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Police back recommendations for overhaul of 111 emergency call system
29 Jan 2026A report by an Australasian group says it is an old, fragmented system that it is hindering the response to routine emergencies and large disasters.
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Huntington's disease trial shows promising early results
28 Jan 2026Skyhawk Therapeutics began trialling the novel drug, SKY-0515, on New Zealand and Australian patients a year ago and plans to expand globally.
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Man charged in connection to Palmerston North shooting
The 33-year-old was found by police in a stolen car.
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Pāpāmoa evacuation order lifted
28 Jan 2026Around 150 Mangatawa residents were evacuated today after concerns a watermain would break. Audio
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Roads closed, traffic re-routed in Lower Hutt as $1.5b works continue
28 Jan 2026The works include flood protection and river restoration work, improvements to public transport links and walking and cycling routes as well as upgrading the Melling interchange.
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New Zealander loses leg after fighting in Ukraine
28 Jan 2026He says he sang Aotearoa's national anthem to keep himself going as he was rescued. Audio
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Community's only post shop mistakenly listed for closure by NZ Post
For residents, it would have meant the nearest postal store was more than 15 kilometres away.
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Scale of flood-damage starting to sink in
28 Jan 2026Communities remain separated from each other, with work to clear slips on State Highway 35 continuing.
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Sex offending by priest Rowan Donoghue 'deeply disturbing'
28 Jan 2026The rector of St Bede's college says the abuse by Fr Rowan Donoghue against boys more than two decades ago "makes me feel sick".
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Who knew what before the Mt Maunganui landslide?
28 Jan 2026A week after six people were killed at the beachside campground, questions remain on who knew what, when, and what action could or should have been taken.
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'We're all terrified': Emergency evacuations after new slip
28 Jan 2026The slip in Pāpāmoa poses a risk to life and property.
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'It's not enough': Marae welcome funding boost but say more could be done
29 Jan 2026Marae are welcoming the governments funding boost as a "good start" for the marae communities who turn out time and time in the wake of severe weather events. Tauranga Moana...
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