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New Zealand
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What the Emergency Mobile Alert test is for
26 May 2024NEMA tested its mobile phone alert system shortly after 6pm on Sunday evening.
'Something different about New Zealand': Camo and Krooked chat DnB on sold out tour
Navy joins search for man missing from Wellington ferry
Pacific
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PNG: Survivors of massive landslide desperately seeking help
25 May 2024The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea are still waiting for official help, more than 24 hours after the disaster.
Man shot dead by police in riot-hit New Caledonia - media
Fiji MPs vote for salary increases as public faces economic hardships
Sport
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Warriors' Mitch Barnett selected for NSW State of Origin Squad
12:43 am todayAndrew Webster will be without another key player for the Origin period, but the Warriors coach couldn't be happier.
Southern Steel inflict four-goal loss on Northern Mystics
NRL live updates: Warriors v Dolphins
Politics
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NZ spent $113m helping build and use US military satellites
26 May 2024The money includes $15m towards sending up two new, much more powerful satellites.
$53m extra for teacher training, recruitment, Education Minister Erica Stanford announces
The Week in Politics: Willis sails against strong headwinds
Covid-19
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'Significant' wave of Covid likely to hit NZ this winter
23 May 2024The FLiRT subvariant is driving a big jump in cases, just as flu season begins. Audio
Rory Nairn: Pharmacist faulted for not warning of myocarditis risk from Covid-19 vaccine
Questions about coalition's Covid-19 vaccine mandate pledge
World
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At least five dead in Texas as storms sweep southern US
1:08 am todayThousands are without power and homes have become "a trail of debris".
Earthquake strikes Vanuatu
Russian attacks on DIY store, city centre in Ukraine's Kharkiv kill six, injure dozens
Comment & Analysis
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Why ICJ ruling is unlikely to stop Israel's Rafah invasion
25 May 2024Analysis - The order is binding but the court does not have enforcement powers, write's ABC's Eric Tlozec.
Slow market, high interest rates, stubborn inflation: What is happening with the NZ housing market this week?
'Facebook probably knows I sell drugs' - how young people's digital footprints can threaten prospects
Local Democracy Reporting
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Wellington Water blunder has $200k impact on South Wairarapa plan
25 May 2024South Wairarapa District Council is working to understand the full impact of a $51 million blunder by Wellington Water, just days after shaving 0.6 percent off the proposed rates increase for 2024-25.
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
Portaloos needed at Gisborne's new Kāinga Ora homes
In Depth
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Jordan Williams on why the Taxpayers' Union went to Panama to debate vaping
22 May 2024The head of the Taxpayers' Union, Jordan Williams, has confirmed a representative of its group attended a conference in Panama in February, but won't say how the trip was funded.
'I disagree': Kiwi Olympic star Eliza McCartney's selection policy critique
New 'assistant psychology' role in development by government to address workforce shortages
Te Ao Māori
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Professor who led Matariki drive awarded NZ Order of Merit
24 May 2024Interest in Matariki continues to grow, says the man who led the drive for it to become a public holiday.
Labour MP Willie Jackson becomes first Māori to take part in Oxford Union debate
Wellington City Council corrects Epuni Street to Hōniana Te Puni Street
Business
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Tens of thousands of pensioners still paying off student loans
Many don't realise their superannuation will be docked to repay a student loan, financial mentor says.
What's the best home loan term to fix for now?
Woolworths customers donate $250k to support Cyclone Gabrielle recovery
Country
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Controversial chemical deemed 'safe to use' but growers face new rules
Kiwifruit growers are relieved they can keep using an agri-chemical that has been under scrutiny recently.
Politicians vs farmers in fundraiser rugby match in Gisborne
Farming families facing 'huge pressue' from rural lending and banks - Federated Farmers
Environment
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West Coast council considers Auditor General's climate change advice
25 May 2024The Office of the Auditor General has advised the council it needs to better reflect climate change in the way it manages its protection assets.
NZ's kelp forests decimated by flooding debris
No evidence of mice on Rakiura in trapping project
Media & Technology
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Super Size Me director Morgan Spurlock dies at 53
25 May 2024The 2004 documentary saw Spurlock live on a diet of McDonald's food for an entire month to test the health impact on his body.
Paddy Gower to host RNZ King's Birthday special
Wellington artist awarded $500,000 from NZ on Air for animated zombie web series
Identity
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Aya Al-Chalabi: 'Ramadan is a re-set'
9 Apr 2024A New Zealand-Arab influencer has been showcasing Muslim faith and culture to a new audience this Ramadan.
Meet the Samoan chemical engineer-turned film maker
Wairoa's Mātangirau sings loudly for Day Two of Te Matatini
IndoNZ
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Nurses stranded on accredited employer work visas file complaints against Canterbury firm
23 May 2024Two complaints have been filed with Immigration New Zealand against a recruitment company in the South Island.
First NZ Sikh to summit Everest recovering in Kathmandu hospital
Community bulletin: Ranjna Patel to receive prestigious business honour