Students and teachers from Wainuiomata Primary School were travelling into Wellington for a kapa haka performance when the bus blew a head gasket.
New Zealand
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Move-on orders, which allow police to move on people with anti-social behaviour or rough sleepers, came into effect just over a week ago.
Politics
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Three people are facing charges after the incident in September.
Crime and Justice
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Police were called to High St at around 10.20am, and the hospital went into lockdown for a "short period of time".
Tuesday 4:41pm
The school announced the three boys, who are all in the school's first XV rugby team, as heads at its prizegiving last week.
Tuesday 3:00pm
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Environment
Wihapi joined the council in 2016 as the city’s first Māori ward councillor.
Sat, Oct 31
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Fri, Oct 30
Kris Sanderson’s Riverstone Terraces home is the suburb’s only voting place on November 7.
Thu, Oct 29
Dairy owner left shaken after three armed men rampage into the shop, rip out the till and flee in a stolen car.
Wed, Oct 28
Abishek Sharma blasted an extraordinary 113 from 38 balls Tuesday as India needed only 13.2 overs to chase down a target of 198-3 and waltz to victory.
Cricket
A woman has been charged over the theft of more than 200 garden ornaments and now officers want to return the items to their home-sweet-gnomes.
Tue, Oct 27
Gusts topping 140km/h and heavy rain are sweeping across the country, with 154mm dumped in Fiordland as a front moves north.
Mon, Oct 26
The rider allegedly told police he was "blowing out the cobwebs" after being picked up travelling at the equivalent of almost 50 metres a second.
Fri, Oct 23
The abrupt closure of Simon O'Reilly's luxury car dealership has blindsided financiers and Wellington elites.
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Three years after Baby Ru's death, police say they're still following every lead and believe someone knows what happened.
Thu, Oct 22
The owner of Kapiti Coast Airport in Paraparaumu has reached an agreement with a potential buyer.
Wed, Oct 21
It returned a $210,000 profit to ratepayers.
The British comedian brings two hours of unapologetic oversharing, outrageous anecdotes and controlled chaos with his wildly personal show Full Fat Legend.
Entertainment
Tim Costley urged supporters to attend a Kapiti debate with prepared questions, while Labour candidate Sophie Handford says he is scripting the audience himself.
Tue, Oct 20
Leaders in the forestry sector say threatens the viability of forestry businesses, and puts jobs and the rural economy at risk.
Mon, Oct 19
This week marks three years since the killing of the Lower Hutt toddler.
