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📢 The government said it was designed and built to support higher-speed travel.
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Speed limit increases on Transmission Gully
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February 11, 2026 at 10:22 PM
📢 The government said it was designed and built to support higher-speed travel.
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Name suppression continues for teen charged with murder of elderly woman in Burnham
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February 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
📢 Finance Minister Nicola Willis talked up the policy's effects so far in a speech to the New Zealand Economic Forum in Hamilton.
Finance Minister Nicola Willis challenges Labour to keep Investment Boost policy if elected
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February 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
📢 The Black Ferns will take on the United States in Sacramento and Canada in Kansas City as part of this year's Pacific Four Series.
Black Ferns to play in Sacrementon and Kansas City
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February 11, 2026 at 9:32 PM
📢 The company gets about 80 percent of revenue from overseas and close to 40 percent from US sales.
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Skellerup posts record profit for first half
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February 11, 2026 at 9:22 PM
📢 The company gets about 80 percent of revenue from overseas and close to 40 percent from US sales.
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📢 Wānaka snowboarder Cam Melville Ives has qualified for the final of the halfpipe competition at the Winter Olympics.
Kiwi snowboarder qualifies for halfpipe final
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February 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
📢 More than 2,740 residents were evacuated as a precaution after the cyclone struck coastal communities before moving inland.
Cyclone Gezani tears through Madagascar, kills at least 31
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February 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
📢 You may need to keep your raincoats handy as the warm weather may take a turn this weekend.
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MetService forecasts wet weather on the way this weekend
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February 11, 2026 at 9:02 PM
📢 You may need to keep your raincoats handy as the warm weather may take a turn this weekend.
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📢 The review also recommended the council investigate whether schools are failing to report incompetent teachers.
Review finds Teaching Council's penalties too light, incompetent teachers going under radar
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February 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
📢 Hundreds of goldfish, turtles and other pests are being pulled from Auckland's Western Springs Lake to be euthanised, with their presence negativity impacting water quality and native wildlife.
Pest cull at Auckland's Western Springs Lake using electrocurrents
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February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
📢 The All Whites will play England as a part of their final preparations for this year's FIFA World Cup.
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All Whites to take on England
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February 11, 2026 at 7:52 PM
📢 The All Whites will play England as a part of their final preparations for this year's FIFA World Cup.
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📢 However, concerns over the review's timing so close to election time are a "fair question", he says.
Former Reserve Bank Governor supports review into Bank's decisions during pandemic, but questions timing
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February 11, 2026 at 6:22 PM
📢 Staff are now able to enter the failed treatment plant, but the agency isn't providing details of the work being done or who is involved.
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Wellington Water quiet on Moa Point plans, cites upcoming inquiry
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February 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
📢 Staff are now able to enter the failed treatment plant, but the agency isn't providing details of the work being done or who is involved.
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Schools accused of giving illegal scholarships to foreign students
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February 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
📢 Tobacco control advocate Anaru Waa says getting the country back on track towards its smokefree target will require a policy shift towards whole system change.
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'Stop the supply': NZ needs to stop seeing smoking as an individual problem, expert says
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February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
📢 Tobacco control advocate Anaru Waa says getting the country back on track towards its smokefree target will require a policy shift towards whole system change.
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Government wants to bypass fast-track process for proposed liquefied natural gas terminal
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February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
📢 An endocrinologist says more than half the women she sees on testosterone for low libido are taking too high a dose of a product that's designed for men.
Health experts call on Pharmac to fund female-specific testosterone
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February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
📢 Waste Management New Zealand is investigating whether a lithium battery is to blame for a landfill blaze that lasted several hours.
Waste company wants retailers to take back fire-causing used lithium batteries
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February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
📢 New data from Cotality shows that 12 percent of people selling residential properties in the last quarter of last year did so for less than the amount they paid for them.
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Homeowners still paying the price for choice to buy in 2021
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February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
📢 New data from Cotality shows that 12 percent of people selling residential properties in the last quarter of last year did so for less than the amount they paid for them.
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How much of NZ's tax is your region paying?
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February 11, 2026 at 5:42 PM
📢 Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea fell to his death in May of 2019 while training to dismount from a Blackhawk helicopter onto the edge of a building.
Inquest into death of Nicholas Kahotea, soldier who fell from helicopter during training
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February 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
📢 Golf New Zealand believes this week's Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific championship has the opportunity to leave a lasting legacy for the game here.
Golf: Hope that Asia-Pacific tournament will inspire girls to take on the world
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February 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
📢 Decades ago Ray Ahipene-Mercer fought to stop the dumping of raw sewage into Wellington's sea. Now it's happening again.
Raw sewage still pouring into Welly waters raises questions, and anger
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February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
📢 The rector says he would be "appalled" if there was inaction and any failure to respond appropriately.
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St Bede's College investigates knowledge of allegations of sexual offending by priest
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February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
📢 The rector says he would be "appalled" if there was inaction and any failure to respond appropriately.
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📢 A new survey has found half of small business owners have thought about throwing in the towel.
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Is owning a small business really worth it?
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February 11, 2026 at 4:22 PM
📢 A new survey has found half of small business owners have thought about throwing in the towel.
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