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How Queenstown is courting the ultra-rich
A hotel with rooms priced up to $50,000 a night is attracting visitors willing to book the whole building.
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'We'd be bored just sitting in a house all day': The couple caravanning around NZ
about 1 hour agoThree years ago, Stella and Paul Richards packed up their home and hit the road - they even took Maggie the cat with them.
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Protesters, US officers clash after ICE officer kills woman
27 minutes agoAt least one protester was detained as federal officers armed with pepperball guns and tear gas faced off with demonstrators.
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English cricket captain in Wellington nightclub fracas
33 minutes agoHarry Brook says he's "deeply sorry" and has been fined £30,000.
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New Zealand
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'It's a little taonga, it's really really incredibly rare': Saving one of our rarest plants
18 minutes agoMyosotis petiolata is one of the most endangered plants in the country and the DOC says it will become extinct if work is not done to help its recovery.
How to get yourself out of a reading rut
Mass whale stranding on Farewell Spit
Politics
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Manage My Health website crashes as patients seek info after security breach
8 Jan 2026Manage My Health was due to begin informing affected patients on Thursday and meanwhile has referred people to its website for more information.
Christopher Luxon working from home as year gets underway
Patient data still being uploaded to Manage My Health two years after contract ended
Sport
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'Shows just how powerful this sport has become': Biggest Waka Ama Nationals in history to begin
about 1 hour agoA record number of paddlers will take part in one of the biggest sporting events in Aotearoa.
Aaron Gate passes up further Commonwealth Games glory for a shot at the big show
Cricket Ashes live: Australia v England, fifth Test, day 5
Business
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Fruit fly could have 'massive impact' on crops
8 Jan 2026Horticulture chief executive Kate Scott says while the fly doesn't pose a health risk to humans, an outbreak would have a significant economic cost.
The most expensive place to rent in New Zealand is Central Otago Lakes District
How bank staff convinced their bosses to let them wear shorts
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Investigation after Auckland Harbour Bridge dive video
8 Jan 2026No amount of social media views was worth people risking their lives, Water Safety NZ says.
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'It's the Kiwi thing to do': Aucklanders question fines for washing cars at home
8 Jan 2026Aucklanders express surprise over potential $1500 fines for washing cars on driveways, calling the rules unfair and poorly publicised.
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Kilos return four times faster after ending weight-loss drugs, study finds
8 Jan 2026Weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have become immensely popular.
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'Yeah boy': Meet Pleakley, the talking tūī
8 Jan 2026While it's not unheard of for tūī to mimic car alarms and the like, birds that talk are relatively rare.
RNZ Music
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Summer encore: Bodies of Water - Don McGlashan
Watch / Listen / Read: New Zealand music icon Don McGlashan (The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn, Blam Blam Blam) talks about how rivers, lakes, inlets, and seas have shaped him and his career as an artist in this charming Lilburn Lecture. Video, Audio
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Summer encore: 2025 National Concerto Finals
Listen to these popular recordings of three finalists under the age of 25 performing a piano concerto of their choice with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, recorded by RNZ Concert.
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Hymns on Sunday, 4 January 2026
Summer Hymn Requests gets off to great start this week with Charles Wesley's well-loved hymn, And can it be. Audio
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The story behind ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’
One of the most recognizable lullabies, ‘Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star’ has been adapted and performed by parents and professional musicians including Nicki Minaj, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, The Supremes and Louis Armstrong.
In Depth
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Integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year
The Sport Integrity Commission's first major investigation, triggered by dozens of complaints about Yachting NZ, remains unfinished a year on.
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Feral cat trapping could get easier
The paperwork currently required to legally trap feral cats could be replaced with a simpler online system, after criticism from hunters.
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'Rock and a hard place': Inside the forced move from gas
Behind the nation's energy crisis are businesses quietly fighting to survive - many feel they have nothing but bad options. Audio
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Tom Phillips' gun licence revoked months before disappearance
New information outlines a key moment in the Marokopa timeline, but leaves major gaps unanswered.
What You Need to Know
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Who are the hackers behind Manage My Health's cyber attack?
Explainer - Kazu have a track record of targeting other institutions - from the Nepali police to a US medical records company.
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Ten things RNZ explained in 2025
What were some of the biggest topics RNZ's journalists explained this year? Here's a look back.
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How changes to the foreign buyers ban will work
Explainer - New Zealand's ban on overseas buyers of real estate has been softened - but there's one rather large catch. Audio
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Why you might suddenly stop drinking milk
Explainer - Lactose intolerance affects most of us as we get older. Why does this happen?
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Comment & Analysis
Court decision sets up a big year for freshwater
Analysis: It's reasonable to assume freshwater will be a hot topic in the general election, partly, perhaps, because cow herds are expanding.
Another violent death in Minneapolis lays bare the nation's fractured politics
Analysis: The killing quickly became the latest explosive incident in the second term of Donald Trump that is dragging politics to a bitter breaking point.
Trump’s credibility problem on Venezuela
Analysis - In 2008, Donald Trump took to CNN to bemoan the dangers of a president lying the United States into war.
Venezuela, Gaza, Ukraine: Is the UN failing?
Many are now asking whether the United Nations has any future at all if it cannot fulfil its first promise of maintaining international peace and security.