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Fenz is also planning to bring water tankers into the region if restrictions get worse.
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Police find body in Te Akau, Waikato
Formal identification and a post-mortem will be carried out today.
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Adding hundreds of millions of dollars in costs and an urgent revision to previous budgets
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'Tell us if you've been hurt' - WA regulators seek details of homes with Fletcher pipes
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Property Insider: Apartment ‘hell’ in new series; magic behind early highway fix; Chinese exodus
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‘Temporary cash deficit’: Auckland Council set to approve $130 million bailout of Watercare
Auckland floods and Ōrākei sewer collapse among reasons for the deficit.
The prominent Herne Bay residents opposing Watercare’s sewer plans
Business people, investors and many others cite reasons to stop sewer project proceeding.
Master Plumbers boss urges commissioners for Wellington
The Wellington region is in level 2 water restrictions.
10 ideas for staying hydrated this summer
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Wellington residents face 15.4 % rates increase as water shortage bites
Wellington City councillors have also been briefed on possible budget cuts.
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$2.5b fix floated for capital's leaky pipes
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Parliament is back, water woes and scam calls | Focus Morning Bulletin January 30, 2024
MPs are back with plenty on the to-do list, Wellington's water woes and ANZ’s latest scam warning for customers in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZHerald
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Investigation findings on the state housing agency will be reported to ministers in March.
Herne Bay row brews as residents take on Watercare over park closure
Sewage spills on to beaches in NZ's wealthiest suburb but locals oppose losing a reserve.
Tory Whanau: Wellington's water woes 'to take decades to fix'
Whanau said her meeting with minister Simeon Brown was 'very constructive and positive'.
Watch: Indoor 'waterfall' floods university cafe
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Opinion: Who should I blame for Wellington’s water woes?
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Raglan drowning: Off-duty surf lifeguard rushes to Manu Bay to try and help man
A group of surfers first noticed the man unresponsive in the water just after 9am today.
Māori king calls for hope, call for vehicle ban and locals need to be cautious
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'Seized up and started to drown': Man rescued from water in Far North
A man has been given CPR, a police officer at the scene said.
Simeon Brown disappointed councils failed to provide water shortage info
"Both mayors failed to respond", says the minister.
Northland movement inspires rescue equipment on beaches across country
The move recognises that not everyone swims while lifeguards are available.
Plumber shares secret to stop limescale destroying household appliances
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Mum’s warning after son’s scare at floating obstacle course in Tauranga
'I used all of my strength to push him to the side while trying not to get sucked in.'