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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 11h

📢 Kiri Tamihere-Waititi has criticised the cross-party rebuke of Te Pāti Māori and Green MPs meeting and posing for photos with Mongrel Mob members at their

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Election 2026: Kiri Tamihere-Waititi calls backlash to Mongrel Mob hui ‘manufactured outrage’

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 12h

📢 A central North Island school is under fire after questioning on social media whether some absent kids are really sick.

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Waiouru Primary School criticised over ‘pretend sick’ attendance Facebook post

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15h

📢 The All Blacks have been dealt a major blow ahead of the second test with second five-eighths Jordie Barrett ruled out of today’s clash in Sydney.

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All Blacks v Wallabies: Jordie Barrett ruled out of second Bledisloe Cup test

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 17h

📢 Two years on from the mill closures, Raetihi is holding on but jobs in the small central North Island town are scarce, rents are high and shops are empty.

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Election 2026: Small town struggles – Raetihi battles Winstone mill closures aftermath

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 18h

📢 Māori Wardens protecting Mauao say they have been spat at, had bottles and food thrown at them and dealt with repeated cordon breaches.

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Mauao Māori wardens spat at and pelted with bottles while guarding closed maunga

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 18h

📢 Chilly nights and frosty starts are forecast for parts of the country this weekend, with mostly clear and sunny conditions during the day.

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Weather: Chilly nights and frosty starts forecast across parts of NZ

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 19h

📢 Former schoolteacher Damian Patrick Young still maintains his innocence more than two years after he was jailed for indecently assaulting three students.

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Jailed schoolteacher Damian Young maintains innocence as Parole Board sets release date

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 Labour has edged ahead of National in a new poll as support falls for both major parties and Opportunity hits the crucial 5% threshold.

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Election 2026: New poll shows Labour edging ahead of National as Opportunity hits 5%

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 The National Party’s Wellington Bays candidate Karuna Muthu stormed out of a candidates’ debate after accusing the organisers of “loaded” left-wing questio

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Election 2026: National Party candidate Karuna Muthu storms out of Wellington Bays candidates meeting

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 The National Party’s Wellington Bays candidate Karuna Muthu stormed out of a candidates’ debate after accusing the organisers of “loaded” left-wing questio

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Election 2026: National Party candidate Karuna Muthu storms out of Wellington Bays candidates meeting

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 Labour has edged ahead of National in a new poll as support falls for both major parties and Opportunity hits the crucial 5% threshold.

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Election 2026: New poll shows Labour edging ahead of National as Opportunity hits 5%

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia, under scrutiny over her legal credentials, appears to have acknowledged she failed the bar exam.

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Trump’s new press secretary Katie Zacharia defends ‘lawyer’ title

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 The Green Party co-leaders are seeking to move on from the party’s controversial visit with the Mongrel Mob alongside Te Pāti Māori.

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Frustrated Green co-leaders bat away questions on Mongrel Mob visit

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 Newstalk ZB will be providing live commentary of the second Bledisloe Cup clash between the All Blacks and Wallabies from 6pm Saturday.

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All Blacks v Wallabies: Live Commentary of the second Bledisloe test on Newstalk ZB

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 The National Party has released a list of actions it would take to standardise rules across farms if re-elected.

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Election 2026: National’s steps to standardise farm rules – quarries, fertiliser, energy storage

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 Stretched medical teams at Starship Children’s Hospital say they are working under “intolerable stress” trying to save the lives of children fighting cance

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Starship workers describe cancer ward crisis, medication errors and mental toll amid treatment delays

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 Students who undertake practical training for health and education jobs would receive a universal weekly payment of $380, under a proposed Green Party poli

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Election 2026: Greens want universal weekly payments for nurses, teachers, health workers

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 16/10/2026

📢 A shooting has left four people dead and others injured at an elementary school in the northwestern US state of Oregon, local police said on Thursday.

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Three children among four dead in mass shooting at Oregon elementary school

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Former Newstalk ZB Afternoons host Danny Watson has died after a short illness, surrounded by family.

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Former ZB host Danny Watson dies after a short illness

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 The father of a little girl who had surgery at Starship for a brain tumour before undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy has hit out at the politicising of

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Starship cancer delays: Father says using sick kids politically is cruel

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Kids were left distressed after an Auckland school bus driver allegedly made them get out in an unfamiliar area.

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Auckland Transport probe after school bus driver drops children in ‘unfamiliar’ area

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Some educators fear New Zealand may never catch up with demand for learning support – as thousands of children wait months for specialist services. Ministr 👉[Ad] Dedicated-IP VPN: WireGuard/Hysteria2, 1h free trial, AU, JP, SG, ad blocking. vpn.photonmark.com

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Educators concerned as kids facing year-long waits for learning support

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Kiwi broadcaster Hamish McKay and his family have had to leave their Auckland rental after a Tenancy Tribunal dispute over unpaid rent.

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Hamish McKay leaves Mission Bay rental after Tenancy Tribunal dispute

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Dog attacks across Auckland have fallen for the first time in six years, but the number of children being mauled continues to rise.

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Auckland dog attacks fall for first time in six years but incidents involving children rise

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 A breast cancer survivor wanted answers after her cancer was missed. A businessman wanted ideas on how to rebuild the economy.

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Election 2026: Herald leaders’ debate - Breast cancer advocate, businessman unimpressed by Hipkins and Luxon

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Police have released the name of the man who died after a crash on Takitimu Drive in Tauranga earlier this month. He was 48-year-old Warren Craig Cochrane,

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Tauranga man named after fatal Takitimu Drive crash

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Pigs being raised for slaughter were so hungry that they began attacking each other in search of food.

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Pig attacks, animals put down after 20 found in distress at Palmerston North farm

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Auckland FC forward Sam Cosgrove is starting to embrace his role as a villain after it was revealed he had already served his suspension for a red card in

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Auckland FC v Melbourne City: Sam Cosgrove defends ban served in National League

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Greens’ co-leader Marama Davidson says her party is open to funding the Mongrel Mob to deliver drug prevention programmes.

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Election 2026: National calls out Greens for being open to funding Mongrel Mob to address drug addiction

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Labour leader Chris Hipkins has accused the Government of using councils as a “scapegoat” and a “political punching bag”, telling local government leaders

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins tells Rotorua conference councils made a ‘scapegoat’ for Government’s failures

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 The nurses union says nearly half of shifts on Starship children’s hospital’s oncology ward were below safe staffing levels this year, and health bosses sh

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Nurses union hits out at Starship children’s hospital cancer treatment delays

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 A Christchurch lender that charged some borrowers up to 55.61% in interest repayments has been fined $15,000 for providing consumer credit without being re

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Christchurch lender 4J Enterprise Ltd fined $15,000 for unregistered lending

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Australian hospitality and property group Iris Capital has completed its acquisition of Christchurch Casino from Skyline Enterprises in a transaction value

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Iris Capital completes purchase of Christchurch Casino in deal worth more than $100m

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Lodestone Energy says it has successfully received “firm commitments” for shares in its initial public offering. The solar power firm did not offer details

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Lodestone Energy hits $75m minimum capital raise for its NZ sharemarket listing

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

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All Blacks team naming: Dave Rennie selects side to face Wallabies in Sydney

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

📢 Flooding has swamped and closed a North Island highway as heavy rain lashes parts of New Zealand, with more expected into the afternoon.

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Wintry blast plunges temps, SH3 Awakino Gorge swamped by flooding as heavy rain hits

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 15/10/2026

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Election 2026 live updates: Greens vow to reverse National’s $2.4b public sector cuts

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 14/10/2026

📢 Cliff Curtis is believed by authorities to have had more than one-and-a-half times the legal limit for alcohol in his system when he crashed his Tesla into

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Movie star Cliff Curtis has new drink driving crash charge added at Auckland court

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 14/10/2026

📢 New Zealand’s accounting body has launched a probe after an IRD investigator was convicted of serious family violence.

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IRD staffer Grant O’Callaghan guilty of suffocating his ex now under investigation by accounting body

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 14/10/2026

📢 Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki has been summonsed to appear in court for allegedly breaching the Human Rights Act.

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Brian Tamaki summonsed to court for allegedly ‘inciting racial disharmony’

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 14/10/2026

📢 The family of a mentally ill man killed by a tiger at a UK wildlife park have urged people to stop posting “deeply offensive media content” of the attack.

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Grieving family of UK man killed by tiger call for end to online posts

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 14/10/2026

📢 New Zealand’s accounting body has launched a probe after an IRD investigator was convicted of serious family violence.

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IRD staffer Grant O’Callaghan convicted of suffocating his ex now under investigation by accounting body

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 14/10/2026

📢 The police national training college is turning out record numbers - but still failing to reach the target set by the Government. Assistant Commissioner Ji

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Police recruitment surge: Near-record number of new cops

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Newstalk ZB (Unofficial) @newstalkzb.nzcow.com · 14/10/2026

📢 Pyrotechnics planned for this weekend’s Olivia Dean concert beside Auckland Zoo have been cancelled.

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Olivia Dean’s Western Springs Bowl concert scraps pyrotechnics beside Auckland Zoo

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