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Dunedin's new 'elbow in the ribs' ad
5 Feb 2025The campaign takes aim at Auckland, Wellington, and Queenstown "where people will be feeling the squeeze on housing prices and free time". Audio
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Wharf jump turns dangerous for teens
5 Feb 2025The teenage girls were swept away after jumping off Waitangi Wharf - another few minutes and it could have been a different result, police say.
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New Zealand had coldest January since 2017
5 Feb 2025In the January 2025 climate summary released today, NIWA said there were cooler-than-average temperatures across much of the country.
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'Tricky bit of water': Conditions 'choppy' where jetskier disappeared
5 Feb 2025The search for a man who disappeared while trying to cross Cook Strait was due to resume today.
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Surgery delays as lab workers strike for pay parity
Major surgical cases have been delayed in some places because of a strike by lab workers at public hospitals in Wellington, Palmerston North, Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatāne, Nelson and Dunedin.
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Child found dead in car was allegedly smothered
5 Feb 2025A man has been charged with her murder after the girl was found dead in his car last month.
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Should you follow the 'dry clean only' label on clothes?
5 Feb 2025Can you get away with giving your gear a quick wash instead?
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Kiwi sues author Neil Gaiman and estranged wife for sexual assault
Scarlett Pavlovich says Gaiman repeatedly raped her while she worked for him and Amanda Palmer in 2022, causing physical, mental and emotional harm.
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Wellington convention centre runner-up for international award
5 Feb 2025Designed by Studio Pacific Architecture, Tākina was the only New Zealand building to make the shortlist in the international awards.
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Parents wrongly stung with parking fines during drop-offs
5 Feb 2025Dozens of parents doing drop-offs and pick-ups at a childcare centre were affected. Audio
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Police name girl killed after colllision between cyclist and car
5 Feb 2025Police have named the 11 year old cyclist killed by a car in Hawke's Bay as Emma Jane Kupa from Flaxmere.
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Aucklanders rate quality of life high, but down on previous years
5 Feb 2025A biennial survey on urban wellbeing has found that three in four Aucklanders rate their quality of life positively.
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What's open on Waitangi Day?
5 Feb 2025Trading restrictions don't apply to Waitangi Day in the way they would for Easter holidays, Christmas, or the first half of Anzac Day - but you may have to pay a surcharge.
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Skies over Waitangi celebrations full of planes
Waitangi Day is the biggest day of the year on the ground in Northland - but it's also the region's busiest time in the sky.
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'You were right': Wellington Water boss admits relying too much on contractors
5 Feb 2025Its boss has apologised and says the entity has "lost sight" about its customers getting value for money.
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Man's stabbing on North Shore not a random attack, police say
Police hope to speak to the victim shortly as they also launch a canvas of the area where the incident occurred.
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Wellington property values probably even lower now than what QV says
Wellington homeowners are being warned the value of their properties might have fallen even further than what QV tells them. Audio
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Live: Politicians welcomed at Waitangi, but not all will be there
5 Feb 2025Follow all the speeches and events from the Treaty Grounds.
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Fire crews battle massive waste station blaze
5 Feb 2025A large fire at a waste station in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga has now been contained.
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Person killed as three-vehicle crash closes SH39
5 Feb 2025Two other people were also hurt in the crash near Ngāhinapōuri.
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Missing jetskier made trip across Cook Strait many times - boat club
4 Feb 2025Kāpiti Boating Club says the man is a retired grandfather and long-time club member.
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Person dies in single vehicle crash in Upper Hutt
5 Feb 2025The sole occupant of the vehicle died at the scene this morning.
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Capital's creative industry 'shocked' campus could close doors
4 Feb 2025Leaders in the performing arts industry are worried following news Wellington's only creative polytech campus could close. Audio
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Cool, comfortable and calm - saving whales in Golden Bay
5 Feb 2025The Detail: Euthanising a beached whale is an unpopular move. But sometimes trying to save it is worse.
