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Multiple homes have been destroyed near major urban centres as fires rip through bushland in tinderbox, heatwave-fuelled conditions

6 December 2025

Multiple homes have been destroyed near major urban centres as fires rip through bushland in tinderbox, heatwave-fuelled conditions

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The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is about to resume, 11 years after the plane disappeared in 2014 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing
	6 Dec: The search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is about to resume, 11 years after the plane disappeared in 2014 on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing... more

A four-vehicle crash is bringing weekend traffic to a halt in Auckland's central city - with one man believed to have been trapped
	6 Dec: A four-vehicle crash is bringing weekend traffic to a halt in Auckland's central city - with one man believed to have been trapped... more

Two people have been left injured, one seriously, after a two-vehicle crash in North Canterbury's Amberley just after 10am
	6 Dec: Two people have been left injured, one seriously, after a two-vehicle crash in North Canterbury's Amberley just after 10am... more

Police are still searching for an offender, after a person was left in a critical condition from a gunshot wound in Auckland's Papakura early this morning
	6 Dec: Police are still searching for an offender, after a person was left in a critical condition from a gunshot wound in Auckland's Papakura early this morning... more

Kindercare daycare says it's shocked that children entrusted in their care were harmed at a Christchurch centre yesterday afternoon
	6 Dec: Kindercare daycare says it's shocked that children entrusted in their care were harmed at a Christchurch centre yesterday afternoon... more

There will be a heavy police presence in Auckland's Mount Wellington as officers carry out a homicide investigation in the area
	6 Dec: There will be a heavy police presence in Auckland's Mount Wellington as officers carry out a homicide investigation in the area... more

A fun activity at a Christchurch daycare went horrifically wrong today - after a misidentified corrosive substance ended up on a water slide
	5 Dec: A fun activity at a Christchurch daycare went horrifically wrong today - after a misidentified corrosive substance ended up on a water slide... more

One person's died and another's seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 2 north of Dannevirke - at Matamau
	5 Dec: One person's died and another's seriously injured after a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 2 north of Dannevirke - at Matamau... more

A person's in hospital with moderate injuries after a car crashed into a house in Auckland's Grafton this morning
	5 Dec: A person's in hospital with moderate injuries after a car crashed into a house in Auckland's Grafton this morning... more

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17 Nov: Police aren't seeking further information from the public after a fatal Manawatu house fire on Saturday, in Sanson ++++++++++++++++++++++++++

19 Nov: Auckland's St Kentigern College has revealed what led to a blaze in one of its classroom buildings this afternoon +++++++++++++++++++++++

18 Nov: Post-mortems are being carried out, following the house fire in Sanson on Saturday +++++++++++++++++++++

22 Nov: Manawatu Police have confirmed the names of the three children who died in a housefire in Sanson last weekend, and their father ++++++++++++++++++

19 Nov: Police are working towards determining how three young children died, following a house fire in Manawatu's Sanson on Saturday +++++++++++++++++

12 Nov: The man hunt continues for the person responsible for a shooting in the Christchurch suburb of Wainoni ++++++++++++++++

09 Nov: A wildfire burning in the Tongariro National Park has more than doubled in size overnight - to cover an estimated one-thousand hectares ++++++++++++++++

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