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New Zealand
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The hunt for ever decreasing numbers of moths and butterflies
4:57 am today"We lose them, they're gone forever": Lepidopterists fear our native species are on the wane.
Rangatahi use Māori speech competition Ngā Manu Kōrero to tackle big issues
Lachlan Jones: Coroner directs police to launch fresh investigation into death of Gore preschooler
Pacific
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Fijian in Abu Dhabi worried about Pacific communities in Middle East
9:36 am todayFiji's Embassy in Abu Dhabi says its closely monitoring the situation in Iran and Israel as tensions remain high. Audio
'Melanesian relationship agreement' endorsed at Bougainville independence talks
New Zealand's warning about drugs in the Pacific
Sport
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South Africa 69 runs away from winning World Test Championship
8:16 am todayProteas dominate on third day, following unbeaten century to Markram.
Crusaders withstand late Blues assault to reach Super Rugby Pacific final
Former test lock Bryn Evans joins All Blacks as specialist lineout coach
Politics
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New North Island classrooms ease pressure on teaching space
13 Jun 2025Education Minister Erica Stanford admitted using libraries as classrooms would be concerning.
More cuts proposed at Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Government moves to boost household solar power
World
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'I don't believe how I survived' - Air India survivor tells of escape
13 Jun 2025Ramesh Viswashkumar was filmed after the crash limping on the street in a blood-stained T-shirt with bruises on his face. Audio
Donald Trump says Israel strikes on Iran were 'very successful'
Air India flight returns to Thai island after bomb threat
Comment & Analysis
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Los Angeles protests not the American dream
13 Jun 2025Analysis: As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented migrants, stages mass deportations and raids workplaces, for many the American dream is rapidly turning into a nightmare.
Trump's China 'truce' is nothing of the sort
NZ’s goal to get smoking rates under 5 percent this year – why that’s highly unlikely
Local Democracy Reporting
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The 'quiet street' set to become State Highway 1
13 Jun 2025A resident who describes the decision as "pretty horrible" is concerned about a nearby school.
Whakatāne operators at war with council over tourism funding cuts
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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The Pentagon, NZ and the new nuclear overlap
12 Jun 2025The US is modernising its nuclear weapons command and control system. New Zealand nay feel the effects.
Eligibility row erupts over five ‘Year 14s’ in controversial Marlborough Boys’ College first XV
30 with Guyon Espiner: Netflix 'doesn't need us' or our 'silly' levy - Dame Julie Christie
Te Ao Māori
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The story behind the art on NZ's newest highway
13 Jun 2025"For me it's not really whether I'm happy or not, it's whether our people are happy," one of the artists says.
Te Pāti Māori's legal representative on the haka that shook the world
Pita Tipene to step down as Waitangi National Trust chair
Business
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The jobs New Zealanders are no longer doing
13 Jun 2025Service station attendants, mail clerks and shoe manufacturers among jobs lost.
Du Val property group heads to court to fight decision to put it into receivership
Air NZ boss says sector feeling impact of Air India tragedy
Country
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Farmers still rushing to convert land to forestry - report
Whole farm-to-forest conversions continue, according to a new report released by Beef and Lamb New Zealand.
From generation to generation - a century at Daisybank
Hunters feeding hungry Cantabrians with tonnes of venison meat
Environment
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Bodies of four weasels found inside Zealandia eco-sanctuary
12 Jun 2025Unwanted visitors have made their way into Wellington sanctuary.
Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica declining faster than expected
QEII National Trust prepares to dramatically scale back work
Media & Technology
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Students hope prisoners' newsletter 'removes some stigma'
12 Jun 2025The new publication is being delivered to inmates at prisons in Canterbury.
Digital whodunnit for the TikTok generation
Trade Me sale will not alter commitment to news - Stuff boss
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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Auckland vigil held for Air India crash victims
13 Jun 2025The Indian community gathers at Auckland's Shree Radha Krishna Temple for a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the Air India crash.
Auckland hospitals in spotlight over infant’s care
Eid Al-Adha celebrated across New Zealand