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Ruatiti homicide: Police now looking for second man
20 Dec 2025The manhunt for Mitchell Cole and now a second man continues, after Cole's father and stepmother were killed in a double homicide.
Christmas Day weather looking like mixed bag
Human remains found on Northland island
Pacific
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Tongans reassured of fuel supply over Xmas holiday - government
The Tonga government is reassuring citizens they won't need to worry about running out of fuel over the Christmas period after months of petrol shortages.
'Blatant propaganda': Fiji lawyers, civil society push back against proposed National Referendum Bill
Samoan villagers still waiting for compensation more than a year after Manawanui disaster
Sport
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Phoenix women claim record win against Sydney FC
20 Dec 2025Wellington languished in ninth place on the A-League table before the match.
Boxing live updates: Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua
The Ashes live: Australia v England - third test, day four
Politics
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Organised crime threat needs new approach - Costello
20 Dec 2025The associate police minister has announced a new cross-agency plan to combat criminal networks.
Winston Peters offers advice to anyone thinking of rolling a Prime Minister
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke tops list of favoured candidates to lead Te Pāti Māori in new poll
World
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Four die in ICE custody as 2025 deaths reach 20-year high
20 Dec 2025At least 30 people have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention this year, according to agency notices
US university killer's mystery motive sought after suicide
US issues sanctions on family, associates of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro
Comment & Analysis
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Putin's brazen new tactics
19 Dec 2025Analysis: Undercover Russian personnel have been placed on board ships carrying the country's oil and they're spying on Europe, intelligence sources say.
Takeaways from US President Donald Trump's primetime address
What is the BRICS ‘UNIT’ – and could it really challenge the US dollar?
Local Democracy Reporting
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What is Local Democracy Reporting?
31 May 2021Find out more about the scheme and how to become a host newsroom or accredited media partner.
Caught on camera damaging headstone, but police say evidence not enough
Community cheers as booze back on tap at Castlepoint Hotel bar
In Depth
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Feral cat trapping could get easier
17 Dec 2025The paperwork currently required to legally trap feral cats could be replaced with a simpler online system, after criticism from hunters.
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Tom Phillips’ firearms licence revoked months before second disappearance, documents show
Te Ao Māori
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'Devastating in all ways': Tokerau Beach sand dunes destroyed by vehicles
20 Dec 2025Thrill-seekers causing significant damage to dunes on the Far North beach have forced the installation of temporary fences and blockage of access points. Audio
South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown
New Zealand's only Māori visual arts degree celebrates 30 years of arts education
Business
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Rocket Lab signs huge deal with US space agency
20 Dec 2025The NZ company will manufacture 18 satellites equipped with advanced sensors to track and detect missile threats.
Can my child get a Community Services Card? - Ask Susan
Business confidence rises to 30-year high
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.
Country Life: Farming trees the Tāmata Hauhā way
Country Life: Behind the scenes at the Roy's berry farm
Environment
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The farmers working to shrink the environmental footprint of their cows
16 Dec 2025Can the planting of special crops and experiments with new winter grazing systems make a real difference? Audio
Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ's glaciers, research shows
Emergency set net fishing ban to protect threatened hoiho around Otago Peninsula extended
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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Dozens protest outside Immigration Minister’s office over migrant exploitation
19 Dec 2025The protest was organised to mark the International Migrants Day which falls on 18 December.
Overturned board election fires up concerns over postal voting
Migrant bus drivers want strict language rules for residency eased