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What Auckland's new housing plan means for the city's future
7 Oct 2025Explainer - After raucous debate, the council has approved housing intensification - but what will that look like?
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How many job hunters are there for each job ad?
Finding work may not be as easy as "getting off the PlayStation", data on jobs and job hunters shows.
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Orchards not 'crying out' for workers right now, fruit growers say
7 Oct 2025The Prime Minister is urging young people to look for work in the sector amid changes to the Jobseeker benefit.
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Air NZ flight from Los Angeles turned back after power system overheats
7 Oct 2025A relatives of a passenger says there was no air conditioning or inflight entertainment after the problems.
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Three-year-old dies of sepsis after series of mistakes at hospital
7 Oct 2025A junior doctor suspected Alexzander Sutherland-Hunt had sepsis, but didn't give him the recommened antibiotic. It wasn't the first error that night.
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Former Fern 'under fire' after Dame Noeline's suspension
7 Oct 2025"They were pretty much blaming me," Maia Wilson says, despite the fact she didn't know anything about the saga.
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'Disgusting coward': Window smashed at Winston Peters' home
7 Oct 2025Police confirmed they were called to the NZ First leader's home after a report of wilful damage.
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Luxon says business 'crying out for young people' as benefits cut
"We love these young people," the prime minister says, but a youth advocate says they're being "punished for an economic crisis they didn't create".
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'Georgia, there's a bus in the garden': Driver crawls from bus after crash through fence
6 Oct 2025The crash blocked part of SH1 in Kilbirnie, the main route between the central city and airport.
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$87,000 salary, $300 a week child support: Mother calls for change
A mum says she is in severe hardship as an increasing number of parents raise concerns about the system.
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'Not plausible': Woman's bid to halt waka excavation halted
6 Oct 2025Catherine Sixtus says the waka, found in the Chatham Islands, may have come from Germany.
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Silver Ferns coaching saga edges toward legal showdown
6 Oct 2025The rift between Dame Noeline Taurua and Netball NZ has deepened, with failed talks now headed towards a potential employment investigation or litigation.
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Te Pāti Māori MP named as one of Time's 'most influential rising stars'
6 Oct 2025Influential news magazine Time said she followed in the footsteps of ancestors who sustained Māori language, traditions and culture.
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Air NZ twice denies woman with disability permission to fly with assistance dog
6 Oct 2025The former paramedic has settled a discrimination complaint on confidential terms.
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Ex-Shortland St star joins Gaza flotilla
6 Oct 2025New Zealand actor Will Alexander is among the those trying to bring aid to the residents of Gaza.
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Who wrote the Cabinet paper recommending NZ not recognise a Palestinian state?
3 Oct 2025Analysis - Cabinet papers are usually drafted by public servants in departments that fall within the minister's portfolio area but that did not happen in this case.
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Another summer cut off from Great Ride trail for small town
3 Oct 2025The historic Totara River Rail Bridge that connects Ross to the West Coast Wilderness Cycle Trail was closed last August.
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The man who's never owned a cellphone
2 Oct 2025Even the Kiwi professor's mates are baffled, asking 'when are you going to move into the 21st century?'.
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Wildlife advocate, primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91
2 Oct 2025The scientist turned her childhood love of primates into a lifelong quest for protecting the environment.
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What makes a New Zealand '1 percenter'
New data shows what you need to be among the country's richest people.
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'It's our State Highway 1': Relief over new supply vessel
1 Oct 2025The Chatham Island's mayor says a government announcement means the community can now plan for its future.
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US defence leader's speech slamming 'fat generals' and 'beardos' met with silence
1 Oct 2025US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and diversity initiatives that he said led to decades of decay in the military.
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Quake-prone building rule change could be big win for Chateau Tongariro, mayor says
1 Oct 2025Ruapehu Mayor Weston Kirton has welcomed the government's overhaul of the earthquake-prone building system, saying it could be a big win for the famous Chateau Tongariro hotel.
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Baby Ru homicide: Police take significant step towards solving case nearly two years on
1 Oct 2025Nearly two years after the death of Lower Hutt toddler Baby Ru, RNZ can reveal police have taken a significant step towards solving the case that shocked the nation.
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