Home / New ZealandHerald ReportersNZ Herald·2 Sep, 2026 10:09 PM3 mins to read‌NZ Herald Morning Headlines | Thursday, September 3, 2026. Methanex is to close their Taranaki plant and Richard Chambers is cleared of criminal wrongdoing. Video / NZ HeraldA train stopped five metres from where a worker had been kneeling on railway tracks after a trainee driver slammed on the emergency brake in a “near miss” north of Wellington.

A Transport Accident Investigation Commission report found a rail protection officer (RPO) used a safety

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