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How much light is right for people with dementia?
11 Apr 2025To help create architectural guidelines for dementia-friendly housing, an Auckland researcher is interviewing people who live with the condition.
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First look at Air New Zealand's new uniform
11 Apr 2025Designer Emilia Wickstead says she hopes the national carrier's staff feel "the empowerment and the prestige".
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Are your kids' backpacks and lunch boxes filthy? Here’s how to wash them easily
11 Apr 2025Leaking water bottles, pen ink, the rotting juice from an old banana, school backpacks and lunch boxes can get pretty grotty.
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'It's just scary': Couple want government buyout for home
11 Apr 2025Despite the "intolerable risk" to life, their Pupuke Valley home isn't eligible.
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New round of chaos as US-China trade clash gets worse
11 Apr 2025The White House now says the tariff against China is 145%, China has fired back with 84% on US imports, and markets are feeling it.
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New road between Manawatū and Tararua set to open
11 Apr 2025Since rock falls caused the old highway through the Manawatū Gorge to close eight years ago, commuters have been forced over windy alternatives.
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Hot, spicy and risen: Easter hot cross buns are back
11 Apr 2025It's that time of year again when hot cross buns crowd the shelves at supermarkets and bakeries. Audio
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'This is my bliss': A chat with Wordle's first and only editor
11 Apr 2025Tracy Bennett sets the word puzzle the world's fallen in love with.
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Visa restrictions for Pacific Island nations eased
11 Apr 2025From early July visitors from Pacific Islands Forum countries, who apply for a visitor visa for Aotearoa, may be eligible for a multi-entry visa.
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Woolworths confirms restructure, closes two stores
11 Apr 2025Workers First Union, which represents some Woolworths staff, says it would mean the loss of income for thousands of workers.
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'Watch this space': Seymour says Treaty Principles Bill will return
11 Apr 2025While the Treaty Principles Bill was defeated on Thursday, the ACT leader indicated it would not be the end.
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Our ancestors didn’t eat 3 meals a day. So why do we?
11 Apr 2025Breakfast, lunch and dinner are an almost universally accepted trinity in the Western world. How did it happen?
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Inland Revenue calls in debt collector Baycorp in crackdown
If you owe money to Inland Revenue, you might soon be contacted by Baycorp, chasing it.
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Lorde dropped 15 seconds of new music and the internet's abuzz
We've left the beach from Solar Power and we're going back to the dancefloor.
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Health NZ looks to axe jobs from team that brings in millions
10 Apr 2025The team is dedicated to clawing back over-payments, hunting down fraud and auditing.
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New optimal coffee-making method, according to science
10 Apr 2025Scientists have found how to make stronger coffee with the same amount of beans through the pour-over method. We put it to the test.
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Chopper comedian: 'I've done the F word a few favours'
Twenty years' ago, Australian comedian, Heath Franklin never imagined he'd be flying around the world "with a moustache in box".
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National minister heralds 'cremation day' for Treaty bill
10 Apr 2025The controversial legislation is heading for a vote at its second reading today, and looks set to go no further.
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First banks move in response to OCR
As widely expected and signalled, the rate was cut by 25bps, to 3.5 percent.
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Saint Kentigern to open new campus
10 Apr 2025A major Auckland private school plans to open a new campus in Coromandel, after acquiring a 1000-acre coastal farm land on the peninsula.
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Cafe forced to find new name for popular 'Cinna-buns' after cease-and-desist
10 Apr 2025A large US company - which has brought its chain to New Zealand - sent them a cease-and-desist letter saying they can longer use the name or anything close to it.
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Households paying more for power because of low-user tariff phase-out - report
10 Apr 2025Forty percent of New Zealanders are paying more in their power bills because of the phase-out of low-user tariffs, according to a new report.
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South Island restaurant named third best in the world
Prestigious US culinary magazine Food & Wine has praised Amisfield's "otherworldly, refined tasting menu".
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Tokelau's trifecta of issues: Trump's tariffs, delayed tuna funds, and self-determination
The initial reaction from Tokelauans to President Donald Trump's tariffs of surprise and laughter has turned to sadness.
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