Bill English Says He Did Not Know About Pike River Robot Footage

Prime Minister Bill English says he did not know footage from Pike River Mine released by Newshub on Sunday even existed. Full video retrieve by Newshub shows an overheating robot exploring the Pike River mine. Twenty nine miners died in 2010 Pike River disaster and the government has argued gas levels make it too dangerous to renter the mine to get the bodies.

Plane making emergency landing in Palmerston North.

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A plane has made an emergency landing in Palmerston North after changed from Nelson. Air New Zealand confirmed the aircraft landed without anyone hurt at 4.45pm. A fire service spokesman said earlier the issue was with the plane's landing gear, which was not safe for people in the plane. 

Robert Rakete Came To Our School!

Today was great we did lots of reading maths and other cool stuff but when it was morning tea we had to go to the multi purpose room because a visitor has came . His name was Henry but on the side of him was Robert Rakete. Henry was just explain about how people can share there ideas of reading books. When Henry introduced Robert Rakete Robert was telling us about his first book. It was called Asterix  And The Golden Sickle. He said that the book he read was his favourite ever since. He told us that he was telling his son to clean his room and his son keeps saying that he will but every time he goes past his sons room he always sees a mess so Robert Rakete cleaned half of it until he saw that book so he read it until his son came from his friends house. When his son came back Robert Rakete was still reading the book and he told his son to clean his room well he reads his sons book on the bed and that's how it became his favourite book.

Cyclone Debbie leaves trail of destruction in Queensland

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Cyclone Debbie has been decline to a category one storm but it's still left a trail of damaged across north-eastern Queensland. It's moving slowly north towards Collinsville, leaving behind it broken buildings, base and 50,000 homes and businesses without power.

One Woman in Townsville is trying to find her husband who's in Queensland town of Proserpine. Jenny and David Clarke spoke on phone on Tuesday morning during the peak of storm, when the rood came off the house.

Rare forest ringlet butterflies found on Little Barrier Island

A population of rare native butterflies has been found on Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf. Rats and wasps have reduced the forest band to only small pockets around the country.

Moths and Butterflies Trust spokeswoman Jacqui Knight says five Butterflies were seen on the same day, and it's clue to what predators are wiping out the popular insect's numbers.
Now that we found it is in good numbers on great barrier we are thinking it could be rats and wasps.

'Thousands' of Dunedin homes to be lost to rising sea.

A University of Otago professor is concerned thousands in south Dunedin are at risk of being swallowed by sea rising levels by 2034. But while the sea level rise is a serous risk, two other scientist are concerned his calendar will cause unnecessary panic.

Professor Kim Flynn, and resigned Professor in politics at Otago University, told Dunedin City Council in presentation that around 2000 houses in south Dunedin will be claimed by rising sea levels by 2034.

Keep saving water Auckland

Auckland households face water restrictions until the end of the month despite hitting savings targets.

Aucklander's daily water drinking has dropped to 382 million litres, well within the necessary range of 400 million litres or fewer.

Water care congratulated residents but warned that if savings did not continue, partially treated water might need to be released into the system and then people would have to boil water.