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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 5m
📢 A teenager who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after exposure to pornography as a child, and was later groomed online by adult men, has died by su
Teen’s suicide highlights digital exploitation and gaps in youth mental health care
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 25m
📢 The Government will remove a requirement for school boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi, but will still make clear they should seek to achieve eq
Treaty and schools: Government to remove requirement for boards to give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 10h
📢 Warm, windy and dry conditions could wreak havoc on backyard Guy Fawkes plans, due to an increased potential for fire danger.
Guy Fawkes: Weather conditions set to impact festivities, caution advised
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 10h
📢 Residents are being asked to stay inside and close their windows after a fire broke out at a residential address in the Wellington suburb of Island Bay.
Island Bay fire: Large blaze rips through Wellington property, residents affected by smoke
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 10h
📢 Police have seized 36kg of cocaine found stashed in a container delivered to an Auckland business.
Cocaine worth $12.6m found stashed in container delivered to Auckland business
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 14h
📢 A truck crash has blocked State Highway 5 at Whakarewarewa, south of Rotorua this afternoon.
Truck rolls south of Rotorua, SH5 blocked with diversions in place
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15h
📢 In a landmark case, a group representing Māori landowners and hapū across the country is fighting the Government in court over freshwater rights.
Māori group take freshwater rights fight to court in landmark case against Crown
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15h
📢 A young Tauranga family with a newborn said they were terrified as hundreds of youths partied and brawled in their street on Saturday night.

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Massive brawl in Welcome Bay, Tauranga terrifies family
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15h
📢 Prime Minister Christopher Luxon will speak to reporters in Wellington this afternoon after arriving back from his tour of Malaysia and South Korea.
Chistopher Luxon speaks to media after return from Asia trip, Donald Trump meeting
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 Fonterra’s Anchor has phased out its A2 milk range in New Zealand after deciding not to renew its license agreement with the a2 Milk company.
Fonterra phases out A2 milk range, introduces lactose free
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere is suggesting two of the party’s MPs should resign as he accuses them of “greed, avarice and entitlement”.
Te Pāti Māori president John Tamihere implies two MPs should resign after alleged leadership challenge
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16h
📢 A genuine Hawke’s Bay hope in the Melbourne Cup there isn’t, but there are still two connections out to win Tuesday’s $10 million, 3200m, 24-horse race aft
Hawke’s Bay and Dannevirke's connections in the Melbourne Cup
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 17h
📢 A cyclist is in a serious condition following a crash that brought traffic to a standstill on State Highway 6 in Central Otago.
Cyclist seriously injured after State Highway 6 crash near Gibbston
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 17h
📢 Britpop legends Pulp have announced an Aotearoa gig in February 2026.
Jarvis Cocker’s Pulp to play Auckland concert next February
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 17h
📢 A woman who suffered a hypoxic brain injury after receiving an opioid overdose during her hospital stay “no longer has any quality of life”, according to h

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Man says hospital overdose left his sister with 'no quality of life'
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 17h
📢 Tonga league star Eli Katoa has successfully undergone surgery after “suffering seizure activity” on the bench during the second half of Sunday’s Pacific C
Kiwis v Tonga: Eli Katoa undergoes surgery after ‘suffering seizure activity’
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 17h
📢 Police say there was “no pressure” on staff to meet alcohol breath test targets and have ruled out reviewing how they are applied, after it was revealed mo
Police rule out review after 30,000 falsified breath tests uncovered
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 17h
📢 The search for a missing tramper has ended in tragedy after a body was located over the weekend.
Woman found dead after Fox River tramping search on West Coast
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 18h
📢 All Blacks assistant coach Tamati Ellison says the group were “a wee bit nervous” around Jordie Barrett’s status for the remainder of their Grand Slam tour
'A wee bit nervous': All Blacks await scan on Barrett injury
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 18h
📢 High-density housing will be prohibited in parts of Henderson, Milford and Māngere from today, as new rules take effect to reduce flood risk in vulnerable
'Stronger hazard rules will apply': Auckland Council tightens flood‑zone building
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 18h
📢 Police say a person injured after falling from a Wellington balcony was “fleeing to safety” after a shotgun was fire in an apartment building.
Person injured in Wellington balcony fall was fleeing from gunman
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 18h
📢 Thirty-one firearms have been seized, and six firearms licence holders have had their licences suspended after a police investigation into illegal hunting

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31 guns seized in crackdown on illegal hunting network
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 18h
📢 Westpac New Zealand’s net profit after tax rose by 13% over the past year, as it received more interest from borrowers relative to that it paid savers.
Westpac’s profit jumps 13%, as it fattens its margins
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 19h
📢 Storm-ravaged communities in western Jamaica are in dire straits days after record-setting Hurricane Melissa demolished towns and killed at least 28 people
Jamaica deaths at 28 as Caribbean reels from colossal hurricane
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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 19h
📢 Every woman knows that quiet relief of finding a clean, safe bathroom – one with soap, perhaps some pads, and a lock that works. In Hastings, that simple c
How a Hastings rest room and chats over tea became a lifeline for thousands of women
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