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Corrections is carrying out a review after eleven inmates at Spring Hill Prison rioted and started fires in the exercise yard - prompting a lockdown

17 August 2025

Corrections is carrying out a review after eleven inmates at Spring Hill Prison rioted and started fires in the exercise yard - prompting a lockdown

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Hiker found dead after brown bear attack on trail in northern Japan, officials say
	16 Aug: Japanese police said the man in his 20s was hiking at Mount Rausu, on the northern island of Hokkaido, on Thursday morning when he was attacked.... more

Emergency services are standing down after an incident unfolding at Waikato's Springhill Prison
	16 Aug: Emergency services are standing down after an incident unfolding at Waikato's Springhill Prison... more

Home detention and reparations have been handed to three people for their role in an attempted 1.5-million dollar ACC heist
	16 Aug: Home detention and reparations have been handed to three people for their role in an attempted 1.5-million dollar ACC heist... more

Auckland's Onehunga community preparing to farewell Baby Anahera, whose body was discovered at a recycling plant four years ago
	16 Aug: Auckland's Onehunga community preparing to farewell Baby Anahera, whose body was discovered at a recycling plant four years ago... more

A man with historical indecency convictions was able to get work as a teacher for a private education provider where he sexually abused at least eight children
	16 Aug: A man with historical indecency convictions was able to get work as a teacher for a private education provider where he sexually abused at least eight children... more

Police say they haven't given up hope on solving a 45-year-old cold case in Auckland
	16 Aug: Police say they haven't given up hope on solving a 45-year-old cold case in Auckland... more

Two people have been injured and several arrested following an assault in Auckland's Massey this evening
	15 Aug: Two people have been injured and several arrested following an assault in Auckland's Massey this evening... more

The Supreme Court has declined to release an autistic man from secure mental health care - where he's been for nearly 20 years
	15 Aug: The Supreme Court has declined to release an autistic man from secure mental health care - where he's been for nearly 20 years... more

Police have revealed a woman fatally shot by police in Christchurch on Wednesday - was 53-year-old Te Arohanui Pohio
	15 Aug: Police have revealed a woman fatally shot by police in Christchurch on Wednesday - was 53-year-old Te Arohanui Pohio... more

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Scott Robertson is sharing the lessons learned from last year's Rugby Championship as he begins his second in charge of the All Blacks in this morning's clash against Argentina in Cordoba 5:47

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Corrections is carrying out a review after eleven inmates at Spring Hill Prison rioted and started fires in the exercise yard - prompting a lockdown 5:27

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Hiker found dead after brown bear attack on trail in northern Japan, officials say 18:17

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Emergency services are standing down after an incident unfolding at Waikato's Springhill Prison 18:07

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