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Driver caught at double the speed limit in Palmerston North
5:53 pm todayPolice are reporting multiple instances of concerning speeds on roads in the Manawatū over the last two days.
Body believed to be missing tramper Connor Purvis found
Unexplained death: Group may have used pool at Devonport address
Pacific
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PNG pays off liquefied natural gas debt
10:54 am todayThe multi-billion dollar loan was secured in the late 2000s.
Cooks, Niue say data secure after NZ hack but independent Niue users could be at risk
Petition against deep sea mining near Mariana Trench gaining support
Sport
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Jovic and Jones advance at ASB Classic
5:12 pm todayTwo quarterfinalists have been decided in the women's singles at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland.
Cricket Ashes live: Australia v England, test 5, day 4
Australian Open prize fund reaches record $130 million
Politics
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NZ troops in Ukraine for ceasefire would need Cabinet signoff - Ministry
3:50 pm todaySending troops to support a ceasefire in Ukraine would still need cabinet sign off.
Manage My Health hackers removes information about data online
Health minister blames slow OIA responses on officials, but union points to government's job cuts
World
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Sanctioned oil tanker falsely using Cook Islands flag, authority says
6:30 pm todayThe Bertha, which flew under the Cooks flag for almost nine months in 2024, is among at least 16 vessels that have reportedly attempted to evade US blockades in Venezuela.
US Capitol riot anniversary exposes a country still divided
AI hallucinations and the dilemma of false or misleading information
Comment & Analysis
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Big Oil doesn't share Trump's Venezuelan vision
6:54 am todayAnalysis: There's plenty of reasons oil industry bosses aren't keen to go into Caracas.
Trump's new US mission statement: Strength, force, power
Trump’s intervention in Venezuela: The three warnings for the world
Local Democracy Reporting
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'Outside the box': Swimming excavator dredges river
7:52 am todayAn amphibious excavator has begun dredging the pop-up garden patch growing out of a river in central Blenheim.
Wither Hills Farm Park ‘highly likely’ to close as fire season heats up
Wipes and rocks wreak havoc on Tasman’s wastewater
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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Remembering the Battle of Ruapekapeka Pā
2:17 pm todayHundreds are expected to descend on a Northland pā this weekend to remember one of the most famous battles fought in Aotearoa.
The hidden river that shapes central Wellington
Māori recognised for 2026 in New Year Honours list
Business
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Caracas, Washington in talks to export Venezuelan oil to US, sources say
10:18 am todayVenezuela has millions of barrels of oil loaded on tankers and in storage tanks that it has been unable to ship due to a blockade on exports imposed by US President Donald Trump since mid-December.
Dairy prices reverse course, with demand rising
Get your finances sorted in 2026: Get rid of debt
Country
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'A lot of mud, a lot of logs, a lot of debris': Tolaga Bay farmer back at square one
5 Jan 2026Intense localised downpours caused damage that could take up to a year to repair.
Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River's rural postie
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
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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Stuff files court injunction over Neighbourly data breach
5 Jan 2026The website Neighbourly - at the centre of a major cyber breach - has headed to court to try to stop the stolen information spreading.
The best games we played in 2025
It’s not you - some fonts feel different
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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NZ universities accepting English proficiency tests through Duolingo
2:20 pm todayIt's part of a global trend - by last year, all eight Ivy League universities in the United States were using Duolingo scores.
New Year honour reflects the 'resilience, strength, and contributions of refugee communities'
‘Millennial nostalgia with Bollywood bangers’: Young Indian Kiwis embrace DJ life