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New Zealand
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Hijacked website filled with AI-generated 'coherent gibberish'
17 Jul 2025A section of a local website was hijacked, then AI generated, made-up news stories about the conservation estate started showing up.
Principals fear increase in students from poor communities leaving school without qualifications
Driver seriously hurt as vehicle crashes into house
Pacific
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Jailed former deputy PM awarded project manager role for hostel renovation
19 minutes agoRobert Tapaitau, the former deputy prime minister of the Cook Islands, was sentenced to twos years and nine months in prison for a range of fraud charges in March 2024.
Tonga's health system 'fully restored' after cyber attack with Australia's help
Ex-rebel leader 'General' Kauona is brimming with confidence in Bougainville presidential race
Sport
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Phoenix to be challenged for support in game against popular Wrexham
4 minutes agoThe club rose to worldwide fame when they were featured in the television programme Welcome to Wrexham. Audio
No Welsh player in Lions side for first time in over 100 years
Coach Fabien Galthie revamps France team for final test against All Blacks
Politics
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Calls for NZ rethink as UK lowers voting age to 16
21 minutes agoThe director of a campaign to lower New Zealand's voting age to 16 says the country is falling behind others in terms of democracy.
'Councils have lacked fiscal discipline’ Local Government Minister says
Pay talk protection: National backs Labour’s transparency bill
World
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Pope 'saddened' after Israel strike on Gaza's only Catholic church kills three
The head of a Catholic charity says the raid on the church where hundreds have been sheltering is "totally unacceptable".
Child killed, others hurt as school bus crashes in England
Connie Francis, US 'Stupid Cupid' pop singer, dies at 87
Comment & Analysis
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Who are the Druze and why is Israel bombing Syria to protect them?
17 Jul 2025Explainer: Syria has been wracked by a new wave of deadly sectarian violence that has placed the spotlight on the Druze minority.
Trump tries to rewrite history on being 'fooled' by Putin
ACT's campaign calculus to 'keep the government' and keep its edge
Local Democracy Reporting
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Marlborough council approves $72k upgrade to Skate Park
17 Jul 2025The Marlborough District Council has approved $72,000 for the upgrades, which were requested by the recently established Skate Marlborough organisation in the 2024 Long Term Plan.
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
The big issues for Auckland's leaders
In Depth
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Court rejects athlete union's bid to appeal employment ruling
The court's decision brings to an end the long-running legal battle between The Athletes' Co-operative and the government's sport agency.
Outdated alcohol guidelines understate health risks, ministry documents reveal
No future climate adaptation assistance would leave NZers 'on their own' - expert
Te Ao Māori
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'Toitū te reo': All welcome as national Māori language festival returns
17 Jul 2025Organisers of Aotearoa's national Māori language festival want people of all ages and ethnicities to "toitū te reo" - to uphold the language - as the kaupapa returns for its second year.
'Thriving' Māori economies revealed in new report
Getting hands on with science creating 'good scientific citizens'
Business
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New Zealand reaches deal with Canada in long-running dairy trade dispute
The deal is expected to deliver up to $157 million to New Zealand dairy exporters.
Supermarkets aren’t moving fast enough to lower dairy prices, says Federated Farmers dairy chair
Infometrics doubles New Zealand's 2026 growth forecast
Country
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Hawke's Bay shares cyclone silt, slash lessons with flood-hit Tasman
16 minutes agoThe head of the silt removal programme after Cyclone Gabrielle is drawing "eerie" similarities with Nelson Tasman floods.
Worry and speculation as long-serving manager of Molesworth Station suddenly resigns
Farmers and council at odds over management of Tasman's flood-hit Upper Motueka River
Environment
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Northland orca expert: Reject Waipiro Bay marina fast-tracking
17 Jul 2025Orca researcher Dr Ingrid Visser has called on Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop to reject the proposed marina's fast-tracking application.
Invasive worm species found under Bluff wharf
More city cyclists get on their bikes - but there is untapped demand for more
Media & Technology
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Nintendo's new console, the Switch 2, reviewed by a family
10 Jul 2025How does Nintendo's fastest-selling console ever stack up after a few weeks?
Is thumbs up emoji good or passive aggressive?
Mediawatch: Awkward opinions test broadcasters' backbone
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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Retail crime advisory group costs $500k in three months
The government is defending the amount of money spent on its retail crime advisory group, but Labour says it is a hard sum of money to stomach.
Second round of FTA talks with India start in Delhi
Indian community celebrates Rath Yatra with colour and devotion