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Tax change may leave family businesses with bigger bills
Inland Revenue is planning to crack down on how owners of small companies can take loans.
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'Dumbfounded': Cat reunited with owner after 14 years
5 Dec 2025Paul Myburgh says Mo will be 'spoilt rotten' after their reunion.
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Remember when we flagged getting a new flag?
5 Dec 2025Ten years after the big vote, designers Kyle Lockwood and Lucy Gray look back at what might have been.
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Biosecurity mulls how to fund hornet hunt
5 Dec 2025It's estimated the war against the yellow-legged hornet in Auckland is costing about $1 million a month.
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Testing, testing and more testing for the country's biggest transport job
5 Dec 2025The opening has been pushed back again, the price is extraordinary, but Auckland's City Rail Link is expected to deliver the region the wow factor.
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A district 'swallowed' by pine trees: Fears over IKEA forests
5 Dec 2025The Swedish furniture giant is one of the biggest forestry owners in a region, and it's worrying residents.
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WorkSafe rule change introduces 'lethal' risk of electrocution - inspectors
5 Dec 2025A dispute has escalated over the past month as electrical inspectors repeatedly plead with officials to do a U-turn, RNZ can reveal.
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Trump renames peace institute 'he destroyed' after himself
5 Dec 2025The building's owners are currently trying to get the Trump administration evicted, after it took it by force earlier this year.
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Sky TV customer unhappy with how subscription rollover handled
5 Dec 2025A customer said he did not receive any notice of the rollover, and the price has risen by 50 percent.
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Why is the Aratere ferry still in New Zealand waters?
5 Dec 2025It was retired in August and sold for scrap in October, yet its currently sitting in Nelson Harbour.
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Surge of traffic around newly opened IKEA
5 Dec 2025The IKEA stampede and traffic jams failed to eventuate early in the day.
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Gang patch ban 'likely' behind increase in drug charges
Under questioning, ministry CEO Andrew Kibblewhite said it was a hypothesis.
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Mismanagement and procrastination over deer control
4 Dec 2025There's a lot of hand-wringing but few answers when it comes to culling the rapidly expanding deer population.
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$283k to look into bullying claims at Starship Hospital
4 Dec 2025RNZ first reported on years-long ructions at the unit that treats abused children, Te Puaruruhau, in October.
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Concern new measles wave spreading undetected
4 Dec 2025"We should be really worried," the head of the Immunisation Taskforce says.
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Google’s top New Zealand searches of 2025 revealed
4 Dec 2025From sports stars to viral trends, Google's top searches reveal the year that's nearly over.
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'Give it a rest, jerk': MPs clash over school lunches
Labour MPs have hit back at David Seymour as he joked they were chasing Oscars.
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Spotify Wrapped has ghosted NZ music again
4 Dec 2025You don't need to look closely at the list of the top 100 streamed songs in Aotearoa to notice the lack of local content, writes Jesse Austin-Stewart.
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Government books $700m worse than expected as tax take falls
Treasury figures show a bigger deficit than forecast.
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Putin sends Trump's messengers packing
4 Dec 2025Analysis - The Russian president does not want a deal, and the sweetness of being begged is something he relishes.
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What's going on with Auckland house prices?
4 Dec 2025Auckland is 22.9 percent below its peak and "lagging behind everyone else", an expert says.
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Photos of Epstein's notorious private island released
4 Dec 2025Images show a luxurious villa, landscaping down to the seashore and a large outdoor swimming pool.
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Teacher censured over 'white powder' incident at school
4 Dec 2025The teacher was one of two to face disciplinary charges over the incident after a staff party in December 2022.
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What you need to know ahead of NZ's first IKEA openin
4 Dec 2025Many shoppers are bracing themselves for chaos.
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I would have sacked Coster if he hadn't quit, Sir Brian Roche says
4 Dec 2025The Public Service Commissioner says Coster's role would have been "very, very challenging" if he'd stayed on.
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Kiwi crowned World’s Best Jockey for third time
4 Dec 2025New Zealand jockey James McDonald has won the Longines World's Best Jockey title again.
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Can anyone just hit the road with their family for months?
4 Dec 2025Do we have enough money? What about school? And are my kids ready to embrace life on the road?
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Principal, officials clash amid claims CCTV shows mouldy meals weren't leftovers
3 Dec 2025The authority says it's more than likely that some lunches provided last week remained at the school and were not refrigerated.
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