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The award-winning TE KAAHU (Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Tiipaa) has released a beautiful triptych of waiata titled I ROTO I TE POO, I ROTO I TE AO, which revolves around the theme of aroha (love). At ...

Report from RNZ by Chris Cessford Residents of Wellington’s Mt Victoria say the city council has betrayed them by changing ...

News from Wellington City Council A developer has been identified and officers have been approved to negotiate a development agreement for the iconic heritage-listed Band Rotunda on Oriental Bay.

A child drowned at Avalon Park in Lower Hutt last night. Police said emergency services were called to Avalon Park at around 8.10pm after a child was retrieved, unresponsive, from a shallow pond.

State Highway 58 was closed for over an hour this afternoon between the Paremata roundabout and Oak Avenue following a crash. The two-car crash, which occurred near the intersection of Bayview ...

Protesters greeting the Royal Princess Cruise ship in Pōneke this morning erected a giant banner on the cenotaph and several people were dowsed in “blood” representing the harm done to people, the ...

Report Most hairdressers don’t know some salon rules that could repealed even existed in the first place, a Wellington ...

A lucky Powerball player from New Plymouth will be over the moon after winning $23.3 million with Powerball First Division in tonight’s live Lotto draw. The winning ticket was sold at ...

Love Party release ‘Hit It’ their debut single and music video. Wellington’s Love Party is a punk band that only sings love songs. Led by Kate Yesberg and Dayle ...

It was an almost perfect weekend for Bay of Plenty’s defending champion Mitch Rees as he kicked off his 2024-25 motorcycle road-racing season in style. Just a week shy of his ...

Some of the best motorcycle racers on the planet arrived in the Bay of Plenty at the weekend to mark the start to the 2024 ...