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  • Can NZ set its own path with laws against online harm?

    News
    New Zealand World
    8 Feb 2026
    Upset teenage girl with laptop at table indoors. Danger of internet

    Comment - Online harm, including exposure to illegal material, sexualised deepfakes, harassment and bullying, is a pressing problem. NZ can now cautiously follow laws introduced overseas, or develop…

    As Australia's online harm crackdown reshapes the debate, NZ must find its own path
  • Tenant loses $17k claim after social media tirade over neighbour's groomer ‘vibe’

    News
    New Zealand housing
    8 Feb 2026
    Social media icon applications appear on a mobile phone in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium, on March 16, 2025.

    The tenant claimed he had been deliberately located next to the site of his childhood abuse.

    Tenant loses $17k claim after social media tirade over neighbour's groomer ‘vibe’
  • Family Court grants adoption in overseas surrogacy case amid 'uncomfortable facts'

    News
    New Zealand children
    7 Feb 2026
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    The judge said the child's welfare outweighed concerns about misleading a foreign fertility clinic.

    Man wins Family Court order to adopt own surrogate son, despite concerns from judge
  • 'Remove every barrier we can': Plea over school uniform expense

    News
    New Zealand money
    5 Feb 2026
    Fiona Marks has two mokopuna in her care

    A charity says it's not just lower socio-economic households who are feeling the pinch. Audio

    'Everyday living is just so hard': Families going into debt to pay for school uniforms
  • First Nations leaders welcome Perth Invasion Day rally terror probe

    News
    World
    29 Jan 2026
    Speeches at the rally were cut short when police alerted organisers about a potential threat. (ABC News: Cason Ho)

    WA police have described it as a "potential mass casualty event".

    First Nations leaders welcome Perth Invasion Day rally terror probe
  • French lawmakers pass bill banning social media for under-15s

    News
    World children
    28 Jan 2026
    Close - up finger pointing to TokTok mobile app displayed on a smartphone screen alongside that of X,Whatsapp,Facebook,Messenger,Threads,Telegram, on August 15, 2023, in Brussels, Belgium. (Photo illustration by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto) (Photo by Jonathan Raa / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

    The legislation would make France the second country to take such a step following Australia's ban for under-16s in December.

    French lawmakers pass bill banning social media for under-15s
  • Do custody rulings really put kids first?

    News
    New Zealand children
    18 Jan 2026

    Some young people say their Family Court experiences reveal a system that fails to hear and protect them. Audio

    Inside the Family Court: Do custody rulings really put kids first?
  • Man fights to have parents removed from birth certificate amid baby-farming claims

    News
    New Zealand court
    6 Jan 2026
    Paper people chain, books and judge's gavel. Law, family politics and gay marriage legalization.

    He claims his mother was paid to take part in a baby-farming scheme in the 1970s.

    Man turns to Supreme Court to remove parents from birth certificate amid baby-farming claims
  • 2025 in review: The year that was in Pacific news

    News
    Pacific
    31 Dec 2025
    samoa election 2025

    RNZ Pacific's bulletin editor Christina Persico looks in the rearview mirror at 2025. Audio

    2025 in review: Politics, health and climate change dominated Pacific news headlines this year
  • Can my child get a Community Services Card? - Ask Susan

    News
    New Zealand Business
    20 Dec 2025
    Ask Susan Edmunds logo

    RNZ's Susan Edmunds answers your questions.

    Can my child get a Community Services Card? - Ask Susan
  • Son of filmmaker Rob Reiner makes court appearance on charges he murdered parents

    News
    World
    18 Dec 2025
    Actor/Producer/Director Rob Reiner (center) and wife Michele Singer (L) and son Nick Reiner (R) attend Teen Vogue's Back-to-School Saturday kick-off event at The Grove on August 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California.

    The younger son of Hollywood filmmaker and political activist Rob Reiner has made his first court appearance for the two murder charges he faces in the stabbing deaths of his parents, who were found…

    Son of filmmaker Rob Reiner makes court appearance on charges he murdered parents
  • Australia's social media ban for children takes effect

    News
    World internet
    10 Dec 2025
    A teenager holds a mobile phone displaying a message from social media platform Instagram after the account was locked for age verification in Sydney on 9 December, 2025.

    It's the first country in the world to ban social media for under-16s, with 10 major platforms ordered to block children or face a fine. Audio

    Australia's social media ban for children takes effect in world first
  • Officials shelved judge's trans-Tasman family violence probe

    News
    New Zealand crime
    10 Dec 2025
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    A top judge commissioned work to see how families in custody battles could be screened for domestic violence, but officials shelved it. Audio

    Officials shelved judge's trans-Tasman family violence probe
  • Better results but two new curriculums a massive job - principals

    News
    Politics education
    8 Dec 2025
    Many New Zealand primary schools are beginning the year with a new maths curriculum and updated maths resources.

    Some said they focused on either the new maths or English curriculums, not both, and had more work to do next year.

    Better reading, maths results but two new curriculums a massive job - principals
  • 'Ripped... trust to shreds': Man imprisoned for rape of his 8-year-old cousin

    News
    New Zealand crime
    8 Dec 2025
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    He would sneak into her room, telling her he was "scared to sleep on [his] own".

    Tauranga man imprisoned for rape of his 8-year-old cousin
  • US advisers scrap hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for most children

    News
    World health
    6 Dec 2025
    Robert F Kennedy Jr - a 71 year old man with cropped grey hair - wears a suit and looks to the side.

    Disease experts say the move will reverse decades of public health gains.

    US advisers scrap decades-long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for most children
  • 'We just want justice': Anger as inquiry into girl's ice-skating death ruled out

    News
    New Zealand Canterbury
    3 Dec 2025
    Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka, left, with her mother Maraea Hetaraka.

    Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka, 13, was not wearing a helmet when she fell at Alpine Ice. She died in hospital two days later.

    Family of child who died in ice-skating accident angry coroner will not open inquiry
  • Commissioner 'determined' to prevent another McSkimming saga

    News
    Politics
    1 Dec 2025
    Richard Chambers

    Richard Chambers wants to ensure there will never be a repeat of the "group think" and closed ranks that blocked an investigation. Audio

    Police Commissioner Richard Chambers 'determined' to prevent another Jevon McSkimming saga
  • Police Commissioner 'determined' to prevent another McSkimming saga

    News
    New Zealand
    1 Dec 2025
    Richard Chambers

    Richard Chambers wants to ensure there will never be a repeat of the "group think" and closed ranks that allowed the Jevon McSkimming investigation to be blocked.

    Police Commissioner Richard Chambers 'determined' to prevent another Jevon McSkimming saga
  • How a World Bank funding condition in 1995 helped break PNG's roads system

    News
    Pacific Papua New Guinea
    1 Dec 2025
    In the last 10 years, the DOWH has tried to find its place again.

    Analysis - As Papua New Guinea's population has grown and climate pressures intensified, the nation's infrastructure has struggled to keep pace, writes Scott Waide.

    How a World Bank funding condition in 1995 helped break Papua New Guinea's roads system
  • Councillors given up to $5500 for security after rise in threats

    News
    New Zealand Local Democracy Reporting
    28 Nov 2025
    The Remuneration Authority, which sets the rules around councillor pay and entitlements, has this year included a home security allowance for elected members.

    The allowance is one of a number available to elected officials as set out by the Remuneration Authority.

    New allowance available for councillor safety
  • 'I've got a bleeding woman': Man wielding hedge trimmer blade corners mum and baby

    News
    New Zealand crime
    27 Nov 2025
    The bus stop on Cockayne Rd in Kandallah where the incident took place.

    Police had to taser the man three times, with operators say he was a "out of control".

    Man wielding hedge trimmer blade threatens mum and baby, tasered by police
  • 37 former patients of Lake Alice get compensation of up to $600,000

    News
    New Zealand policy
    27 Nov 2025
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    105 survivors opted to receive $150,000 rapid payments.

    37 former Lake Alice patients receive individual compensation payments of up to $600,000
  • Social media giants accused of burying own research on teen mental health harm

    News
    World
    27 Nov 2025
    A group of school districts, state attorneys general and individuals have sued Meta, TikTok, YouTube and Snapchat, alleging the social media giants have contributed to a youth mental health crisis.

    YouTube, for example, recognized that short-form videos can trigger an "addiction cycle" but developed its Shorts feature anyway, according to the filing. An internal Snapchat document identified…

    Lawsuit alleges social media giants buried their own research on teen mental health harms
  • Killer, prison escapee Phillip John Smith dabbling in cryptocurrency behind bars

    News
    New Zealand crime
    11 Nov 2025
    Phillip John Smith appears via audiovisual link at the Court of Appeal in Wellington.

    The 51-year-old used forbidden cellphones to educate himself on trading and investing in cryptocurrencies.

    Murderer, prison escapee Phillip John Smith pleads for parole at his 18th hearing
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