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New Zealand
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Person critically injured, road closed in Manawatū crash
31 minutes agoFirefighters are working to extricate a person trapped in a car after a collision with a truck near Palmerston North.
How to talk to your child about Auckland’s kidnapping attempts
Banks Peninsula residents fear further flooding and slips with more rain forecasted
Pacific
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'What crisis?': Fiame hits out at La'auli over early election call
In its latest attempt to oust Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, Samoa's FAST Party is taking legal action to try and secure an early general election.
David Lambourne saga in Kiribati heading back to court
New era of politicians in Solomon Islands want stability - expert
Sport
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NZ Rugby's third financial loss in a row, explained
For the third year in a row, the game's governing body is in the red - so where's the money going, asks Jamie Wall.
Steven Adams' NBA future in his own hands
Lani Daniels set for monumental boxing bout
Politics
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Labour takes aim at big tobacco lobbyists
5:24 pm todayAyesha Verrall unveils a member's bill designed to severely restrict lobbyists' influence on government.
Pay equity-affected support worker challenges van Velden to do her job for one week
Christopher Luxon announces boost to capital spend in pre-Budget speech
World
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The secret of South Korea's legendary female free divers
An island 80 kilometres off the Korean Peninsula is home to a unique and celebrated community: the Haenyeo.
Putin's Victory Day ceasefire comes into effect
North Korea fires short-range missiles into sea, South Korea says
Comment & Analysis
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Moving towns: The complex realities of managed retreat
7 May 2025Analysis: Westport and Kumeū are among a growing number of places where drastic actions need to be considered.
Why banning social media for NZers under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too
Why a hotline is needed to help bring India and Pakistan back from the brink of a disastrous war
Local Democracy Reporting
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Manurewa’s first Pan-Pacific Strategy takes final step
1 minute agoManurewa is set to adopt its first Pan-Pacific Strategy, marking a milestone for the South Auckland community where nearly 40 percent of residents identify as Pasifika.
NZ faces $9.4b hit from invasive caulerpa, analysis shows
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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The small regulatory shift that could have big impacts on mokopuna Māori
7:41 am todayTeachers say removing requirements to recognise cultural identity in early childhood centres is recolonisation, and a backward step.
Wildlife hospital says public light displays are contributing to native seabird groundings
'Parallel universe stuff' -Former Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull on Winston Peters downplaying Trump’s trade war
Te Ao Māori
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ACC backs down over Māori, Pasifika injury targets after ACT pressure
12:39 pm todayACT had accused the ACC of not complying with a directive that public services be delivered on the basis of need not race.
'It's in our DNA': Why Aboriginal cultural protocol Welcome to Country is not topic for debate
Aboriginal and Māori groups call for apology after 'dispespectful' treatment of Welcome to Country
Business
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NZ Rugby reports $19.5 million loss
However, it is offset by a record level of income and revenue.
When will 33,000 people who've lost their jobs get them back?
ANZ bank posts 23% first-half profit lift
Country
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Surviving a nuclear war ... in Palmerston North
1:15 pm todayA new study looks at what it would take to feed a city in the event of a global catastrophe.
Gap between people and sheep rapidly closing
Soil from a Taranaki backyard wins international gardening award
Environment
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Native jumping spider found in restored Rotorua forest
6:54 am todayA native jumping spider boasting great eyesight and tiny genitalia has been discovered at a Rotorua forest that is being restored.
Ten million fossil-fuelled machines in NZ, but plenty of room for electricity - report
Our Changing World: 2024 Prime Minister’s Science Prize winners announced
Media & Technology
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A 'win for the ages': How the world's media saw Labor win
4 May 2025Anthony Albanese has outperformed former Labour luminaries, Kevin Rudd and Bob Hawke, one report says.
The journalist who first called Donald Trump a 'short-fingered vulgarian'
How Shepherdess magazine bucked print’s decline
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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'Potato sacks used as bed covers': Enduring hardship for a brighter future
12:10 pm todayDespite the early struggles that migrants faced, their perseverance paved the way for them to build a new life in a foreign land that would become their adopted home. Audio
Luxon calls on India, Pakistan to de-escalate tensions as death toll rises
South Asian communities fear for relatives caught up in Kashmir conflict