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'Quite unusual': Woman's extravagant lengths to get free rent
A Hamilton woman defrauded four property rental companies over nearly three years, costing them tens of thousands of dollars.
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Dame Lynley Dodd: 'Children deserve the very best in words'
18 Jan 2025At 83, beloved children's author Dame Lynley Dodd has only recently begun to view her own carefully crafted stories as literature. Audio
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Mass whale stranding in Golden Bay
18 Jan 2025It is the third stranding in the area in the past two months.
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'The children instinctively crouched down and just ran' - Driver narrowly missed children
19 Jan 2025Three children narrowly missed being seriously injured when a car in Upper Hutt hit the adults they were with this afternoon.
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Shakespeare gets a gangster makeover
Fresh versions of the Bard's legendary plays Richard III and The Taming of the Shrew will make up this year's annual summer Shakespeare run. Audio
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Heavy rain and gales for northern parts of North Island
20 Jan 2025There is a high chance of the heavy rain watch upgrading to a warning in Northland.
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Boat setback forces France out of SailGP Auckland
17 Jan 2025The French will have to settle for watching from the shore, as the fleet tries to break their official speed record on the Waitematā Harbour. Audio
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Prolink NZ estimated to owe creditors $4.01 million
18 Jan 2025The company remains at the centre of a major investigation by Immigration New Zealand that commenced as early as September 2023.
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How does Customs stop drugs at the border? An inside look
Since 2020, Customs has seized more than 5167kg worth of cocaine and 6241kg of methamphetamine at our borders.
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No sightings of marine mammals at Sail GP, DOC says
18 Jan 2025The department have boats near the race zone with staff prepared to respond to any incidents involving protected wildlife.
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Police investigating suspicious fire at Christchurch Primary School
18 Jan 2025In a post on Facebook they asked anyone who was or may know the person of interest in the photo to get in touch.
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Five arrests over $1m damage, theft in the Kinleith Forests
Several gates across the forests had been cut open to allow alleged offenders to access the sites, police say.
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'Help me': Ranger describes agonising search for missing tramper
18 Jan 2025With the weather deteriorating, two DOC rangers had to pause their search until first light - one of the toughest decisions they ever had to make. Video
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Two hospitalised after Manawatū crash, heavy traffic between Ōtaki and Levin
18 Jan 2025Emergency services responded to the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 57 near Levin at 9.30am, which closed the road for more than an hour.
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Large fire at former Centrepoint commune site
18 Jan 2025Fifteen fire crews found a one-storey building fully alight when they arrived at the scene.
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The games that gamers cannot wait to play this year
18 Jan 2025About 200 games are set to come out in 2025 - many long-awaited big budget sequels. So, hold on to your wallets and get ready to expand those hard drives. Video
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Shoplifter threatened to rape Specsavers staff member
A drunken shoplifter threatened to rape and kill a Specsavers staff member as he stormed out of the store with more than $2000 worth of glasses.
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PETA hopeful of criminal convictions in sheep abuse probe
18 Jan 2025An animal rights group says it's glad MPI is taking action, but "history shows us that cases of animal abuse ... typically go unpunished".
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50 years of Cold Chisel: It's now 'the best we've ever gotten on with each other'
18 Jan 2025This month, the "elderly rockers" tour NZ. Their biggest problem is getting through all the hits, guitarist Ian Moss tells Summer Times. Video, Audio
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'They don't even know the geography' - Telehealth consultation comedy of errors
17 Jan 2025A Westport woman says her appointment with the West Coast's new telehealth provider, Ka Ora, had her being told to "pop down" to a pharmacy a two and a half hour drive away.
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Auckland fishers urged to stop lighting fires
18 Jan 2025Significant vegetation and planting areas have been lost at two regional parks from fires started by fishers cooking their catch, a manager says.
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Review: Luke Combs a force of nature at Eden Park
18 Jan 2025I wouldn't have previously called myself a Luke Combs fan. I get it now, So'omalo Iteni Schwalger writes.
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Two dead after single-vehicle crash in Taupō
18 Jan 2025The crash happened on Mapara Road, Acacia Bay shortly before midnight.
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