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Is Fanny Osborne our most impressive forgotten artist?
The mother of 13 lived on Great Barrier Island and did exquisite watercolour paintings of native plants in the early 1900s.
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Government urged to ditch second military-style boot camp
8 Dec 2025The Green Party is calling on the government to abandon boot camps, after revelations that another intake is planned for early next year.
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Dame Jacinda Ardern discusses pregnancy, politics on 'The Graham Norton Show'
6 Dec 2025The former NZ prime minister received glowing praise from her host and fellow guests during the popular UK talk show.
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Te Pāti Māori tensions expected to loom as party AGM goes ahead
7 Dec 2025Te Pāti Māori gathers for its long-awaited AGM today, after months of turmoil that led to the expulsion of two of their six MPs.
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Oodles of Noodles: How to know which is the 'right one' to use?
Egg or rice based? Thick, thin, flat or round? Noodles came in all forms, shapes and sizes.
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'Anytime he had a word that he didn't know, we would write a song'
7 Dec 2025Award-winning Kiwi musicians and parents Steph Brown and Fen Ikner use death metal, reggae and Latin grooves to help kids learn how to spell tricky words.
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'We are drowning': The truth about KiwiSaver hardship withdrawals
In October, $49.4m was withdrawn for hardship reasons, up from $38.4m in October 2024.
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A district 'swallowed' by pine trees: Fears over IKEA forests
The Swedish furniture giant is one of the biggest forestry owners in a region, and it's worrying residents.
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The Housing Minister says negotiate with your landlord - but how do you do that?
The Housing Minister might be encouraging tenants to negotiate a cheaper rent deal as prices drop - but how do you do it? Audio
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WorkSafe rule change introduces 'lethal' risk of electrocution - inspectors
5 Dec 2025A dispute has escalated over the past month as electrical inspectors repeatedly plead with officials to do a U-turn, RNZ can reveal. Audio
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Women in finance more than twice as likely to be sexually harrassed than men
5 Dec 2025A new survey found women in the sector are far more likely to experience sexual harrassment than their male colleagues.
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Kiwis putting cost of living ahead of environment, ministry boss says
The Ministry for the Environment boss believes New Zealanders are more concerned about immediate pressures on households, than the environment.
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You say 'Wayleggo' and I say 'Wal-a-go'!
6 Dec 2025How do sheep dogs and shepherds' handling techniques vary between New Zealand and Australia? The best teams battle it out at a Trans-Tasman dog trial, the Wayleggo Cup.
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Cash cows more like cash bulls
6 Dec 2025Tangihau Angus near Gisborne has a habit of breaking records. Last year it set a top price for New Zealand bulls at $135,000. This year it's done it again, setting a new record price of $161,000.
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Risqué and rural
6 Dec 2025How an unusual business selling adult toys has found opportunity on the main street of Eketāhuna.
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Canterbury Tuahiwi School opens new whare for 250 tamariki
5 Dec 2025The new Tūranga Tuarua hall at Te Kura o Tuahiwi allows assemblies, sports, and cultural events for 250 students.
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Controversial flag exhibit stolen from Hastings art gallery
5 Dec 2025A piece of artwork that prompted 101 complaints in a week has now been stolen from a Hastings art gallery.
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Watch: Video offers first glimpse of Wairoa's planned flood spillway
5 Dec 2025After Cyclone Gabrielle in 2023, the Hawke's Bay town was given $70 million of Crown funding to provide the town with protection from future flooding.
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Health and safety paralysis holding back walkway - volunteers
4 Dec 2025About 100 people crowded into the Whakatāne District Council chambers on Wednesday in a show of support for the restoration of Ōhope Beach's iconic West End walkway.
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Review: Wake Up Dead Man best of the Knives Out series
6 Dec 2025It has a star-studded cast, including Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc, but the real star of Wake Up Dead Man is its supremely clever writer-director Rian Johnson.
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NZTA relaxes this weekend's Transmission Gully road closure
6 Dec 2025The Transport Agency will not be shutting the northbound lanes down as planned, but there'll still be some lane closures in place.
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Court gasps as woman avoids jail for sexual abuse of teen boy
A judge declined to jail or register Kate Gough despite her "predatory" offending, prompting some supporters of the victim to walk out of the court.
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The undercover sting that netted a gecko smuggler
5 Dec 2025Gunak Lee, 23, was jailed for 14 months after an undercover DOC sting exposed his role in a planned international gecko-smuggling operation.
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Luxon, Waikato Uni break ground on third NZ medical school
Despite years of challenge from political parties and established schools, the construction of the New Zealand Graduate School of Medicine was marked off with a groundbreaking ceremony. Audio
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