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Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers - police

by RNZ Online - Dec 18,2025

Police: "We don't believe this avalanche was survivable."

Wānaka braces for tens of thousands of teenagers on New Year's Eve

by Katie Todd - Dec 18,2025

Police are warning parents they could face charges if they supply alcohol to minors.

Two climbers still missing at Mt Cook, two who died named

Dec 17,2025

Bad weather has hampered the search for the climbers

Ngāi Tahu set to take 33% stake in Milford Sound Tourism

by Katie Todd - Dec 13,2025

Milford Sound Tourism is currently 49 percent owned by RealNZ and 49 percent owned by Skeggs Group.

Skyline and contractors sentenced over "highly careless" landslip behaviour

by Adam Burns - Dec 13,2025

QLDC: "The most serious RMA case the council has ever prosecuted".

Local Water Done Well: Council plans to cost $9b more than expected

by Russell Palmer - Dec 12,2025

Local councils and CCO's will be expected to spend $47.9 billion on three waters works

Man arrested over fatal bus stabbing, assault in Auckland

Dec 09,2025

Police had earlier said they were looking for 36-year-old Adrian Pani.

Five things you need to know about the RMA replacements

by Russell Palmer RNZ - Dec 09,2025

Man dies outside store after two stabbings on Auckland bus

by Lucy Xia - Dec 09,2025

Dunedin woman fatally shot herself in head while deer hunting

by Katie Todd - Dec 01,2025

Drone tech trialled in Central Otago in push to eradicate bovine TB

Nov 30,2025

National News Archive

Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers - police

by RNZ Online - Dec 18,2025

Wānaka braces for tens of thousands of teenagers on New Year's Eve

by Katie Todd - Dec 18,2025

Two climbers still missing at Mt Cook, two who died named

Dec 17,2025

Ngāi Tahu set to take 33% stake in Milford Sound Tourism

by Katie Todd - Dec 13,2025

Skyline and contractors sentenced over "highly careless" landslip behaviour

by Adam Burns - Dec 13,2025

Local Water Done Well: Council plans to cost $9b more than expected

by Russell Palmer - Dec 12,2025

Man arrested over fatal bus stabbing, assault in Auckland

Dec 09,2025

Five things you need to know about the RMA replacements

by Russell Palmer RNZ - Dec 09,2025

Man dies outside store after two stabbings on Auckland bus

by Lucy Xia - Dec 09,2025

Dunedin woman fatally shot herself in head while deer hunting

by Katie Todd - Dec 01,2025

Drone tech trialled in Central Otago in push to eradicate bovine TB

Nov 30,2025

Wānaka guide who died on Mt Cook, 'left a mark on everyone'

Nov 28,2025