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New Zealand
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Property robbed in exclusive suburb reportedly belongs to former rich-listers
22 Nov 2024Police are supporting the people who were at home when three men broke into a Mission Bay property.
Coast to Coast Rangers take disadvantaged youth on journey of growth
Maniototo race to pit horses against humans
Pacific
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Samoan bill provides rare feel-good moment in Parliament
When the bill to restore NZ citizenship to some Samoans passed this week, Parliament's galleries were full to the brim with members of the community.
COP29: Fijian sugar minister says delegates attending UN climate summit 'wasting time'
Vanuatu MPs scramble for funds ahead of snap election
Sport
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NZ's strongest man is 'quite small' but can pull 10-tonne trucks
22 Nov 2024Rich Farrell may be "quite small" for a strongman but backs himself against the superior power of his bigger rivals.
NZ Kahu through to AFL Pacific Cup 2024 final
Black Ferns assistant coach resigns after mixed season
Politics
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Gang chapter president's patch seized in first 24 hours of ban
22 Nov 2024The first arrest was made just three minutes after midnight, with 11 more to come.
Victims of sex offending welcome shift on name suppression laws
'We need more doctors' - Support for new Waikato medical school
Covid-19
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Covid-19 update: 1411 new cases, 4 deaths
19 Nov 2024There have been 1411 new cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand over the week to Sunday, and four further deaths attributed to the virus.
Covid-19 update: 1431 new cases, seven deaths
Covid-19 update: 1248 new cases, 12 further deaths
World
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US kayaker accused of faking his own death, fleeing to Europe
22 Nov 2024Ryan Borgwardt overturned his kayak and threw his phone in a lake, then skipped town on an e-bike, investigators say.
Laos police detain owner of backpacker hostel where Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles were staying before methanol poisoning
The Western tourists going to Iraq for vacation
Comment & Analysis
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The biggest difference between Hīkoi mō te Tiriti and past hīkoi
22 Nov 2024Analysis - The diversity of voices during the hīkoi was noticeable - from tangata moana to young immigrants to elderly Pākehā from the South Island.
With 14 community newspapers due to close, too many parts of NZ are becoming 'news deserts'
The case for COPs (even this one)
Local Democracy Reporting
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Heartbreak as teens' mural hit by graffiti
22 Nov 2024Just days after a high school club finished their mural, they discovered it had been covered in graffiti.
Iconic Kiwi pie company goes into liquidation
Much-loved Auckland hall to be deconstructed due to mould
In Depth
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Podmore inquest: Doc's emotional words bring panel to tears
22 Nov 2024A doctor has told the hearing into Olivia Podmore's death she endured "psychological abuse" in the Cycling NZ high performance squad.
'Don't crash': Olympian cyclist Olivia Podmore was victim of serious bullying, inquest hears
Veteran climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer on activist soup-throwers, a new climate era and his continuing optimism
Te Ao Māori
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76-year-old master's grad wins hearts at hīkoi
22 Nov 2024Noel O'Malley is proud to be tangata Tiriti - and after being claimed by hīkoi organisers as their own, he's now known as Matua Noel.
Fears Māori will pay heaviest price if police carry guns
In photos: People of the hīkoi, and why they marched
Business
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Cruise ship passengers unwittingly rack up gambling debt
A class action is being taken by law firm Carter Capner Law against Carnival, which owns P&O, and Royal Caribbean cruise lines. Audio
Do we still need cash?
'Watch this space': The Warehouse Group promises to turn things around with a 'vengeance'
Country
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Schoolkids put buzz back into biodiversity on a dairy farm
1:15 am todayYoung school students plant habitat for an endangered skink and learn heaps about biodiversity at a nature reserve on a North Canterbury farm.
Country Life: No quick fix for controlling wallaby plague
Government accused of betraying Kiwis' trust over lack of consultation on live exports
Environment
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Bringing back ngutukākā from the brink
21 Nov 2024A community of conservationists is turning State Highway 35 into a Crimson Highway by rewilding the iconic and critically endangered kākābeak.
Winners of Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Awards announced
Dramatic decline in Tongariro’s native plants as invasive heather spreads
Media & Technology
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US proposes partial break-up of Google
21 Nov 2024The Department of Justice is urging a federal judge to force a sale of the company's Chrome web browser after a landmark ruling this year found Google had violated US antitrust law with its search…
Rust movie to premiere three years after on-set shooting
Council deal threatens Westport News
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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Tracing the history of Indian migration to New Zealand
21 Nov 2024The Auckland Indian Association is hosting an exhibition in the country's largest city to celebrate the community's rich history. Audio
Driver safety screens to be installed on Auckland buses
Three people charged over aggravated robbery of Lower Hutt dairy