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'Can only damage trust' - NZME use of AI to write editorial criticised
1 Aug 2024The media publisher has come under fire for admitting it used artificial intelligence to create editorials that ran in the Weekend Herald and other publications. Audio
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Pair charged in relation to body found in Gulf Harbour named
1 Aug 2024The two people charged in relation to a homicide investigation sparked by a body found in the Gulf Harbour in March, can now be named.
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'Disappointing': Report finds lack of change after boy's death
1 Aug 2024At-risk children are no safer now than they were after a series of recommendations after the horrific death of a 5-year-old Malachi Subecz, according to the Independent Children's Monitor. Audio
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Glitch in Auckland Airport check-in system repaired
1 Aug 2024A glitch with Auckland International Airport's check-in system on Thursday night has been fixed.
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TVNZ staff fear still more job cuts after 'change process' announced
1 Aug 2024Workers at TVNZ worry an upcoming "change process" announced to staff on Thursday could lead to further job losses.
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Hundreds more doctors could be trained if government funded them - report
The dean of Auckland's Medical School says both Otago and Auckland are "ready to step up" if the government will fund extra places.
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Green MP to be censured over shouting incident
1 Aug 2024Julie Anne Genter has been found in contempt and will be asked to apologise after yelling at a Cabinet minister in Parliament.
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Kāinga Ora to slash Māori-focused housing team in half
1 Aug 2024Te Kurutao Group Māori has 48 full-time staff, and the organisation is consulting on a plan to shed 27 roles.
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Teenage girls feel "silenced and squashed" - author
1 Aug 2024"They are so stereotyped and dismissed as just having big feelings as if it's a negative, bad thing ... they push that down deep inside of them, which creates this scream." Audio
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No compensation for Northland after pylon collapse, Transpower says
1 Aug 2024Transpower said they currently have no way to pay compensation after a Northland power pylon collapse left thousands without electricity in June, and that may be a question for the contractor at… Audio
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Expert rebuffs defence lawyer's claims in rape trial
1 Aug 2024The lawyer for a man accused of multiple rapes has suggested in court that another witness was responsible for one of them.
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Driver who caused death of motorcyclist says she will never drive again
1 Aug 2024A woman who caused the death of a motorcyclist after failing to give way at an intersection near Māpua, says she will not drive again after the devastating crash.
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Former international sports star admits sending series of nude images of woman
1 Aug 2024A former top sports star threatened to post a woman's naked photos to her social media accounts before sending a series of the images to a relative's phone.
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Fewer pharmacists stock Covid-19 anti-viral drugs after funding cuts
1 Aug 2024Te Whatu Ora said the changes were part of a shift towards managing Covid-19 like other communicable diseases.
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Polkinghorne murder trial: Police quizzed on state of bedroom
1 Aug 2024A police sergeant giving evidence at a murder trial of a man accused of staging the murder of his wife to look like a suicide says there was no proof of the body being moved but the state of the…
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'This cannot happen ever again': Inexperienced workers removed too many nuts before pylon fell
1 Aug 2024A report into the massive Northland outage found there was insufficient supervision during the work.
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Rau Tongia murder trial: Crown gives closing statement
1 Aug 2024Four women are on trial for the death of Rau Tongia, who died in his Karori home in December 2020.
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Microsoft services go offline for thousands around NZ
1 Aug 2024The problems - which hit businesses and even parliament - came just hours after a cyber-attack affected services around the world.
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Defence Force fire crew numbers questioned before fatal blaze - Report
1 Aug 2024Despite a fatal fire at a Defence Force camp in May, the force is still struggling with too few firefighters.
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Four more charged after mass brawl at rugby match
1 Aug 2024There have been further arrests after a mass brawl after a rugby game in Wairoa in Hawke's Bay on the weekend.
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13-year-old girl dies after fall at Christchurch ice skating rink
1 Aug 2024Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka suffered an unsurvivable head injury while ice-skating on a school outing.
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Police pursuit of stolen car breached parts of policy
1 Aug 2024The car later crashed, killing one of the occupants.
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Reports Peter Thiel has abandoned luxury lodge are 'speculation'
1 Aug 2024The battle over the billionaire's plans to build a 330m-long luxury lodge overlooking Lake Wānaka is not over, says the Environmental Society. Audio
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Small polytechs would be federated, others left to stand alone, under govt plan
The government has unveiled plans to group the weakest polytechnics together and let the strongest stand alone.
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