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New Zealand
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Severe weather warnings for NZ as heavy rain, strong wind approaches
2:17 pm todayMetService has issued 11 weather watches and warnings across the country.
Man arrested after several people assaulted in Gisborne
Parents battle to keep teen daughter away from older boyfriend, resort to legal action
Pacific
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Pacific dengue cases surge, but don't cancel your holiday yet - health expert
9:03 am todayDr Marc Shaw advises travellers to use insect repellent and light clothing, warning that although dengue fever is serious, it is largely preventable. Audio
Rugby: 'Frustrating' as Chiefs 'smack' Moana Pasifika 'on the nose'
'South Auckland to the Tech World' the future isn't just in Silicon Valley
Sport
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'Back next year ready to fight again' - Auckland FC coach
12:39 pm todayAuckland FC and coach Steve Corica will be quick to move on from abrupt end to first season.
Auckland FC's shock elimination leaves coach Steve Corica fuming
NRL: NZ Warriors vs Canberra Raiders - everything you need to know
Politics
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Auckland's Northern Gateway toll road speed limit to increase to 110km/h
11:41 am todayTransport Minister Chris Bishop said the road was designed with safety features in mind, and mostly straight.
Mediawatch: How a Budget is covered
Budget 2025 decisions 'strange and unnecessary' - Labour leader
World
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What's life really like for people around the Pacific?
12:01 pm todaySamoan-Kiwi filmmaker Tuki Laumea checks in with indigenous communities in ten Pacific nations for a new Al Jazeera documentary series.
Western Australia introduces anti-puppy farming laws
Supplies airdropped to Australian farmers stranded by floods
Comment & Analysis
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How snails and oysters became luxury foods
23 May 2025Analysis - From a cheap source of protein to a luxury food, how did oysters and escargot become items of conspicuous consumption?
Peace in Ukraine looks further away after Trump’s call with Putin
The House: Why was the Privileges Committee so harsh on Te Pāti Māori MPs?
Local Democracy Reporting
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'Kids do dumb things': Principal speaks out against keyboard warriors
24 May 2025Schools speak up on "challenging student behaviour" after an incident at Oxford Area School this week.
The rules when running for local government
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Why US rugby star Ilona Maher is unafraid to take up space
One of the most influential figures in women's sport is in Auckland this week ahead of the USA Eagles' clash against the Black Ferns on Saturday.
Breaking it down: Budget 2025 in charts
'An atrocious idea' - outcry over taxpayer-funded octopus farming research
Te Ao Māori
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Regulatory Standards Bill passes first reading
23 May 2025The Regulatory Standards Bill has passed its first reading in Parliament.
An 'uncle's' Māori-driven rugby camp taking the world by storm
Proposal to change Russell's name to Kororāreka declined
Business
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NZ-born insurance CEO dies in Florida car accident
24 May 2025Glenn Renwick was twice listed by American business magazine Forbes as one of the 40 most admired chief executives in the world.
Budget 2025: Who's worse off under new KiwiSaver changes?
Is there any point joining KiwiSaver now? - ask Susan
Country
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New Zealand's best country music song of the year named
23 May 2025The exhaustion of first-time parenting has inspired Aotearoa's top country tune for 2025.
RNZ centenary - rural broadcasting in the spotlight
Country Life: Changing times on South Taranaki dairy farm
Environment
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Behind the scenes of the spade-toothed whale dissection
22 May 2025It made international headlines last year. What does a scientific dissection of the world's rarest whale involve?
Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss in 2024
Carbon capture: Pivotal project for cutting greenhouse gas emissions looks shaky
Media & Technology
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More money for journalists, less for RNZ
23 May 2025The government is putting more money into hiring local journalists, but cutting Radio New Zealand's budget.
Kamahl Santamaria tells Employment Authority: 'I became and remain unemployable'
How would banning teenagers from social media work?
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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Why the Indian Panthers’ debut season ended in failure
23 May 2025Indian Panthers CEO Parveen Batish outlines what went wrong in the franchise's disastrous National Basketball League debut.
What ethnic communities get from Budget 2025
Indian Panthers withdraw from National Basketball League