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Auckland team tasked with keeping transplant organs healthy
17+ hour, 52+ min ago (256+ words) When a heart becomes available for transplant it's down to a small specialist medical team in Auckland to travel anywhere in the country to collect the organ and ensure it remains healthy'surgery. The team also runs the national service of…...
Australia's export credit agency to underwrite fuel imports by Viva, Ampol to boost supply
12+ hour, 7+ min ago (395+ words) Australia will secure extra fuel supply by underwriting spot market purchases by its two largest suppliers, Ampol and Viva Energy, through its export credit agency, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday. It comes after the parliament last week passed…...
Northland shifts form recovery to readiness as Cyclone Vaianu approaches
10+ hour, 1+ min ago (941+ words) Northland communities are again bracing for the arrival of wild weather, only a couple of weeks after heavy rain and wind devastated parts of the region. Cyclone Vaianu is set to touchdown in Northland this weekend, with authorities across the…...
Four teens arrested after ram-raid in Wellington suburb of Miramar
6+ hour, 11+ min ago (219+ words) Four teenagers have been arrested following an early morning ram-raid in the Wellington suburb of Miramar on Thursday. Police were called to a store on Tauhinu Road shortly after 2. 10am after reports of multiple alarms going off. The front door was…...
Pet dog survives crocodile attack at Lake Argyle in WA's remote Kimberley
19+ hour, 5+ min ago (601+ words) By Ruby Littler and Giulia Bertoglio, ABC A much-loved family dog has survived with minor injuries after being dragged into a lake in Western Australia's remote north by a freshwater crocodile. Milli the black kelpie suffered puncture wounds to her…...
Auckland principals concerned by new ERO school performance reports
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (549+ words) A group of Auckland principals say new reports which rate schools performance are unfair on those in poorer areas, and are a one size fits all model. The Education Review Office recently revealed a colour-coded, four point scale for its…...
King Charles warns of climate change dangers in open letter on 'devastating' Northern Territory wet season
5+ hour, 3+ min ago (750+ words) By Jason Walls, ABC King Charles has written an open letter to Australia's Northern Territory residents in the wake of a series of recent natural disasters, warning the "increasingly catastrophic effects of climate change are surely a siren-call to the…...
New Zealand's least reliable cars revealed
6+ hour, 47+ min ago (108+ words) RNZ New Zealand's least reliable cars revealed Ford has topped the list of Consumer NZ's least reliable cars in its latest survey. The survey of 5791 car owners asked people what faults they had experienced with their cars and how satisfied…...
Business leaders urge government to prioritise food supply in fuel plan
10+ hour, 56+ min ago (572+ words) Business NZ has made its case to ministers as to why the food and grocery sector should be put in the highest priority level of any fuel rationing framework. Top chief executives - from the organisation's Major Companies Group - took part…...
Was China responsible for the '11th-hour' US-Iran ceasefire?
13+ hour, 41+ min ago (799+ words) By Claire Campbell and Girish Sawlani, ABC An "11th-hour" call from Iran's biggest trading partner, China, is believed to have led to successful ceasefire negotiations between Iran, the United States and Israel. US President Donald Trump said China was responsible…...