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New Zealand
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Insurance companies urge use of Takapuna golf course for flood prevention
8:57 am todayThe Auckland Council proposal has met with opposition from prominent golf organisations and players.
Why do the government's carbon auctions keep failing, and does it matter?
Watch: Several South Taranaki families cut off following floods
Pacific
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Macron suggests new options for New Caledonia's future status
8:39 am todayAs part of a range of possible options, the French president reportedly put on the table an "associated State" status for the French territory, with a "strong link with France".
Nauru signs two landmark agreements in Majuro
Guam nuclear radiation survivors 'heartbroken' after being excluded from compensation bill
Sport
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Lawson finishes top 10 at F1 Grand Prix practice
7:43 am todayHamilton and Norris set the pace ahead of the British Formula One Grand Prix.
Cricket: India enjoy big lead after three days of second test
Liverpool's Jota mourned by family and local people at hometown wake
Politics
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The House: Making law - a final avalanche of edits
Before laws are finalised, MPs get a last chance to argue for changes. Pav Sharma, whose office manages them, explains the purpose, rules, and process for the many amendments.
Prime Minister's office only given hour's notice before Winston Peters' speech dismissing 'trade war'
Green housing advocates celebrate no roll back of insulation standards
World
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'I dance until I get it all out': The Syrian refugee who taught himself ballet
Although his father once threatened to break his legs for dancing, Ahmad Joudeh fought for a life where he could perform in peace.
613 killed at Gaza aid distribution sites, near humanitarian convoys, UN says
Israeli military kills 20 in Gaza as Trump awaits Hamas reply to truce proposal
Comment & Analysis
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Many Americans want a third party. But what would it be?
4 Jul 2025Analysis - Americans are entrenched into their partisan corners, but the party lines keep moving in weird new ways.
Trump is not like other presidents – but can he beat the ‘second term curse’ that haunts the White House?
Memo to Shane Jones: What if NZ needs more regional government, not less?
Local Democracy Reporting
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Fresh push for four-lane highway from Rolleston to Ashburton
4 Jul 2025A local woman is renewing the campaign for State Highway 1 between Rolleston and Ashburton to be increased to four lanes.
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark returns to hospital after weekend stroke
In Depth
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Health Ministry manager 'way too friendly' with alcohol lobby
30 Jun 2025After internal alarm about an official's dealings with the alcohol industry, new rules of engagement are being drawn up.
Watch: 30 minutes with the 'Godfather of Human Rights' Ken Roth on genocide, Trump and standing up for democracy
Scoring the coalition government's progress against its own targets
Te Ao Māori
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Māori-Greek artist takes a slice of Aotearoa to the Big Apple
4 Jul 2025Jimmy James Kouratoras' Hei Tiki - For the Love of Our Ancestors painting is currently being shown in New York's Theatre District and has featured on a 10-metre high digital billboard.
Mātauranga Māori science fair applies traditional thinking to modern-day problems
Māori landowners take Crown to High court over freshwater rights
Business
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How to keep your power bill down this winter
4 Jul 2025The price of electricity has gone up almost 9 percent in the past year and 20 percent of Kiwis are struggling with their bills. Audio
Workers at New World Victoria Park destroyed by fire facing redundancy
Kitchen appliance supplier in spotlight over failure to deliver products, return payments
Country
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Snorts and snuggles at a second chance sanctuary
12:35 pm todaySharlene Wilson has turned her rural property in North Canterbury into a haven for rescued farm animals who find healing, freedom and a place to truly belong.
Plant production 'one of the most underrated horticultural sectors', says young industry leader
Country Life: On the Farm
Environment
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Oyster farmers' 7-year battle with Watercare
2 Jul 2025A group of oyster farmers in the north of Auckland have reached their breaking point over sewage overflow and want the government to intervene. Audio
Our Changing World: Protecting 'Jaws'
NZ pulls out of global coalition for phasing out fossil fuels
Media & Technology
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Remember early, grainy digital cameras? Gen Z wants them
4 Jul 2025Young people are embracing the grainy, nostalgic vibe of early digital cameras so they can spend less time on their phones.
Can you turn off generative AI?
How Lisette Reymer became an accidental war correspondent
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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Assault of migrant worker in Auckland sparks protest
about 1 hour agoMore than 30 people gathered in Henderson on Saturday, demanding justice for a migrant worker who was assaulted at work.
How the events of 1984 affected Indian Sikhs
Indian business community divided on trespass law reforms