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Northland house fire treated as arson, homicide probe launched
9 May 2024Police are now looking for a person captured on CCTV footage.
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NZTA looks to cut roles
9 May 2024The agency is looking to meet the government's 7.5 percent savings target.
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Black Power member pleads guilty to firing gun outside Wellington Hospital
9 May 2024He admitted to shooting at a gang rival from the Mongrel Mob outside the hospital last week.
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Ponsonby shooter's body released to funeral director, police monitor gang convoy
The death of Hone Kay-Selwyn, who was involved in the Ponsonby shooting, is not being treated as suspicious, police say.
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Full-scale search planned for fisherman who went missing more than a week ago
9 May 2024Two men were originally missing, but the body of one of them was found just days into the search.
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Should international tourist fees be raised?
9 May 2024The government is asking whether it should stay the same or if it should increase and by how much.
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Nearest fire station unmanned during deadly fire at military camp
9 May 2024The fire station closest to where a 16-year-old girl was killed in a blaze at Burnham Military Camp was unmanned when it broke out.
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Woman jailed for trying to smuggle $2m worth of cocaine in Auckland
The 42-year-old was trying to bring in 4.3kg of cocaine hidden in bottles of hair products and the lining of her suitcase.
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Police monitoring Killer Beez convoy to Rotorua for Ponsonby gunman
9 May 2024Killer Beez gang member Hone Kay-Selwyn was found dead in Taupo after shooting a person dead in Auckland.
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Man charged over Wellington Hospital firearm incident to appear in court next month
Police have withdrawn a warrant for the man's arrest after he failed to appear in court on Monday.
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Organiser of raffle for '$2m house' defends charity's status
9 May 2024The charity behind the 'Win a House' promotion is not yet registered and planning to use the raffle proceeds to buy the property. Audio
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Plan to halve DOC's Chatham Islands staff may 'put vital work at risk'
9 May 2024The Public Service Association says the cuts risk hitting front-line conservation efforts.
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'Bloody botched up police job': Father disputes timeline of toddler's death
9 May 2024The father of Gore Lachlan Jones still has more questions than answers five years after his son's death.
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Baby Ru's mum says she didn't kill her son, claims she saw what happened
9 May 2024The toddler suffered blunt force trauma when he was taken to hospital in an unresponsive state, just days before his second birthday.
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Dogs kill four little blue penguins in capital in a month
9 May 2024An advocate is calling for more signage for dog owners to avoid any more "devastating" attacks.
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HIV case numbers rise for the year, still 30 percent down from 2016-2020
9 May 2024But researchers are welcoming an overall downward trend.
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Truck rolls into man at suburban roadworks site
9 May 2024A man has been critically injured after being hit by a truck in the Auckland suburb of Remuera on Wednesday night.
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Baby Ru death: Police confirm three people still 'of interest'
9 May 2024The three people who were in the house at the time the child received a blunt force trauma to his head were his mother, a woman called Rosie Morunga and her partner Dylan.
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Bill for junior doctors covering shortages doubles in a year
9 May 2024Big roster gaps have forced Health NZ to virtually double the rate it paid per shift.
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Tekapo's temperature drops to -7.1C overnight
9 May 2024Many regions have had a chilly start to the day with temperatures, dipping into the negatives in Invercargill and Queenstown.
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School lunch revamp: 'The biggest waiting list since 2018'
Up to 10,000 more hungry children under five will become eligible for free lunches under the government's revised lunches in schools programme.
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Passport delays: Man with serious injury stuck overseas, athlete unable to compete
9 May 2024Stories of a man with a serious injury stuck overseas and a teenage athlete who could not compete internationally have emerged due to passport delays.
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University offers new scholarship for public servants made redund
9 May 2024As the number of job cuts to the public service skyrockets, Victoria University is offering a new scholarship for those made redundant. Audio
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Shane Jones sets sights on killer kina - 'An industrial grade problem'
9 May 2024"They kill all the kelp, they kill all the seaweed, and they turn the marine environment into a virtual desert," the Fisheries Minister says.
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