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What Kiwis should know about the Nipah virus
Explainer - What is the Nipah virus, and why is it raising concerns about travel from parts of Asia? Here's what you need to know. Audio
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US TV host's mum vanishes, home left a 'crime scene'
4:31 pm todaySavannah Guthrie was supposed to fly to the2026 Winter Olympics on Monday. Instead she spent the day hunting for her mother with police.
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Slow movement at Gaza border after Israel reopens Rafah crossing
4:44 pm todayIsrael reopened the Rafah crossing to a trickle of Palestinians for the first time in months, though strict Israeli security checks slowed the process.
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Clintons agree to testify in congressional Epstein investigation
1:46 pm todayThe House Oversight Committee recommended last week that they be held in contempt for refusing to testify about their relationship with Epstein.
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The Epstein files are rocking Britain from the palace to parliament
1:46 pm todayThe US government's release of more than 3 million documents related to Jeffrey Epstein has raised further questions about the ties of three prominent figures in British public life to the disgraced…
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Boy makes 'superhuman' swim to save family swept out to sea off Australia
9:21 am todayA 13-year-old is being hailed a hero after swimming four hours through rough seas to get help for his mother and siblings.
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Norway's Princess Mette-Marit, from fairytale to nightmare
1:28 pm todayRape charges against her son and her recently revealed friendship with convicted US sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have seen the princesses life rapidly turn into a nightmare. Audio
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Bad Bunny uses Grammy Award win to protest ICE
1:14 pm today"We're not savage, we're not animals, we're not aliens," he said. "We are humans and we are Americans."
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Tough-talking right-winger elected Costa Rica president
6:25 am todayLaura Fernandez won Costa Rica's presidential election by a landslide, after promising to crack down on rising violence linked to the cocaine trade.
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AI actress Tilly Norwood could soon be doing interviews
5:39 am todayWhether the industry likes it or not, AI characters like Tilly Norwood will be a part of its future, her creator says.
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UK's former US ambassador faces scrutiny over Epstein ties
8:16 am todayEmails suggest Peter Mandelson sent a government document to Epstein along with receiving money.
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Trump slashes tariffs on India after Modi agrees to stop buying Russian oil
7:11 am todayIndia has been importing roughly 1.5 million barrels of Russian oil each day - even months after Trump placed tariffs on Indian goods as punishment.
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Trump launches $20 billion minerals stockpile to boost US manufacturing, counter China
6:07 am todayIt is Washington's latest attempt to offset what policymakers view as Chinese manipulation of prices for lithium, nickel, rare earths and other critical minerals.
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Victoria police launch search in national park for fugitive Dezi Freeman
2 Feb 2026Police say the 56-year-old is either dead, being harboured or has managed to get out of the area and is surviving alone.
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5yo returns home as Trump administration shifts tone amid anti-ICE protests
2 Feb 2026A preschooler and his father, taken by ICE, returned home following a judge's ruling.
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New Epstein accuser claims sexual encounter with ex-prince Andrew
2 Feb 2026A lawyer for the woman said the alleged encounter occurred at the ousted royal's residence on the Windsor estate, west of London, in 2010 when she was in her 20s.
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What we know about the suspected murder-suicide of a Perth family of four
2 Feb 2026The scene that greeted first responders at a house in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park was in police's own words "highly distressing".
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Gaza's Rafah crossing partially reopens after nearly 2 years of closure
2 Feb 2026Israel has said the planned reopening would be for the "limited passage of residents only," but did not give a date for how soon they would be allowed to cross.
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'A fuller person': Olympian Michael Klim on illness, identity and the partner who stayed
2 Feb 2026Australia's former swimming hero opens up about his rare neurological diagnosis and the relationship that helped him through its darkest days.
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Clash of the TV titans: How it will shape what we watch and what we pay
2 Feb 2026Analysis: How the Netflix vs Paramount fight for Warner Bros. will impact Kiwis
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Latest Epstein files show ex-prince Andrew on all fours, kneeling over woman
2 Feb 2026The late sex offender also proposed in 2010 that the then-prince meet a Russian woman, the files reveal, while Andrew invited Epstein to Buckingham Palace. Audio
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NZ pulls plug on $6.7m power project in Papua New Guinea amid tribal violence
2 Feb 2026A New Zealand aid project in Papua New Guinea has been halted due to security concerns, and appears unlikely to be completed.
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Deputy attorney general signals no new Epstein charges
2 Feb 2026The US justice department isn't considering bringing any additional charges related to Jeffrey Epstein, after releasing millions of pages of documents tied to the convicted sex offender.
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The Brazilian Best Actor contender on sharing his beautifully 'complex' country
2 Feb 2026In The Secret Agent, Wagner Moura plays a professor on the run during Brazil's 1970s military dictatorship.
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What 3 million new documents tell us about Trump's Epstein ties
2 Feb 2026US President Donald Trump is mentioned more than 1000 times in the 3 million Jeffrey Epstein documents just released. Audio
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Who is Stephen Miller, Trump's immigration policy architect
1 Feb 2026When Miller was in high school, his classmates made a short film about him. By 31, he was in Donald Trump's White House.
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'We will be recognised': 21-year-old Australian backs his micronation
1 Feb 2026Daniel Jackson says he has started his own country, Verdis, in Europe. Audio
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Boy killed by shark honoured at Bondi Beach
1 Feb 2026Nico Antic, 12, died in hospital on 24 January, six days after being attacked in Sydney Harbour.
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