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	Mon, 22 Dec 2025: Bondi gunmen threw explosives at start of attack and practised shooting weeks before, police allege BBCWorld - 22 Dec (BBCWorld) Videos also show the pair allegedly training in rural Australia and making statements in front of Islamic State flags. Read... Newslink ©2026 to BBCWorld General



	Mon, 22 Dec 2025: Holiday makers warned to check destination water is safe to drink RadioNZ - 22 Dec (RadioNZ) Water schemes for many small and rural communities lacked the same protections and treatment of systems for larger urban areas. Read... Newslink ©2026 to RadioNZ General



	Sat, 20 Dec 2025: Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River's rural postie RadioNZ - 20 Dec (RadioNZ) Rural postie Tracy Marshall takes visitors along her mail delivery route which winds along the Whanganui River. Read... Newslink ©2026 to RadioNZ General



	Sat, 20 Dec 2025: Wife and lover who plotted husband's caravan murder jailed for 19 years BBCWorld - 20 Dec (BBCWorld) Michelle Mills schemed with her ex-marine lover of three months to murder her husband in rural south-west Wales. Read... Newslink ©2026 to BBCWorld General



	Fri, 19 Dec 2025: ‘How’s mum ... I want to talk to mummy’: Witness recounts nightmare crash scene Stuff.co.nz - 19 Dec (Stuff.co.nz) First came the bang, then came the screams after a fleeing driver smashed head-on into a car containing a mother and child on a rural road near Te Awamutu. Read... Newslink ©2026 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Tue, 16 Dec 2025: Police still looking for son after dad and step mum found dead at weekend Stuff.co.nz - 16 Dec (Stuff.co.nz) The son, Mitchell Cole, was a person of interest in the police inquiry after the pair were found dead at a rural property on Saturday. Read... Newslink ©2026 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Tue, 16 Dec 2025: GPs call for digital, cultural obesity care in rural NZ ITBrief - 16 Dec (ITBrief) GPs urge culturally tailored telehealth to tackle soaring rural obesity in New Zealand as costs forecast to hit USD $46.3 billion by 2060. Read... Newslink ©2026 to ITBrief Computing



	Sun, 14 Dec 2025: Five injured after two-vehicle crash in rural Waikato RadioNZ - 14 Dec (RadioNZ) St John Ambulance was called to the crash in Parawera, at the intersection of Monckton Road and Arapuni Road, about 9.42pm. Read... Newslink ©2026 to RadioNZ General



	Sun, 14 Dec 2025: Double homicide probe after two found dead at rural property Stuff.co.nz - 14 Dec (Stuff.co.nz) The victims were located by Police in Ruatiti on Saturday afternoon. Read... Newslink ©2026 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Sat, 13 Dec 2025: Homicide investigation launched after two found dead in central North Island RadioNZ - 13 Dec (RadioNZ) Two bodies were found at a rural property on Saturday afternoon. Read... Newslink ©2026 to RadioNZ General