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'NZ stands with you': Vigil held for landslide victims

People gather at the site of the community vigil at Coronation Park in Tauranga. Photo: RNZ

'NZ stands with you': Vigil held for landslide victims

More than 1000 people have attended a community vigil at Coronation Park in Tauranga this evening in the wake of the Mt Maunganui landslide.

Plant stench draws hundreds of complaints

Diggers working at the burnt-out Bromley wastewater treatment plant in June 2022. Photo:...

Wastewater plant stench draws hundreds of complaints in four days

A putrid stench lingering in Christchurch's eastern suburbs from the city's wastewater treatment plant is expected to persist for at least another week.

Govt announces two new specialist schools

Education Minister Erica Stanford, flanked by Wairarapa MP Mike Butterick and Finance Minister...

Govt announces two new specialist schools for children with high needs

The government has announced funding for two news specialist schools, catering for children with high needs and disabilities.

Swedish landslide victim 'loved New Zealand'

Second Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified

A 20-year-old Swedish tourist is the second victim of the fatal Mount Maunganui landslide to be formally identified.

'Huge challenges' to reconnect communities after storms: PM

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ

'Huge challenges' to reconnect communities after storms: PM

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has indicated reconnecting some isolated North Island communities could take up to six months.

Massive IT outage at North Island hospitals blamed on govt cuts

Massive IT outage at North Island hospitals blamed on govt cuts

The PSA is blaming a massive IT outage at hospitals in Auckland and Northland on cuts to Health NZ's digital team.

Motorcyclist dead after Canterbury highway crash

A motorcyclist is dead after a crash with a car on a Canterbury highway today.

Slip concerns halt Mt Maunganui recovery again

Flowers and messages have been placed on a gate restricting access to the landslip site. Photo: RNZ

Slip concerns halt Mt Maunganui recovery again

Rescue efforts at Mount Maunganui following a deadly slip have been paused for a second time.

Carbon target tougher after 900,000-tonne miscalculation

The Ministry for the Environment said the proportion of diesel cars in the country's vehicle...

Carbon target tougher after 900,000-tonne miscalculation

A miscalculation has left New Zealand with less wiggle-room to meet all of its planned greenhouse gas savings.

Pest control workers killed in chopper crash

The area where a helicopter crashed. Photo: RNZ

Pest control workers killed in chopper crash

Two people who died in a helicopter crash near Wellington were pest control contractors working on Transmission Gully.

Man swept away in river found by family

Flowers at the scene where the car was washed away. Photo: RNZ

Man swept away in river found by family

There was three days of dedicated searching by authorities, but eventually it was Tekanimaeu Arobati's family that found him.

Quarter of Kiwis have trust issues with police: poll

Police conduct has recently been in the spotlight. Photo: RNZ

Quarter of Kiwis have trust issues with police: poll

A quarter of New Zealanders say they have little or no trust in the police, new polling shows, but most people's positions were not rattled by the recent Jevon McSkimming scandal.

October storm payout set to climb to $50m

A property badly damaged in last October's storm. Photo: RNZ

October storm payout set to climb to $50m: Insurer

The storm that lashed Canterbury, Otago and Southland in October has resulted in the second-most claims for an event in rural insurer FMG's 120-year history.

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First landslide victim formally identified

Max Furse-Kee would have turned 16 today. Photo: Supplied

First Mount Maunganui landslide victim formally identified

One of the victims of the deadly Mount Maunganui landslide has been formally identified, on what would have been his 16th birthday.

New Zealander loses leg after fighting in Ukraine

New Zealander Khol Gillies had to wait days to be evacuated from the battlefield in Ukraine....

New Zealander loses leg after fighting in Ukraine

A New Zealander who was severely injured while fighting in Ukraine said he sang the national anthem to keep himself going as he was rescued.

Scale of flood damage on east coast starting to sink in

Flood damage in Punaruku, Te Araroa on the East Coast. Photo: Supplied

Scale of flood damage on east coast starting to sink in

Local authorities say the adrenaline has worn off and in its place is the scale of the damage in flood-hit communities on the North Island's east coast.