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New Zealand
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Suzuki Fronx owners told not to use back seats after seatbelt failure
5:13 pm todayNZTA said a similar failure during a crash could cause serious injury or even death.
Drunk driver heading from Gore to Te Anau hits four times legal alcohol limit
NZ researchers get $2.4 million for quest to develop Covid-style test for Crohn's disease
Pacific
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Report critical of Australian climate aid
2:18 pm todayThe Australia Institute report said under the UN framework, climate finance should be on top of official development assistance, not a substitution for it. Audio
'That's the nature of the Pacific. It's a community. It's a family': Vishal Prasad on climate activism in 2025
Did New Zealand shortchange Samoa over HMNZS Manawanui wreck compensation?
Sport
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Top of the table at Christmas, no place Auckland FC would rather be
5:20 pm todayAuckland FC's last A-League game of 2025 will cap off a calendar year many clubs could only dream of.
Cricket: Black Caps beat West Indies in third Test
Liam Lawson to drive laps in Central Otago for charity
Politics
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Government strikes Free Trade deal with India, RNZ understands
Reports have suggested negotiations were finalised in recent days, with Christopher Luxon expected to make an announcement soon.
Winston Peters makes u-turn on Chorus debt sell-off
Government commits $850k to keep boaties safe
World
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Australian state parliament reconvenes to push through stricter gun laws
It comes after the Bondi mass shooting that claimed 15 lives, including a child.
Charlie Kirk's widow consoles Nicki Minaj after 'assassin' gaffe
Bondi gunmen filmed 'firearms training' and threw explosives into crowd, court told
Comment & Analysis
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Parliament's year in numbers: Who spoke the most and how many bills were introduced?
21 Dec 2025Analysis: We look back at this year's Parliament in data, including just how much coffee fuels our democracy?
Australia defeats words with actions to outclass England and romp to Ashes glory
How Bondi shooters gained access to now-banned guns
Local Democracy Reporting
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'Miracle': Council workers' actions save great-grandmother's life
11:32 am todaySandra Bristowe, 78, had collapsed in her front garden and started "grabbing at her chest" and complaining of pain.
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
Caught on camera damaging headstone, but police say evidence not enough
In Depth
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Feral cat trapping could get easier
17 Dec 2025The paperwork currently required to legally trap feral cats could be replaced with a simpler online system, after criticism from hunters.
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Tom Phillips’ firearms licence revoked months before second disappearance, documents show
Te Ao Māori
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'Our sense of identity': What NZ and Georgia have in common
10:06 am todayAs an immigrant, the first time I saw haka being performed, I got goosebumps. It reminded me of the traditional dance of my own home, Georgia.
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tops list of favoured candidates to lead Te Pāti Māori in new poll
Study shows the experience of Māori grappling with 'te reo trauma'
Business
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Labour inspector ordered to release employment information to Gloriavale
about 1 hour agoGloriavale leaders are appealing a decision which found members were employees rather than community volunteers.
Couple lose home loan complaint in face of $50,000 break fee
Kiwibank raises longer-term home loan rates
Country
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Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River's rural postie
Rural postie Tracy Marshall takes visitors along her mail delivery route which winds along the Whanganui River.
Country Life: Farming trees the Tāmata Hauhā way
Country Life: Behind the scenes at the Roy's berry farm
Environment
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The farmers working to shrink the environmental footprint of their cows
16 Dec 2025Can the planting of special crops and experiments with new winter grazing systems make a real difference? Audio
Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ's glaciers, research shows
Emergency set net fishing ban to protect threatened hoiho around Otago Peninsula extended
Media & Technology
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The best games we played in 2025
16 Dec 2025More than 200 titles dropped this year, here are some we loved playing the most.
It’s not you - some fonts feel different
Tova O'Brien announced as new Breakfast presenter
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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Indian community theatre group Prayas marks 20 years on stage
4:18 pm todayFounded in 2005, Amit Ohdedar and Sudeepta Vyas launched Prayas to bolster the number of South Asian productions presented in English.
Dozens protest outside Immigration Minister’s office over migrant exploitation
Overturned board election fires up concerns over postal voting