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New Zealand
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Woman forced out of car by armed offenders in robbery
5 Jun 2025The offenders drove off at high speed, damaging four other cars as they fled, police say.
Shirley Boys High school brings back traditional single-cell rooms
Light earthquake in Wellington region
Pacific
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More teachers may strike in Vanuatu
Vanuatu teachers union say more members could strike in solidarity
Nauru, Metals Company revise deep sea mining agreement
No extended time for Samoa election prep, court rules
Sport
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How All Whites 'act and behave' on field to be tested
5 Jun 2025Nearly two years ago to the day, was a moment that captured the attention of football players around the world.
Casey Kopua set to take on old foe in netball comeback
Kai Kara-France on old nemesis Manel Kape: 'He's an entitled, insecure clown'
Politics
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Te Pāti Māori co-leaders suspended from Parliament for 21 days
5 Jun 2025Debbie Ngarewa-Packer, Rawiri Waititi have been suspended from Parliament for 21 days and Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke has been suspended for 7 days.
Christopher Luxon demands answers as press secretary Michael Forbes resigns
Politicians across political spectrum open to investigating law changes after press secretary's 'disturbing' allegations
World
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Sexual abuse led daughter to develop multiple personalities
5 Jun 2025Australian father's depraved behaviour saw him sentenced to 21 years in jail.
Erin Patterson denies murdering lunch guests in triple-murder mushroom trial
What is Trump's Big Beautiful Bill and why does Elon Musk hate it?
Comment & Analysis
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Resignation of PM's press secretary highlights gaps in NZ law on covert recording and harassment
5 Jun 2025The police have said the case did not meet the threshold for prosecution.
‘That was rude’: why the new Broadway musical Death Becomes Her was ripe for TikTok memes
The problem with local body candidates aligning with national political parties
Local Democracy Reporting
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Fate of Franz Josef southbank not ours to decide, regional council says
5 Jun 2025Despite the completion of the north bank floodwalls the treat of the Waiho River remains.
Hawke's Bay council look to change Litter Act to crackdown on fly-tipping
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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'Bots' drove 'fake submissions' against bill, Seymour says
4 Jun 2025The deputy prime minister now says he was talking about "online campaigns" that create "non-representative samples". Audio
How pulling out of a long-planned new infant formula standard left the government with an expensive problem
Fires linked to lithium batteries have doubled. Why the delay in dealing with them?
Te Ao Māori
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This year's Te Matatini biggest yet
5 Jun 2025The festival brought just under $24 million into Taranaki.
Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu protest sale of ancestral mountain
Matariki takes to the water for 2025 festival
Business
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Wide Reserve Bank restructure to follow recent reshuffles
5 Jun 2025A broad restructuring is on the cards at the Reserve Bank, less than two months after a major funding cut was announced, and following a string of executive changes.
NZ's natural gas supply running out faster than thought
Formal complaint lodged against Transpower over Northland transmission tower collapse
Country
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Ministry for Primary Industries to review controls for tomato virus
Ministry for Primary Industries says it will review its current controls after Australia changed its strategy to deal with a highly contagious virus affecting tomatoes, capsicums and chillies.
New Zealand exporters try to see forest for the trees with new EU import rules
School's shearing and woolhandling contest attracts top talent
Environment
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Fibreboard manufacturer fined $12k for large wastewater spill
4 Jun 2025The company responsible for a wastewater spill that killed thousands of fish in a North Canterbury creek has been convicted and fined $12,000.
New Zealand’s air quality improving, but winter smoke still an issue
Antarctica’s sea ice is changing, and so is a vital part of the marine food web that lives within it
Media & Technology
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No changes to news with Trade Me sale - Stuff boss
4 Jun 2025The new ownership structure is about expanding and diversifying the business, Sinead Boucher says. Audio
Trade Me to buy 50% of Stuff Digital
Junk food ads are flooding your teen's social media feeds and influencing what they eat
Identity
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How did we become known as 'Kiwis'?
16 Oct 2024How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird? Audio
Turning Palmerston North into the 'capital of drag' in Aotearoa
X-plainer: Who are Generation X?
IndoNZ
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Parents fight to clear name after child abuse conviction saw baby seized
4 Jun 2025Mother completed a prison sentence after Oranga Tamariki accused her of intentionally injuring her newborn daughter.
New Zealand's invisible children
With free trade talks underway, India and New Zealand eye regional security