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How a Gisborne DJ ended up peforming at Glasto
4 Jul 2024The call to play Glastonbury came very last minute - and it only panned out because of a pre-planned trip to the UK and Europe in July.
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Who are the McKays? Kiwi woman dies in US robbery but husband unharmed
4 Jul 2024Patricia McKay is being remembered as a wonderful person who "loved being a grandmother" following her death outside a US shopping centre.
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Sperm donor who fathered 100s of kids says Netflix series is misleading
4 Jul 2024Jonathan Jacob Meijer is the subject of a new documentary titled The Man with 1000 Kids.
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UK election: What to know about govt majority, results and voting
4 Jul 2024Opinion polls indicate the results will hand power to Keir Starmer's Labour Party and end 14 years of Conservative Party-led government.
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An affair between Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron should be a perfect rom-com, but is Family Affair any good?
4 Jul 2024From The Idea of You to May/December, stories of older women having affairs with younger men have been having a moment in Hollywood. But can Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron have enough fun with it for the… Video
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How does MCoBeauty get away with their 'dupes'? Let them explain
5 Jul 2024The Australian cosmetics giant has attracted global attention for its strikingly similar beauty dupes, but the company has kept the details of its product development process out of the spotlight -…
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Kiwi woman's violent death in safe city 'surprising and shocking' - US officer
4 Jul 2024Patricia McKay, 68 was the wife of a prominent Auckland businessman. Her family say they have "no words" to describe their grief. Audio
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The Caesar salad turns 100
4 Jul 2024Italian immigrant Caesar Cardini is said to have invented the dish in 1924 at his restaurant, in Tijuana, Mexico. It was a steamy night, and Cardini was struggling to feed an influx of Californians.
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Biden at 81: Sharp and focused but sometimes confused and forgetful
4 Jul 2024President Joe Biden's conduct behind closed doors, in the Oval Office, on Air Force One and in meetings around the world is described in the same dual way by those who regularly see him in action.
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Human remains found of missing girl taken by crocodile, in remote Northern Territory
4 Jul 2024Northern Territory police have found human remains belonging to a 12-year-old girl who is suspected to have been taken by a crocodile in a Northern Territory remote creek.
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Fatima Payman quits Labor 'with a heavy heart but a clear conscience'
4 Jul 2024First-term senator Fatima Payman will quit Labor to sit on the crossbench, after becoming the first Labor MP in decades to defy her party in a vote to recognise Palestinian statehood.
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Amazon wins contract to store 'top secret' Australian military intelligence
4 Jul 2024Three highly secure data centres will be built in secret locations to support the purpose-built Top Secret Cloud.
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Gen Z are into 'hot rodent' men - What does that mean?
4 Jul 2024From Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist to Jeremy Allen White and Glen Powell, the controversial 'hot rodent' trend has much to say about male privilege and beauty standards in Hollywood.
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'Frankly, the hell with these guys': Outrage as NZ woman killed in US
4 Jul 2024Patricia McKay, 68, was run over and killed during a robbery at an upmarket mall .
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China accused of using aid to influence Solomons' political order
4 Jul 2024The head of Transparency Solomon Islands and the leader of the Independent Group in parliament claim China is purposefully manipulating Solomon Islands' political order using aid money - but the prime…
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Koala cuddles banned at popular Australian sanctuary
4 Jul 2024Visitors to Brisbane's Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary want to see the animals do what they do best - eat, sleep and relax within their own space, its manager says. Audio
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Sir Keir Starmer 'doesn't like' politics. How a 'boring, dour' man looks set to be UK's next PM
4 Jul 2024Ask British voters what they think of Sir Keir Starmer and the response is often brutally honest: Boring, dour, Tory-lite.
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UK election polls open in hours: What to know about the promises, gaffes and scandals
4 Jul 2024Parties rely on support across the nations
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White House denies report Biden weighing whether to stay in election
4 Jul 2024The president's staff say the claim is "absolutely false".
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Kiwi woman dies in US after being robbed and run over by car - reports
3 Jul 2024Newport Police Department said the suspects robbed a 69-year-old New Zealand woman and her husband outside the Barnes and Noble, according to CBS News.
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Biden blames jet lag for debate performance
3 Jul 2024"I nearly fell asleep on stage," the US president says amid panic over his fitness ahead of election season. Video
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Child missing, reportedly attacked by crocodile, in Australia
3 Jul 2024Northern Territory Police Minister Brent Potter said it was a horrible situation for the community and the child's family.
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'I am not a church boy': RFK Jr responds to sex assault allegation
3 Jul 2024A magazine article claimed the candidate sexually assaulted a babysitter in the late 1990s.
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Giuliani disbarred in New York over lies on Trump's election loss
3 Jul 2024Rudy Giuliani, who had his New York law license suspended in 2021 for making false statements around the election, is no longer allowed to practice law in the state.
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