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Person stabbed in neck at Palmerston North bar
28 Jan 2025Police were called to the business on Main Street on Monday night after reports of a fight.
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Toto to tour New Zealand with Christopher Cross
28 Jan 2025The '70s American rock band are returning to New Zealand for the first time since 2019.
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Aviation fuel spill at Christchurch Airport
28 Jan 2025A spokesperson said the limited spill on the tarmac was cleaned up by emergency services.
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Was the Mangawhai storm a tornado? Here's what science tells us
27 Jan 2025Explainer: The wind speed of the Mangawhai tornado is similar to one that's occurred before - RNZ has been looking at what we know so far.
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Rubbish removal a priority in Mangawhai after tornado
28 Jan 2025The council is promising more than one sweep as residents and businesses dispose of their damaged goods. Audio
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Hearings will decide fate of contentious wastewater plant
28 Jan 2025Despite more than a decade of debate on the plant's replacement, the Akaroa community is still divided on the plans.
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Suspicious fire breaks out near Transmission Gully
28 Jan 2025Firefighters were called to the blaze, in a culvert on Waitangirua Link Road, at 12.30am on Tuesday.
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'Doing it tough' - The high cost of school on families
27 Jan 2025A charity chief executive says they are inundated with calls at this time of year from parents who cannot afford the basic necessities for sending their children to school. Audio
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Who got the biggest - and smallest - pay rises last year?
Last year was a tough one for the labour market - but some workers walked away better than others.
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Avian botulism: About 1000 birds killed in Otago, suspected Timaru outbreak
27 Jan 2025Otago Fish & Game said it was the first known major outbreak of the bacterial disease in the region, while in Timaru rescuers are scrambling to respond to a suspected outbreak.
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Neil Gaiman dropped by publisher after NZ sexual assault allegations
Author Neil Gaiman has been dropped by one of his publishers after he was accused of sexual assault and abuse by multiple women, including one from New Zealand.
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Cher: 'This is who I am. This is what I've got'
Singer and actor Cher's stellar career spans six decades. She talks to RNZ's Jesse Mulligan about looking back in her new The Memoir, Part One. Audio
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Nine yellow, 26 white, but no red stickers in Mangawhai
Building inspectors have completed 90 rapid assessments of properties damaged by the Mangawhai tornado, stickering 35 of them.
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Scars still linger two years on from devastating Auckland Anniversary storm
27 Jan 2025Damaged homes still dot the streets in one suburb, marked for demolition after being inundated in January 2023. Audio
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At least nine homes yellow stickered by tornado
The storm in Mangawhai was so powerful that power poles were snapped in half and roofs were ripped off, leaving the seaside community littered with debris. Audio
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Why your phone does not make for the best alarm clock
27 Jan 2025Phones have replaced many things: computers, calculators, cameras and maps, but returning to an old-fashioned alarm clock instead of your phone might help you get up and go in the morning.
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Language-immersion schools among 7 charter schools set to open
27 Jan 2025Seven charter schools are expecting to open in the coming weeks with intakes ranging from six to 60 pupils.
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East of… Dunedin? City transformed for new Netflix show
Otago local Julie Hall's Antique Carriages business has a starring role in the new adaptation of the John Steinbeck classic. Audio
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Ranfurly residents urged to conserve water
27 Jan 2025The Central Otago District Council said recent heavy rainfall had caused dirty river conditions, which had limited its ability to treat water to safe levels.
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Mystery sign bandit alters street names into crude words
27 Jan 2025"I live in Cornwall Rd but in the post it said 'Pornwall Rd'. I just thought it was a joke," one local said.
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SH1 closed, people injured in Marton crash
27 Jan 2025A two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 in the Whanganui region has left people with serious injuries, police say.
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Teens' ill-fated Invercargill crime spree ends in arrest
Two teens who allegedly tried and failed to break into a jeweller's and a service station before looting a dairy have been arrested.
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The reasons why people take career breaks
26 Jan 2025A career break can be integral to helping us achieve personal growth, a researcher says. Audio
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'We should have been notified': Council no longer helping with heritage tree
27 Jan 2025An Ashburton woman was surprised to find out the council would no longer help with the maintenance of the California Redwood tree that towers over her property.
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