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Environment Southland backs council merger idea
22 May 2025Southland's regional council has backed an investigation that could result in local authorities merging.
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Northland man charged with murder after body found at Parakao
The death was initially classified as "unexplained", but was ungraded to homicide.
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Auckland museum loses $19k a day as it's forced to stay closed
22 May 2025It has been almost two weeks since asbestos was discovered at the museum.
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Police launch probe into 3yo's unexplained death
The death of a young girl in Kaikohe on Wednesday is being investigated by police.
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Housing waitlist: Woman told no emergency homes available at all
Hine Taylor has been couch surfing for five months, wishing and waiting on social housing. Audio
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One dead in Bay of Plenty crash, Dansey Rd closed
22 May 2025One person has died following a crash in Ngongotahā Valley in Bay of Plenty on Thursday morning.
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Wastewater spill into Lake Wakatipu
22 May 2025Queenstown Lakes District Council is investigating what it calls a regrettable wastewater spill into Lake Wakatipu.
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Northland death prompts homicide probe
A homicide investigation has been launched after the discovery of a man's body at Horeke, north of Kaikohe.
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Behind the scenes of the spade-toothed whale dissection
22 May 2025It made international headlines last year. What does a scientific dissection of the world's rarest whale involve?
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Police investigate after child critically injured at Pukekohe school
22 May 2025The Ministry of Education's traumatic incident team is supporting a school south of Auckland after a child was critically injured last week.
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The teens saying no to social media (and yes to brick phones)
22 May 2025Almost all New Zealand teenagers use social media. RNZ spoke to four who don't.
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Tauranga City Council considers cutting over 100 roles to save costs
22 May 2025The city's deputy mayor Jen Scoular says probably about half of those roles are currently vacant. Audio
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Selwyn Huts residents make impassioned plea for future of settlement
22 May 2025The council voted last year to enforce a managed retreat by 2039, pausing the process months later to allow for more consultation.
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Govt's social housing model not delivering for Wellington residents, Rongotai MP says
22 May 2025One Strathmore resident says she's lost three lounge suites and three mattresses to black mould in the five years she's lived in her Kāinga Ora flat. Audio
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Close call after distracted trainee wrongly gives all clear to work
22 May 2025The rail contractors managed to avoid being struck by an oncoming train in Christchurch.
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'Underperforming' areas cut to pay for 'seismic shift' in education
23 May 2025The 2025 Budget puts the handbrake on annual growth in education spending, as past splurges on school buildings run out in the next few years.
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More money for journalists, less for RNZ
23 May 2025The government is putting more money into hiring local journalists, but cutting Radio New Zealand's budget.
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'Disappointing' Budget being paid for by women - Labour
23 May 2025But Finance Minister Nicola Willis says the Budget is for all men and women in New Zealand. Audio
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'Scramble without the lollies': Opposition slams Budget 'austerity, cuts'
23 May 2025The Prime Minister said the 2025 Budget got the basics right and put the country back on the path to surplus.
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Coalition claws back money from pay equity, KiwiSaver in Budget
22 May 2025There are big cuts and savings, changes to Best Start and a surprise tax cut for businesses as the government opens the books.
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No Budget surprises in health, some prescriptions to go annual
22 May 2025For the health sector it's largely a 'no surprises' Budget, with all the big-ticket having already been announced.
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Climate change backsliding in the Budget 'defies belief', say advocates
22 May 2025The government has allocated $200m to investing in fossil fuel development at gasfields.
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Budget 2025: The Budget in charts
The 'Growth Budget' has shifted billions of dollars in funding towards health, education and defence. Kate Newton breaks down the big numbers.
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