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New Gun City store angers residents: 'They should have at least informed us'
The country's largest gun retailer is about to open a new mega store in Christchurch - angering some residents living close by who don't want the big, blue building in their midst.
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Govt's new road safety strategy: What you need to know
The government is proposing a new road safety strategy called Road to Zero, aiming to cut road deaths by 40 percent in the next decade.
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First rural gun buyback event to be held today
about 1 hour agoThe first rural gun buyback event is happening later today in Waipu, a small town south of Whangarei.
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Trump: 'I don't have a racist bone in my body'
US President Donald Trump has insisted he is not a racist after his Twitter attacks on four US congresswomen were widely condemned as racist.
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The Briefing
New Zealand
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Mischievous penguins lie low after making waves at sushi store
16 Jul 2019Two penguins who had to be removed twice from under a sushi store near the Wellington railway station seem to have got the message that it's not a suitable place for them to nest. Video
Violent dairy assault: mother, son describe knife attack
Cook Strait ferries cancelled after ferry damages Picton wharf
Politics
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National's KiwiBuild complaint taken up by Auditor-General's office
16 Jul 2019The Auditor-General's investigators are to look into the National Party's complaints about taxpayer funding being used to underwrite KiwiBuild homes.
'Traumatised' PM wants heroes' welcome for NZ cricketers
PM Jacinda Ardern to meet with Australia PM Scott Morrison
Sport
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Today's sports news - What you need to know
less than a minute agoIn today's sports news - McCartney hopes to get season back on track, Shaun Johnson arrives in Wellington and James O'Connor back in Wallabies squad.
Tiger not concerned about a lack of golf
Opinion: Stop the moaning we're sounding like the Poms
Pacific
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Call for moratorium on ocean floor mining
1 minute agoThe Deep Sea Mining Campaign, with other environmental NGOs, is asking why the world seems hellbent on mining the ocean floor.
France still reluctant to accept UN decolonisation in Tahiti
Pacific Games: Tonga takes four medals in taekwondo
World
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Two dead, at least 40 trapped in Mumbai building collapse
16 Jul 2019A four-storey building has collapsed in the Indian city of Mumbai, with local news reporting at least two dead, and fire officials working to free at least 40 people who are trapped.
Bikini Atoll too radioactive to resettle - new research
Duterte signs Philippine law against public sexual harassment
Comment & Analysis
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Opinion: The fall of 'higher' education?
16 Jul 2019We live in memorable academic times: higher education in New Zealand is on a definite downward roll, David Cohen writes.
After Christchurch, how long can Ardern stick with the current ACC system?
Broadcasting watchdog targets 'harm'
In Depth
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How closed adoption robbed Māori children of their identity
12 Jul 2019Insight - Thousands of Māori babies were adopted into Pākehā families under the 1955 Adoption Act, leaving them desperate to reconnect. Te Aniwa Hurihanganui investigates. Audio
Tobacco company targeting Māori for money - minister
Exclusive: Youth addiction worry as high-nicotine vape JUUL to hit NZ
Te Ao Māori
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Iwi leader to sue govt on climate: 'We are out of time'
16 Jul 2019An iwi leader is suing the government over its "failure" to act fast enough on climate change.
Vandalising of cultural statues 'disturbing'
Te reo Māori in classrooms programme begins with 150 teachers
Business
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OIO approves Westland Milk sale to China's Yili
16 Jul 2019The Overseas Investment Office has approved the $588 million sale of the cash-strapped Westland Milk dairy co-operative to a foreign buyer.
Rising fuel and rent prices push inflation up
Napier Port seeks to raise $234m in partial float
Country
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Proposal to introduce agriculture to emissions trading scheme by 2025
5:19 am todayThe committee tasked to investigate how NZ can reach net zero emissions by 2050 has proposed introducing the agricultural sector to the emissions trading scheme by 2025.
School calf days get go-ahead with M bovis precautions
World's best steak winner from Finland
Environment
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MP claims Te Papa climate exhibit 'not science based'
16 Jul 2019Te Papa museum is defending its interactive climate exhibition against criticism from a National MP who said it was biased. Audio
Fox River rubbish spill clean-up: Defence Force sends more support
$3m grant for NZ's first 100% recycled plastic food packaging
Media & Technology
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World Cup coverage highlights off-pitch inequality
Mediawatch: The Black Caps are in the Cricket World Cup final this weekend in England a week after the Women's World Cup of football finished in France. Women were not left on the sidelines in the… Audio
Stranger Things: Growing up in the 1980s
Peak bleak: How to survive TV's toughest times
Identity
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Transgender and gender diverse support services get funding boost
16 Jul 2019Transgender and gender diverse people in the Northland and Auckland regions will soon be able to access DHB funded peer-support services provided by two of the country's longest running rainbow…
Tash Barneveld: Online knitting community Ravelry v Trump and hate speech
Opinion: Why Christians disagree over the Israel Folau saga
