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New Zealand
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CRL cost overruns: 'I don't think it will be billions' - Phil Goff
29 Jun 2022The Auckland mayor says he is confident that an effective operating model will prevent any budget blowouts similar to those experienced on some of the country's other major infrastructure projects. Audio
Recap: Māori All Blacks win against Ireland in Hamilton
Disappointment after losing case testing govt's halt of temporary visa applications
Covid-19
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Covid-19 update: 7829 new community cases, 15 new deaths
29 Jun 2022Fifteen more people have died with Covid-19 and there are 7829 new cases in the community today, the Ministry of Health has announced.
Covid-19 data visualisations: NZ in numbers
Covid-19 update: 8028 new cases in community, 16 further deaths
Sport
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Serena Williams suffers first round defeat at Wimbledon
29 Jun 2022Seven-time champion Serena Williams suffered a second straight Wimbledon first-round exit as she was stunned by French debutant Harmony Tan in a late-night Centre Court epic.
Cane: All Blacks senior players, assistant coaches stepping up
Today's sports news: What you need to know
Pacific
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State of emergency declared on Tinian due to toxic fire
29 Jun 2022A major disaster and state of significant emergency has been declared for the island of Tinian in the Northern Marianas because of an out of control fire with toxic fumes.
Sporting news in brief
Vanuatu govt urged to act on water after woman is swept away
Politics
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Govt warned of DHB staffing crisis over a year ago, letter reveals
A letter signed by all 20 DHBs shows the government was warned of an impending staffing crisis almost a year ago.
Luxon uninterested in 'importing culture wars' into New Zealand
PM meets with Spain's leader in Madrid
World
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Dozens missing after strike on Ukraine mall, Russia presses attacks on east
Dozens of people are still missing after a Russian missile strike on a shopping mall in central Ukraine two days ago, while a regional governor says the situation is "very difficult" in Lysychansk in…
Abortions in Texas resume following temporary restraining order
State of emergency declared on Northern Marianas island due to toxic fire
Comment & Analysis
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Diabetes and Me: Finding strength through failure
29 Jun 2022Careers, fitness, character development in Marvel movies: things we often think have linear progression. But life doesn't work like that, Megan Whelan writes in this week's Diabetes and Me.
NZ invite to Nato summit not reward for shift in foreign policy
Can Jacinda Ardern save New Zealand’s free trade deal with the EU?
Local Democracy Reporting
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DoC to continue monitoring the abandoned Pike River Mine
29 Jun 2022West Coast Mines Rescue has been contracted by the Department of Conservation to monitor the now abandoned Pike River Mine.
Speed limits on highway where seven people died in crash under review
Health Minister says free GP visits are a success before review is complete
In Depth
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'Ninja style' bail checks before police shooting of Shargin Stephens
29 Jun 2022Police emails seen by RNZ reveal officers planned to hide "ninja styles" close to Shargin Stephens' house late at night to try and catch him breaching bail.
Mentally ill and behind bars: 'The poor guy shouldn't be in jail'
The dirty truth about the Waikato River
Te Ao Māori
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'Really evident': Advocates relate racist attitudes of health staff
29 Jun 2022The Hawke's Bay District Health Board has been called racist following an internal review into how it treats Māori and Pasifika patients.
Auckland Pride announce rangatahi Takatāpui artist residency programme
Raetihi local enters race for Ruapehu mayoralty
Business
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NZ's largest mass timber office building to be built in Tauranga
29 Jun 2022New Zealand's largest mass timber office building will be constructed in Tauranga.
Nestle to buy Auckland health supplements firm The Better Health Company
Medicinal cannabis company Rua BioScience granted narcotics license
Country
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Predator Free 2050 on track to reach target says incoming boss
29 Jun 2022While it is only getting harder to remove pests as time goes on, there is a lot of support for the mission, incoming Predator Free 2020 chief executive Rob Furlong says.
Some leniency offered as first reporting of nitrogen fertilisers due
DairyNZ launches plan to attract workers
Environment
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$95-a-week hybrid car leasing scheme looks to get more people on board
8 Jun 2022The Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) is seeking to ramp up a scheme to get South Auckland families out of their gas guzzlers and into hybrid vehicles.
Kaikōura's first paūa season in five years: 35 tonnes of shellfish harvested in three months
Climate change: 'Global veganisation is now a survival imperative' - IPCC expert reviewer
Media & Technology
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Sky TV no longer looking to buy MediaWorks
16 Jun 2022Sky Network Television has pulled the plug on potential plans to buy MediaWorks.
Sky TV looking at buying MediaWorks
Breakfast presenter's abrupt exit tumultuous for TVNZ staff - news boss
Identity
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Bill making it easier to change sex on birth certificate closer to law
12 Aug 2021Under the bill, people would no longer have to go through the Family Court or show evidence of medical treatment to change the sex on their birth certificate.
Breaking the homogeneity of 'Asian': Report on inequities among students
'We see a process of decolonisation in New Zealand' - Behrouz Boochani