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'Disgusting': Hospital's staff told to only speak English
15 Oct 2024A memo sent to all nursing staff in Waikato was clearly aimed at Indian, Filipino and Pasifika nurses, a doctor says, while nurses say it "reeks of systemic racism".
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'They sit there and do nothing': Whistleblower fears for correspondence students
17 Oct 2024Most of the 6000 at-risk students enrolled with Te Kura are sitting at home doing nothing, a source has told RNZ.
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What to expect at the Commonwealth leaders' meeting in Samoa
Samoa is days away from hosting reps from 56 countries for CHOGM. But why is the summit "significant" and what do leaders aim to achieve?
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He's got the 'biggest berm in town' and he's refusing to mow it
15 Oct 2024John Murphy is protesting the council's decision to stop mowing berms to save costs.
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The interest rate change that could add $70,000 to borrowers' loans
Here's how much you have to prove to banks you can pay.
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'Outrageous' NZ still using herbicide banned in Australia and US - Greenpeace
15 Oct 2024Australia and the United States both have banned the chemicals.
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Councillor's daughter faces hefty fine for vegetable garden
15 Oct 2024Frustrated at the lack of council action over the tree - which is growing through power lines - Alana Brough has planted dwarf fruit trees.
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Inside the cancellation of Bay Dreams 2025
14 Oct 2024It was once the country's biggest music event, but organisers say 'it's hard to sell tickets at the moment'.
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Peters up against tricky allies on $100 billion fund
14 Oct 2024Analysis - It's a tall ask, given National's promise to tighten the purse strings, and Peters' own plans to intervene on an ACT policy.
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Discovery of human foot may reveal Everest's greatest mystery
14 Oct 2024A label stitched onto a woollen sock read "A.C. Irvine", revealing it probably belonged to British climber Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, who disappeared on Everest in 1924.
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'We are not barbaric': Kiwi pilot's captor defends actions
14 Oct 2024In an exclusive interivew, General Egianus Kogoya, regional commander of the West Papua National Liberation Army, claims the group achieved its mission.
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The great NZ pub crawl: Which is our most classic pub?
14 Oct 2024The Cardrona or the Thistle Inn? The Puhoi or Hotel De Brett? The White Hart or the Whangamomona? Audio
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Creating a sponge garden: How the green waste of home will make your garden happy
14 Oct 2024Just like a sponge cake, a sponge garden needs the right ingredients.
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Why are people getting freckles tattooed?
14 Oct 2024Freckles, perhaps the ultimate expression of a natural face, are in. Ironically, people will now go to great lengths to achieve them.
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Mother of missing Marokopa children hits back at online trolls
14 Oct 2024Cat spoke exclusively to Mihi Forbes on Saturday Morning about how she was coping, and said it had been "a lot of time pretending it's not happening.
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Bluebridge Connemara sailing cancelled yet again
14 Oct 2024Bluebridge said a return freight sailing between Wellington and Picton had been cancelled on Sunday night due.
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How hunters' surplus is helping feed the hungry
13 Oct 2024Country Life - Hunters for Hope's Steve Hill and Adam Kreisel turn surplus venison from hunters and farmers into high-protein food parcels for low income families.
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Google flexes muscle on local news
13 Oct 2024Mediawatch - One media executive says it could be "the end-of-days for journalism" in NZ if Google cuts ties with news. But why?
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Akira Kurosawa: The 'pictorial Shakespeare of our time'
13 Oct 2024Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese filmmaker who Steven Spielberg has referred to as the "pictorial Shakespeare of our time." Video
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Celebrating Tongan ngatu at Studio Carolina Izzo
The studio in Parnell, Auckland, is dedicated to maintaining taonga - cultural treasures.
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Girls who Grow are giving farm life a go
12 Oct 2024For most of the students taking part in Girls who Grow, a new education programme just launched across the wider Wellington region, the primary sector is a "completely new world".
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Jacinda Ardern to receive damehood from Prince William
12 Oct 2024The former prime minister had not been able to attend an investiture ceremony in New Zealand, so was invited to join one at Windsor Castle next week instead.
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From Northland to Bluff, aurora makes spectacular return to NZ
12 Oct 2024People have been reporting displays of the Southern Lights from Southland to Northland on Friday night.
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‘Success story’: Bougainville cocoa boom fostered by aid donors
13 Oct 2024The world price of cocoa is up dramatically after crop failures in much of West Africa boosted other producers.
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