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'Give it a rest, jerk': MPs clash over school lunches
Labour MPs have hit back at David Seymour as he joked they were chasing Oscars.
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Spotify Wrapped has ghosted NZ music again
4 Dec 2025You don't need to look closely at the list of the top 100 streamed songs in Aotearoa to notice the lack of local content, writes Jesse Austin-Stewart.
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Government books $700m worse than expected as tax take falls
Treasury figures show a bigger deficit than forecast.
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Putin sends Trump's messengers packing
4 Dec 2025Analysis - The Russian president does not want a deal, and the sweetness of being begged is something he relishes.
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What's going on with Auckland house prices?
4 Dec 2025Auckland is 22.9 percent below its peak and "lagging behind everyone else", an expert says.
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Photos of Epstein's notorious private island released
4 Dec 2025Images show a luxurious villa, landscaping down to the seashore and a large outdoor swimming pool.
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Teacher censured over 'white powder' incident at school
4 Dec 2025The teacher was one of two to face disciplinary charges over the incident after a staff party in December 2022.
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What you need to know ahead of NZ's first IKEA openin
4 Dec 2025Many shoppers are bracing themselves for chaos.
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I would have sacked Coster if he hadn't quit, Sir Brian Roche says
4 Dec 2025The Public Service Commissioner says Coster's role would have been "very, very challenging" if he'd stayed on.
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Kiwi crowned World’s Best Jockey for third time
4 Dec 2025New Zealand jockey James McDonald has won the Longines World's Best Jockey title again.
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Can anyone just hit the road with their family for months?
4 Dec 2025Do we have enough money? What about school? And are my kids ready to embrace life on the road?
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Principal, officials clash amid claims CCTV shows mouldy meals weren't leftovers
3 Dec 2025The authority says it's more than likely that some lunches provided last week remained at the school and were not refrigerated.
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'If you want war, then we can fight': Putin warns Europe
3 Dec 2025Just before the meeting, Putin warned Europe that it would face swift defeat if it went to war with Russia.
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The four big targets the government may miss
3 Dec 2025We look at the government's nine key goals and see what it's achieved so far.
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Liam Lawson confirmed in 2026 Racing Bulls lineup
3 Dec 2025It will be the New Zealander's first full season competing for one team after starting 2025 in Red Bull and being demoted to Racing Bulls after two races.
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'I just wanted to be a good policeman': Inside Police Commissioner's fraught first year
3 Dec 2025And the c-word that defined the start of Richard Chambers's tenure.
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'We just want justice': Anger as inquiry into girl's ice-skating death ruled out
3 Dec 2025Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka, 13, was not wearing a helmet when she fell at Alpine Ice. She died in hospital two days later.
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Only two sectors avoided a pay cut this year
Local government administration roles, and healthcare and social services were up slightly, but everyone else ended the year worse off on average.
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Molloy censured, fined by Vet Council for Grace Millane suppression breach
3 Dec 2025The prominent restaurateur deliberately flouted a High Court suppression order while the jury was still deliberating.
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New weapon in war against invasive yellow-legged hornet
3 Dec 2025Tracking technology will allow hornet hunters to follow them back to the nest.
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The clam invasion threatening our drinking water
2 Dec 2025Nothing prepared me for the rapid transformation unfolding in the Waikato River since the invasion of the Asian clam, Adam Hartland writes.
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Single retired women turning to 'reverse mortgages'
What's behind the rise in women borrowing against their homes?
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Thrift shop gets over 520kg in donations this year alone
2 Dec 2025And staff say they love working at Te Oraka so much, they'd do it for free.
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Seymour calls principal a media 'frequent flier', as mum says daughter sick after school lunch
2 Dec 2025Parents were horrified after their children ate contaminated food.
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