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  • 'Difficult' Paekakariki scrub fire finally out after 10 hours

    'Difficult' Paekakariki scrub fire finally out after 10 hours

    Sun, 08th Nov

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    A scrub fire near Wellington overnight is out after fire services spent about 10 hours at the scene.



Latest Headlines
  • The Brunettes discuss their new album Paper Dolls

    The Brunettes discuss their new album Paper Dolls

    Fri, 06th Nov

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    The Brunettes have got 11 years, countless tours, four EPs and now, a fourth full length album under their belts.

  • Plane evacuated after spill of hazardous substance spill

    Plane evacuated after spill of hazardous substance spill

    Fri, 06th Nov

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    Passengers on a Christchurch-bound Air New Zealand 737 flight were evacuated today after a hazardous substance spill.

  • Guy Fawkes is safer but is it still fun?

    Guy Fawkes is safer but is it still fun?

    Thu, 05th Nov

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    Guy Fawkes is still the busiest night of the year for the fire service, police, ambulance and hospital staff.

  • NZ entertainer guilty of indecent assault to remain anonymous

    Fri, 06th Nov

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    A judge has imposed a permanent ban on anyone identifying a high profile entertainer who indecently assaulted a teenage girl in a Wellington alley way.

  • Gunman in court after Wellington manhunt

    Gunman in court after Wellington manhunt

    Fri, 06th Nov

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    A 21-year-old man will appear in court this morning after a gun was pulled on a police officer in Lower Hutt yesterday.

  • Gunman turns himself in

    Gunman turns himself in

    Thu, 05th Nov

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    A 21-year-old man who pulled a gun on a police officer at a Lower Hutt traffic checkpoint this morning has turned himself into police.




  • Guy Fawkes imports down 40 percent

    Guy Fawkes imports down 40 percent

    Thu, 05th Nov

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    Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night, but its appeal appears to be waning.

  • AOS hunting man who pulled gun on cop

    AOS hunting man who pulled gun on cop

    Thu, 05th Nov

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    A manhunt involving 40 police, including 20 Armed Offenders Squad officers, is underway in Wellington after a man pulled a gun on an officer this morning.

  • South Island's wild weather moves north

    South Island's wild weather moves north

    Wed, 04th Nov

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    Wild weather battering the South Island this morning is moving north, with motorists on the Rimutaka Hill highway linking Wellington and Wairarapa being warned about very high winds.

  • Expert: Residents should not be concerned over wet house

    Expert: Residents should not be concerned over wet house

    Wed, 04th Nov

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    Furious Island Bay residents will meet today to try and stop a wet house for homeless alcoholics being set up in their area.

  • Line up announced for NZ International Arts Festival

    Line up announced for NZ International Arts Festival

    Tue, 03rd Nov

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    The line up for next year's New Zealand International Arts Festival is just being announced in Wellington.

  • Woman with 'toothache' let 13-year-old drive

    Woman with 'toothache' let 13-year-old drive

    Mon, 02nd Nov

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    A woman who allowed her 13-year-old daughter to drive her and a young child along State Highway 1 near Wellington yesterday told police she had a toothache and couldn't drive.

  • Up to 70 pupils watched as 13yo beaten in park

    Up to 70 pupils watched as 13yo beaten in park

    Sat, 31st Oct

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    A teenage girl who was badly beaten in a Wellington park was effectively assaulted again by having the attack filmed by onlookers on their mobile phones and spread among her peers, says Children's Commissioner John Angus.

  • Body found in burning half way house

    Body found in burning half way house

    Fri, 30th Oct

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    A body has been recovered from a Wellington house after firefighters were called to a blaze this morning.

  • Handle the Jandal Music Video Awards winner announced

    Handle the Jandal Music Video Awards winner announced

    Thu, 29th Oct

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    New Zealanders pride themselves on their ingenuity, innovation and a certain degree of DIY prowess.

  • English left in 'unfair position'

    English left in 'unfair position'

    Thu, 29th Oct

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    Public pressure has left Finance Minister Bill English in the "unfair position" of receiving no Wellington accommodation allowance, Speaker Lockwood Smith says.

  • Seven year old Desert Road killing case begins

    Tue, 27th Oct

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    A seven-year-old Desert Rd murder case has begun with the Crown alleging the victim was either shot or hit in the head with a weapon by a fellow drug dealer.

  • Arsonist targeting Wellington family

    Arsonist targeting Wellington family

    Mon, 26th Oct

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    Police are hunting a firebug who is targeting a Wellington family.

  • Nelson schoolgirl wins Google logo competition

    Nelson schoolgirl wins Google logo competition

    Thu, 05th Nov

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    The winner of internet giant Google's competition, which asked Kiwi school children to draw its logo in a way that best represented New Zealand, has just been announced in Wellington.

  • Radio NZ host loses cases against employer

    Radio NZ host loses cases against employer

    Wed, 04th Nov

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    Radio New Zealand's Morning Report host Sean Plunket has lost the case against his employer which he took to the Employment Relations Authority.

  • Police divers to aid search for missing man

    Police divers to aid search for missing man

    Wed, 04th Nov

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    Police divers are searching Picton Harbour for a missing 56-year-old man.

  • Wellington look to avenge previous defeats to Canterbury

    Wellington look to avenge previous defeats to Canterbury

    Tue, 03rd Nov

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    Wellington has already lost the Ranfurly Shield to Canterbury this season and all that remains is the championship title.

  • Greenpeace protest case sent back to Tauranga

    Greenpeace protest case sent back to Tauranga

    Mon, 02nd Nov

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    Four protesters charged over a Greenpeace action in which a cargo ship was boarded had their cases transferred back today from Auckland District Court to Tauranga.

  • Flat fire leaves one in hospital

    Mon, 02nd Nov

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    A fire at a central Wellington flat early this morning has left one resident in hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

  • Mallard takes road rage case to police

    Mallard takes road rage case to police

    Fri, 30th Oct

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    Labour MP Trevor Mallard has taken his case to the police after an alleged incident of road rage that almost ended with the MP being knocked off his bicycle in Wellington’s CBD.

  • Lock out threat against Parliament's security staff

    Lock out threat against Parliament's security staff

    Fri, 30th Oct

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    Parliament's security staff are being threatened with a lockout as their industrial action over a pay freeze and redundancy escalates.

  • Court workers walk off the job again in pay protest

    Court workers walk off the job again in pay protest

    Thu, 29th Oct

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    More than 1,700 Ministry of Justice staff throughout the country have walked off the job as of 10.10am this morning.

  • Wellington prinicpal facing child sex charges named

    Thu, 29th Oct

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    Name suppression lapsed yesterday for a Wellington primary school principal facing 20 historic charges of child sex abuse.

  • Labour weekend road deaths up two on last year

    Labour weekend road deaths up two on last year

    Tue, 27th Oct

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    Six people lost their lives on the roads during Labour Weekend, two more than last year.