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New Zealand
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Are you worried about fortnightly rubbish collection?
5:57 am todayHeading towards Auckland's zero waste goal, about 10,000 households will soon face a trial of fortnightly pick-ups. Audio
Three injured as police deal with two group confrontations
Three seriously injured after fleeing driver crashes into other vehicle - police
Pacific
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Australia plays 'game of statecraft and power politics' with PNG
12:36 pm todayCanberra is offering A$600 million over 10 years for a prospective PNG club in the NRL on condition that the PNG government does not sign a security deal with China.
‘It will rejuvenate the party': Fijian Prime Minister Rabuka on split in People’s Alliance
Niue’s 50-year journey, from independence to global citizen
Sport
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Two athletes die at World Triathlon Championships in Spain
Both competitors - one from Mexico and one from Great Britain - were participating in the sprint category on the first day of competition.
Arsenal's unbeaten streak comes to a shocking halt
Cycling: Bryony Botha makes it three straight individual pursuit world champs medals
Politics
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Capital council clash claims run ahead of the facts
9:04 am todayMediawatch - Media joined the chorus claiming the government will intervene in the council crisis in Wellington. Then they started saying they'd be better off out of it.
The art of the ministerial statement
Darleen Tana wants more time after Greens vote to waka-jump her
Covid-19
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Covid-19: 886 new cases, 6 deaths
15 Oct 2024Cases of Covid-19 are up on last week, as a new, highly transmissible subvariant XEC arrives in in New Zealand.
COVID-19 sub-variant XEC arrives in New Zealand
Covid-19: 1174 new cases, five further deaths
World
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Manawanui clean-up suspended despite wreck labelled a 'disaster' for locals
10:13 am todayVillage representatives havemet with NZ's high commissioner and the Samoan government to express anger at a perceived lack of support.
Liam Payne's ex-partner, Cheryl, calls for media restraint after 'painful' death
Royal wish granted as young siblings involved in bone marrow transplant meet King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Sydney
Comment & Analysis
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Building enough supply chain resilience, sustainability to survive next global crisis
18 Oct 2024Analysis - External events can severely disrupt the flow of goods, delay deliveries or damage critical infrastructure.
Glucose monitors for diabetes have finally been funded – but there's a problem
Austerity and recession: Three simple graphs that explain New Zealand’s economic crisis
Local Democracy Reporting
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Historic election ahead as iwi urged to nominate for new governance board
15 Oct 2024Members of three central North Island iwi are preparing to elect their first board of trustees since signing a $28.5 million Treaty settlement.
Nobby Clark breaches most expensive in recent times
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Most fast-track panellists picked by ministers and parties
18 Oct 2024Chris Bishop had described the process the group followed to pick projects as "completely insulated from ministers". Audio
NZ's staunch anti-nuclear policy "is a mistake", ex-Trump adviser John Bolton tells RNZ
Why do millions of Americans vote for Donald Trump? Author Mark Manson takes a stab at it
Te Ao Māori
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Solicitor-General reverses new prosecution guidelines after backlash
18 Oct 2024The guidelines asked judges and lawyers to "think carefully" about how Māori are impacted by the criminal justice system.
Why Google Maps can't pronounce Māori place names
Petone's proposed name change to Pito One now sits with Minister
Business
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Six-month fight with credit card company over $3k refund
The woman was finally refunded when a dispute resolution service stepped in.
Five years for 'wiped out' first-home buyers to get back on track
I don't have a 20% deposit, can I bid at auction? - Ask Susan
Country
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NZ ramps up trade dispute with Canada
The two countries have locked horns for years over NZ dairy exporters' access to the Canadian market. Audio
EPA signals reassessment of allowing herbicide US and Australia have banned
Weedkiller deemed OK in NZ pulled off Australian shelves
Environment
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Bird nest design in a changing climate
17 Oct 2024Claire Concannon learns about variations in bird nest design, and why some species may be better able to cope with rapid change.
Climate impact of peat soil pushed above BP's fuel sales by huge 2022 blazes
Australian novelist Tim Winton on climate change: ‘We’re on the razor's edge’
Media & Technology
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'A giant of Australian journalism': George Negus dies aged 82
15 Oct 2024Last month, Negus's son Ned posted on LinkedIn that the broadcaster had been diagnosed with dementia five years previously.
Newspapers' social pages the place to be seen in pre-social media age
Miriama Kamo: 'I am going through a little bit of trauma'
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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Stanford looks to trusted employers to help unblock work visas logjam
18 Oct 2024A 'crack team' has been set up to work on bringing down spiralling wait times for work visas, immigration minister says.
Government removes ability to extend Migration Exploitation Protection Work Visa
'Culturally intolerable' for nurses not to speak English? Or 'racist' to insist?