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New Zealand
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69kg of drugs seized at Auckland Airport
30 May 2025A 22yo faces charges after nearly 18kg of meth was found in his bag.
Heavy snow falls on South Island as winter cold snap descends
Safe or risky?: NZTA, driving schools at odds over car simulators
Pacific
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Call for action against violence, not just condemning it with words, in Papua New Guinea
30 May 2025Another gruesome video is circulating social media from Enga Province, which has a recent history of tribal conflict.
Norfolk Island police say nothing untoward suspected after package washes ashore
Daunting task for Drua in Brisbane
Sport
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Vaa'i hat trick clinches top spot for Chiefs
30 May 2025The All Black lock was oustanding in a hard fought win over the Highlanders.
Kane Williamson unlikely for Black Caps' Zimbabwe tour
Crusaders hooker Ioane Moananu thriving in Super Rugby Pacific move
Politics
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Transmission Gully's speed limit could increase to 110km/h
30 May 2025Public consultation has begun and will last six weeks.
Christchurch protesters confront Finance Minister Nicola Willis over pay equity
ACC chair Tracey Batten resigns
World
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'I lost everything': Residents in shock after Swiss village buried
30 May 2025Millions of cubic metres of ice, mud and rock engulfed picturesque Blatten following a glacier collapse.
US proposes 60-day ceasefire for Gaza
New Zealander killed in Ukraine died trying to save fellow soldiers, RNZ understands
Comment & Analysis
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Antarctica's sea ice is changing, impacting the marine food web
29 May 2025Changes could ripple through ecosystems further afield with the potential to affect key fisheries in the Southern Ocean, Jacqui Stuart and Natalie Robinson write.
Discovering new NZ music in the streaming age is getting harder – what’s the future for local artists?
The F1 Monaco Grand Prix had new rules to make it exciting, but in reality it proved that less is more
Local Democracy Reporting
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'It stinks' - Weary locals gear up for another round in dump fight
30 May 2025Grey District Council will need to spend at least $60,000 in fight against private landfill.
Resident has to travel to cemetery for safe drinking water
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Why we're seeing so many fires linked to batteries
29 May 2025The number of lithium battery-linked blazes has doubled. What's being done to stop it? Audio
Top New Zealand rower arrested in the US following post-regatta incident
The good, the bad, and the apocalypse: Tech pioneer Geoffrey Hinton lays out his stark vision for AI
Te Ao Māori
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How Māori, Pacific communities can reshape media narratives
30 May 2025The success of Brown Buttabean Motivation shows how initiatives can use media stereotypes to create their own narrative.
Waitangi Tribunal hears new plan to improve Māori Health
Benefit sanctions will mean young parents 'end up on the street', Māori youth service says
Business
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Rocket Lab signs $460 million deal to build missile defence system
The aim of the defence dome is to create a shield that can shoot down all sorts of missiles including nuclear warheads.
High food prices, 'tariff noise' cast shadow over consumer confidence
When will we see King Charles on our currency?
Country
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Colville's tiny volunteer postal service: 'We know who's who'
30 May 2025An hour's drive from the northern tip of Coromandel Peninsula, you'll find a tiny post office run by volunteers. As rural postal services shrink, the small community here ensures the old motto "the…
Pilot has near-miss with radio tower on high country farm
NZ King Salmon reduce harvest due to small, 'stressed' fish
Environment
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Science heats up in the fire lab
29 May 2025From flaming tornadoes to burning couches, scientists are setting stuff on fire to prepare for our changing wildfire risk.
'Nank would be chuffed' - Native bush stays in public hands thanks to donation from late conservationist
Climate solution all but buried before it begins
Media & Technology
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More money for journalists, less for RNZ
23 May 2025The government is putting more money into hiring local journalists, but cutting Radio New Zealand's budget.
Kamahl Santamaria tells Employment Authority: 'I became and remain unemployable'
How would banning teenagers from social media work?
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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More cases emerge of NZ teens stuck in limbo, fearing deportation
29 May 2025Recent cases may represent the tip of an iceberg after almost 20 years have passed since legislative reform removed the right to citizenship by birth for children born in New Zealand. Audio
Immigration Minister Erica Stanford regrets email ‘spam’ remarks after backlash
Police commissioner on controversial shoplifting directive