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Orion Group's website says 448 properties are currently without power.

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09 Jan: Biosecurity teams are ramping up controls in Auckland - after catching a single male Queensland fruit fly in a Mount Roskill surveillance trap on Tuesday

09 Jan: A warm welcome for significant changes to laws for earthquake-prone buildings

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Entertainment:
Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will reportedly release a cookbook this year 21:23

Environment:
The remaining pilot whales stranded at Farewell Spit have been refloated 21:16

Entertainment:
Kelly Brook refused to move house because her dad's ashes were scattered in her garden 20:53

Entertainment:
Leonardo DiCaprio is worried people no longer have an "appetite" for cinema 20:23

Entertainment:
Jesy Nelson's ex-boyfriend Chris Hughes has branded her a "warrior" after she revealed her eight-month-old twin daughters have been diagnosed with a rare genetic condition 19:53

Entertainment:
Nicola Peltz Beckham has celebrated her "best birthday yet" 19:23

Cricket:
The Wellington Blaze have claimed a six wicket win over lower-South Island's Sparks in the women's Super Smash T20 competition at the Basin Reserve 18:57

Entertainment:
Henry Winkler believes retirement would be "deadly" 18:53

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