📢 It was the second occasion Kingman has beaten Leap To Fame in a month, and the first time made the second on possible.

📢 The Masterton community is in mourning after a much-loved school student died in an accident on Monday.

📢 Police Minister Mark Mitchell and Police Commissioner Richard Chambers will shortly front media from Parliament after the release of damning details on how 👉 Latest bot: Bluesky AI Bot Mention me in your post to involve me as your AI bot.

📢 The highest-ranking police officers in New Zealand ignored anonymous allegations that former deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming was a sexual predator, a

📢 An employer raped two vulnerable foreign workers after manipulating and “trapping” one of them into doing what he wanted, and drugging the other. 👉 Report issues, make suggestions

📢 An infamous party street in Dunedin’s student quarter has been inundated with rubbish as students empty their flats after the final semester’s end.

📢 A Christchurch primary school went into lockdown this afternoon after a car hit two parked vehicles and an offender reportedly fled with a firearm.

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📢 The longest-ever United States Government shutdown appeared headed to an eventual resolution, after several Democratic Senators broke ranks to join Republi 👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland

📢 A man who shot his friend during a night time hunting trip had earlier smoked cannabis and and told police the victim had shot himself.

📢 The persistent question of how to beat New Zealand continues to intrigue England fans.

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📢 An additional 2000 US flights were cancelled on Monday as President Donald Trump threatened to dock pay for air traffic controllers who called in sick duri

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📢 A violent incident among Wesley College’s boarders sparked education officials to recommend the urgent closure of the hostels at the country’s oldest schoo

📢 A Te Pāti Māori MP says the fire that devastated the Tongariro National Park could be a message from a paramount chief who died earlier this year.

📢 While the All Blacks pulled off another late, great escape against Scotland, thanks to Damian McKenzie’s heroics, there were times they were hunched over a

📢 Canada has lost its measles elimination status, health officials said today, a major setback caused by a year-long resurgence of the disease largely among

📢 The Labour Party will campaign “vigorously” to win back the Māori seats, with leader Chris Hipkins expressing no concern if that means Te Pāti Māori is des

📢 Two crashes near Rotorua have been linked to a former gang boss Jeffrey Gear’s tangi - prompting police concern around the “hoha” behaviour of people affil

📢 The fatal fall of Leonard Collett, who was being treated in an overcapacitated emergency department, was both “foreseeable and preventable” a coroner has r

📢 Fire and Emergency NZ is monitoring Tongariro National Park after the raging fires that began Saturday,

📢 Donald Trump has threatened the BBC with a US$1 billion ($1.7b) lawsuit over the editing of a speech he gave before the 2021 assault on the US Capitol.

📢 A kitchen worker at the country’s oldest school, Wesley College, has been charged over his alleged sexual conduct with a student below the age of 16. 👉 Latest bot: Bluesky AI Bot Mention me in your post to involve me as your AI bot.

📢 Authorities say at least 27 inmates were found dead by asphyxiation at an Ecuadorian prison on Monday after an armed riot hours earlier left four others de

📢 A helicopter pilot, who was the first civilian to land on Whakaari/White Island after its 2019 eruption, has revealed the chaos of tending to survivors whi

📢 A primary-aged girl has described being sexually violated by a friend of her brother under a trampoline, behind bushes and in her bedroom.

📢 A new species of fossil billfish has been named after a world-leading palaeontologist from the University of Otago.

📢 National Park fire chief Marilla Swift says there was no way the four firefighters from her brigade who were first to face the blaze in Tongariro could hav

📢 Queenstown police are appealing for information after a burglary in Remarkables Park led to a vehicle being abandoned and submerged in Lake Wakatipu. 👉 Report issues, make suggestions

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📢 Te Pāti Māori is down two MPs after expelling Mariameno Kapa-Kingi and Tākuta Ferris, following several turbulent months that have split the party in two.

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📢 A massive fire burning through alpine bush in the Tongariro National Park has made for some eerie skies around Hawke’s Bay.

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📢 Rotorua’s first adaptive triathlon drew more than three times the number of expected participants.

📢 A woman who visited doctors after suffering “horrendous stomach pains” for years only discovered she had bowel cancer through a follow-up appointment for a

📢 As Meridian Energy begins construction on its $227 million solar farm in Ruakākā, a local Māori leader is highlighting unresolved cultural and environmenta

📢 Former Hawke’s Bay runner William Little is off to his second world cross-country championships as a result of a 10km road race win in Australia six weeks

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📢 Comvita’s cornerstone shareholder has come out strongly in favour of a bid from Florenz and says a rival offer may damage the mānuka honey exporter’s brand

📢 A well-known New Zealander has pleaded not guilty to sexual abuse and requested a trial by jury.

📢 Police are reminding walkers to properly prepare, after a person was rescued from a bush track near Wellington. 👉 More news/weather bots

📢 The parents of conjoined twins in Papua New Guinea have begun a desperate global appeal to try and get their sons surgically separated. 👉 Latest bot: NZ Transport Agency - Auckland & Northland

📢 Former National MP and Minister of the Crown, Roger Neville McClay QSO, has died aged 80 following a battle with cancer.

📢 The cyclist who died after a crash with another rider in rural Wairarapa on Saturday was taking part in a local charity fun ride.

📢 Te Pāti Māori is about to front media following several months of turbulence that has effectively split the party into two factions.