The heat was expected to ramp up today, particularly in Whakatāne, Napier, Hastings, Motueka, Blenheim and Kaikōura where heat alerts have been issued.
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Passengers had been put up in cabins overnight and had been served refreshments, StraitNZ Bluebridge said.
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Police were called to a Henderson sports store at around 3pm on Thursday after staff confronted a woman allegedly trying to conceal nearly $200 of baseball caps.
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More than 14,000 people had reported feeling the quake, which struck at 8.29am.
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Marine mammal protection organisation Project Jonah NZ said "of the 55 whales that stranded yesterday, 15 have re-stranded and six have been found deceased".
8:06am
Three offenders allegedly entered the store in Auckland's Sunnynook shortly before 9pm, with two people stealing boxes of alcohol.
7:50am
The pod of whales are stranded across two locations on the sand spit.
6:30pm
Data about up to 126,000 patients were impacted by the cyber-hacking of the ManageMyHealth app.
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Police were alerted to suspicious behaviour by members of the public and located a storage container in Featherston containing about 820 litres of GBL earlier this week.
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Eastern areas of the country will bear the brunt of the sweltering daytime temperatures, MetService says.
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The dark‑coloured Volkswagen, taken during a Boxing Day armed robbery in Raumanga, has unique mags and stickers police say could help identify it.
12:34pm
David Simmers died after being crushed under his vehicle at his Wānaka home on Monday.
12:20pm
Four of New Zealand's five warmest years since records began have occurred since 2021.
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Emergency services responded to the incident at around 8am.
10:55am
Resources including a NZDF NH90 helicopter and canyon teams are being utilised in the search for Graham Garnett.
10:25am
Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash on Pine Valley Rd, Dairy Flat just before 1pm yesterday.
Thu, Jan 8
2025’s most read: Wayne Turipa spoke out against the group’s increasingly violent behaviour.
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The affected products are mainly publicly-funded and available through hospitals, pharmacies and GPs.
Wednesday 6:52pm
Yesterday, the retailer revealed a proposal to close down all remaining EB Games stores in New Zealand.
Wednesday 6:23pm
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A biodiversity officer was monitoring the Mataitawa Bush when she spotted some small, unusual tunnels – revealing an unfamiliar trapdoor spider.
Wednesday 5:34pm
The woman was pulled from the water unresponsive near the Lady Knox Geyser just a few days before Christmas.
Wednesday 4:47pm
One motorist was caught doing 144km/h on a highway and another driver hit 110km/h in a 50k/h zone.
Wednesday 4:37pm
A person was found dead at a property in the Auckland suburb on January 1.
Wednesday 4:05pm
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Jock and Nala went missing after a man stole the vehicle they were in on Saturday afternoon.
Wednesday 3:19pm
Emergency services were called to a collision between a car and motorbike around 11am.
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