📢 Inflation is expected to fall in numbers due Thursday morning, but the improvement is likely to be short lived.

Inflation dip likely to be short lived

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📢 A former polling booth manager has decided against working this year's election, fearing staff will bear the brunt of voter anger over the government's decision to scrap enrolments during the voting period.

'A distinct safety issue' - former polling booth manager fears staff will face voter anger

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📢 There are just days left to enrol to vote (enrolments close midnight Sunday October 25) and the Electoral Commission is sending teams out to shopping malls, markets, libraries railway stations - even hospitals - to try and enrol the 350,000 New Zealanders yet to sign up.

Just days left to enrol to vote: 'Think about things that matter to you'

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📢 Follow our daily live coverage of all the happening on the 2026 election campaign trail. We'll have updates, breaking news and analysis from Political Editor Jo Moir, Deputy Editor Craig McCulloch and their team through to election day on 7 November.

Election live: GP explains why no party has a credible primary healthcare plan

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📢 Pacific police chiefs have established a new regional policing organisation aimed at combating transnational crime, including drug trafficking, human smuggling, child sexual exploitation, money laundering, and firearms trafficking.

Pacific police chiefs launch PACPOL to tackle transnational crime

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📢 A campaign group is welcoming the government's move to boost student dentist numbers, but says cost remains the biggest barrier for people accessing dental care.

Campaign group says cost biggest barrier for dental care, welcomes student boost

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📢 A deaf woman with a health condition has hit barriers getting her toy poodle registered as a disability assist dog.

Life 'closed in' as woman hits barriers getting pet registered as disability assist dog

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📢 A nurse at Auckland's Starship children's hospital is warning staff shortages are leading to dire consequences.

Starship Hospital nurse warns staff shortages leading to dire consequences

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📢 A Northland police officer has appeared in court on serious assault charges.

Northland police officer faces serious assault charges

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📢 NZ Police have been running a lab to test artificial intelligence (AI) applications for more than a year.

Police quietly set up AI lab to test new machines

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📢 Financial mentors are worried some people may be taking on commitments with organisations such as Chrisco without proper consideration of whether it is affordable.

Financial mentors issue Chrisco warning

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📢 Removing tax on investment returns would disproportionately benefit the country's wealthy and high-earners, the Green Party says.

Would KiwiSaver tax change just help wealthy?

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📢 New Zealand's housing market is still worth about $1.66 trillion and accounts for about 50 percent of household assets, despite years of flat and falling house prices.

Here's how much wealth New Zealanders have tied up in property

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📢 Solar power company Lodestone Energy starts trading on the NZX on Thursday after raising $75 million in the first significant initial public offering (IPO) on the exchange in about five years.

Lodestone Energy to make NZX debut after $75m IPO

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📢 Opportunity leader Qiulae Wong says she would walk away from government rather than support a policy through to first reading that her party doesn't believe in.

'We've been really generous': Opportunity's Qiulae Wong on bottom lines

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📢 Fewer than half of New Zealand business leaders are feeling positive about their business performance, with expectations for improvement falling to a record low.

Business confidence subdued as firms grapple with uncertainty

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📢 National leader Christopher Luxon has fronted up to Bay of Plenty residents on issues affecting the region.

Christopher Luxon fronts up to Bay of Plenty residents

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📢 The Silver Ferns have put themselves in the best possible position to win the Constellation Cup for just the fourth time after beating Australia 62-50 in Christchurch.

Silver Ferns beat Australia again to take commanding Constellation Cup position

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📢 An emergency incident is unfolding in the west Auckland suburb of Massey.

Emergency incident unfolding in Auckland suburb of Massey

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📢 Hundreds of the critically-endangered Canterbury knobbled weevils have been released at a secret location. 👉[Ad] Private 1-to-1 matchmaking by MarryNZ for marriage or a serious long-term relationship. https://marry.nz

Hundreds of critically endangered NZ weevils released back into the wild

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📢 The High Court has ruled regulations banning new prescriptions of puberty blockers for young people with gender dysphoria were unlawful.

Puberty blocker restrictions for gender-diverse youth overturned by High Court

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📢 A Hawke's Bay vet nurse and mother of two has challenged politicians to live on her income for a month.

Hawke's Bay vet nurse challenges politicians to live on her income for a month

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📢 Emergency services are responding to a fire in Auckland's central city this afternoon.

Fire crews called to central Auckland blaze

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📢 Fire and Emergency have revealed last week's callout to a Christchurch chemical company was sparked by the reported spill of 200 litres of a carcinogenic industrial degreaser.

Cancerous chemical at centre of callout revealed

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📢 Roading contractors have rescued several ducklings trapped down in a mudtank in Central Otago. 👉[Ad] Dedicated-IP VPN: WireGuard/Hysteria2, 1h free trial, AU, JP, SG, ad blocking. https://vpn.photonmark.com/

Ducklings down a drainpipe rescued by contractors in Central Otago

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📢 The number of student dentists will increase next year for the first time in more than a decade.

More dentists to be trained in NZ after funding boost

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📢 A motorbike rider has been injured after a crash with a truck on Auckland's Southern Motorway.

Truck and motorbike crash on SH1 Auckland

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📢 The family of a man whose car was found at a well-known walking track in West Auckland are urging the public to come forward with information.

Family, police appeal to public for help finding PhD student Sam Newton whose car was found at Piha's Mercer Bay loop track

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📢 A Christchurch school at the centre of a controversy over mouldy lunches will run its own programme from next year.

Christchurch school to deliver own lunch programme after mouldy meal saga

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📢 The National Library and Archives NZ will cut more than 11 percent of its workforce, with confirmation today that 45 jobs will be lost.

Jobs cuts confirmed for Archives NZ and National Library

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