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A person's died and another's in a critical condition following a house fire in Canterbury

12 October 2025

A person's died and another's in a critical condition following a house fire in Canterbury

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Two people have been rescued from a house fire in Rakaia in Canterbury overnight
	12 Oct: Two people have been rescued from a house fire in Rakaia in Canterbury overnight... more

A fire investigator will visit the scene of a large house fire in Canterbury
	12 Oct: A fire investigator will visit the scene of a large house fire in Canterbury... more

NOTE: LILY HAS NOW BEEN FOUND. SHE HAD WALKED SOME DISTANCE ON HER OWN TO WESTFIELD NEWMARKET
	11 Oct: NOTE: LILY HAS NOW BEEN FOUND. SHE HAD WALKED SOME DISTANCE ON HER OWN TO WESTFIELD NEWMARKET... more

Bay of Plenty are using last year's NPC final heartbreak as motivation, as they look ahead to Otago in next week's semifinals in Dunedin
	11 Oct: Bay of Plenty are using last year's NPC final heartbreak as motivation, as they look ahead to Otago in next week's semifinals in Dunedin... more

Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier
	11 Oct: Taranaki coach Neil Barnes believes his first five-eighths Josh Jacomb is not ready for the All Blacks yet, heading into tonight's NPC quarter-final against Hawke's Bay in Napier... more

Otago have knocked out Waikato in the first NPC quarter-final, now it's the turn of Bay of Plenty and Tasman to tussle at Tauranga Domain today
	11 Oct: Otago have knocked out Waikato in the first NPC quarter-final, now it's the turn of Bay of Plenty and Tasman to tussle at Tauranga Domain today... more

The Gaza ceasefire deal could be a ‘strangle contract’, with Israel holding all the cards
	11 Oct: These types of ceasefires are highly coercive agreements that enable the more powerful party to force the weaker party to agree to whatever they want.... more

Bay of Plenty coach Richard Watt expects a pair of returning props to make an impact in this afternoon's NPC quarter-final against Tasman in Tauranga
	11 Oct: Bay of Plenty coach Richard Watt expects a pair of returning props to make an impact in this afternoon's NPC quarter-final against Tasman in Tauranga... more

We should learn this afternoon who'll be leading our largest cities for the next three years
	11 Oct: We should learn this afternoon who'll be leading our largest cities for the next three years... more

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