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New categories for RNZ's website - explained
20 Jun 2016You may have noticed a few changes to our homepage today, as we prepare for a new website design launch in a few weeks. Our national and regional news categories...
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Auckland girl's leg impaled after slipping during school photo
20 Jun 2016Fire crews have had to free a student after she slipped and impaled her leg during a school photo. Emergency services were called to Kelston Girls' College in west Auckland...
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Picton aims to be first pest-free town
20 Jun 2016Locals fed up with rats swimming to a predator-free sanctuary near Picton have decided to make the whole town pest-free.
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Men sentenced over Queenstown kidnapping and assault
20 Jun 2016Two men involved in a kidnapping and assault in Queenstown two years ago have been sentenced in the Invercargill District Court. Pita William Wilson, 40, from Glenorchy, was sentenced to...
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Owners of nearly 700 dogs take up amnesty offer
20 Jun 2016Owners of nearly 700 dogs have taken up an Auckland Council amnesty offer aimed at preventing attacks. Unregistered dogs classified as menacing qualify for the deal, which offers a waiver...
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Lindsay Tisch to retire from Parliament
20 Jun 2016National MP for Waikato, Lindsay Tisch, will retire from Parliament at next year's election. Mr Tisch, a former National Party president, entered Parliament in 1999. He currently holds the role...
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Migration, tourism boost services sector activity
20 Jun 2016Activity in the services sector is continuing to be buoyed by strong migration and tourism. The BNZ-Business New Zealand Performance of Services Index dipped 0.9 points to 56.9 in May.
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Man stabbed in attack by four men in Napier
19 Jun 2016A man has been stabbed after being attacked by four men in Napier. Police said the man, 21, was sitting in his parked car on Guppy Road by the river...
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One dead after motorcycle crash
19 Jun 2016One person has died in a motorcycle crash near Matamata. Police said the crash between a motorbike and car happened at about 3.30pm on Old Te Aroha Road in Okauia.
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Woman sexually assaulted in Napier
19 Jun 2016A woman was sexually assaulted in Napier early this morning, police say. Three people in a white van picked the woman up near the Ahuriri Liquorland carpark in West Quay...
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Woman attacked in Christchurch
19 Jun 2016Police are investigating an attack on a woman on a street in Riccarton, Christchurch, early this morning. The woman was grabbed by a stranger who attempted to drag her into...
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Australian Greens eye NZ's biking tourism crown for Tasmania
19 Jun 2016The Australian Greens Party wants Tasmania to overtake New Zealand as a top mountain-biking destination. The party has proposed spending $6 million promoting mountain biking in the state, as well...
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Man seriously hurt after Kawakawa cliff fall
19 Jun 2016A man has serious injuries after falling 20 metres down a cliff at Kawakawa Bay near Auckland. The Fire Service said it had received reports of a fisherman falling down...
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Sri Lankan asylum seekers given access to Sumatra
19 Jun 2016Dozens of Sri Lankan asylum seekers stranded on a broken down boat off the Indonesian island of Sumatra have been allowed to come ashore. The group, which is on its...
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Call for water flow standards to be reinstated
19 Jun 2016Fish & Game wants the government to resurrect an abandoned national standard for water flows, in response to new research on the effects of extracting water from rivers. The study,...
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Soyuz capsule brings astronaut trio back to earth
19 Jun 2016A Soyuz capsule bringing three astronauts back from the International Space Station has made a safe parachute landing in Kazakhstan. The crew, comprising a Russian, an American, and Britain's first...
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Serious crash on SH1 south of Timaru
18 Jun 2016There's been a serious crash between two cars on State Highway One south of Timaru. Police said it happened at the intersection with Half Chain Road near Pareora at about...
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Wellington hospitality sector gets big boost from rugby
18 Jun 2016Rugby fans are flooding Wellington's bars, restaurants and hotels for tonight's second test between the All Blacks and Wales. Hotels are booked to capacity, and bars and restaurants are expected...
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School closure "disaster for students and families"
18 Jun 2016The decision to close a boarding school for girls with disabilities has been described as a disaster for the pupils and their families. Salisbury School in Nelson is to close...
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Cromwell man flown to Dunedin Hospital after stabbing attack
18 Jun 2016A man is in Dunedin hospital after being stabbed in the arm in Cromwell overnight. Police said the man was stabbed multiple times and had to be taken to Dunedin...
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Spikes used to stop car in Wellington pursuit
18 Jun 2016Police used a spike strip to stop a wanted car during a pursuit in Wellington overnight. Officers chased the car for about 15 minutes through Lower Hutt and Wainuiomata. Police...
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Woman seriously injured after assault in Manurewa
18 Jun 2016A woman is in Middlemore hospital with serious injuries, after an assault in Manurewa overnight. The police say the serious assault took place in Arbor Close at about 3.30am. One...
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Boko Haram militants shoot dead 18 women at funeral
18 Jun 2016Boko Haram militants have shot dead 18 women at a funeral in Nigeria's northeast. Local officials say the fighters rampaged through the village of Kuda, set houses on fire and...
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Auckland woman convicted of $9.2m mortgage scam
17 Jun 2016The Auckland District Court has convicted a woman at the centre of a major mortgage scam. Eli Devoy, also known as Ellie Stone and by several other names, was charged...
