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Why are there so few rules for biodiversity-damaging cats?
The government seems uninterested in the problem, but there are many different people desperate to get cats under control - including a National Party MP.
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'Stone cold killer' feral cats officially designated predators
20 Nov 2025After initially suggesting feral cats stay out of the Predator Free plan, the government has done a U-turn, announcing they are now a target.
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Luxon's 'broken promise' on feral cats
19 Nov 2025The omission of feral cats from the country's Predator Free plan has perplexed conservationists. Audio
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How the fuel of 'last resort' became New Zealand's first choice
18 Nov 2025It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
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The 'bloodbath' left by millions of feral cats
17 Nov 2025They're 'killing machines', wiping out native species. So why is it so hard to fight back against feral cats?
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NZ plummets 50 places in global tobacco control ranking
An anti-vaping group calls the ranking an "international disgrace". Audio
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Inside the uneasy truce between Dame Noeline Taurua and Netball NZ
6 Nov 2025After 51 bruising days, Dame Noeline Taurua was reinstated as Silver Ferns coach. But the uneasy truce with Netball NZ is already under strain amid renewed legal tensions and mistrust.
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'Brazen industry capture' alleged in pig welfare rewrite
NZ Pork says it didn't get everything it wanted, but the SPCA says they got 'exactly what they wanted'. Audio
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The agency in the shadow of netball's coaching crisis
23 Oct 2025High Performance Sport has been deeply involved in key aspects of the Silver Ferns coaching drama - even as Dame Noeline Taurua sits on its board.
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Government's experts disagreed with pig welfare reforms
The associate agriculture minister announced the rewrite, which undoes a ban on farrowing crates, despite concerns raised by the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. Audio
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'Completely incoherent': Experts condemn government's weaker methane target
13 Oct 2025After cutting methane targets, New Zealand has a choice: shoulder the burden at huge cost - or cause more warming to the planet.
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Inside the Silver Ferns camp as coaching controversy continues to echo
11 Oct 2025Amid the fallout from the dispute that has sidelined coach Dame Noeline Taurua, the Silver Ferns are tuning out the public noise and turning inward.
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Easier surgeries siphoned to private sector, data shows
9 Oct 2025Outsourcing risks creating a two-tier health system and may compromise training, senior doctors have warned. Audio
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ACC disputes company accused of 'cut-and-paste' decisions
Three complainants were sent rulings on their case reviews that contained identical text, their lawyers say. Audio
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Environment Minister accused of staying silent on fast-track projects
7 Oct 2025National's Penny Simmonds has commented on only eight of the 43 fast track projects she has been sent invites for.
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Te Whatu Ora cutting alcohol harm reduction staff and campaigns, union says
18 Nov 2025The agency confirmed a 'change process' was underway, as 65 organisations signed a letter urging the government to shut the alcohol industry out of policy decisions. Audio
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Health advisory group condemned by one of its own leaders
29 Sep 2025Officials privately expressed surprise at Raawiri Ratuu's criticisms that a new plan to tackle FASD had been weakened. Audio
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The $10,000 decision that cost an All White his career
27 Sep 2025Clayton Lewis was a last-minute ring-in to a scheme that rocked the A-League. The consequences could last his lifetime. Audio
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How Kiwis are being targeted by international match fixers
23 Sep 2025From messages promising piles of cash, to fake agents offering trials, organised crime groups are recruiting New Zealanders.
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Hundreds of millions in offshore betting on NZ amateur league
22 Sep 2025More than $200 million was wagered last season, raising alarm bells. Audio
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Ex All White 'targeted and exploited' in yellow-card scheme
Clayton Lewis was in the grips of a gambling addiction when he agreed to take part in 'yellow-card racket', a court has heard. Audio
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Kiwi faces sentencing in one of Australia's biggest sports corruption scandals
The former All White admitted taking A$10,000 to draw a yellow card while playing for Macarthur FC in 2023.
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How the Silver Ferns culture clash reached boiling point
11 Sep 2025The shock decision to stand down coach Noeline Taurua marked a dramatic turning point in a months-long dispute between team management and the playing group.
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The four government targets at risk of being missed
8 Sep 2025RNZ is tracking progress towards each of the government's nine major goals. Here is where they stand.
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What teens make of a social media ban
4 Sep 2025Four phones, three weeks: A proposed ban has the support of some. Others say it's a feel-good quick-fix for the adults.
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'You would have loved Silas': Parents' plea over teen's drink-driving death
3 Sep 2025The night Silas Sims, 16, died, he and his friends were sold alcohol multiple times, despite being under-age and drunk. Audio
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Four phones, three weeks: Teen self-esteem and social media's distorted mirror
2 Sep 2025Four phones, three weeks: Body image and "depression content" are everywhere on social media, and reveal the dark side of the algorithm.
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Extensive measures in place to manage KiwiRail director's conflict of interests
2 Sep 2025KiwiRail's chair questioned the extensive conflicts of a newly-appointed board member, suggesting they would test his loyalty, documents obtained by RNZ show.
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