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New Zealand
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Refuge organisations shocked at increase in women needing to escape abuse
about 1 hour agoFamily violence service provider Shine says it has seen a 58 percent increase in women needing to use their refuges over the past financial year. Audio
Our Changing World: Mixing oil and water, the greener way
Stats NZ: Grinding gears in data's 'big machine'
Pacific
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Samoan PM bans nation's only newspaper from govt access
The ban on Samoa Observer comes as La'aulialemalietoa faces legal pressure and growing questions over transparency after a heated confrontation with media at his home.
Seabed mining company backs Cook Islands' five-year seabed exploration extension
Fiji to take part in new inter-hemisphere rugby competition starting 2026
Sport
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Black Ferns star Ruahei Demant heading to Britain
9:13 am todayBristol Bears head coach Scott Lawson says Ruahei is a "genuinely world-class player".
Cricket: Daryl Mitchell to miss rest of West Indies series
Boxing: Anthony Joshua to fight Jake Paul next month
Politics
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NZ will be 'dumping ground' for high-emission cars, EV advocate warns
9:04 am todayThe standard - an effective penalty set up to incentivise the uptake of low- or zero-emission vehicles - will drop by nearly 80 percent at the end of this week. Audio
Labour leader Chris Hipkins announces engagement to partner Toni Grace
Greens pledge to revoke fast-track consents for coal, hard-rock gold, seabed mining projects
World
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Singapore jails 'attention seeking' Australian over Ariana Grande incident
about 1 hour agoGrande's co-star Cynthia Erivo rushed to her defence when 26-year-old Johnson Wen jumped a barricade and put his arm around the actor.
Dozens of Canberra schools to reopen, 25 remain closed over coloured sand asbestos contamination concerns
UN Security Council to vote on US resolution on Trump's Gaza plan
Comment & Analysis
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Tongariro at risk of losing its unique biological legacy
17 Nov 2025Analysis: The sight of flames tearing across Tongariro National Park last week was heartbreaking for lovers of the landscape.
Detection is not prevention: will drug testing drivers really make NZ roads safer?
Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan's capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year
Local Democracy Reporting
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Gold clam threat prompts warning to Whanganui River boaties
33 minutes agoAuthorities are ramping up prevention and detection efforts in the Whanganui River after the invasive freshwater gold clam - already established in Waikato - was confirmed in Taranaki.
Where the rubber is the road: NZ's first rubber road surface to be tested in Canterbury
Hook, line and crane: Catching Rakaia's salmon statue for a makeover
In Depth
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The 'bloodbath' left by millions of feral cats
They're 'killing machines', wiping out native species. So why is it so hard to fight back against feral cats?
'Most deteriorated' - NZ plummets in global tobacco control ranking
Tears and fears: Inside the uneasy truce between Dame Noeline Taurua and Netball NZ
Te Ao Māori
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'Portals to the past': Indigenous educators reconnect with Pacific wayfinding
6:34 am todayThe World Indigenous Peoples' Conference on Education has returned to Aotearoa for the first time in 20 years.
World's largest indigenous education conference kicks off in Auckland
Hundreds to commemorate loss of ancestors on Waerenga-A-Hika 160 years ago
Business
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Uber loses Supreme Court appeal over drivers' employment status
6 minutes agoThe Supreme Court has unanimously voted in favour of the drivers. Audio
Food prices up again with dairy and eggs more expensive
Seafood company Sanford's full-year net profit $63.7 million, more than triple previous year
Country
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Comvita takeover bid fails
The honey exporter's board had vigorously pushed shareholders to vote in favour of a $56 million deal with Florenz.
Growing future farmers: Taranaki students run their own farm
Country Life: Massey University's teaching farm
Environment
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Caulerpa invasion: 'Government isn't taking it as seriously as they need to'
17 Nov 2025Caulerpa went from covering 60 hectares around Great Barrier Island to more than 2000 hectares.
Climate change minister defends weakened methane emissions target ahead of COP30
Our Changing World: Resurrecting Wellington’s Flowers of the Underworld
Media & Technology
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Can you really talk to the dead using AI?
16 Nov 2025We tried out 'deathbots' so you don't have to.
Te Karere Māori news bulletin has funding slashed
Do we need to be saying 'please' and 'thanks' to AI?
Identity
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How did we become known as 'Kiwis'?
16 Oct 2024How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird? Audio
Turning Palmerston North into the 'capital of drag' in Aotearoa
X-plainer: Who are Generation X?
IndoNZ
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Business summit highlights ethnic contributions to economy
17 Nov 2025Participants call for more support to be given to female entrepreneurs to give them opportunities in business.
Petition calls for inquiry into Papatoetoe election as voters report ballots cast without consent
Indian popstar turns Auckland show into a family reunion