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Police investigate New Lynn assault amid school violence fears
14 May 2024Last Friday, schools warned students to avoid the New Lynn bus station over fears of a planned mass brawl between students.
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Ministry already preparing to hire consultants to do work of axed staff
Staff consulting firms were already asking some of the staff being made redundant to work for them.
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RSE workers from Vanuatu in limbo as airline grounds all flights
14 May 2024Employers will continue to provide accomodation and pastoral care for workers stuck here, Immigration NZ says. Audio
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'The streets are contested':The residents who back the end to free parking in Auckland's centre
14 May 2024No one has the right to free parking in the city centre, and the charges have many benefits, a residents' group says. Audio
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Gold miner wants consent after already starting work
14 May 2024A gold mining company is hoping to secure a consent after already beginning works on its Central Otago site.
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No signs Lachlan Jones's body was frozen, technician says
A mortuary technician who helped conduct the autopsy on Lachlan Jones says there were no signs the Gore boy's body had been put in a freezer before it was found.
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Man critically injured after being stabbed in Auckland
14 May 2024The injured man has been taken to hospital while another man has been arrested at a house in Papakura.
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Police investigate serious assault in Kumeū
14 May 2024A person was assaulted during a Kumeū volunteer fire brigade event in early May, police said.
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Police warning lifts for residents in East Coast township
14 May 2024Officers are looking for a person who fled after being signalled to stop.
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Nelson residents support council buying out flood-affected properties
13 May 2024The majority of residents who made submissions to the council's long-term plan support it buying out private properties affected by the August 2022 storm.
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'Frantically busy' junior doctor on duty when elderly patient died
13 May 2024The doctor said he was the only one on duty for "more than 50" patients the night an elderly man died, in a case criticised by the Health and Disability Commission.
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Parking charges 'poorly executed' - deputy mayor
13 May 2024Auckland Transport should go back and consult with affected parties over its new overnight on-street parking changes, deputy mayor Desley Simpson says. Audio
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Man involved in gruesome 2006 murder back behind bars after drug use
13 May 2024Ashley Arnopp and Andre Gilling beat Stanley Waipouri to death in a probable homophobic attack on 23 December 2006.
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Nurse sexually assaulted patient in hospital
13 May 2024The health watchdog found Health NZ also only issued an apology years later.
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Aurora Australis should be visible again tonight and tomorrow, astronomer says
More solar storms are expected over the coming weeks as a "solar maximum" approaches, bringing dazzling displays to Aotearoa. Audio
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Lachlan Jones' pathologist did not routinely perform autopsies on children
Southland was not set up to autopsy children but trying to get a specialist may have meant it did not happen at all, the pathologist says.
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Peters cancels New Caledonia trip, airport closes amid violent unrest
14 May 2024Protest and clashes have broken out in Nouméa ahead of a major vote at the National Assembly in Paris.
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Scion to lose around 10 percent of its workforce - union
About 30 jobs are being cut at the Crown forestry institute, the PSA says. Audio
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New 'Roads of Regional Significance' announced
The government its expanding Roads of National Significance to regional routes, Transport Minister Simeon Brown says.
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Sam Cane to retire from international rugby
13 May 2024He's decided to focus on spending more time with family - and sign a long-term contract with Suntory Goliath in Tokyo. Video
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Rents, fuel and food holding up inflation
ANZ economist Henry Russell said the price rises were stronger than expected.
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Residents urged to have their say on 'very ugly long-term plan'
10 May 2024Western Bay of Plenty households face paying an extra $300 to $350 per year under the council's long-term plan proposal.
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'Gang numbers will fall': Commissioner announces new 'National Gang Unit'
14 May 2024Police are setting up frontline teams to tackle crime and intimidation by gangs, Andrew Coster has announced.
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Theft of dead sperm whale jawbone from Southland beach upsets iwi
13 May 2024Whale bone is a taonga and it was taken before appropriate protocols and tikanga had been observed, DOC says.
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