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Forget the UK heatwave: Explosive weather on the cards for New Zealand’s summer

A person walks through Primrose Hill, in north London, as temperatures reach up to 33C in parts of the UK on August 9, 2026.Ben Whitley / PA via AP ANALYSIS: After a baking summer, reports from the ...
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Supply chain woes and recession force Nelson's Bike Station to close

The Bike Station on Vanguard St has gone into voluntary liquidation.MARTIN DE RUYTER / Nelson Mail Nelson bicycle shop The Bike Station has gone into voluntary liquidation with its owners pointing to ...
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Cost of Westport’s planned floodwalls blows out from $25m to $70m

Westport residents are facing hundreds of dollars in extra annual rates to fund a flood protection scheme that will offer less protection than originally promised. West Coast Regional councillors ...
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61 former Gloriavale workers file almost $40m claim for years of unpaid labour

Screengrabs from Christchurch filmmaker Cody Packer's documentary on a reclusive West Coast religious community, Gloriavale, which will be shown at the Chicago International Film Festival in October.
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Warnings issued, highway pre-emptively closed as South Island braces for snow and rain storm

Unstable snow and incoming torrential rain have prompted a precautionary closure of Southland’s notoriously avalanche-prone Milford Road on Wednesday. MetService is forecasting that a slow-moving low ...
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Christchurch’s $4m ratepayer-funded community fund stretched thin as applications hit $9.4m

The Christchurch Symphony Orchestra was the biggest single benefactor of the Christchurch City Council’s Strengthening Communities Fund, receiving $310,000. Millions of dollars of ratepayer money has ...
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Deadly bird flu spreads to inland Australia as positive cases reach 215

The first inland case of H5N1 bird flu in Australia has been detected in western NSW at the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers on the Victorian border, in a sign the virus will spread rapidly ...
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Marooned by roadworks, beloved Nelson gallery to close

Nelson City Council had earlier warned Red it would be “the most affected business on the street” because of its location during the $78 million Bridge to Better project. The couple said they had ...
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The AI legal genie is out of the bottle - and its hallucinations can obstruct justice

The Supreme Court has cautioned relying false AI citations “may in serious cases amount to obstruction of justice or contempt”. (Generic image)Kristie Rogers / Adobe Stock Self-assured, confident and ...
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Christchurch rejects expansion as one councillor gives Govt’s proposal an ‘F and U’

A proposal, supported by mayor Phil Mauger involving the city taking control of Selwyn and Waimakariri towns like Rolleston, Lincoln, Prebbleton, Kaiapoi and Rangiora, did not receive enough support, ...
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Ghost town: Nearly 500 new homes in Christchurch CBD but only 50 new residents

One statistic says it all – 484 new dwellings have been built in the inner city in the last year, but only 50 people have moved into the area. “Some of the ones that are being built now aren’t even ...