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Police investigating unexplained infant death in North Canterbury
6 Aug 2024A post mortem examination was carried out on Tuesday.
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Spat over surf club leaves home school group venueless
6 Aug 2024A community group for home-schooled children in rural Auckland say their group is on hold after conversations turned sour.
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Increasing safety on waterfront moving at 'haste' but could take years, inquest hears
6 Aug 2024Wellington City Council is testifying at the inquest into the death of Sandy Calkin, who drowned after being last seen walking on Queens Wharf in July 2021.
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Te Pūkenga makes $50m in cost savings, still faces $37m deficit at end of 2023
6 Aug 2024The mega polytech institution, Te Pūkenga, has recorded a healthy amount of cost saving, flying in the face of the government's claims it has failed. Audio
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MBIE uses fake accounts to catch immigration fraudsters and migrant exploiters
6 Aug 2024An automated register of false personas to use on social media platforms is being set up by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
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Labour fears maths revamp will repeat past miscalculations
Labour is hoping changes to the way maths is taught keep in place strategies it says are working to lift achievement. Audio
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What international sharemarket turmoil means for your KiwiSaver
About 60% of KiwiSaver assets are invested offshore, but if you've got your settings right, there's only one thing you need to do.
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Woolworths staff vote to strike
6 Aug 2024Nearly 10,000 workers voted after nine days of bargaining with the employer that is ruling out a living wage and has no desire to address understaffing issues, the union says.
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Job market cools, unemployment expected to rise further - economists
The unemployment rate is expected to rise to a near four-year high as demand for workers cools while the economy struggles under the weight of high interest rates.
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Fraction of incorrectly paid cost-of-living support returned
ACT says Inland Revenue should reconsider policy of not chasing the payments.
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'Dr Polkinghorne was changing' - Friend says surgeon was 'bit more manic' before wife's death
6 Aug 2024"His nature changed, his physical presence changed ... a little bit irrational, I felt, at times," Stephen MacIntyre, who knew the couple 25 years, has told the court.
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Police respond to unexplained death in Christchurch
6 Aug 2024A police spokesperson said the death was reported just before 11am on Tuesday.
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Lachie Jones inquest: Dry drowning death 'unlikely'
The expert phase of Coroner Alexander Ho's inquest into the 3-year-old's death has begun in the Invercargill District Court.
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Council re-affirms decision to establish Māori ward
6 Aug 2024It will ensure Māori have greater access to decision-making at a local level, the mayor says.
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'We have to move quickly' or Health NZ might go broke - Commissioner
6 Aug 2024Lester Levy says the finances are in even worse shape than he thought. Audio
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Health NZ's u-turn on early access to cancer drug Keytruda
6 Aug 2024The authority has backtracked and cleared the way for a small group to get free early access to the drug.
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The breakthrough that led to police finding Yanfei Bao
6 Aug 2024A technological breakthrough is believed to have led police to finding the remains of the missing Christchurch woman.
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Hundreds join forces to restore life force of harbour - 'It's a win-win'
6 Aug 2024The aim is to halve the amount of sediment washing into the country's biggest harbour within 10 years.
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Trail pass available for Te Araroa track for first time
6 Aug 2024DOC says the pass will save trampers money and provide it with better data on those using the trail.
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Errors in car park building design cost council $19m
6 Aug 2024Now, three engineers are facing negligence allegations at a disciplinary hearing.
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Man arrested after ramming person's car in chase involving armed police
6 Aug 2024The vehicle crashed a short time later in Otaki and the man was taken into custody.
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'We just want it back': School devastated after historic bell stolen
A student noticed the bell that has been at Addington Te Kura Taumatua since 1881 was missing when they went to ring it on Monday morning. Audio
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'Strong' 4.8 quake rattles Wellington
6 Aug 2024The shallow quake hit the fault-riddled Cook Strait, GNS science says.
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Crunching the Numbers: Kiwis spending half their income on rent
In RNZ's new series, we're out chatting to Kiwis about all things affecting their wallets. First up: renting.
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