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Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:23:34 +1200
Auckland New World ruins handed back to Foodstuffs
Foodstuffs North Island's head of property says the pathway to re-opening is unclear.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:56:00 +1200
Police Minister's office blames Labour government for police recruit exemptions
Police Minister's office says the use of discretion over recruits who had not passed a literacy test was introduced in 2018 under the Labour government.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:10:22 +1200
Iwi files court action against minister and DOC over Ruapehu ski fields
Te Patutokotoko alleges the Crown failed their legal obligations under the Treaty of Waitangi.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:30:07 +1200
Melatonin to be sold over-the-counter; psilocybin to be prescribed
The change for psilocybin was a huge win for people with depression who had tried everything else, David Seymour says.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 19:06:47 +1200
Children's minister Karen Chhour criticised for lack of transparency over bootcamps
Labour, the Greens and Te Pāti Māori grilled the government's youth military academies in a scrutiny hearing.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 20:33:17 +1200
New science lab designed to burn at high temperatures
A new research lab in Porirua has been built to be set on fire, so it can simulate the way a blaze can spread through a multi-storey building.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:19:58 +1200
Small South Otago school raises nearly $60,000 by selling butter
Westgold, which was supplying the butter blocks for school fundraisers, had to put their prices up at the beginning of June.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 16:51:31 +1200
ACC supported 160,000 people at a cost of $2.5 billion last year, new data shows
New data shows there were more than 160,000 people off work due to injuries last year at a cost of $2.5 billion.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:50:03 +1200
Why NZ's involvement in possible US-Iran war may hang on Europe
An expert in warfare law says New Zealand might struggle to stay out of a US-Iran war if the Europeans get involved.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:48:51 +1200
Police consider options for adopting body cameras
The police union says officers getting body cameras for the first time will counter people doctoring phone footage of interactions.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:35:06 +1200
Police to fly drone over central Christchurch to search for Elisabeth Nicholls
Elisabeth Nicholls, who suffers from dementia, disappeared after walking out of a Riccarton retirement village two weeks ago.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:47:06 +1200
Possible sighting of missing teen Alexander in Auckland's Henderson
Police say the sighting was on Forrest Hill Road, near the intersection with Pine Avenue.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:34:02 +1200
Person dies after ending up under car in Blenheim
Emergency services are investigating how the crash came about.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:37:16 +1200
The new Suicide Prevention Action Plan - What you need to know
Explainer - The government announced a new five-year Suicide Prevention Action Plan this week. But what does it include?

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:53:35 +1200
Five-yearly Census to be scrapped from 2030, replaced with administrative data, annual surveys
The traditional Census will be replaced with a combination of government data and smaller annual surveys.

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:28:45 +1200
Person arrested after Napier Pharmacy break-in
It is the Pharmacy's third raid in the last 10 weeks.

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