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    Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming. Photo: RNZ

    Ex-top cop 'needed different types of porn to feel anything'

    Court documents have revealed the extent of former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming's viewing of objectionable material on his work devices.

    The high country station that could be yours, for $50 million

    Mt Algidus Station. Photo: Sotheby's / supplied

    The high country station that could be yours, for $50 million

    One of the country's most storied high-country stations is on the market, for those with $50 million or more to spare.

    More than 23,000 without power in Far North

    Transpower issued a warning notice on Friday morning saying there was a risk of insufficient...

    More than 23,000 without power in Far North

    The Far North has been plunged into another massive power cut, with more than 23,000 homes and businesses without electricity.

    Community gets in behind boy with rare genetic disorder

    Community gets in behind boy with rare genetic disorder

    A 5-year-old boy who is the only person in NZ with the genetic disorder Witteveen-Kolk Syndrome is set to fly to Brisbane on Friday for life-changing physical therapy.

    All officers to do alcohol breath test training

    The falsified results were only discovered after police built a new algorithm to analyse the data...

    All officers to do alcohol breath test training

    The move follows revelations more than 100 police staff are being investigated for falsifying 30,000 tests.

    Former top cop admits child sexual exploitation, bestiality image offending

    Jevon McSkimming appeared at the Wellington District Court on Thursday. Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii...

    Former top cop admits child sexual exploitation, bestiality image offending

    Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.

    Labour pledges free cervical screening for all

    Labour public services spokesperson Ayesha Verrall. Photo: RNZ

    Labour pledges free cervical screening for all

    Labour is promising to make cervical screening free for everyone, if elected next year, through its previously-announced Medicard scheme.

    Scout group fed up with freedom campers' mess

    There are three freedom camping spots in the Cox's Bay Reserve carpark. Photo: RNZ

    Scout group fed up with freedom campers' mess

    Scouts in Auckland are sharing a carpark with freedom campers, some of whom are urinating in public and even defecating behind their hall, a leader says.

    Woman missing for more than two months

    Te Anihana Pomana was last seen leaving the SkyCity Hotel in central Auckland just after 5am on...

    Woman who travelled from Dunedin missing for more than two months

    Police say they have not found a woman who disappeared in Auckland more than two months ago, after travelling north from Dunedin.

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    Extent of police falsifying breath tests 'unfathomable'

    A police checkpoint. Photo: RNZ

    Extent of police falsifying breath tests 'unfathomable'

    A leading employment lawyers says she's never seen anything on the same scale as the investigation into 120 officers involved in falsifying alcohol breath tests across NZ.

    Govt mulls rough sleeping ban for central Auckland

    Banning rough sleepers from central Auckland displaces the problem and causes more harm, critics...

    Govt mulls rough sleeping ban for central Auckland

    Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre.

    Cop pepper-sprayed compliant motorist three times

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    'You got it wrong': Cop pepper-sprayed compliant motorist three times

    A Waikato policeman who pepper-sprayed a speeding motorist three times for not handing over his car keys will now have to pay his victim $1000.

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    New cameras to make roads safer

    A speed camera in Wellington. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

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    New cameras to make roads safer

    Drivers with a heavy right foot may soon start receiving speeding tickets from a new type of speed camera being installed around the southern regions.

    Fears homeless to be pushed out of Auckland CBD

    The government and groups are concerned about the rise in homelessness in central Auckland. Photo...

    Fears homeless to be pushed out of Auckland CBD

    Housing advocates are worried officials may be planning to push rough sleepers out of central Auckland.

    Open to changing controversial Nazi exhibit

    The exhibit depicts a 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler military camp. Photos:...

    Open to changing controversial Nazi exhibit

    The owner of a South Canterbury museum featuring a controversial Nazi exhibit says he's open to making changes to the display.

    Tom Phillips recordings: Why police not prosecuting news website

    Tom Phillips died following a shootout with police on September 8. The fugitive dad was living at...

    Tom Phillips recordings: Why police not prosecuting news website

    Opinion pieces have been published about the standoff between police and Stuff, after the news website posted police audio from the night fugitive dad Tom Phillips was shot dead.

    New drugs 'life-changing' for diabetes young

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    New drugs 'life-changing' for diabetes young

    New drugs targeting weight loss and diabetes management can help lower the number of young people affected by type 2 diabetes, a paediatrician says.

    Secondary school teachers on afternoon strike

    Teachers on strike in Wellington earlier this year. Photo: RNZ

    Secondary school teachers on afternoon strike

    More than 20,000 secondary school teachers will go on strike this afternoon.

    Less Māori in school curriculums defended

    Teachers will still be expected to use te reo in their teaching, says the Ministry of Education....

    Less Māori in school curriculums defended

    Draft school curriculums contain less Māori because they are more specific about what teachers should teach, the Ministry of Education says.
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