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📢 Police have charged a man after a person was knocked unconscious outside a popular Arrowtown bar last month.
Man charged after person knocked unconscious outside Arrowtown bar
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January 19, 2026 at 3:13 AM
📢 Former All Blacks and Wellington captain Andy Leslie has described teammate Grant Batty as the ultimate competitor and a great person following his sudden
Grant Batty: Former All Blacks captain Andy Leslie plays tribute to former teammate
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January 19, 2026 at 3:03 AM
📢 An Irish rugby pundit says Scott Robertson’s exit from the All Blacks coaching role debunks the idea that New Zealand’s top coaches will come from “within
Scott Robertson exit from All Blacks coaching job reveals change in New Zealand Rugby philosophy: Irish rugby pundit
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January 19, 2026 at 2:33 AM
📢 Disoriented by heavy cloud and with weather conditions closing in, one wrong turn was all it took to send Graham Garnett deep within the Kahurangi National

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Kahurangi search: Police reveal how missing tramper Graham Garnett lasted three weeks in the bush
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January 19, 2026 at 2:33 AM
📢 A man charged with the alleged assault of Whananāki store owner and former media executive Dallas Gurney has appeared in court.

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Whangārei man charged with alleged assault of Dallas Gurney granted interim name suppression
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January 19, 2026 at 2:13 AM
📢 A Texas woman has been charged with aggravated assault after she allegedly threw an 11kg weight disc at a woman’s head in a jealous rage.
Jealous girlfriend accused of hurling 11kg weight at boyfriend’s mistress
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January 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
📢 Princess Eugenie has reportedly cut her father Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor off in the midst of the ongoing Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
Princess Eugenie ‘not speaking’ to father Andrew as Epstein files mount
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January 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
📢 One New Zealand is about to begin the first phase of its nationwide 3G network shutdown. Tomorrow, Dunedin will lose 3G service.
Dunedin to lose 3G tomorrow as One NZ begins shutdown
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January 19, 2026 at 1:43 AM
📢 The Northland Civil Defence chairman has praised coastal communities northeast of Whangārei for their resilience in the weekend’s weather bomb and urged pe

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Northland floods: Civil Defence boss praises communities after severe weather
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January 19, 2026 at 1:43 AM
📢 Feral and domestic cats are estimated to kill as many as 100 million birds every year in New Zealand.
Cats kill estimated 100 million birds a year in New Zealand
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January 19, 2026 at 1:13 AM
📢 A rare sighting of a white tūī has left a Hawke’s Bay woman delighted and hoping the bird will return.
Rare white tūī delights Hawke’s Bay bird watcher in apricot tree visit
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January 18, 2026 at 11:43 PM
📢 Fourteen months on from the Black Caps’ famous 3-0 away test sweep against India, a heavily depleted New Zealand side have done it again.
'Very, very special': Black Caps add another chapter as India's tormentors
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January 18, 2026 at 11:33 PM
📢 An overturned truck carrying livestock is blocking State Highway 2 in Wairoa. Police were called to the single-vehicle crash about 10.40am today.
Livestock truck overturns, closes stretch of SH2 near Wairoa
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January 18, 2026 at 11:13 PM
📢 More details have emerged about the miraculous three-week survival of a tramper missing in what has been described as “one of the region’s semi-wilderness
Right place, right time: How workers stumbled on missing tramper alive
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January 18, 2026 at 10:53 PM
📢 At least 10 people have been killed and several injured after two trains collided in southern Spain, the emergency services said.

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Fatal rail accident in Spain after trains collide
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January 18, 2026 at 10:43 PM
📢 Fresh severe weather watches have been issued for the rain-soaked north as the top of the country braces for up to 24 hours of rain later today.
Tropical deluge: More heavy rain forecast as prelude to week of 'worse' weather hits north
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January 18, 2026 at 10:43 PM
📢 After a horror start to their SailGP season, New Zealand’s Black Foils are now at the mercy of the SailGP Technologies team as their home event looms.

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'Hopeful's probably the right word': Black Foils' outlook for SailGP Auckland
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January 18, 2026 at 9:53 PM
📢 A New Zealand soldier fighting in Ukraine suffered horrific injuries – including losing a leg – but remained at the frontline with his colleagues for five
Kiwi 'warrior' loses leg in Ukraine but stays at frontline for five days
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January 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
📢 A tramper who went missing in Kahurangi National Park has been found alive. Graham Garnett, 66, had been exploring the Baton/Ellis River area and was expec
'An amazing result': Missing tramper found alive in remote hut after search called off
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January 18, 2026 at 9:13 PM
📢 Play was halted during an Australian Open first-round match Sunday when a ball girl fainted in soaring temperatures, with players Zeynep Sonmez and Ekateri

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Ball girl collapses in Australian Open heat as players rush to help
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January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
📢 Prime Minister Christopher Luxon today flagged a possible reshuffle of his Cabinet in coming weeks as he contemplates the retirement of some politicians in
Luxon signals possible Cabinet reshuffle as politicians retire, election date out 'very shortly'
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January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
📢 Wellington Airport called in the Defence Force but didn’t evacuate staff or the public when a military practice bomb was found in a passenger’s bag during
Airport finds practice bomb in luggage, calls Defence Force but doesn't evacuate
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January 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM
📢 Three people have been charged and police are hunting a fourth after a group of masked men allegedly stormed a party and assaulted young people in a violen

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Three charged over unprovoked attacks at party in Churton Park, Wellington
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January 18, 2026 at 8:33 PM
📢 More heavy rain and severe gales could sweep across the upper North Island during the latest bout of unpredictable summer weather.
Weather: Subtropical low to bring heavy rain and severe gales to upper North Island
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January 18, 2026 at 8:23 PM
📢 A man has died after being pulled from the water in a geothermal area in Rotorua last night. Police said emergency services were called to a “water-related
Man dies in geothermal area in Rotorua in ‘water-related incident’
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January 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM