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Spark IT contractors jailed over $4m in kickbacks
20 May 2025Two Australians sentenced to three years in jail in NZ's largest corruption case involving a publicly listed company.
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New Zealand's 'Little Miss Metric'
lthough she "retired" at age 10, Jeannie Preddey has a special place in New Zealand history.
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Bowel cancer sufferers call for change
20 May 2025A group of sufferers, survivors and supporters gathered at Parliament to call for screening age to be lowered.
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Cause of widespread broadband internet outage in major cities unknown
20 May 2025People in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch reported problems with internet access between 7 - 8.30pm.
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Man behind armed pub robberies, home invasion denied parole
20 May 2025Douglas Roake carried out six robberies over a month and a half in 2017 before invading a rural home and shooting a mother and her daughter.
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New payroll system causes problems at Massey University
20 May 2025One staff member says he wasn't able to pay his rent. Audio
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Cyclists pelted with glass bottles by teenager
20 May 2025Ute seized, 18-year-old faces two charges of assault with a weapon.
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Hundreds of Christchurch council staff relocated due to quake concerns
20 May 2025Engineers are assessing the annex on the Worcester Boulevard side of Te Hononga civic offices.
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Kiwirail to remove trees, fence off Matamata railway lines
20 May 2025The actions come more than a decade after they were recommended by the Coroner.
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Arson, gunshots, fatal crash all in Wairoa over weekend
Three violent but unrelated crimes have resulted in charges for three men.
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Northland lawyer named in Forbes magazine's 30 under 30 list
20 May 2025Keegan Jones, 26, has been named as one of the world's most influential young people.
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Brain injury support group appalled at 'Run it' events in Auckland
20 May 2025The collision sport involves a ball runner and a defender running full speed into each other within a 20 metre zone.
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'Momentous moment': Pukupuku moved from Wellington to Hawke's Bay
20 May 2025It's the first time the country's smallest kiwi have been moved between sanctuaries since their reintroduction to the mainland two decades ago
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Watch: Peters tells heckler to 'naff off'
20 May 2025Peters was discussing the potential punishment for Te Pāti Māori MPs when the heckler interrupted, prompting Peters to tell him he "looked like bollocks".
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The urgent case for financial literacy in Kiwi classrooms
20 May 2025Why trial and error isn't the best way to learn financial literacy, and how a new curriculum could help.
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How many years would you have to skip coffee to save enough for a house?
You might have heard the advice: Give up the takeaway coffee, cut back on the avocado on toast. RNZ has crunched the numbers.
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Tribal place names restored throughout central North Island
19 May 2025Mountains, a lake and scenic reserves are some of the sites that have been renamed.
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The benefits of wrapping yourself in a woollen blanket this winter
17 May 2025Taranaki weaver Alison Ross is trying to bring back woollen blankets made from locally-grown wool to highlight the fibre's benefits.
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Jurassic-sized fuss over new Taupō sculpture
20 May 2025Taupō's latest attraction has been criticised by some, but the town's mayor doesn't want the local arts community to go extinct. Audio
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Meth gear found on man seen on CCTV taking gun out of his pants
A CCTV operator told police he saw a man on Paihia's main street take a gun out of his pants - but that's not what police found when they arrived.
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Power outage on Kāpiti Coast affects nearly 30,000 properties
20 May 2025Power was cut for about 15 minutes.
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Aratere's retirement: Lobby group members raise red flags
The ferry fleet will be one ship down with the Aratere to retire by the end of August. Audio
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Hamilton community to farewell woman killed at intersection
20 May 2025The woman who died after being struck last week a vehicle in Hamilton will be farewelled tomorrow.
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Gold teeth help resolve cold case mystery of missing stuntman
20 May 2025Police investigating the disappearance of a Russian stuntman near Lake Taupō in 2002 received new details from the public.
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