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Call to make health star ratings compulsory
The star rating system was introduced 10 years ago and is free to join, but as it's optional, products with a lower rating tend not to display their rank.
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Minister bans Māori words from future kids' books
13 Aug 2025The near-total ban in 5-year-olds' books was driven by concern it would be confusing, documents show.
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How do you brew beer without the booze?
13 Aug 2025Non-alcoholic beer consumption is on the rise, but making it taste delicious is a tricky puzzle for brewers.
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Baby found dead with mum killed by sepsis or smothered
13 Aug 2025Emerald Tai and baby Tanatui Samuels were found dead in their home three days after his birth.
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Embassy staff in contact with Kiwi woman detained in US immigration facility
13 Aug 2025It was only made aware of the case through media reports - and Foreign Minister Winston Peters' office said nobody made contact before then.
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Angler reels in world-record catch in Twizel
13 Aug 2025Angler Paul Rahman hooked the massive 17.75kg trout in the Ōhau Canal, and he had to dive in to get it to shore.
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Lessons from a divorce coach in a tough property market
Don't give up your job, know what you owe, and be careful living together after separating, a divorce coach says.
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'She was absolutely terrified': NZ mum and son, 6, detained by ICE
13 Aug 2025New Zealander Sarah Shaw and her 6-year-old son thought they were being kidnapped when they were bundled into a white van with no markings at the Canadian border.
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Iconic Chinese restaurant in liquidation after 31 years
12 Aug 2025Opened in 1994, Dragonboat Restaurant on Elliott Street served a wide range of Cantonese dishes.
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How do pensioners make their dollars stretch?
12 Aug 2025Neil McAndrew and Betty Laing have a lifetime of wisdom to draw on when it comes to making their pension dollar go further.
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'Locked in a cell': NZ mum held by ICE hopes 6-year-old son will be released
13 Aug 2025Sarah Shaw and her son Isaac were bundled into a giant white van with no markings.
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Mother killed as boat breaks off oncoming car, 3-year-old son survives
12 Aug 2025Nateisha-Kurstyn Pareteoro Hana-Wetere's 3-year-old son - in the back seat - survived the crash.
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Controversial mine fast-track bid rejected
12 Aug 2025The Te Kuha project has raised environmental concerns and had already been rejected multiple times by the courts.
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Tinfoiled windows and permanently closed drapes in overheating homes
12 Aug 2025Residents at a Wellington complex are taking desperate measures to avoid unbearable heat during summer.
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Trump to deploy National Guard to Washington DC
12 Aug 2025The US president says the capital has "been overtaken by violent gangs" even though crime has hit a 30-year low.
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Antisocial behaviour reaching 'desperate' levels in Wellington suburb
11 Aug 2025Residents and businesses say antisocial behaviour on the streets is reaching desperate levels.
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‘Competitive’ Asian supermarket prices benefit consumers
12 Aug 2025Retail grocery store owners in Auckland are feeling the squeeze from stiff competition.
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ANZ cuts home loan rate, predictions others will follow
The country's biggest bank said it would cut its one-year fixed rate special by 16 basis points to 4.79 percent.
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Mayoral candidate's campaign confusion
12 Aug 2025Kerrin Leoni is promising to release a key policy this week, and to personally handle media invites after a 'miscommunication'.
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The strange ways people have supposedly died across history
11 Aug 2025A classical Greek playwright killed by a tortoise and a Viking raider scratched by a severed head - these are just some of the absurd stories told about people's deaths.
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Where have all the coaches gone?
There's a volunteer crisis hitting grassroots sport in New Zealand.
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Stranger Things star's 'incredibly life-changing' film experience in NZ
10 Aug 2025Australian actor Dacre Montgomery returns to the screen with gothic horror Went Up the Hill and finds himself healing, while filming in Canterbury.
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Should I limit how much fruit my child eats because it contains sugar?
Parents are often told fruit is 'bad', because it contains sugar, prompting concerns about how much they should allow their child to eat.
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Trump says he'll soon meet with Putin, 'shot' at ending Ukraine war
US President Donald Trump has said he'll be meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska.
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