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More than 200 killed in Air India plane crash, no reports of survivors
The plane with 242 people on board went down near Ahmedabad airport minutes after taking off.
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Lyttelton residents evacuated as landslide threatens homes
Three fire crews are working with a geo-technical engineer to assess the situation.
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Principal calls out Sport NZ over 'Year 14' athletes
The issue has raised its head again with Marlborough Boys' College having five extra-year players in its first XV rugby team.
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Fast track or slow track? The data problem that could hurt development
The government's fast track for infrastructure will be the opposite if New Zealand does not get its head around its hotchpotch of data.
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New Zealand
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Does Lundy's parole condition impinge his freedom of speech?
12 Jun 2025Experts have raised concerns about parole conditions that ban Mark Lundy from media interviews and social media. Audio
Dunedin Gasworks Museum to reopen after repairs
Maritime Union says Aratere ferry should not retire, despite breakdown
Politics
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Govt agencies spend $420m on consultants, contractors in 9-month period
12 Jun 2025The Education Ministry was the biggest spender for the nine months, shelling out $146m.
Labour leapfrog National, but coalition keeps power in Taxpayers' Union poll
Health Committee backs bill to extend hospital stays for new mums, but how much will it cost?
Sport
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Run It championship relocates from Auckland to Dubai after fierce backlash
12 Jun 2025The Run It Championship :League has announced it will move its final from Auckland to Dubai.
NBA Basketball: Pacers beat Oklahoma to take 2-1 finals lead
Super Rugby Pacific: Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham predicts physical battle with Chiefs
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Teenager starves to death alone in emergency accommodation
12 Jun 2025The 17-year-old's parents say multiple agencies failed their child.
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Row erupts over five 'Year 14s' in school's controversial first XV
12 Jun 2025Critics say the college has stacked its team with older players, with one parent saying it's making a "mockery" of a premier competition.
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Bodies of four weasels found inside Zealandia eco-sanctuary
12 Jun 2025Unwanted visitors have made their way into Wellington sanctuary.
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Brian Wilson, music icon and creative force behind The Beach Boys, has died at 82
12 Jun 2025The Beach Boys musician, songwriter and producer who wrote and produced the 1966 album Pet Sounds, has died aged 82.
RNZ Music
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Alice Morgan's Matariki homecoming
Christchurch raised, Sydney-based saxophonist Alice Morgan is back in town as soloist in a concert of New Zealand music. Video, Audio
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Teenage countertenor Samuel Mataele
Brilliant young countertenor Samuel Mataele talks about his love of all things operatic ahead of his debut with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra. Audio
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Hymns on Sunday, 8 June 2025
Hymns for the Feast of Pentecost today, including plainchant from the 9th century (Veni, Creator Spiritus) and the contemporary hymn Spirit of God, rest on your people by UK hymn writer Bernadette Farrell. Audio
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Inside Out: Rainbow Jazz
Nick Tipping takes a look at some of the leading lights of jazz's rainbow community, including drummers Terri Lyne Carrington and Bill Stewart, singers Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, pianists Fred Hersch and Billy Tipton, and NZ's own Eilish Wilson. Audio
In Depth
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The Pentagon, NZ and the new nuclear overlap
The US is modernising its nuclear weapons command and control system. New Zealand nay feel the effects.
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Row erupts over five 'Year 14s' in school's controversial first XV
Critics say the college has stacked its team with older players, with one parent saying it's making a "mockery" of a premier competition. Audio
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Netflix 'doesn't need us' or our 'silly' levy
The idea of forcing the global streaming giant to fund local shows won't work, TV production pioneer Dame Julie Christie tells 30 with Guyon Espiner.
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The David Seymour 'bots' debate: Do submission tools hurt democracy?
The ACT leader's comments raise questions about how forms are changing the way people engage with politics. Audio
What You Need to Know
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Could California actually leave the US?
Explainer - After the US military was called in over anti-Trump protests in LA, perennial talk of California seceding sparked up again. Could it really happen? Audio
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Regulatory Standards Bill: What is it and why the controversy?
Explainer - The public has been asked to give feedback on David Seymour's new bill this month. Here's what it would do, and some of the concerns.
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Twelve-month prescription renewals: What you need to know
Explainer - The government announced in the Budget a plan to allow 12-month prescription renewals. But how will it work?
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What will the changes to Sport New Zealand actually mean?
Explainer - A government-ordered independent review of the sports agency recommended an overhaul of its institutional set-up. What will the overhaul mean for…
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Comment & Analysis
NZ’s goal to get smoking rates under 5 percent this year – why that’s highly unlikely
Analysis: Smoking rates in New Zealand have flatlined rather than fallen for the first time in a decade.
With so many parties 'ruling out' working with each other, is MMP losing its way?
Analysis: At next year's election, voters will effectively face the same scenario they confronted under electoral rules rejected over 30 years ago.
Fake news and real cannibalism: a cautionary tale from the Dutch Golden Age
What can happen when disinformation is allowed to run rampant.
Trump seizes on LA protests in contentious use of military amid migrant crackdown
Analysis: Unrest sparked by federal immigration raids in Los Angeles provided a questionable catalyst for President Donald Trump to stage a demonstration of…