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New Zealand
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Bull attack leaves person in serious condition
6:51 pm todayThe person was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital.
Close friend of driver in fatal Martinborough crash says remorse weighed heavily before he passed
Mayor supports hapū in fight against fast-tracked marina proposal
Pacific
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Samoa's political leaders go round and round: 'You never know'
The leader of Samoa's main opposition claims the prime minister is holding on to the top job because of the "big salaries", while the country is "suffering".
Fijian Indians in NZ 'not giving up' on Pasifika classification battle
Can PNG police win back the public's respect?
Sport
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Jaw fracture ends Joseph Suaalii's season
6:17 pm todayThe Waratahs' back was going to miss Friday's clash with concussion, but a medical test revealed a small fracture.
Steel's Kate Heffernan to miss more games after knee injury
Super Rugby Pacific team namings: Cameron back ahead of schedule for Canes
Politics
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Coalition deride Green budget as 'Marxist' and 'left-wing Trumpism'
4:32 pm todayCoalition leaders have blasted the Greens' proposal for wealth taxes, free GP visits and childcare, calling it "clown show economics".
RNZ obtains two OIAs - one redacted, one not
First round of free trade talks with India 'constructive’
World
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New Caledonia riots one year on: 'Like the country was at war'
13 May 2025A journalist caught up in the New Caledonia riots a year ago recounts some of the frightening realities of covering the deadly unrest.
Turkish police detain 97 students over university protest
Burberry plans 1,700 job cuts, full-year profit beats expectations
Comment & Analysis
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Prisoner voting ban highlights Parliament's unchecked power
12 May 2025Analysis - Reinstating a prisoner voting ban ignores court rulings and weakens one of New Zealand's few checks on Parliamentary power. Audio
As insurance gets harder to buy, NZ has 3 choices for disaster recovery – and we keep choosing the worst one
Explainer: NZ Rugby’s financial loss and what it means
Local Democracy Reporting
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Hastings: Plans for $2.5 million inner-city development
4:51 pm todayThe project follows a four-year search by the council for the right development partner.
Tauranga ratepayers fight ‘wicked’ 12% rates rise
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Health NZ to outsource thousands of cases to private hospitals
13 May 2025And it also plans to ask surgeons to work longer hours in a bid to cut the waitlist. Audio
Ministers continue to make decisions on fast-track projects after parties take donations linked to applicants
The small regulatory shift that could have big impacts on mokopuna Māori
Te Ao Māori
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Standards bill a stealthier version of Treaty bill, say claimants
8:02 pm todayAn urgent hearing into Act's Regulatory Standards Bill say it will diminish the Crown's obligations to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Councillor adamant Nelson well-placed to host Te Matatini
'People want to connect with people' - Māori tourism leads the way
Business
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'$3 billion' Otago inland port proposal revealed
Construction giant Calder Stewart says it will boost the region's export capacity and create hundreds of jobs.
Biggest bank bottom of customer rankings
Dunedin Woolworths may face further action after rat infestation scandal
Environment
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'Heat a bigger problem than anticipated': Auckland prepares for climate change realities
12 May 2025However, figures show our biggest city is way off target.
Canterbury council's freshwater management challenged in court
Native jumping spider found in restored Rotorua forest
Media & Technology
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'I became and remain unemployable': former TVNZ presenter
1:35 pm todayThe former TVNZ presenter has been granted his request to move his case to the Employment Court.
How would banning teenagers from social media work?
NZME board backs nomination of Steven Joyce as chair, Jim Grenon's bid as candidate
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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Fijian Indians 'not giving up' on Pasifika classification battle
This week marks the 146th anniversary of the arrival of the first indentured labourers from British India to Fiji.
Todd McClay describes first round of FTA talks with India as 'constructive’
India consular delays caused by errors related to application payments