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New Zealand
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Thousands of unwanted Christmas gifts for sale online
26 Dec 2025Nearly half of Kiwis get something they don't want, data shows.
Weather: Flooding, large hail and thunder, as storms sweep across New Zealand
Boxing Day shoppers clog Auckland motorways
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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Liam Lawson raises more than $50k for breast cancer research
24 Dec 2025Lawson's pit-stop from the racing circuit to drive laps in Cromwell drew thousands of motorsport enthusiasts and drive to survive fans to the circuit on Tuesday.
Cricket: Steve Smith returns as Australia prepare an all-pace attack for Boxing Day test
Cricket: Injured Jofra Archer out of Ashes, England drop Ollie Pope from Boxing Day test
Politics
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Andrew Bayly and the fight for Antarctica
The National MP still remembers the "visual assault" of Antarctica, the piercing blue clarity and scale-bending brightness.
India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister
Trade Minister Todd McClay confident Labour will support India Free Trade Agreement
World
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Person of interest in arson attack on 'Happy Chanukah' car named
26 Dec 2025A Melbourne Rabbi's car, adorned with a "Happy Chanukah" sign, was destroyed.
White House to present plans for Trump's ballroom in January
Jimmy Kimmel tells UK TV that 'tyranny is booming' in US
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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Summer swimmers urged to check Rotorua water safety
26 Dec 2025Coastal and tidal waterways remain New Zealand's most deadly.
The town that opened its doors to Polish refugee children
More hornets expected over summer, public urged to remain vigilant
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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Parking hard to find as Boxing Day sales begin
26 Dec 2025Bargain hunters have started their Boxing Day shopping early to avoid crowds and traffic.
What to remember before your Boxing Day shopping spree
Gull, NPD merger will drive down petrol prices, companies say
Country
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ECan 'put on notice' over rule-making for discharges
24 Dec 2025The High Court stopped short of ordering the regional council to change the rule relating to the discharge of nitrates because of the amount of time that has lapsed.
Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River's rural postie
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