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Fears over plan to ditch flu tracking tool
The Ministry of Health is not renewing its contract for the FluTracking tool, which surveys about 40,000 people year-round, in a bid to cut costs. Audio
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3000 hectares returned in one of country's longest land disputes
18 Dec 2025Māori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s. Audio
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Labour, National clash over what economic rebound shows
'Better times are ahead,' the finance minister says, while Labour is arguing things are still worse.
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Banks hike fixed home loan interest rates
18 Dec 2025More banks are joining in as banks move to raise some mortgage rates.
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The big switch: Should households still use gas?
Faced with dwindling gas supplies, manufacturers are shutting down, but more than 2000 homes were hooked up this year.
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Why Auckland Airport will look a little different this Christmas
The tens of thousands of people expected to pass through Auckland Airport in the next weeks may notice a few changes. Audio
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Man killed, second person injured at Hamilton address
Cordons are in place after a man was fatally injured at a Hamilton Lake address.
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Why McSkimming's prosecution was so 'unique'
The disgraced former deputy police commissioner was sentenced to home detention after pleading guilty to the possession of child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.
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'This year's been diabolical': Oyster farmers still waiting for compensation package
18 Dec 2025More than a thousand cubic metres of sewage overflowed from a Watercare pump station in late October. Audio
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Corrections boss ordered to obey law or face contempt of court
18 Dec 2025Under New Zealand law, prisoners are entitled to at least one hour of physical exercise a day. Audio
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Gloriavale Christian School registration cancelled
18 Dec 2025The school board said it would challenge the decision by the Secretary for Education.
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John Campbell returns to RNZ as Morning Report co-host
He'll join Ingrid Hipkiss on the flagship news programme next year.
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Concerned family roster themselves on to care for elderly relative
18 Dec 2025The family of an elderly woman with severe dementia say they had to be at hospital every day to ensure she was fed, medicated and showered. Audio
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Profile of killer released weeks after death of Hastings woman
18 Dec 2025This was a targeted act of violence, police say.
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Struggle with cliffside rescue 'tip of the iceberg', firefighters says
18 Dec 2025Trouble getting a chopper to help a girl trapped on a cliff face was not an isolated incident, the firefighters union says. Audio
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Ice avalanche likely killed Aoraki/Mount Cook climbers
18 Dec 2025Items of climbing equipment were found within a known icefall hazard zone on the upper Linda Glacier.
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Person critically hurt after 'disturbing instance of extreme violence'
18 Dec 2025Hutt Valley Police are investigating what they are calling a disturbing instance of extreme violence, which has left someone with critical injuries.
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Popular walking tracks closed as police search for wanted man
18 Dec 2025Locals told RNZ the Mangapurua and Kaiwhakauka tracks are closed while police are in the area, as well as several huts along the route.
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Councillors oppose plans for fast-tracked sand mining project
18 Dec 2025Whangārei district councillors voted unanimously against the proposal which would see 8 million cubic metres of sand removed over a 35-year period.
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Police abandon man's yacht - and home - at sea after call for help
He made a mayday call after allegedly being stabbed by his crewmate - but soon found himself under arrest.
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Chilly Christmas Day forecast for much of the country
18 Dec 2025MetService says the pattern of periodic cool weather is likely to be prolonged.
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IKEA shuts down support centre in wake of delivery woes
18 Dec 2025Homeware retail giant IKEA appears to be a victim of its own success. Audio
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Dargaville’s town hall replacement by 2028: Deputy mayor
18 Dec 2025Gordon Lambeth says he wants to see a replacement civic complex completed before the end of the current council term.
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Homeless shower options still being explored in Invercargill
18 Dec 2025A restroom alternative is still being worked through as the cost of the current set-up continues to bite.
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