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Smoke warning lifts for Dunedin after scout hall catches fire
10:34 pm todayFirefighters will continue working into the night to put out a blaze at a scout hall in the Dunedin suburb of Roslyn.
Men found clinging to life jacket, bucket and petrol can after boat capsizes
Manage My Health data breach: A timeline of what happened, and everything we know so far
Pacific
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Papuan shadow over Indonesian role at UN human rights body
9:01 am todayA West Papuan independence campaigner decries Indonesia's ascension to the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council.
Samoa by-election set for February after court voids result in Safata I
Miracle journey: From village rugby to Super Rugby captain
Sport
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Live: Black Caps v India
9:17 pm todayFollow all the ODI action from Niranjan Shah Stadium, Rajkot, India.
Tennis: Cam Norrie out of ASB Classic after loss to Giovanni Perricard
UFC: Israel Adesanya to return against Joe Pyfer in Seattle fight night main event
Politics
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Peters tells RBNZ governor to 'stay in her New Zealand lane'
5:05 pm todayThe Foreign Minister's statement is in response to Anna Breman signing a letter of support for US Fed boss Jerome Powell overnight.
Mental health callouts: Police 'wiping their hands' - union
RBNZ governor signs letter of support for US Fed boss Jerome Powell
World
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Lost teen rescued after 8km run turns into 50km effort in the mountains
4:31 pm todayAfter Bohdi Jackson was rescued in Kosciuszko National Park in NSW, the teen had one thing on his mind - choccy milk.
Randa Abdel-Fattah says lawyers have threatened defamation proceedings against Peter Malinauskas
Goat's headbutt frenzy causes thousands in damages to Australian business
Comment & Analysis
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Did NZ's sweeping health reforms deliver on their promise?
13 Jan 2026While some health indicators have improved three years after the reforms, access to primary care remains uneven.
Will Trump's new rules end the World Trade Organisation
'Completely bonkers': US President Donald Trump's Greenland mining dreams collide with reality
Local Democracy Reporting
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One children's author sweeps Gisborne's most-borrowed books list
4:13 pm todayDav Pilkey wrote all five of Gisborne's most-borrowed library books last year.
Council opens door to private management of Rotorua Night Market
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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How poo-detecting dogs can help native birds flourish
9 Jan 2026Kiwi have started to hatch on Waiheke Island and may thrive with the help of special detection dogs helping eliminate the last of the island's pests.
Landmark integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year
A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC
Te Ao Māori
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'Our food culture wasn't destroyed, it was buried'
10:35 am todayA collective of Māori chefs aim to revive knowledge of classical kai Māori culture and the native flora and fauna that underpins it.
'How do the people break through?' - third of Māori land considered landlocked
Waka Ama pays tribute to one of its pillars at 2026 Nationals
Business
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No upper limit on new fines for power companies, minister says
10:59 am todayTougher fines are on the way for electricity providers and retailers that breach the rules. Audio
Employee confidence still in the negative
Gold, silver sellers scramble to keep up with demand
Country
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'It's a little taonga': Saving one of our rarest plants
9 Jan 2026A critically endangered forget-me-not is being saved from the brink of extinction.
Queensland fruit fly could have 'massive impact' on fruit and vegetable crops
Dairy prices reverse course, with demand rising
Environment
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'Darkwaves': The phenomenon killing ecosystems
13 Jan 2026The underwater events affect the entire underwater food chain, and may get more common.
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
Dog owners asked to keep away from nesting sites used by NZ's rarest bird
Media & Technology
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'Dilbert’ comic creator Scott Adams dies
8:15 am todayScott Adams, the US cartoonist who wrote and illustrated the comic strip Dilbert, has died of cancer at the age of 68.
Stuff files court injunction over Neighbourly data breach on dark web
The best games we played in 2025
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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NZ universities accepting English proficiency tests through Duolingo
7 Jan 2026It's part of a global trend - by last year, all eight Ivy League universities in the United States were using Duolingo scores.
Kohli leads India to tense win over Black Caps
What you need to know about washing cars (and more) at home