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$60,000 fine for illegally serving crayfish to customers
12 Feb 2026A Fiordland fishing charter company illegally caught and served almost $250,000 worth of crayfish to customers.
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Asian families turn to foodbanks as unemployment, living costs rise
11 Feb 2026Foodbanks nationwide have seen a sharp increase in Asian users, with migrant workers and students particularly noticeable, according to charity organisations on the ground.
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Christchurch terrorist tried to use top lawyer as his 'mouthpiece'
11 Feb 2026Tony Ellis, who represented him for about six months, told court today he felt the terrorist wanted him to do "precisely as ordered".
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For sale: One backyard railroad, only one careful owner
11 Feb 2026Ian Jones has spent 11 years turning his backyard into a miniature railway, complete with tunnels, bridges and over 300 metres of track.
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What happens next for NZ Post?
11 Feb 2026Explainer - It's closing service counters and cutting delivery days. What does the future of mail look like?
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'Unspeakable cruelty and deliberate evil': The death of Malachi Subecz
11 Feb 2026Everything possible went wrong for 5-year-old in the last six months of his life, as he was tortured, and no one noticed.
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Better to burn Huntly's 'giant mountain of coal'
11 Feb 2026A renewable energy advocate says there's better ways to keep the lights on than building a new, $1b gas terminal,
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Watch: Luca Harrington's medal-winning run
11 Feb 2026The 21-year-old managed to clean up in the freeski slopestyle after a shaky start and earn NZ's second medal.
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Residents armed with sticks in fear of roaming dogs
11 Feb 2026"This isn't an anti-dog thing. This is just anti-irresponsible owners" says a parent who criticised the council for its reactive approach.
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Mayor wants government to consider investor's Chateau Tongariro proposal
10 Feb 2026The proposal from an unnamed investor is to return the Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel, Tongariro Mayor Weston Kirton says.
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'Just not fair': Parents using savings and loans for school buses
11 Feb 2026Manawatū parents and caregivers are dipping into their savings and even taking out loans to fund a bus service to get their children to school.
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Deluge of UK passport applications causes delays for NZ Post
10 Feb 2026NZ Post says the volume of British passport applications is causing delays to them being sent to the UK.
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Mosque shooter 'wanted to be called a terrorist', ex lawyer says
10 Feb 2026The white supremacist who massacred 51 people at two Christchurch mosques was pleased to be charged with terrorism, a court has heard.
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Who will pay for Wellington's sewage disaster?
10 Feb 2026It could be months before the plant returns to full operation.
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What the historic St James will look like once rebuilt
As the venue edges towards its 100th birthday - when it's due to open - architects are peeling back layers to take it back in time.
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Watch: Sadowski-Synnott's medal-winning big air run
10 Feb 2026"I've never been so nervous," the snowboarder says after claiming New Zealand's first medal of the Winter Games.
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Is a new, $1 billion gas terminal 'vital' or 'bonkers'?
10 Feb 2026The government wants taxpayers to fund a natural gas import terminal, but says lower power prices will come as a result.
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'Cascade of errors': Man dies in 100-minute wait for ambulance
10 Feb 2026A series of mistakes meant Johnathon Taituma, 43, was dead by the time help arrived.
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Government changes put the brakes on the EV boom
10 Feb 2026We look at what went wrong and what needs to happen after the great e-slowdown.
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Alarm raised as 3yo suffers facial injuries after father crashes dirtbike
10 Feb 2026The crash has highlighted the danger of bikes being used on city streets - and an trend of riders taking young children for joyrides.
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Couple fight to keep more than $200,000 they found in their ceiling
10 Feb 2026The couple's lawyer argued that withholding the cash, found in 2021, would discourage others from reporting similar finds to police.
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Kiwi company fights to get illegal orchards torn down in China
10 Feb 2026The Supreme Court ruled in favour of New Zealand horticulture company T&G.
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Falling Bitcoin drags KiwiSaver fund to bottom of the table
Morningstar has released its latest KiwiSaver survey, which shows that over the year, the best performer was Kernel's S&P Global Clean Energy Fund, up 59.9 percent.
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