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News and voices from across Aotearoa New Zealand and our Pacific neighbours.
1 August 2026
Operating until 2001, the Balgownie Landfill did not have several features associated with modern landfill containment and risk management.
1 August 2026
After their win in the tandem sprint on Friday, the New Zealand pair took out the final in the 1000m time trial final overnight.
1 August 2026
The offender remains on the run.
1 August 2026
From Monday, your favourite beer and spirits will cost even more.
1 August 2026
Europe has been ravaged by wildfires this summer after a period of successive record-breaking heatwaves and little rain.
1 August 2026
Hungarians are being urged to conserve power amid warnings the country's only nuclear power plant could be offline for weeks.
1 August 2026
He says the long-term solution should be ‘yes in my backyard’.
1 August 2026
Police responding to a report of a perfume heist say they quickly were able to quickly "sniff out" the leads and detain four young people.
1 August 2026
Police responding to a report of a perfume heist say they quickly were able to quickly "sniff out" the leads and detain four young people.
1 August 2026
The stations will serve Drury, Paerātā, Franklin and South Auckland, with each station providing two platforms, 350 car parks and bus connections.
1 August 2026
A deadly avalanche has triggered a desperate international search after a renowned Netflix adventurer disappeared while leading a high-risk climbing expedition.
1 August 2026
Newly released autopsy findings have revealed the horrifying extent of the injuries suffered by a woman killed in a savage mauling, exposing chilling new details about her final moments.
1 August 2026
The 19-year-old admitted licking the straw and returning it to a vending machine in what lawyers described as a social media stunt.
1 August 2026
A magnitude 5. 2 earthquake has hit the lower South Island.
1 August 2026
Police stopped the ute in Castle Hill after concerns were raised about the manner of driving.
1 August 2026
A boxer from Tuvalu has earned her tiny South Pacific nation's first-ever Commonwealth Games medal without winning a fight in Glasgow.
1 August 2026
The stations will serve Drury, Paerātā, Franklin and South Auckland, with each station providing two platforms, 350 car parks and bus connections.
1 August 2026
Residents fled into the streets as one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in the area struck.
1 August 2026
A 45-year-old woman has also been charged as part of the investigation.
1 August 2026
The new Drury and Paerātā railway stations have been formally opened today, with services beginning tomorrow and weekday peak trains running every 10 minutes, Rail Minister Winston Peters and Transport Minister Chris Bishop say.
1 August 2026
Sonique Glodean Campbell, from Waipawa, was killed when a silver Holden VX Commodore left State Highway 2 near Ōtāne and crashed.
1 August 2026
‘Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome.’
31 July 2026
The 17-year-old was allegedly spotted doing burnouts in a hardware store car park.
31 July 2026
Researchers expect the collision to create a huge crater and eject a cloud of lunar dust. However the impact will also raise a tricky question: who gets to decide when humanity permanently changes the moon?
31 July 2026
China, the world’s largest coal consumer, has been promoting the use of renewable energy, with a deadline for coal consumption to peak no later than 2030.
31 July 2026
There's been bronze medals in boxing for Fiji and Tuvalu at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
31 July 2026
Outcome "could have been significantly more serious", Wānaka Police say, after two snowboarders rescued in near-zero visibility.
31 July 2026
Kiwi cyclist Sami Donnelly has claimed a second Commonwealth Games silver medal in as many days.
31 July 2026
After years of injury setbacks, New Zealand pole vaulter Eliza McCartney has claimed her first Commonwealth Games gold in Glasgow, while teammate Imogen Ayris secured bronze.
31 July 2026
The three-time gold medalist is facing Welsh rider Emma Finucane in the best-of-three quarter final, losing the first race by 0. 587 seconds overnight.
