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New Zealand
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'Take care': Firefighters walking off job for one hour, delays expected
9:59 am today111 calls will still be answered, but any response from firefighters will be delayed from 12pm-1pm.
One critical, two seriously injured in crash near Whanganui
Busy New Year period for Tai Rāwhiti police
Pacific
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2025 in review: The year that was in Pacific news
31 Dec 2025RNZ Pacific's bulletin editor Christina Persico looks in the rearview mirror at 2025. Audio
Unease in Palau over US deportees deal
Eight Pasifika recipients in New Year Honours
Sport
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Chelsea part ways with manager amid poor run of form
7:06 am todayThe foot ball team has parted ways with manager Enzo Maresca, a dramatic fall from grace for the Italian who was named manager of the month for November.
Leeds hold Liverpool to goalless draw at Anfield
Auckland FC beaten by 10-man Newcastle
Politics
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Nominations open for new vote after election nullified
31 Dec 2025Nominations are open for a new election in an Auckland local body after previous results have been voided by a judge.
Ministerial advisory group wants commitment to tackling transnational organised crime in Budget 2026
Sheep shearing industry, government announce $75,000 animal welfare programme
World
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Why did fashion make us so mad in 2025?
1 Jan 2026While fashion can be a source of pleasure, pain and humor, this year it was more likely to inspire something else: pure, unadulterated rage.
Seven bodies recovered, 96 rescued after migrant boat capsizes, Gambia says
Several reported killed in Iran protests over economic hardships
Comment & Analysis
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NZ report card 2025: How we fared in key global and domestic rankings
29 Dec 2025To borrow a phrase from old school reports: Shows great potential but needs to try harder, Alexander Gillespie writes.
JD Vance tries to have it both ways on Nick Fuentes and antisemitism
Parliament's year in numbers
Local Democracy Reporting
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The tragic story behind Hawke’s Bay’s blossom spot
1 Jan 2026The Pakowhai Rd site is near the scene of a fatal car crash on the Chesterhope Bridge in 1998.
'For Wairarapa an amalgamation proposal will help': Wilde
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year
The Sport Integrity Commission's first major investigation, triggered by dozens of complaints about Yachting NZ, remains unfinished a year on.
A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Te Ao Māori
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18 Māori in New Year Honours - 'Wonderful work in maintaining and uplifting our identity'
31 Dec 2025Eighteen Māori have been recognised for 2026, and include Companions, Officers, and Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Ngā Kaupapa Hirahira o te Tau: A look back at the year that was in Te Ao Māori
Court of Appeal: Māori Land Court cannot rule on Porotī Springs water
Business
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What it's like being the only residents on a private South Auckland island
The first residents have moved in to a gated island community in Manukau Harbour.
Five things to do if you're retiring in 2026
Caution advised as some third party travel booking services 'price gouging' customers
Country
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Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River's rural postie
Rural postie Tracy Marshall takes visitors along her mail delivery route which winds along the Whanganui River.
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
Country Life: Farming trees the Tāmata Hauhā way
Environment
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DoC warns dog owners after rare fairy tern nests disturbed
23 Dec 2025Only about 40 adult tara iti survive in the wild, and of those just 10 are breeding females.
Water fight: Farmers strive to limit cows' environmental footprint
Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ's glaciers, research shows
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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New Year honour reflects the 'resilience, strength, and contributions of refugee communities'
31 Dec 2025Half a dozen Asian New Zealanders have been recognised for their contributions to the country in the New Year Honours list released today.
‘Millennial nostalgia with Bollywood bangers’: Young Indian Kiwis embrace DJ life
Celebrating Christmas with Indian culinary favourites