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Source: Radio New Zealand

Chorus said it has located the fault that has knocked out internet services to nearly 7500 customers in West Auckland.

The Chorus outage is impacting Te Atatū, Henderson, and Massey – with people unable to access the internet via their fibre connections since 5.30am on Saturday.

The fixed-line telecoms and infrastructure company said several copper and fibre cables had been damaged.

It said the repairs are complex, due to multiple cables and the location of the problem, and it is not expected to be restored until Sunday.

Chorus said repair crews are working as fast as they can

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Emergency services are at an address in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr, where a number of people have been hurt after being attacked by dogs.

Several police cars and ambulances were at the scene on Bevin Place, as well as a Christchurch City Council animal management vehicle.

An RNZ reporter at the scene said a woman was being attended to by paramedics, and another person was on a stretcher and being put into an ambulance.

Ambulance operator Hato Hone St John said three people were injured – two were taken to hospital, one critical and one serious, while the third was treated for minor injuries at the scene.

Police later confirmed two dogs at the property were being restrained, and would soon be taken from the property.

“There is no ongoing risk to the public, and a scene examination will be carried out,” Acting Superintendent Ash Tabb, Christchurch Metro acting area commander, said.

Police said they were notified about 2.45pm, and there was no ongoing risk to the public.

More to come.

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A serious crash south of Thames has closed State Highway 25 in both directions.

Police were alerted to the two-vehicle incident near the Orongo Corner at about 2.30pm.

Initial indicators were that there had been serious injuries, police said.

Diversions were in place, and the road would remain closed some time while emergency services work at the scene.

Police are advising motorists to avoid the area, and expect delays.

Crash blocks Glenorchy-Queenstown Road

Meanwhile, a crash has blocked Glenorchy-Queenstown Road at Mount Creighton.

Police said the crash involved a single motorbike and was reported to emergency services at about 2pm.

The road is blocked in both directions and no diversions are available.

It is expected to remain closed for some time, and motorists should avoid the area, police said.

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National’s conservation spokesperson Tama Potaka says the party will campaign on further restricting commercial fishing in the Hauraki Gulf.

Legislation brought by the coalition government last year, established 12 high protection areas (HPAs) where a range of activities, including most commercial and recreational fishing, are prohibited, and five sea floor protection areas.

At the time, the opposition criticised the government for a late-stage amendment allowing commercial ring-net fishing operators exclusive access to two of the HPAs.

In a statement on Saturday, Potaka acknowledged that had “caused widespread concern from the hundreds of thousands of users of Auckland’s key recreational waterway”.

Maungakiekie-based Labour MP Priyanca Radhakrishnan said at the law’s introduction that Labour would reverse the carve-out, if elected.

“Despite the environment select committee unanimously recommending to this house that the bill be passed with no substantive change, at the 11th hour, because of some active lobbying of the minister of oceans and fisheries, we saw this government cave to that pressure and they have chosen to water down the protections in the original bill.

“Labour, in government, will reverse the change that allows ring-net fishing in those HPAs.”

Now, Potaka said National would also look to reinstate a total ban on fishing in the HPAs if re-elected.

“A further decision, to allow bottom trawling in some designated trawl corridors in the Gulf has also been controversial, so we will review that also.”

He wanted a consistent approach to the protection of the gulf, that struck a balance between serving the needs of recreational users as well as commercial.

“At the heart must be the health of the Hauraki Gulf. It is Auckland’s playground and the centrepiece of some of New Zealand’s most iconic aquatic events.”

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Emergency services are at an address in the Christchurch suburb of Bryndwr.

Several police cars and ambulances were at the scene on Bevin Place, as well as a Christchurch City Council animal management vehicle.

An RNZ reporter at the scene said a woman was being attended to by paramedics, and another person was on a stretcher and being put into an ambulance.

Ambulance operator Hato Hone St John said three people were injured – two were taken to hospital, one critical and one serious, while the third was treated for minor injuries at the scene.

Police said they were notified about 2.45pm, and there was no risk to the public.

The exact nature of the incident was not yet known.

More to come.

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A Taranaki exhibition is giving a voice to native species including tuna (eels), iinanga and kooaro (whitebait), and piharau (lamprey), revealing the rhythms of life beneath the surface of New Zealand’s freshwater streams and rivers.

Whiria ko te iwi tuna opens on 28 February at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery in New Plymouth.

A four-year collaboration by artist collective Toiaa Taiao – Tihikura Hohaia, Alex Monteith and Maree Sheehan immerse audiences in the world of Te Whanganui, a central Taranaki stream, through evocative underwater footage and delicately recorded soundscapes, inviting audiences to experience the waterway as a living, communicating presence.

The project aimed to bring attention to ongoing legislative failures that enabled the exploitation of waterways and undermine hapū authority in enacting kaitiakitanga.

“This project marks the first time the voices of tuna from Te Whanganui have been recorded and made audible as voices in their own right,” said Maree Sheehan, a composer and sound artist recognised by the Royal Society of New Zealand as Māori researcher of the year in 2024.

“By amplifying these submerged communications, Whiria ko te iwi tuna positions tuna not as passive indicators, but as active agents speaking for their own sovereignty.”

A newly published essay by Rachel Buchanan (Taranaki iwi, Te Ātiawa, Taranaki Whānui ki Te Upoko o Te Ika), supported and extended the exhibition.

The essay situated the work within “a whakapapa of care and protest” in Taranaki, honouring generations of hapū and community-led efforts to protect waters from industrial ruin, and affirming the inseparable relations between Taranaki’s waters and its people.

Also opening on 28 February is Pause, act, void, event, a dynamic exhibition of beloved and newly acquired works from the Govett-Brewster collection.

Anchored by a spectacular room-spanning work by Debra Bustin, last seen at the gallery in 1982, the exhibition also featured works by Billy Apple, D Harding, Ralph Hotere, Corita Kent, Tom Kreisler, Ziggy Lever & Lucy Meyle, Peter Peryer and Pauline Rhodes.

Both exhibitions were on until 19 July 2026.

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