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Surprise at Lee's removal from ethnic communities' role
21 Jan 2025Police Minister Mark Mitchell is set to take up the ethnic communities' portfolio from Lee.
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How Trump's threats against 'free-riding' allies could backfire
22 Jan 2025Analysis - With Trump, US allies might be excused for asking themselves: "With friends like this, who needs enemies?"
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Killer street racing driver spirals into alcoholism years on from four deaths
22 Jan 2025A man convicted for his part in an illegal street race that resulted in the deaths of four people drunkenly tried to karate kick a police officer and threatened that he would become his fifth…
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Trump delivers first day blitz while promising a new 'golden age' for US
22 Jan 2025Donald Trump has clamped down on immigration and pardoned supporters who attacked the US Capitol on his return to the White House.
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Tens of millions owed by troubled company-linked businesses
22 Jan 2025Businesses linked to a troubled civil construction company owe more than $19 million - according to the first receivers report.
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'It's in limbo': McCaw statue saga rumbles on
22 Jan 2025A project manager for a planned statue of the rugby legend to be erected in his hometown said he hopes it can finally be built this year.
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A no confidence vote? What's going on at Samoa's parliament
The PM says if a vote of no confidence is tabled against her, she will advise the head of state to dissolve parliament.
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The man who's likely to be our next top watchdog
21 Jan 2025John Richard Allen has been recommended for the role Peter Boshier still holds - despite a law requiring his resignation at age 72.
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Nelson mayor corrects Trump's claim about splitting the atom
21 Jan 2025A New Zealander's work seems to have crept in the US president's list of American achievements.
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Why I quit a $500,000-a-year role in real estate
Mike Harvey says that once he saw the problems with real estate, he had to make a change.
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Biden issues last-minute preemptive pardons for targets of Trump's ire
21 Jan 2025The president issued pardons for Liz Cheney and Anthony Fauci as he left office.
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Ultrarunner's team attacked by dogs on Te Araroa trail
21 Jan 2025A well-known international runner seeking to log the shortest-ever traverse of the Te Araroa trail has reported being attacked by dog.
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'My entire year's wages': Mum's $47k debt for Working for Families
21 Jan 2025Calls are growing for a 'substantial overhaul' of the system.
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Mum's $47k debt for Working for Families
21 Jan 2025"That is literally almost my entire year's wages. My husband earns even less than this," the mother says.
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The rise of shrinking backyard pools
20 Jan 2025"Pools have been the same for 50 years and we broke the mould."
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Tourism in the Cook Islands bounces back from Covid
20 Jan 2025Total visitor numbers in the Cook Islands in 2024 could rival the pre-pandemic high set in 2019.
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Music therapy helping girl navigate neurodivergent life
19 Jan 2025Kiara tried many things to help her, but her parents found she flourished the most with her weekly sessions at Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre.
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Elective surgeries could be at risk after reduction in scheduling staff
19 Jan 2025The association of Salaried Medical Specialists said it understood the booking of elective surgeries at Auckland Hospital had been affected.
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Dame Lynley Dodd: 'Children deserve the very best in words'
19 Jan 2025Aware that children love learning new and interesting words, Dodd worked "incredibly hard" to get the text for each of her books as good as she could possibly make it.
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Review: Luke Combs a force of nature at Eden Park
18 Jan 2025I wouldn't have previously called myself a Luke Combs fan. I get it now, So'omalo Iteni Schwalger writes.
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50 years of Cold Chisel: 'The best we've ever gotten on'
18 Jan 2025This month, the "elderly rockers" tour NZ. Their biggest problem is getting through all the hits, guitarist Ian Moss tells Summer Times. Video
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Five of the most 'Lynchian' David Lynch moments
17 Jan 2025From primal screams and mystery men to Kiwi music and cows, we take a look back at some of the late auteur's weirdest happenings. Video
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'They are still afraid' - Aftershocks continue to rock Vanuatu one month after deadly earthquake
17 Jan 2025Today marks one month since a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital, Port Vila, claiming 14 lives, injuring more than 200 people, and displacing thousands more.
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What does the US TikTok ban mean for New Zealand?
17 Jan 2025Will you still get access to new recipes, cleaning hacks and dance videos from the US? Maybe not over the long-term.
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