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New Zealand headlines with summaries.
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Harvard's bonfire could be NZ's foreign exchange
11 Jun 2025New Zealand universities are being urged to seize the day when it comes to America's turmoil over foreign students.
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Jessica Pratt is all soft and gooey in Wellington
The LA musician brought a quiet tenderness to a chilly Meow Nui.
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AI gun video of Nelson councillor sparks warning for voters
10 Jun 2025The councillor says voters should always look for an authorisation statement or something that's genuine.
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Fake news and real cannibalism: a cautionary tale from the Dutch Golden Age
10 Jun 2025What can happen when disinformation is allowed to run rampant.
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Residents stressed by musician's unexplained death
11 Jun 2025A community co-ordinator says Oliver Hayes is the second person to die at the council-run apartment complex in a fortnight.
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US aviation student missing from Palmerston North
10 Jun 2025The 24-year-old had not responded to any attempts at contact since 5 June.
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Abuse in care survivor heartbroken after wagon ordered to go
10 Jun 2025The travelling wagon in memory of her late grandson was bought with compensation for her torture at Lake Alice.
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Prolific shoplifter bailed 13 times says she 'stole to survive'
10 Jun 2025Bianca Crystal Thomas is estimated to have stolen $10,000 worth of groceries, clothing and petrol in a six-month period.
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Person dies after colliding with power pole in Auckland
10 Jun 2025The person could not be revived and died at the scene in Northcote.
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Proposal to sell Baypark Speedway stand for $1, extend lease
10 Jun 2025The community is being asked if speedway should stay at Mercury Baypark Stadium.
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Police asking for help after kayak found upside down on Lake Te Anau
The red and white kayak was in the water with a paddle.
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Bore water results clear despite diesel leak at prison
10 Jun 2025About 14,000 litres of diesel leached into the ground at Christchurch Men's Prison.
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Nelson suburb to take part in climate adaption planning
10 Jun 2025The council looked at several areas across Nelson before choosing.
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Community removes third traffic chicane after uproar
10 Jun 2025Waikato District Council installed four chicanes to slow speed on Birchwood Lane.
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Taranaki council rebuffs calls to oppose seabed mining
10 Jun 2025Trans-Tasman Resources has approval to vacuum up 50 million tonnes of sand annually from the South Taranaki seabed for 35 years.
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Storm-damaged Marlborough road repairs expected to come in under budget
10 Jun 2025More than half the roads across the district damaged in recent years have been fixed at a cost of $134m.
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Christchurch councillor says fighting government on housing was a 'balls-up'
Christchurch City Council has wasted years and millions of dollars fighting with the government over housing intensification, a ward councillor says.
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'Taxation tool': Property expert says decreased valuations no reason to panic
Keep calm and carry on - that is the message for Auckland homeowners after many found out the new council valuations for their properties.
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'Nothing short of disastrous': Seabed mining project another 'muru raupatu' for Taranaki
9 Jun 2025About 500 people braved icy waters off the New Plymouth coast on Sunday to protest against the Pātea seabed mining project. Audio
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Remote residents say phase-out of copper networks will cut off their lifeline
Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith is due to make a decision by the end of the year.
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Marlborough residents speak against council's preferred water plan
10 Jun 2025The Marlborough District Council's preferred option is to create a standalone Water Services Organisation.
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Fear of confusion sparks te reo name rethink
10 Jun 2025Worries about a new Manutahi Park being mistaken for another Manutahi an hour's drive away has the council considering adding the name of a British Military Settler.
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Support young people before they go on a benefit, mayors say
10 Jun 2025Two Canterbury mayors say the government shouldn't tamper with their youth job programme.
