1 week ago Emotional send off for 'special' couple who died after crash

Jack and Anne Clark. Photo: Supplied More than 300 people attended a service for a couple who both died in hospital after a car crash on Banks Peninsula earlier this month.

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1 week ago Reports three rescued after yacht capsizes off Bank Peninsula

Three people were rescued from a yacht capsize off Banks Peninsula. Photo: supplied/Facebook/Anita Osborne A rescue operation has been carried out near Little Akaloa on Banks Peninsula.

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2 w. ago Prominent Rangiora family supports new road through their land

Geoff Spark (left) and his uncle Richard Spark next to North Brook Stream. The proposed North Brook Trail will pass by on the opposite bank and the planned Rangiora eastern link road will pass through the family farm in the distance. Photo: david Hill / North Canterbury News Rangiora’s proposed new arterial route has the support of the family whose dairy farm it cuts through.

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2 w. ago 'A terrible shock': Daughter steals $188k from her elderly mother

By Luka Forman of RNZ A woman has been found guilty of theft in a special relationship, after she stole more than $180,000 from her elderly mother while she had control of her bank account.

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2 w. ago Severe wind watch for Banks Peninsula, 'mini tornado' hits town

The North Island town of Levin has been hit with a "mini-tornado" which took down trees and lifted roofs this morning.

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2 w. ago Opening salvoes launched in battle for Christchurch council seat

Dave Dunlay and Tyrone Fields. Photos: Supplied Christchurch local body election hopeful Dave Dunlay has triggered the opening shots in what looks like a potentially testy fight for the Banks Peninsula Ward.

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2 w. ago Mapping project reveals details of seafloor around Banks Peninsula

The team sets up to deploy a drop camera to take images of the seafloor. Photo: Supplied The seafloor around Banks Peninsula can now be explored after the launch of a “first of its kind” project.

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2 w. ago Israel changes account of paramedic killings after video found

The Israeli military has provided new details that changed its initial account of the killing of 15 emergency workers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah last month but said investigators were still examining the evidence.

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3 w. ago US tariff: 'We don't really quite understand why it should be 20%'

By Susan Edmunds of RNZ US President Donald Trump's announcement of sweeping tariffs is not good news for New Zealand, but there is still a lot of detail to work through, commentators say.

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3 w. ago Final report into fatal Canterbury boat capsizing to be released

The rescue effort at Goose Bay in September 2022. Photo: Supplied By Lauren Crimp More details about the fatal capsizing of a boat carrying bird watchers off the coast of Kaikōura in 2022 will be revealed in a transport investigation report on Thursday.

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3 w. ago New tech helping reduce risk of antibiotic resistance crisis

By Victor Waters of RNZ New technology has been designed as part of a project prompting doctors to prescribe more safely to help reduce the looming risk of antimicrobial resistance, which one professor describes as: "a silent pandemic that is occurring globally."

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3 w. ago Worms invade inpatient building site, threaten to upend project

A velvet worm, or ngāokeoke, has been spotted at the new Dunedin hospital inpatient building site. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN / ODT GRAPHIC A tiny subterranean worm has made its home underneath the site for the new Dunedin hospital, prompting concerns the hospital could be further delayed, or worse.

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3 w. ago Cook Strait ferries: What to expect from Winston Peters' Interislander announcement

Winston Peters was named the new Minister for Rail in December - a year to the day after the iRex ferry was scuppered. Photo: RNZ By Russell Palmer of RNZ  The next steps for replacing the InterIslander ferries will be revealed by Winston Peters today, more than 15 months since the coalition scrapped its predecessor's iReX ferry project.

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