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New Zealand
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Weather set to worsen ahead of New Year's Eve
11:23 am todayA bout of bad weather is about to sweep across the east of the North Island, ahead of New Year celebrations.
Crash involving fire truck injures one in Auckland
Crayfish crackdown: Nelson man Joshua Spooner in court over Facebook seafood sales
Pacific
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Calls for UK's role to be considered in sinking of Manawanui
24 Dec 2025The former Samoa Prime Minister confirmed the navy ship had been surveying the south coast as part of security for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting and King Charles.
Three Pacific ambassadors recalled by the U.S. Department of State
Vanuatu teachers to return to classrooms in 2026 after multi-billion vatu government settlement
Sport
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Ashes captains unimpressed with Melbourne's wicket ways
10:34 am todayEngland skipper Ben Stokes was scathing of the MCG pitch, even though his team grabbed a much-needed win.
UFC year in review: The good, the bad and the ugly
Tennis: Sabalenka, Kyrgios relishing 'Battle of the Sexes' challenge
Politics
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India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister
New Zealand could continue to see improvements for the dairy industry under its Free Trade Agreement with India, the trade minister says.
Trade Minister Todd McClay confident Labour will support India Free Trade Agreement
Emails reveal Marlon Williams, Paul Goldsmith Treaty principles exchange
World
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Zelensky stops in Canada en route to US as Russia pummels Ukraine
Ukraine's president says the latest Russian onslaught shows Moscow has no intention of ending the invasion.
Jeffrey Holland, next in line to lead Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, dies at 85
At least 15 dead, 19 injured in Guatemala bus accident
Comment & Analysis
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JD Vance tries to have it both ways on Nick Fuentes and antisemitism
23 Dec 2025Analysis - Vance could inherit a conservative movement that is increasingly riven over antisemitism and conspiracy theories in its midst.
Parliament's year in numbers
Australia defeats words with actions to outclass England and romp to Ashes glory
Local Democracy Reporting
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Rotorua dreams of Warriors return after seven-year absence
10:24 am todayThe New Zealand Warriors have not played in Rotorua since 2020 - and won't in 2026 either.
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
Bay of Plenty wallaby infestation: 2000 controlled this year
In Depth
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Integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year
The Sport Integrity Commission's first major investigation, triggered by dozens of complaints about Yachting NZ, remains unfinished a year on.
A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Te Ao Māori
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Māori Land Court cannot rule on Porotī Springs water
25 Dec 2025A long-running effort by hapū trustees to have their customary rights to Porotī Springs legally recognised has hit another hurdle.
Study shows the experience of Māori grappling with 'te reo trauma'
'Our sense of identity': What New Zealand and Georgia have in common
Business
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Break in at antique store 'another blow', owner says
26 Dec 2025A Napier antique shop owner is blaming the high price of silver, after an overnight burglary at her store between Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Can I travel while getting NZ Super, and other most-asked questions of 2025 - Ask Susan
What to remember before your Boxing Day shopping spree
Country
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Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River's rural postie
Rural postie Tracy Marshall takes visitors along her mail delivery route which winds along the Whanganui River.
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
Country Life: Farming trees the Tāmata Hauhā way
Environment
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DoC warns dog owners after rare fairy tern nests disturbed
23 Dec 2025Only about 40 adult tara iti survive in the wild, and of those just 10 are breeding females.
Water fight: Farmers strive to limit cows' environmental footprint
Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ's glaciers, research shows
Media & Technology
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The best games we played in 2025
16 Dec 2025More than 200 titles dropped this year, here are some we loved playing the most.
It’s not you - some fonts feel different
Tova O'Brien announced as new Breakfast presenter
Identity
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How did we become known as 'Kiwis'?
16 Oct 2024How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird? Audio
Turning Palmerston North into the 'capital of drag' in Aotearoa
X-plainer: Who are Generation X?
IndoNZ
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Celebrating Christmas with Indian culinary favourites
25 Dec 2025Kiwi Indians swap ham and pavlova for spiced feasts, keeping festive food traditions from home alive.
2025 in review: A year when New Zealand-India relations took off
Indian community theatre group Prayas marks 20 years on stage