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Syrian rebel leader's victory speech holds message for Iran - and Trump, Israel
10 Dec 2024Analysis: Abu Mohammad al-Jolani's mosque speech was about arrival and survival. It's his actions, though, that will secure the latter.
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The new Lord of the Rings sends shivers down the spine
10 Dec 2024Sure, you might have seen various versions of Tolkien's classic epic, but this one makes the story feel new again, writes Jogai Bhatt.
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Smokefree 2025 plan 'frustratingly ambiguous'
10 Dec 2024Māori Public Health says the plan in its current state will not have the substantive impact that Māori and Pacific communities desperately need.
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New report highlights bias and discrimination against ethnic communities
9 Dec 2024The all-encompassing report looked at the ethnic communities' work and employment, health and wellbeing, connectedness and belonging.
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More than half of government targets behind track
RNZ's new charts, which track progress on nine public sector targets, show crime and education goals are particularly at risk.
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Teary-eyed Tongan prime minister resigns
Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni has quit ahead of a vote of no confidence.
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Syrians explore ousted Bashar al-Assad's Damascus home
9 Dec 2024"I am taking pictures, because I am so happy to be here in the middle of his house," one man says.
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What to do when a rich friend invites you on holiday
9 Dec 2024You will be torn between the fear of mounting debt and the fear of missing out - but don't fret, financial experts say.
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Who is Bashar al-Assad, the ousted Syrian leader?
Assad is known for a brutal rule over Syria, which has been devastated by a civil war since 2011.
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The boat that went back to Whakaari during the eruption
9 Dec 2024One of the survivors who had just boarded the boat back to Whakatāne when the explosion happened said fear set in as the ash cloud rolled towards the sea.
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Three motorcyclists killed on SH1 were on way home from breakfast
9 Dec 2024A member of the Road Pirates social club said the death of three motorcyclists in a crash is a massive shock.
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'I almost lost my mind in those five years' - Chelsie Preston Crayford on her movie dreams
8 Dec 2024It's been quite the year for screen actor and filmmaker Chelsie Preston Crayford, from gritty crime on television to bringing her own long-brewing movie Caterpillar to life. Audio
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Murder, memes and snark: A killing lays bare US healthcare frustrations
A striking absence of sympathy dominated public sentiment since the murder of a US health insurance executive - exposing deep frustration and anger with the nation's medical system.
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If you can't beat social media or ban it, join it?
8 Dec 2024Mediawatch - Australia's social media ban for under-16s was cheered on by the media, but it also highlighted their own dependency on big tech - and our own government's hands-off approach.
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Indigenous Australian journalist's book inhabits 'sense of silence'
8 Dec 2024Murriyang Song of Time was written in response to the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum.
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Goat cheese maker loving her 'whey of life'
8 Dec 2024Andrea Gaulard started farming dairy goats 25 years ago to clear up her son's eczema - and never looked back.
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What's wrong with female flesh that's no longer firm and smooth?
7 Dec 2024Hundreds of 50-plus women bared their bodies in a new Melbourne photo exhibition tackling gendered shame and ageism.
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How pills for cows and 'light recipes' may help slow global warming
7 Dec 2024A range of tools are not too far off to knock back greenhouse gases from livestock burps.
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The grim picture of homelessness for NZ women
7 Dec 2024A new study by Ihi Research has found four out of five homeless women in Aotearoa are Māori, with some as young as 15.
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'Picked up a bollard and went back to aisle 10': How Michael Andrews fought a supermarket knifeman
6 Dec 2024A man who helped to save people during a mass stabbing says the "shadow" of that day still follows him around.
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Nearly half of students fail literacy, numeracy tests
6 Dec 2024The results show at least 39,000 students are ineligible for an NCEA certificate - but most will get another chance.
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Farmer ordered to pay $180k wonders how he'll survive
6 Dec 2024Tony Pascoe didn't want his land taken for a bypass after working hard his whole life, only be left with no home.
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Shoppers could be prosecuted for brown onion 'hack'
6 Dec 2024A trend being discussed online "isn't a hack - it's theft", supermarket says.
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Palau's president invites Trump to visit to see climate crisis impacts
He says he might even take the US leader, who's often criticised as a climate change denier, snorkelling in Palau's pristine waters.
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