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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the detail of the April increases at her post-Cabinet press conference before leaving for Fiji. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Ardern announces increase in welfare benefits

24 Feb, 2020 6:17pm

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Following an unsummery weekend, conditions will warm as the week draws onwards. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Little rain, shine for most following unsummery weekend

24 Feb, 2020 5:50pm
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Following an unsummery weekend, conditions will warm as the week draws onwards.

NEW ZEALAND

Little rain, shine for most following unsummery weekend

24 Feb, 2020 5:50pm
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Following an unsummery weekend, conditions will warm as the week draws onwards.

Kelsi Wood died trying to save her child from a rip at a Bayley's Beach in Northland Photo / Supplied

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'Her babies do not deserve this'

24 Feb, 2020 5:05pm
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Scammers target family of Northland mum who died trying to save her daughter.

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'Her babies do not deserve this'

24 Feb, 2020 5:05pm
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Scammers target family of Northland mum who died trying to save her daughter.

NEW ZEALAND

Car-fire murders: Killer dad's relatives speak out

24 Feb, 2020 4:56pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Series of small earthquakes recorded underneath Mt Ruapehu

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm
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Cricketer's act of sportsmanship backfires

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

THE COUNTRY

Otago Goldfields Cavalcade trail veterans prepare for their 25th cavalcade

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

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Perspective: with Heather du Plessis-Allan - It's wrong to demonise all men

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

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Wine without water? Irrigation experiment in Central Otago

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

SPORT

Captain Kane Williamson on the Black Caps' historic win

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

Wearing his 'Hero' cape supplied by St John, Ollie Norman yr6 re-enacts his recovery treatment of fellow yr6 Bledisloe School pupil Brad Mepham on the school courts. 24 February 2020. NEWS. Photograph Warren Buckland Hawke's Bay Today.

Caped hero saves school mate

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

NEW ZEALAND

Focus Live: PM Jacinda Ardern confirms travel ban on foreign nationals coming from China to continue for a further eight days

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

SPORT

Black Caps thump India with 100th test victory

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

NEW ZEALAND

MetService Weather Auckland: 25th February

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

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MetService Weather National: 25th - 26th February

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

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Focus Live: Ministry of Health give coronavirus update

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

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MetService Weather Wellington: 25th February

24 Feb, 2020 4:36pm

NEW ZEALAND

Councils eye pulling out of 'contentious' arts fund

24 Feb, 2020 3:15pm
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NEW ZEALAND

$2.5 million meth bust sentence appealed

24 Feb, 2020 3:00pm
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Herald afternoon quiz: February 24

24 Feb, 2020 3:00pm
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Watch: Coronavirus - travel restrictions from China extended

24 Feb, 2020 2:55pm
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NEW ZEALAND

'I miss her hugs': Kiwi Dreamworld victim's 9yo daughter shares tribute

24 Feb, 2020 2:46pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Potential for 'catastrophe': Mangroves deliberately planted in Ahuriri Estuary

24 Feb, 2020 2:32pm
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NEW ZEALAND

'Game changer': Thousands of dung beetles set to be released in Mahia Peninsula

24 Feb, 2020 2:15pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Rest home slammed after maggots found in dying man's wounds

24 Feb, 2020 2:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Coronavirus: Government commits $3 million to combat outbreak

24 Feb, 2020 1:59pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Grace's murder disgusted us. Is NZ any safer for women now?

22 Feb, 2020 9:27pm
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There'll be "more Grace's, Amber-Rose's and Sophie's" before changes, Lesley Elliott says.

A police investigation into the disappearance of Peter Boland in 1957 has been passed to a Coroner to make a final ruling. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Police hand one of NZ's oldest cold cases to Coroner

22 Feb, 2020 5:00am
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Brother of boy missing since 1957 hope Coroner will grill witnesses at inquest hearing.

BUSINESS

SkyCity interim result: 296% boost but there's a catch

13 Feb, 2020 9:41am
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SkyCity has revealed its latest half-year result.

Paul Gillick, pictured with his then-newborn daughter, Nina Gillick, last year. The new dad thought of his daughter as he fought for his life in a near-drowning at Piha. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'You have to survive this': New dad's fight for life after drowning scare

8 Feb, 2020 10:42am
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As he began to lose hope, Paul Gillick thought of his partner and 3-month-old daughter.

LIFESTYLE

Breastfeeding mum accepts apology, hopes story creates change

25 Jan, 2020 5:00am
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BUSINESS

'Totally insensitive': CBD apartment's 'no homeless men' ad slammed

20 Jan, 2020 10:38am
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South Island news

A man was injured when his hand got stuck in a press at a property on Douglas Road (pictured) in Motueka. Image / Google

south island

Man hospitalised after hand becomes stuck in industrial press

24 Feb, 2020 9:56am
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A man has been injured in a workplace accident in Motueka.

Whitebait fishing in NZ is under review. Photo / File

south island

Regulating whitebaiting: 'There's no room for chick scientists'

24 Feb, 2020 7:20am
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Southlander says DoC wants whitebaiters to catch enough for one patty then "sing Kumbaya".

Fire crews at the scene of the house fire in Challis St. Photo / ODT

south island

One dead in house fire in Dunedin

24 Feb, 2020 5:41am
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A person has died in a house fire in Dunedin overnight.

Light rail is front and centre of the latest proposal for a second harbour crossing - but construction won't begin until the late 2030s.

NEW ZEALAND

What happens when Auckland's motorways are built?

3 Jan, 2020 5:00am

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North Island news

Milne pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, injuring with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and four charges of injuring with reckless disregard. Photo: NZ Herald / Peter Meecham

north island

Road rage attacker driven by 'racial hatred'

24 Feb, 2020 12:39pm
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Fraser Milne received a 'manifestly inadequate' jail term, Crown law has argued.

A non-binding referendum as part of the September 19 general election will ask voters whether the personal use of cannabis should become legal.

north island

Cannabis law reform: pros and cons to be debated

21 Feb, 2020 5:00am
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Harete Hipango and Nandor Tanczos are two of five in a panel discussing cannabis law.

Castlecliff Four Square owner Vivek Bangai is excited to find out who the lucky winner is. Photo / Bevan Conley

north island

Locals in the money after Lotto draw

24 Feb, 2020 5:00am
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Winning Lotto tickets bought in Whanganui and Marton.

NEW ZEALAND

Doctor David Lim denied parole, continues to deny offending

24 Feb, 2020 1:53pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Body painter brushes off risqué Art Deco parade costume criticism

24 Feb, 2020 1:50pm
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NEW ZEALAND

One dead at railway station, two train lines suspended

24 Feb, 2020 1:45pm
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Victims of fatal Whananaki crash named

24 Feb, 2020 1:39pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Soap box races return to Art Deco Festival weekend

24 Feb, 2020 1:02pm
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Jesse Ryder charged with drink-driving

24 Feb, 2020 12:56pm
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'Smile could light up the room': Outpouring of grief for drowned Napier boy

24 Feb, 2020 12:55pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Road rage attacker driven by 'racial hatred'

24 Feb, 2020 12:39pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Teenager named as drowning victim found in Whanganui River

24 Feb, 2020 12:30pm
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How to rescue a waterfall

Work has started on improving the water quality of a Bay of Plenty gem - Kaiate Falls.

Planting along a creek on the dairy farm in Sheffield run by Jack van der Salm. Picture / Supplied

Restoring our native trees

Dairy farmers helping turn around depleted native plants scenario with other landowners.

Spending $2.8m on environment

Waikato family have really put their money where their mouth is on sustainable farming.

Water plan evokes 'fiery emotion'

Community rallies behind steps to arrest the decline of a harbour considered a sacred...

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Water concerns at popular beach

"Disturbing" water tests at Muriwai lead to suspicion about septic tanks and sewage.

Help coming for didymo rivers

Unique solution developed to fight a pest 'suffocating' many iconic NZ rivers.

Is this the way of future farming?

Award-winning organic & legacy farmers nurture the environment as well as cows.

Audrey Young: Nats, NZ First wrangle - who really killed the car tax plan?

By: Audrey Young
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NEW ZEALAND

$42m Powerball: Bank it and live on the eye-watering interest alone

24 Feb, 2020 12:00pm
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NEW ZEALAND

Class trip drowning tragedy: School considers independent investigation

24 Feb, 2020 11:39am
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NEW ZEALAND

Police intervene as family of boy injured in Flaxmere receive threats

24 Feb, 2020 11:00am
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NEW ZEALAND

Christchurch mosque shooting: Survivors front up to pre-trial court hearing

24 Feb, 2020 10:56am
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NEW ZEALAND

Counting the cost of coronavirus' local impact

24 Feb, 2020 10:45am
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NEW ZEALAND

US accuses China of 'debt-trap diplomacy' in Pacific

24 Feb, 2020 9:59am
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NEW ZEALAND

Oranga Tamariki uplift complaints team investigating 17 cases

24 Feb, 2020 9:56am
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NEW ZEALAND

Man hospitalised after hand becomes stuck in industrial press

24 Feb, 2020 9:56am
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National considers deportations for convicted Australians

24 Feb, 2020 9:48am
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NZ Herald Local Focus

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Soap box races return to Art Deco Festival weekend

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Rotorua Principals react to shocking attendance statistics

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at the Toitoi - Hawke's Bay Arts and Events Centre, in Hastings. Photo / Paul Taylor

HAWKE'S BAY TODAY

'A jewel in the crown for the city': PM tours Hastings' Opera House

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Māori art and augmented reality

Nicholas Gleeson aged 9 high fives as he finishes the race. Photo / Warren Buckland

HAWKE'S BAY TODAY

Kids' triathlon: Crescendo of noise as 4000 descend on Frimley Park

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: The perfumery in the most unlikely place

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Soap box races return to Art Deco Festival weekend

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Rotorua Principals react to shocking attendance statistics

HAWKE'S BAY TODAY

'A jewel in the crown for the city': PM tours Hastings' Opera House

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Māori art and augmented reality

HAWKE'S BAY TODAY

Kids' triathlon: Crescendo of noise as 4000 descend on Frimley Park

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: The perfumery in the most unlikely place

NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Rotorua Principals react to shocking attendance statistics

24 Feb, 2020 9:30am

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NEW ZEALAND

Man hospitalised after hand becomes stuck in industrial press

24 Feb, 2020 9:56am
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NEW ZEALAND

National considers deportations for convicted Australians

24 Feb, 2020 9:48am
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NEW ZEALAND

Cormack: Prime Minister Bridges or Prime Minister Ardern?

24 Feb, 2020 9:40am
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NEW ZEALAND

Letters: Traffic, Lotto, political donations, Donald Trump and coronavirus

24 Feb, 2020 9:37am
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NEW ZEALAND

Local Focus: Rotorua Principals react to shocking attendance statistics

24 Feb, 2020 9:30am
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NEW ZEALAND

'Absolute cowards': Same robbers hit upmarket suburban dairy three times

24 Feb, 2020 9:22am
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NEW ZEALAND

Coronavirus: PM says ban on Chinese travellers likely to continue

24 Feb, 2020 9:19am
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NEW ZEALAND

Coronavirus: Cabinet to review ban on Chinese travellers today

24 Feb, 2020 7:29am
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NEW ZEALAND

Regulating whitebaiting: 'There's no room for chick scientists'

24 Feb, 2020 7:20am
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