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Trans-Tasman Resources - which wants to mine ironsands off the coast of South Taranaki - is one of the firms invited to apply for a fast-track consent. Photo: RNZ The government has released the list of organisations it provided information to on how to apply for fast-track consents - just hours before public submissions on the bill close.

A fully clothed Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger and Hornby Ward councillor Mark Peters jumped into the city's newest pool to make a splash, and christen the main pool at Matatiki Hornby Centre.

Huntly's historic railway station building was torched on May 31, 2023. Inset: Daniel Vale pictured during a court appearance in 2009. Photos / Waikato District Council and NZPA A man jailed for throwing a molotov cocktail at former prime minister John Key’s electorate office and setting fire to rugby club rooms, has now admitted torching the historic Huntly Railway Building.

A person is seriously injured and State Highway 1 is closed after a four-vehicle crash near Tinwald this afternoon.

A person is seriously injured and State Highway 1 is closed after a four-vehicle crash near Ashburton this afternoon.

Te Whatu Ora said it was clamping down because it could not go into the new financial year operating in deficit. File photo: RNZ Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has ordered an end to double shifts and imposed new limitations on replacing sick staff in wards during the day to save money.

An anti-missile system operates after Iran launched drones and missiles towards Israel earlier this month. Photo: Reuters Israel has attacked Iran, three people familiar with the matter said, as Iranian state media reported early on Friday that its forces had destroyed drones, days after Iran launched a retaliatory drone strike on Israel.

The people moving tuk-tuks in action at a Mt Cook Alpine Salmon farm. Photo: Rick Ramsay / Mt Cook Alpine Salmon / RNZ By Sally Murphy A salmon farm in the Mackenzie District says using electric tuk-tuks on its canals has been so successful they are going to get more.

Paul and Ally Barton visited Roche Abbey in his native Yorkshire in England last Christmas. Photo: Supplied As Paul Barton’s wife succumbs to Motor Neurone Disease, he is pleading for the Ministry of Health to increase its efforts to study potential causes of the incurable illness.

Samoa. Photo: ODT A dengue fever outbreak will be officially declared in Samoa today.

The 39.02ha block of city council land is used for grazing, but sections could be sold for the construction of a Māori immersion school and a new fire station. PHOTO: NEWSLINE A planned Māori immersion school for Diamond Harbour says residents’ concerns over traffic are unfounded.

Maddi McIvor with her dad Chris. Photo: Supplied Maddi McIvor and Montana Woods both have a great relationship with their dads - but they know it’s not like that for every teenage daughter.

Photo: Southland District Council. Two trucks have skidded off a "very slippery" section of road in Southland today - prompting authorities to issue a warning.

Mike McRoberts and co-presenter Samantha Hayes. Photo: RNZ Newshub presenter Mike McRoberts is to retire when the news service screens its last 6pm bulletin. 

Christchurch chocolatier and pastry chef Nel Vincencio with some of his award winning products. Photo: Supplied A Christchurch-made chocolate touted as being "so good it doesn't taste vegan" has been crowned supreme champion at this year's Outstanding Food Producer Awards.

Mike McRoberts and co-presenter Samantha Hayes. Photo: RNZ Newshub presenter Mike McRoberts is to retire after the news service screens its last 6pm bulletin. 

Christchurch 9-year-old Sarah Wadsworth already holds two disc golf distance throwing world titles - and she'll soon be competing for another at the world junior champs in the United States.

Mental Health Foundation chief executive Shaun Robinson. Photo: RNZ The Mental Health Foundation is proposing to cut 10 staff because government contracts are not keeping up with costs.

Award-winning country musician Kaylee Bell’s coming to Coronet Peak. PHOTO: TOM GRUT World-renowned country musician Kaylee Bell’s headlining at this year’s Coronet Peak Night Ski Party.

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed during a live-streamed sermon at Christ the Good Shepherd Church at Wakeley on Monday night. Photo: Getty Images Australian police have charged a teenager with terrorism after he allegedly stabbed a bishop at a church in western Sydney.