt.
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Top cop says recruits know money is 'not everything' as new police college opens
The police commissioner says he is hearing from former Kiwi cops who relocated to Australia who want to come back - but admitted the pay across the ditch is better.
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Man charged in relation to Auckland homicide
1 Jul 2025A 31-year-old man had been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.
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Bank failure compensation scheme begins - what you need to know
1 Jul 2025Explainer - New Zealand's depositor compensation scheme takes effect from Tuesday. Here's what you need to know.
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'Coward punch' law welcomed by trust set up after man killed
1 Jul 2025Fau Vake died after he was punched in the side of the head while he had his hands by his side during an attack in 2021. Audio
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Older dementia patients putting healthcare staff at risk, senior doctors warn
1 Jul 2025Senior doctors say staff on general wards are being put in life-threatening situations because hospitals are pressuring them to admit physically and sexually aggressive older psychiatric patients.
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New 24/7 telehealth service comes online
1 Jul 2025The government's promised 24/7 telehealth service to help people see a GP or a nurse is now available anywhere in the country.
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Police name man who died after Manurewa crash on Friday
1 Jul 2025A man is charged with driving dangerously causing death, dangerous driving causing injury and driving while forbidden.
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The bill that's left people dazed, confused and angry
1 Jul 2025Is the Regulatory Standards Bill the key to better law making for the future, or a gigantic waste of time and an affront to democracy?
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Does Sleep Maxxing work? And what really gives you a better night’s sleep?
When sleep is good, life is great, but when it's bad… life can seem a lot harder.
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How to prepare for a US trip from somebody who was rejected at the border
30 Jun 2025The majority of travellers entering the US will have no problem, says writer Alistair Kitchen. But if you're not fine, he warns, "let me tell you, it will be a traumatic experience".
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'All we're asking is to be heard': Youth MPs renew call to lower voting age
1 Jul 2025A majority of this year's youth MPs have, once again, signed an open letter calling for the voting age to be lowered to 16.
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Justice Minister announces harsher penalties for one-punch attacks
30 Jun 2025Specific offences will reflect the gravity of the crime, the Minister says.
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Healthy Homes, KiwiSaver, Jobseeker and more - What's changing on 1 July?
30 Jun 2025Explainer - From Tuesday, new rules are affecting everything from Healthy Homes to ACC to Jobseeker and KiwiSaver. Here's a roundup. Audio
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Electronic monitoring of asylum seekers being considered
30 Jun 2025The government wants to electronically monitor some asylum seekers and migrants, and is preparing for mass arrivals of asylum seekers by plane.
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Bokashi by the tonne - chocolate brown and teeming with worms
27 Jun 2025Two North Canterbury farmers have been bitten by the bokashi bug. As well as being a soil superfood, it's also cost effective.
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Advocates renew calls to end colony-cage egg farms
After the ban of conventional cages, producers had the option to move to colony cages, barns and free-range systems.
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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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Dentist left piece of tooth in patient's gum, hospitalised another after piercing her cheek
30 Jun 2025More complaints about the poor practices of a struck-off dentist have come to light.
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