14 March 2025
Fire and Emergency's confirmed Auckland, Waitemata and Counties Manukau Districts are all covered, until further notice.

Northland and most of Waikato are already in a prohibited fire season, which revokes all previous permits.

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17 Mar: Hope New Zealand's aquaculture sector could soon be a three-billion dollar industry

16 Mar: MetService is warning of heavy rain and severe northwest gales for parts of southern and central New Zealand tomorrow and Tuesday

16 Mar: A reminder for early childhood centres to check their fences are compliant

16 Mar: Coastguard is reflecting on a busy summer season for its volunteers

16 Mar: Bream Bay will host a flotilla today - protesting a proposal to dredge around eight-point-five million cubic metres of sand over 35 years

15 Mar: Late agony for the Highlanders after a 20-to-18 loss to the Hurricanes in Dunedin

14 Mar: The Desert Road between Turangi and Waiouru is re-opening from 1pm today, after two months of closure

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Cricket:
The New Zealand Cricket Players Association claims the governing body has apologised to Jimmy Neesham, Finn Allen and Tim Seifert for suggesting they'd be available to play the build-up series in January for next year's T20 World Cup 14:57

Entertainment:
Normani has got engaged 14:44

Law and Order:
Emotional scenes in the High Court at Dunedin - as a teen was found guilty of manslaughter, for a fatal stabbing at the city's bus hub 14:37

International:
Hamas urged to 'get much more sensible' about Gaza ceasefire by Trump envoy 14:27

Golf:
An extra day and a playoff will be needed to decide the winner at golf's Players Championship in Florida 14:17

National:
When is workplace chat ‘just gossip’ and when is it ‘sharing information’? It depends who’s doing it 14:17

Entertainment:
Conan O'Brien was banned from putting clothes on a giant Oscar statue 14:14

Motorsports:
Shane van Gisbergen has failed to finish the latest NASCAR event in Las Vegas 14:07

Soccer:
Liverpool manager Arne Slot is lamenting their lack of intensity after losing the English League Cup final 2-1 to Newcastle at Wembley 13:47

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