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10-year-old aces high school exams
20 Jan 2026High school students typically sit either Cambridge or NCEA exams, but Raymond Hsu has just aced both.
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'Slip, slop, slap and wrap': Attitudes to sun protection slipping
20 Jan 2026The 2025 National Skin Cancer Survey showed sunburn rates were the highest in 15 years. Audio
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Civil Defence 'ready to respond', Whangārei mayor says
A precautionary state of emergency is already declared for the Whangārei District as large areas of the country brace for more bad weather on Wednesday.
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Councillors deny they failed Shadbolt, as widow claims they have blood on hands
20 Jan 2026Former Invercargill mayor Nobby Clark disputes claims made by Sir Tim Shadbolt's partner at his funeral. Audio
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Fear 'ghost houses' will turn Queenstown into a trainwreck
At any given time, more than a quarter of the district's properties are unoccupied, data shows.
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Meet the rangatahi Māori breaking ground in both law and fashion
20 Jan 2026From a town of less than 4000 people, Siadin Ellis is carving out space for rangatahi Māori in places they are still rarely seen.
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Settlement hit by month of rain during weekend weather bomb
20 Jan 2026It recorded over 285.5mm of rain over the weekend.
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Fisherman fears Lake Heron rules could go too far
20 Jan 2026One long-time angler is voicing concerns about being locked out of Lake Heron.
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Fire crews put out blaze at Christchurch Hospital
20 Jan 2026The fire was found in the power supply room.
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Van seized in Auckland shooting investigation
20 Jan 2026Police said shots were fired through a closed front door on Arthur St, Onehunga, critically injuring a man
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Driver arrested after crashing into Auckland City Mission
20 Jan 2026The driver of the vehicle fled from the scene but had since been located and arrested.
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Four-vehicles crash in Lindis Pass
20 Jan 2026The crash is causing delays after blocking a lane on State Highway 8 in the Lindis Pass.
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Remote Fiordland islands deer-free again
20 Jan 2026Pukenui/Anchor Island and Indian Island in Dusky Sound are both managed to stay deer-free to provide safe, intact habitats for native wildlife and plants.
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Man arrested after coward-punch assault outside Arrowtown bar
The victim was knocked unconscious, and needed hospital treatment for facial injuries.
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Within an hour of turning 18, a teen critically stabbed a stranger
20 Jan 2026The victim said the stabbing felt like he had been "whipped with a piece of string".
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Fisherman's yellow leggings helped save him after capsizing
20 Jan 2026The men were found off Tolaga Bay on Wednesday, after their commercial boat Sidetracked capsized suddenly when it got tangled in a craypot line.
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Price of meth at new low, cocaine demand growing
20 Jan 2026Consumption of meth doubled in a year as the price dropped, while cocaine users said the illicit drug was easy to get.
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Tight job market fuels interest in volunteer work overseas
20 Jan 2026Local charities report turning away people wanting to volunteer amid a high rate of unemployment.
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More confirmed hornet sightings, but still confined to North Shore
20 Jan 2026The number of queen yellow-legged hornets found this summer has reached 43.
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Man arrested after person hit by vehicle and assaulted in Taranaki
The person was airlifted to Waikato Hospital in a critical condition.
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'They will lose money': Kāinga Ora to sell land it bought for $70.4m in 2021
19 Jan 2026The state housing agency faced claims it overpaid for the Ferncliffe Farm site.
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'We are in awe of Graham': Tramper's family overjoyed he was found
More details about how Graham Garnett survived three weeks lost in South Island bush before being found alive, have been revealed.
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Body found on rocks on Auckland's North Shore by member of public
19 Jan 2026Police say a body at Torbay on Monday afternoon.
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Seatbelt injuries reveal truth behind crash that injured pregnant woman
19 Jan 2026A drunk and disqualified driver who flipped his faulty car claimed his pregnant partner was behind the wheel at the time.
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