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'Every single one ... a win': Programme picks up 89 Northland bowel cancer cases
The test could save people from discovering they had cancer once it was untreatable, when the only option left was palliative care.
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What will New Zealand's arts world look like in 2030?
A new strategy is open for public consultation and outlines how the government could support the creative sector. Minister Paul Goldsmith talks to Culture 101. Audio
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'You don't know what you've lost until it's not there' - Proposal to close community papers will gut local news
17 Nov 2024Mediawatch - The closure of 14 local papers in the North Island could see the end of a century-long history.
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Man still missing after more than a week
17 Nov 2024The search for an elderly man missing for a week made no progress over the weekend, police say.
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Surfboard lights offer ray of hope to shark-fearing beachgoers
17 Nov 2024Researchers towed seal-shaped boards fitted with lights across great white-teeming waters to discover which configuration attracted the most attention. Audio
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Number of emergency housing applications denied rises
17 Nov 2024Renters United says the figures make "a mockery" of the government's claims about emergency housing.
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Saturday Night is more exhausting than entertaining
17 Nov 2024Jason Reitman's new comedy Saturday Night is "manically nostalgic" and ultimately more exhausting than entertaining, writes Dan Slevin. The 1970s are ugly in Jason Reitman's new comedy Saturday Night…
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Museum cordon lifted after suspicious package found
17 Nov 2024Police have lifted cordons around a museum in Napier after a suspicious package caused alarm earlier today.
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William Boyd on how the spy game has changed
17 Nov 2024Best-selling author William Boyd latest Gabriel's Moon, is his fourth fictional foray into the world of espionage. Audio
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Businesses in Tauranga blame new road layout for drop in sales
17 Nov 2024Tauranga business owners say sales have dropped because of a new road layout and one fears she'll have to shut her store.
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Live: The Treaty Principles Bill has passed its first reading
14 Nov 2024Te Pāti Māori's Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from the house for interrupting the vote on the Treaty Principles Bill's first reading with a haka.
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Hīkoi mō te Tiriti: South Island one step away from Parliament
14 Nov 2024Hīkoi activation events have now concluded for Te Waipounamu ahead of their convoy to Parliament.
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Hīkoi to spend night in Huntly before continuing in morning
13 Nov 2024The hīkoi will rest in Huntly on Wednesday before moving onto Rotorua and eventually Wellington.
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Sir Robert Gillies laid to rest, as hundreds attend service
12 Nov 2024The 99-year-old was the last man standing from the Māori battalion, serving in B company from 1942 to 1945.
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Temporary village built for whānau displaced by Cyclone Gabrielle
12 Nov 2024The collaboration has seen 11 homes built at Ōmāhu Marae in Hawke's Bay 20 months on from the extreme weather event. Audio
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Protesters call for Fonterra to phase out use of palm kernel expeller
About half a dozen protesters gathered outside the conference venue for Fonterra's annual general meeting, outnumbered about two-to-one by security staff and police.
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Insecticide chlorpyrifos faces ban
An insecticide used on pastures and grain crops and as a biosecurity treatment for pest species could soon be banned.
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Rātana Pā to receive $10m boost to fix failing marae buildings
12 Nov 2024The funding will be used to make structural upgrades including improvements to two of the Rangitīkei settlement's main buildings.
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TV show host accuses council of 'propaganda' over sewerage scheme
11 Nov 2024Geoff Thomas - of Outdoors with Geoff fame - has called a council's claim "scandalous".
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Some Gisborne roads may revert to unsealed, amid budget cuts
9 Nov 2024Some of Gisborne's asphalt roads will be switched to unsealed as the district council looks to save money, and public meetings have been held to discuss the impact.
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Rotorua council takes 'hard line' on non-consented emergency housing motels
9 Nov 2024Will Rotorua motels house the homeless for another year? Commissioner to consider evidence, following emergency housing motel hearing.
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Popular south Auckland playgrounds hit by vandalism, graffiti
8 Nov 2024There were several incidents of vandalism at the $10.8 million Hayman Park I Manukau Iho Noa playground and a further 15 in the local area have also been damaged.
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Search resumes for man who fell into Manawatū River
17 Nov 2024Police said the man was walking his dog at Ahimate Reserve when he fell into the water on Saturday afternoon.
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Police to crack down on Brian Tamaki convoy protesters
Those who walked on the motorway were "reckless, unlawful and extremely irresponsible", police say.
