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'Silent crisis': Asian people missing out on mental health support
17 Aug 2025A mental health and well-being report, commissioned by Asian Family Services, found 57 percent of respondents risked depression.
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Violence and riots now common in NZ prisons, staff union says
Violence and riots in prisons are now common as a result of higher prison populations, a Corrections staff representative says.
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Palestinian statehood push vexes media
17 Aug 2025An media debate over New Zealand recognising Palestinian statehood was partly overshadowed by party political rows and claims it would only be a gesture.
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Lifting the tapu: Māori women who carve
17 Aug 2025It's commonly assumed that Māori women don't carve, but one group of wāhine are creating an environment to support others who want to learn the craft.
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Two arrested after armed threats in Christchurch
17 Aug 2025Emergency services were called to a group of people holding a firearm and making threats from a vehicle in Shirley around 1.20am.
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The people over 50 who are hitting the books
17 Aug 2025Whether it's for the first time or a return to tertiary, people who are near or beyond retirement age still have the fighting spirit to head to university.
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Air traffic control fault disrupts multiple trans-Tasman flights
16 Aug 2025Multiple Australia-bound flights were forced into a holding pattern, with some diverted back to New Zealand.
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Waikato prison lockdown ends after inmates start riot, light fires
18 Aug 2025A group of 11 prisoners refused to leave the exercise yard and lit fires at Spring Hill Corrections Facility.
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NZ mum and 6yo son freed from US detention
16 Aug 2025Sarah Shaw and her son Isaac were detained in a immigration facility in Texas but are now safely back home in Washington.
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One dead, two critically hurt after crash near Matamata
16 Aug 2025Police said the crash involved two vehicles, and happened at the intersection of Waharoa Road East and Pohlen Road shortly before 5:25pm.
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Watch: Pro-Palestinian protesters gather across motu
16 Aug 2025Demonstrators in Wellington called for sanctions against Israel, some spurred into action by the deaths of Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif and his four Al Jazeera colleagues.
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Christchurch council to vote on Erebus memorial
16 Aug 2025It would remember the 257 people killed in an Air New Zealand plane crash in Antarctica in 1979.
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Zealandia celebrates once again being weasel-free
16 Aug 2025Zealandia rangers discovered the bodies of mustelids who had weaselled their way inside the sanctuary.
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Winston Peters on the $671m scrapped ferry fiasco
15 Aug 2025Labour's Chris Hipkins says it's somewhat ironic that Peters, who signed off on the iReX ferry project, was blaming other people. Audio
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Nurses to start local industrial action before strikes
Nurses begin the next round of their industrial action from Monday,, as they push for better staffing levels.
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All Blacks overcome sloppy second half to defeat Pumas
17 Aug 2025A strong finish to both halves has helped the All Blacks to a 41-24 win over Argentina in their opening Rugby Championship game in Cordoba.
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'Frustrated locals' lash out: Tauranga parking meters vandalised
16 Aug 2025Tauranga parking machines vandalised amid frustration over expansion of paid parking areas.
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Funeral to be held for Anahera, baby discovered in recycling
A police officer who's worked for years to track the family of a baby found dead at an Auckland recycling plant says the Onehunga community will honour her at a funeral on Saturday. Audio
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Three arrested after drivers flee in Manawatū, police say
A group of dangerous drivers have been arrested after an on-road confrontation with police in Palmerston North overnight, police say.
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Parliament's sprinklers at risk of failing - Treasury report
16 Aug 2025Parliamentary Service admits the old, leaky pipework is at risk, but says the building's fire protection remains fully operational and compliant.
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Police use new DNA tech to re-examine death of 6-year-old, 45 years on
Police hope to use a forensic tool to solve the murder of Alicia O'Reilly, who was killed in Auckland in 1980.
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Ban on protesting outside homes plugs decades-old loophole - law professor
16 Aug 2025But another academic says police may struggle to enforce the new rules.
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The Flaxmere tenor following his dreams in Florence
Young Hawke's Bay tenor Taylor Wallbank will soon be following in the footsteps of his operatic heroes.
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New Zealand cleans up at best spirit awards
New Zealand distilleries beat more than 550 from around the world to win a haul of trophies.
