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One arrested after armed police swarm LynnMall
17 May 2025Enquiries are ongoing to locate a second suspect.
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Funeral held for teen stabbing victim, police condemn 'damaging' rumours
Police say speculation that the victim or his whānau had gang ties is wrong and unhelpful.
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'In the winter, the roads can be a bit scary': The life of a rural midwife
17 May 2025Fording rivers and driving dangerous, winding roads is all in a day's work for Coromandel midwife Sheryl Wright.
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Why did it take so long for an emergency alert to be issued during Auckland's Easter floods?
17 May 2025Healthy Waters received its first alert of heavy rain around 10.29pm Friday, but Emergency Management didn't alert the public until 12.42am Saturday.
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Abuse toward council staff up 323 percent
16 May 2025The rise in abuse, both online and in person, towards Wellington City Council staff had coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Top awards for RNZ journalists at 2025 Voyager Media Awards
16 May 2025RNZ had 13 finalists in the prestigious industry awards.
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Man sentenced for stabbing police officer in head so hard knife broke
16 May 2025Vaughan Subritzky's longstanding antipathy towards police and past traumatic events were said to be factors in the attack.
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Parasite spread by cats may have cost 10,000 New Zealanders their sight
16 May 2025Otago University researchers estimate 40,000 people are affected by ocular toxoplasmosis, but lack of funding is hampering efforts to develop new treatments.
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One person dies in Wairoa car crash
18 May 2025A person has died in a fatal car crash in Hawke's Bay.
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Studying AI without being a bot
17 May 2025When it comes to studying how bots affect human behaviour, there are other ways to do it than pretending to be one of those bots.
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'Too dirty': Testing station turns away drivers over state of cars
16 May 2025Teen missed his restricted driver's test over VTNZ's claimed 'health and safety' issues with dog hair and sand. Audio
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Baker loses half his arm in crumbing machine
16 May 2025The man was working night shift at a Christchurch family business when he went to assist to colleagues.
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Measles case: 78 in quarantine as hundreds of close contacts identified
16 May 2025On 11 May, Health New Zealand announced that it had identified a measles case in Auckland which was linked to overseas travel.
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Demand increasing for land unaffected by water infrastructure constraints
16 May 2025An economist says it could push up prices in the Auckland's central suburbs.
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'Grossly dishonest': Blood lab tech loses registration for CV fraud
16 May 2025Sejal Rao was qualified to be a medical lab technician which made the fabrications 'somewhat inexplicable'.
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'Read the room': Andrew Little to ask council not to sign more Golden Mile contracts
Wellington mayor says project has been given the green-light, and it appears Little did not understand council process. Audio
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Top cop initiates review to prevent misuse of police tech
16 May 2025Richard Chambers says he wants to safeguard police systems from inappropriate use.
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The secret marriage that helped a couple defraud OT out of $2m
16 May 2025Neha Sharma appeared to be an honest, hard-working property manager. Her husband ran a construction company. No-one knew they were married.
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$450m cryptocurrency scam: Wellington man arrested as part of FBI investigation
16 May 2025Thirteen people face charges, after search warrants were executed in Auckland, Wellington, and California.
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Internet outage hits more than 900 homes in Auckland's North Shore
16 May 2025Over 900 homes in Auckland's North Shore had lost their internet connection, after a widespread network outage late on Thursday night.
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Herbertville residents worry about debris build up under town's only bridge
16 May 2025The regional council says work is being done to clear the waterway, but one resident says until that happens she will get nervous every time the river level rises.
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Children as young as one identified in man's objectionable videos
Jordan Te Iri-Kearns was jailed for 25 and a half months.
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Onslow College deputy principal on leave as police make inquiries
Police confirmed to RNZ they had received a complaint about a school staff member.
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More unsafe kid’s products found at Panda Mart
16 May 2025Forty-seven items have now been declared unsafe in an ongoing Commerce Commission investigation into the bargain store.
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