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Frustration grows in search for driver

Brendon Renwick was hit while using the pedestrian crossing at the Carmen and Buchanans Rd...

Mum's frustration grows after son hurt in hit-and-run

A Christchurch mum is refusing to give up her fight to identify the driver who injured her son in a hit-and-run after intersection CCTV footage failed to identify the vehicle.

NZ movie industry anxious over Trump's 100% tariff threat

NZ movie industry anxious over Trump's 100% tariff threat

The New Zealand film industry is anxiously awaiting more details of Donald Trump's plan to slap 100 percent tariffs on movies made outside the United States.

Fire at Auckland McDonald's 'suspicious'

Fire and Emergency NZ said crews arrived shortly after 3pm to find the restaurant "fully alight"....

Fire at Auckland McDonald's 'suspicious'

A fire at a McDonald's in the Auckland suburb of Pakuranga is being treated as suspicious, Fire and Emergency NZ say.

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Doubt cast on plans for third med school

Waikato University. PHOTO: SUPPLIED / UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO

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Doubt cast on plans for third med school

The university watchdog has told the government that approving a medical school at the University of Waikato would be a high financial risk for a "below average" university.

Hospital staff call for more security after violent attacks

Staff at Palmerston North Hospital say they feel frightened and unsafe. Photo: RNZ

Hospital staff call for more security after violent attacks

A Palmerston North Hospital staff member was knocked unconscious on the same night as another nurse was held up at gunpoint when she left work.

Minister looking at longer prison sentences

Corrections Minister Mark Mitchell. Photo: RNZ

Minister looking at longer prison sentences

The Corrections Minister is looking at scrapping short prison sentences in favour of longer ones, in the hope of reducing reoffending.

Man dies in rest home after wound left untreated

Man dies in rest home after wound left untreated

A 71-year-old man died after an infected pressure wound was left for months without proper treatment in an aged care home.

Road flooding repair bill for Mid Canterbury

The sunshine bridge on Boundary Rd over the Hinds River is closed. SUPPLIED

Road flooding repair bill for Mid Canterbury

The fallout from last week’s heavy rain in Mid Canterbury cost as much as $150,000.

Residents win battle to keep car parks

None of the parking spaces will be removed from Glandovey Rd after cycle lanes were taken out of...

Residents win battle to keep car parks

Christchurch residents will keep 178 on-street car parks after proposed cycleways were dropped from a plan to improve a suburb.

High-ranking cop still on leave

Deputy Police Commissioner still on leave four months after suspension

The country's second-most powerful police officer remains on leave, four months after he was suspended pending a criminal investigation.

Uber Eats driver off work after dog attack in Christchurch

An Uber Eats driver was injured in a dog attack while delivering food in Christchurch.

'No magic wand' for Northland meth crisis

Rural Northland towns like Kaikohe are bearing the brunt of New Zealand's meth crisis. Photo: RNZ...

'No magic wand' for Northland meth crisis

Organisations trying to help people get off meth in Northland towns like Kaikohe say they are overwhelmed by "a tsunami of need".

Lake Alice survivor legally challenges Crown redress

Lake Alice survivor Malcolm Richards (pictured in his shed) is legally challenging Cabinet's...

Lake Alice survivor legally challenges Crown redress

A Flaxmere man tortured as a child at the Lake Alice Psychiatric Hospital is taking the Crown to court, arguing its redress framework is unlawful.

More high-achieving teens heading overseas

A Kiwi student loan defaulter says she is too scared to return to New Zealand for fear of being...

More high-achieving teens heading overseas

The number of high-achieving teens who go overseas after finishing school has reached an all-time high - but it is not clear why.

More than $2b to be spent on new NZDF helicopters

An NZDF Seasprite helicopter. Photo: Getty Images

More than $2b to be spent on new NZDF helicopters

Defence Minister Judith Collins has announced $2 billion from the Budget has been set aside to replace the Defence Force's "aging" maritime helicopters.

State of emergency lifted in Christchurch

Flooding in Christchurch after Ōpāwaho Heathcote River burst its banks. Photo: RNZ

State of emergency lifted in Christchurch

The state of emergency that was put in place in response to flooding has been lifted in Christchurch, but it remains in place for Banks Peninsula.

Glass pieces, melted plastic: School lunch investigations continue

There have been numerous complaints about the revamped lunch programme including these burnt ones...

Glass pieces, melted plastic: School lunch investigations continue

The Ministry of Primary Industries has investigated 17 food safety complaints in the School Lunch Collective's lunch programme in term one of this year, 12 of which are ongoing investigations.

Banks Peninsula residents angry lake wasn't opened earlier

Little River, about 30km south of Christchurch, was cut off after SH75 due to flooding. Photo:...

Banks Peninsula residents angry lake wasn't opened earlier

Residents of a Banks Peninsula town are angry and frustrated as they say opening a nearby lake to the ocean would've mitigated flooding in the area.

Community mourns murdered US student Kyle Whorrall

Kyle Whorrall, 33, was killed at a bus stop on St Johns Rd in Meadowbank, Auckland. Photo: supplied

Community mourns murdered US student Kyle Whorrall

More than 60 people gathered at a memorial and fundraising event today for American PhD student Kyle Whorrall, who was fatally attacked at an Auckland bus stop last month.

Fenz breached firefighter's rights accessing bank account

Fire and Emergency New Zealand has been locked in an employment battle with one of its...

Fenz breached firefighter's rights accessing bank account

A Christchurch firefighter who helped pool his colleagues’ meal allowances so they could cook meals on shift has been cleared of any wrongdoing after his employer accused him of misusing the money.

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