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New Zealand
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How planting exotic trees can help native ones grow
7:10 am today"You can come here and see nearly every type of forestry system that can be applied," Blair Jamieson says of Tāmata Hauhā's demonstration farm near Palmerston North.
WorkSafe defends 'simply wrong' change to electrical safety rules
Nurse union says Health NZ settlement delays is costing them a settled workforce
Pacific
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'As undemocratic as it gets': Push back against proposed referendum bill
However, the Fijian government says the National Referendum Bill 2025 is "intended solely to ensure the orderly, transparent, and impartial conduct of referendums". Audio
Samoan villagers still waiting for compensation more than a year after Manawanui disaster
No-confidence motion against Vanuatu PM defeated
Sport
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Auckland FC win in Western Sydney to go top
7:08 am todayTwo second-half strikes from Sam Cosgrove and Lachlan Brook hands the Black Knights a third straight victory.
Clayton Lewis among four football players banned for spot-fixing
Family business: Whitney Hansen’s time has arrived
Politics
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Maipi-Clarke outranks her Te Pāti Māori elders in new leadership poll
19 Dec 2025The poll of Māori voters put Parliament's youngest MP at the top of the list for favoured leaders of Te Pāti Māori.
Goldsmith unlawfully appointed Human Rights Commissioner and Race Relations Commissioner
More funding announced in battle to eradicate yellow-legged hornets
World
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What we know about the hours before and after Rob and Michele Reiner's deaths
5:01 am todaySpeculation has been rife over what could have led someone to murder the beloved Hollywood director and his other half, a charismatic photographer and producer.
Rome to charge visitors for access to Trevi Fountain
Moscow intent on pressing on in Ukraine: Putin
Comment & Analysis
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Putin's brazen new tactics
19 Dec 2025Analysis: Undercover Russian personnel have been placed on board ships carrying the country's oil and they're spying on Europe, intelligence sources say.
Takeaways from US President Donald Trump's primetime address
What is the BRICS ‘UNIT’ – and could it really challenge the US dollar?
Local Democracy Reporting
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What is Local Democracy Reporting?
31 May 2021Find out more about the scheme and how to become a host newsroom or accredited media partner.
Caught on camera damaging headstone, but police say evidence not enough
Community cheers as booze back on tap at Castlepoint Hotel bar
In Depth
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Feral cat trapping could get easier
17 Dec 2025The paperwork currently required to legally trap feral cats could be replaced with a simpler online system, after criticism from hunters.
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Tom Phillips’ firearms licence revoked months before second disappearance, documents show
Te Ao Māori
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3000 hectares returned in one of country's longest land disputes
18 Dec 2025Māori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s. Audio
New Zealand's only Māori visual arts degree celebrates 30 years of arts education
Kōkiri Marae adds period care to Christmas kai parcels as costs bite
Business
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Business confidence hits 30-year high
19 Dec 2025ANZ chief economist Sharon Zollner says "things are clearly looking up".
Australian company Santana Minerals pushes for quicker decision on its fast-track application
ASB drops Motorola Solutions from investment funds after review
Country
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Country Life: Behind the scenes at the Roy's berry farm
7:12 am todayThe Roy family all pitch in getting berries from orchard to Christmas plate over the festive season. Country Life goes behind the scenes of the Christmas berry rush.
Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River's rural postie
Fonterra lowers milk price forecast amid strong supply
Environment
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The farmers working to shrink the environmental footprint of their cows
16 Dec 2025Can the planting of special crops and experiments with new winter grazing systems make a real difference? Audio
Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ's glaciers, research shows
Emergency set net fishing ban to protect threatened hoiho around Otago Peninsula extended
Media & Technology
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The best games we played in 2025
16 Dec 2025More than 200 titles dropped this year, here are some we loved playing the most.
It’s not you - some fonts feel different
Tova O'Brien announced as new Breakfast presenter
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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Dozens protest outside Immigration Minister’s office over migrant exploitation
19 Dec 2025The protest was organised to mark the International Migrants Day which falls on 18 December.
Overturned board election fires up concerns over postal voting
Migrant bus drivers want strict language rules for residency eased