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New Zealand
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Gloriavale Christian School to remain open, for now
6:40 pm todayIts board sought a judicial review of the Ministry of Education's decision to cancel its registration as a private school.
Person hit by vehicle outside Christchurch Hospital
Nelson man Corey Innocente jailed after threats to kill police and public in tense standoff
Pacific
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Tokelau airport scrapped, NZ cites high cost
MFAT says the Government of Tokelau have been advised of Wellington's decision.
Six charged in Fiji after half a billion dollar drug seizure
Down to The Wire? New US test venue confirmed for All Blacks
Sport
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Real Madrid football's biggest earner at $2.3b
6:59 pm todayThe Spanish club topped Deloitte's Football Money League with €1.16 billion (NZ$2.3 billion) in revenue.
Black Caps bowler Adam Milne ruled out of T20 World Cup with injury
Phoenix captain CJ Bott announces pregnancy
Politics
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'Unelected globalist bureaucrats': Peters praises US WHO exit
3:56 pm todayThe United States has officially exited the WHO, a year since President Donald Trump gave notice via executive order.
'Vote on the go' events nixed from new Auckland local body election
Rātana: Māori willing to work with any political party, says Kiingitanga's Rahui Papa
World
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TikTok seals US deal to avoid Trump ban
The deal to establish a joint venture that will secure US data is a milestone for the social media firm, years after President Donald Trump tried to ban the app during his first term.
US withdraws from the World Health Organisation
3000kgs of mourners' flowers from Bondi Beach to be transformed into art
Comment & Analysis
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Trump's Greenland grab part of a new space race as the stakes get higher
1:55 pm todayThe only thing that remains consistent about the US President's position on Greenland and whether or not he will take it by force is his insistence the Arctic island is strategically vital to the…
NZ is again being soaked this summer – record ocean heat helps explain it
Deep sea mining is the next geopolitical frontline – and the Pacific is in the crosshairs
Local Democracy Reporting
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The mystery 'Tick Tong' sticker campaign in Southland
12:04 pm todayFive-hundred stickers were created and appeared around the region.
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
Dangerous playground levelled in South Wairarapa
In Depth
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How poo-detecting dogs can help native birds flourish
9 Jan 2026Kiwi have started to hatch on Waiheke Island and may thrive with the help of special detection dogs helping eliminate the last of the island's pests.
Landmark integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year
A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC
Te Ao Māori
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Global Indigenous ocean leaders to gather at Waitangi for moana protection wānanga
11:33 am todayIndigenous leaders from across the Pacific and beyond will gather at Waitangi next month for a 10-day wānanga focused on protecting and restoring the Pacific Ocean, Te Moana Nui a Kiwa.
Rātana celebrations get underway
Emerging Māori artist TAWHAKI hopes music can help rangatahi choose a different path
Business
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Inflation rises back above Reserve Bank's target rate
3:58 pm todayRising bills for food, electricity, rates and rents have driven inflation up to 3.1 percent.
Fonterra expects to wrap up Mainland Group sale in the first quarter
Warning insurance delays likely after severe weather
Country
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New world record blazes trail for more female shearers
21 Jan 2026Four Kiwi women established a new standard by shearing 1938 lambs in eight hours in a South Otago woolshed.
Hawke's Bay conservationists work to save critically endangered forget-me-not
Queensland fruit fly could have 'massive impact' on fruit and vegetable crops
Environment
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'How do the people break through?' - third of Māori land considered landlocked
12 Jan 2026Landlocked whenua has been identified as one of the biggest challenges to public access in 2025.
'Darkwaves': New research sheds light on underwater phenomenon
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
Media & Technology
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Why do we all wish it was 2016?
5:19 am todayListening to Justin Bieber, perfecting your pout for the "dog filter", and casting a purplish haze over your pictures - why is the internet pining for the past?
EB Games heaving with crowds as gamers snatch final deals
'Dilbert’ comic creator Scott Adams dies
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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'Vote on the go' events nixed from new Auckland local body election
2:45 pm todayThe voting option was questioned in the 2025 Papatoetoe election that was ruled void after officials uncovered irregularities in ballot papers.
Big bill for failed property flip
Experienced envoy named India's next high commissioner to New Zealand