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Emergency Management Minister Kieran McAnulty will lead the briefing from the Beehive.
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Harbourmaster fronts council committee after ferry mayday
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Police car and school bus involved in Lower Hutt crash
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Our largest drug seizure: $500m worth of cocaine picked up in sea; NZ 'a potential transit point'
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Lambton Quay currency exchange robbed at gunpoint, man arrested
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Person taken to hospital after police incident on State Highway 1 in Wellington
The road has since reopened.
Identity confirmed for body found near Kapiti Island
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Police stop car with teens driving wrong way down motorway
One of the teenagers will appear in court today.
'Intelligent, artistic and funny’ 11-year-old killed in Gisborne beach tragedy
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Qantas slammed for offloading 60 bags from Wellington flight
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Interislander’s Kaitaki ferry returns to service tomorrow
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James Shaw will not contest Wellington Central, councillor Tamatha Paul to run instead
James Shaw will not contest the Wellington Central electorate.
Crown appeals 501 deportee’s court win
The case centres on whether the man should have been classed as a returning prisoner.
Failed ferry inching closer to being back in service - but no timeline on when
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Ed Sheeran kicks off jam-packed Wellington weekend
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