Regional council wants one Auckland authority

Auckland Regional Council wants to see a single authority run the region, though its chairman denies the proposal is an attempted takeover. ...

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Five teens reported dead in flooded New Zealand river

Earthtimes - The students, aged 16 and 17, were part of a group of 40 from Elim Christian College in Howick, Auckland, attending a week-long course at the Sir Edmund ...

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Wife got to say goodbye to man hit by lightning

The unnamed man, reported to be 61 and from Auckland, died after a direct hit in a electrical storm near Dargaville, which also killed his horse. ...

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