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New Zealand
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'Embarrassing': International climate expert scorns NZ's methane target
25 minutes agoA veteran climate scientist says it's "unbelievable" that New Zealand has gone to the annual climate summit with a weaker target as global temperatures continue to rise.
Police name prisoner who escaped hospital escourt
There could be another chance to spot an aurora over southern NZ tonight
Pacific
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No quick fix for soaring child obesity in Polynesia - health leader
The most obese 5-19-year-olds globally live in three Pacific Island nations, a UNICEF report found.
Cook Islands delays seabed mining decision, extends exploration to 2032
US advances offshore mineral plans in American Samoa, Northern Marianas
Sport
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Black Caps eye T20 series win against big-hitting Windies
10:53 am todayBlack Cap Jacob Duffy expects the T20 series against the West Indies to end on a fitting note in Dunedin today - by going down to the wire.
Auckland FC owner Bill Foley sells stake in Scottish Premier League club
Sri Lanka players ask to leave Pakistan after bombing, board says no
Politics
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Calls for promises to be kept, one year after abuse in care apology
12 Nov 2025At last November's apology, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told survivors that a new independent redress scheme would be established. Audio
Suite of banking competition changes adopted by government
Question Time directs rare query to non-ministerial MP
World
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NZ-born neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell granted bail by Australian judge
3:19 pm todayTwo months ago a magistrate ruled he was too dangerous to live in the community and could interfere with witnesses in a criminal case.
Three lessons from the new Epstein emails mentioning Trump
Two blasts a day apart in India and Pakistan's capitals fray regional nerves in an already tense year
Comment & Analysis
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Trump's pardons aren't just political; more importantly, they're transactional
11 Nov 2025Analysis: So much of the coverage of US President Donald Trump's pardons is focused on how political they are.
Te Pāti Māori purge fails to end the party war
Why the Pacific Championship final should be a look into rugby league's future
Local Democracy Reporting
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New Hanmer whare recognises Māori connection
12:08 pm todayExcitement is building ahead of the opening a new whare at Hanmer Springs' Soldiers' Block.
Forged by hardship: Auckland's new councillors bring lived experience
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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NZ plummets 50 places in global tobacco control ranking
An anti-vaping group calls the ranking an "international disgrace". Audio
Tears and fears: Inside the uneasy truce between Dame Noeline Taurua and Netball NZ
'Brazen industry capture' alleged in pig welfare rule changes
Te Ao Māori
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Some schools defy government move on Te Tiriti o Waitangi
12:46 pm todayOne says upholding the treaty is the right thing to do and part of its "civic responsibility".
Hastings hosts Aotearoa's national Māori language festival Toitū te Reo
DOC, iwi hope to clear up confusion over rāhui
Business
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Record number of New Zealanders leave country
3:06 pm today72,700 Kiwis have moved overseas in a year, but the number of Australians visiting is surging.
She's won Lotto, so where is her money?
Schools, early learning centres urged to stop using asbestos-contaminated sand
Country
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The women who inseminate cows to make money for Christmas
5:37 am todayArtificial breeding technicians play a crucial role in keeping New Zealand's dairy industry flowing. Increasingly, women are being drawn to the job.
Canterbury A&P show to return with 'full strength' and royal status
Nectar at highest concentrations on native trees along NZ's dry east coast - study
Environment
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Climate change minister defends weakened methane target
10:35 am todaySimon Watts says he is prepared for questions about New Zealand's lowered target when he heads to the annual UN global climate summit in Brazil.
Our Changing World: Resurrecting Wellington’s Flowers of the Underworld
Nine rangatahi Māori depart for the Brazillian Amazon for COP30
Media & Technology
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Te Karere news has budget slashed by 60%, The Hui receives no funding
24 Oct 2025Funding for the long-standing Māori news bulletin Te Karere has been slashed, while current affairs programme The Hui has had their funding cut completely. The announcement comes from Māori media...
Do we need to be saying 'please' and 'thanks' to AI?
How do I know if my teen is entangled in 'toxic masculinity'?
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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Young tennis stars hope international success can inspire community
12 Nov 2025Two up-and-coming teenage athletes are encouraging more people with Indian heritage to take up the sport.
‘People are afraid to enter our shops’: The grim reality of running a retail business behind a cage in South Auckland
Hawke's Bay director jailed 14 years for exploiting, raping workers