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Taranaki town pushes ahead with lowering fixed speed limits around schools
A small Taranaki town is pushing ahead with lowering fixed speed limits near schools, despite the government's intention to introduce variable speed limits around schools by the end of the year.
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Police arrested a 16-year-old girl over the incident yesterday. Victim remains stable.
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It’s 100 years since Ratana travelled but his work is etched in the UN's walls.
Read moreTaranaki teen and first time beauty pageant entrant is crowned Miss Teen New Zealand
Shamika Hoeta has won the first beauty pageant she has entered.
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Uploading her DNA to a website helped an elderly woman connect with her estranged family.
Read moreArmed police swarm central Auckland building
At least a dozen armed police descended on an area of central Auckland, after reports of a person with a gun.
Read moreMore education on risks of coastal fishing needed - water safety body
The call for more education comes after a body of one of two men who went missing while fishing from rocks north of Whangārei Heads was found on Friday.
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Anton Forde 16-metre waka carved from a fallen pōhutukawa on Waiheke Island unveiled
Anton Forde has spent four years carving the waka that can now be seen by the public.
Read moreWellington business owner Nicola Cranfield claims Green MP Julie Anne Genter grabbed her
Nicola Cranfield thought the MP might have just been having a bad day, until this week.
Read moreArmed police swarm central Auckland building
It's the second incident in the building in the last few months.
Read moreRod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of April 29 - May 5
Rod Emmerson's take on the week.
Read moreWaikato road works for May will see NZTA contractors work on ‘reactive’ repairs
A variety of safety improvements across the Waikato have started, or will amp up soon.
Read moreJaydyn Barnett, 22, dies suddenly in Middlemore Hospital, family lays complaint
The family claimed Jaydyn Barnett was ready to go home but died suddenly after a fall.
Read moreOne killed, two in hospital after Feilding crash
A person has been killed and another two were seriously injured after crashing into a stationary truck in Manawatū on Friday.
Read moreDuck hunting season begins with first wheelchair-accessible maimai
It's the opening day of the game bird season and more than 5000 shooters are expected to turn out today in the Otago region alone.
Read more'Data is the new oil': Call to save jobs of data security guards
New Zealanders' data is at risk with the government's "unintelligent" proposal to cut information security jobs, the Privacy Foundation says.
Read moreMore than half of workers report severe burnout, driven by job insecurity
Rates of 'high risk' burnout have more than doubled since December.
Read moreOne seriously injured after reported assault in Bayfair Shopping Centre
A youth has been taken into custody, while the victim is in serious condition, police said tonight.
Read moreSea change: SuperGold cards to be allowed on Auckland ferry
The government is set to enable newcomers Island Direct to become part of the SuperGold card scheme from the 1 July.
Read moreMan who took covert photos of children in changing rooms sentenced to 4 years prison
The 48-year-old man was sentenced in the Nelson District Court.
Read moreFirefighters battle blaze at Glendene commercial building
More than a dozen fire and ladder trucks are responding.
Read morePublic health expert urges govt to focus on disease prevention
The government needs to step up in the wake of a report showing a third of Kiwis have unmet health needs, Professor Boyd Swinburn says.
Read moreLove from Leonardo DiCaprio- Celebrity fans lead to big jump in donations to NZ conservation projects
One of the world's biggest stars has posted about kiwi conservation projects online, part of a steady stream of celebrity interest in Aotearoa efforts.
Read moreDespite a tenfold increase in ADHD prescriptions, too many New Zealanders are still going without
Opinion - New research shows a big increase in the number of ADHD prescriptions, but the disorder is still under-diagnosed and under-treated in New Zealand, Ben Beaglehole writes.
Read more'No more Popeye': Fish'n'chip shop forced to drop name by fast food giant
Signs were being pulled down at an enduring takeaways shop, just as as fast food lovers in Auckland were clamouring for their first taste of Popeyes' chicken.
Read moreLow measles vaccination rates for Māori blamed on cyclone, pandemic
Immunisation rates for tamariki Māori in six regions of the country are sitting at less than 69 percent.
Read moreLong-term Plan: South Aucklanders on what's important to them
More than 22,000 individuals in the region provided feedback, with 2200 of those living in the south Auckland wards.
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