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Two injured as trucks collide with bus on highway
16 May 2024Hato Hone St John says 24 people were involved in the crash but only two were injured.
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Police hope to use new fingerprint tech on roadsides
16 May 2024Portable biometric recording devices or scanners have been used by UK and US police forces for more than a decade.
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Demystifying: How to correctly put on perfume, cologne and eau de toilette
16 May 2024How do you correctly apply a perfume, cologne, eau de toilette or indeed any type of fragrance correctly? Audio
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Court dismisses murderer's bid to overturn prison sex ban
16 May 2024Phillip John Smith had been trying to overturn a ban on sex between prisoners at a criminal treatment unit.
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'Explosions and gunshots': Kiwi describes Nouméa on fire
16 May 2024"They were rioting right through town. The town was on fire," an Auckland man says, describing widespread violence in New Caledonia. Audio
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Beekeeper furious over burning of $2m honey crop
North Canterbury's Steven Brown is calling for a new approach to a hive-destroying disease. Audio
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School lockdown lifts after unarmed person found
16 May 2024The lockdown at a school had been lifted after police confirmed a person they were seeking wasn't armed.
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Should GPs be allowed to prescribe ADHD medication?
16 May 2024Freeing up access for meds must be balanced with preventing drugs ending up on the black market, psychiatrists warn.
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Hamilton councillor quits after queries about regular absences
Melaina Huaki attended only two-thirds of the meetings she was scheduled to be at, and resigned after RNZ asked why.
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Hundreds of surgeries and appointments cancelled as doctors strike again
16 May 2024Emergency departments remain open but some appointments have been cancelled and the patients notified. Audio
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'Unforgettable' novel wins $65,000 book prize
16 May 2024Wellington writer Emily Perkins has taken out the country's top literary prize at the 2024 Ockham Book Awards. Audio
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Four directors quit Christchurch City Holdings board
16 May 2024Christchurch City Holdings Limited chair and three directors have resigned following a breakdown of the relationship with the council.
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WorkSafe not prosecuting FENZ over Muriwai landslide deaths
16 May 2024WorkSafe has found shortcomings at Fire and Emergency over how two firefighters died in a landslide in Cyclone Gabrielle, but will not prosecute.
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Has anything changed since the Loafers Lodge fire?
16 May 2024The hostel fire that killed five people a year ago today changed other residents' lives and prompted government rethinks.
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Mayor calls for government help after SH1 closure
A Northland leader is calling on the government to provide financial support to businesses hard hit by the closure of State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyn Hills.
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What's in Auckland 10-year plan?
16 May 2024Auckland Council will go over the final proposal for the city's 10-year-budget two days after it was revised by the mayor.
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Firefighters tackle factory blaze, cars also damaged
16 May 2024Fourteen fire engines fought to control a blaze in a factory in south Auckland this morning.
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More policing problems than just gangs, mayor says
He wants to know how police are adequately staffed, when they're telling a man's family they don't have resources to investigate his disappearance.
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NZTA board to determine Te Huia's fate
16 May 2024A petition to save the service has gained more than 4000 signatures in less than four days.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Emergency failures revealed in damning self-review
NEMA did not have enough trained staff when Cyclone Gabrielle hit - just one of a litany of failures a review has uncovered.
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Writer Nathan Joe: 'Culturally, we are prudes'
15 May 2024Sexual desire is innate to the human experience - so why do we squirm when we see it reflected back to us in art and media?
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Christchurch mayor seeks advice on rebuilding quake-damaged Dux de Lux building
15 May 2024Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger has called for advice on options for the city council to rebuild an earthquake-damaged heritage building owned by the cash-strapped Arts Centre trust.
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Risk of thunderstorms, small tornadoes for west of N. Island overnight
15 May 2024A severe thunderstorm watch remains in place for the west coast of the North Island for the early hours of Thursday morning.
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The puzzle of the coalition pledge to end vaccine mandates
The government is still trying to work out how it will meet its pledge to end Covid mandates, given the mandates were scrapped more than a year ago.
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