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Firefighters' strike: What should you do in an emergency?

Firefighters' strike: What should you do in an emergency?

Fire officials are warning that response times to fires could take longer than usual tomorrow as career firefighters across the country go on strike.

Armed police patrol near school after woman found dead

Armed police are on patrol near a school and a homicide probe has been launched after a woman was found dead in a North Island home.

'Zombie' spiders being killed by parasitic worms

Lincoln University PhD student Usha Mendis is researching parasitic nematodes that target spiders...

'Zombie' spiders being killed by parasitic worms

Imagine worms growing inside you, morphing your body and forcing you towards water. That is the grim fate of some endemic spiders around Canterbury.

'Extraordinary': Cop fought man in burning garage while boots were ablaze

Sergeant Richard Bracey and Constable Friederike Faber were honoured at the annual Police...

'Extraordinary': Cop fought man in burning garage while boots were ablaze

A police officer who fought to restrain a man in a burning garage while his boots were ablaze is one of a pair who been given awards for their actions that night.

Police probe continues into six-vehicle SH1 crash

Police probe continues into six-vehicle Canterbury highway crash

Police say the circumstances of a six-vehicle nose-to-tail crash on State Highway 1 in Canterbury last week remain under investigation.

Mother's shock at IRD taking $1000 a week from account

How much is it reasonable for Inland Revenue to take from an account to recover debt?

Murder trial hears emotional 111 call

A woman burst into tears as a 111 operator told her to move towards David Bridgwater’s body and put him on his back as he lay dying on a Christchurch street.

Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger dies at 90

Jim Bolger at his home in 2016. Photo: RNZ

Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger dies at 90

A pragmatist who disliked being called a pragmatist, Jim Bolger led NZ through a tumultuous '90s and the first MMP government.

'Like a bomb': Small town woken by mystery explosions

Mystery surrounds what could be causing the noise waking many residents of Cambridge. Photo:...

'Like a bomb': Small town woken by mystery explosions

Residents in a Waikato town are having their sleep disturbed by midnight explosions.

Simeon Brown says doctors' strike crosses 'ethical line'

Health Minister Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro

Simeon Brown says doctors' strike crosses 'ethical line'

Health Minister Simeon Brown has come out firing at the senior doctors' annual conference, accusing them of "crossing an ethical line" with industrial action that was hurting patients.

Call to make cervical screening free for all

Campaigners and whānau call for the National Cervical Screening Programme to be free for all....

Call to make cervical screening free for all

The National Centre for Women's Health Research is calling for the government to make cervical screening free for all.

'Like a bomb': Residents alarmed by mystery sound

Residents in a small Waikato town are having their sleep disturbed by midnight explosions.

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Results from last night's Lotto draw

Critically ill baby on board ambulance blocked by slips

Flooding on farmland at the base of the Awakino Gorge on Tuesday. Photo: Supplied / Bree Joyce

Critically ill baby on board ambulance blocked by slips

An ambulance carrying a critically unwell baby got stuck in floodwaters in Awakino in the North Island on Monday night, police say.

Father and son killed in suspicious house fire named

The scene of the fatal fire earlier this month. Photo: RNZ

Father and son killed in suspicious house fire named

The names of a father and son killed in a suspicious house fire in Auckland have been released by police.

Greens warn Brownlee over becoming 'fashion police'

Speaker Gerry Brownlee. File photo: Getty

Greens warn Brownlee over becoming 'fashion police'

The Green Party is warning Speaker Gerry Brownlee he should take care to avoid becoming Parliament's fashion police.

'No regrets' about cutting ties with Te Pāti Māori

Eru Kapa-Kingi is a spokesperson for the Toitū Te Tiriti protest movement and was a central...

'No regrets' about cutting ties with Te Pāti Māori

The prominent activist says he knew he would be "dragged through the mud".

Community steps up after house fire claims two

'Heartbreaking loss': Community steps up after house fire claims two

More than $4000 has been raised so far for the family of a man and his granddaughter who died after a house fire on Saturday night.

'Soviet era censorship': Peters lets rip at BSA

Foreign Minister Winston Peters. Photo: RNZ

'Soviet era censorship': Peters lets rip at Broadcasting Standards Authority

Foreign Minister Winston Peters is accusing the Broadcasting Standards Authority "Soviet era stasi" censorship.

Multimillion-dollar home built on quake ruins sells quickly

The five-bedroom home on Hackthorne Rd in Cashmere attracted strong interest from buyers. Photo:...

Multimillion-dollar home built on quake ruins sells quickly

A home built on earthquake ruins in Christchurch and listed for just over $3 million has been sold.

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