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Firefighters working at blaze in West Auckland home
6 Nov 2024Firefighters in West Auckland have been battling a blaze in a Glen Eden home.
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Clocking nearly 12 hours, 88yo Kiwi finishes New York marathon
6 Nov 2024It defeated him in 2023 but octogenarian Garth Barfoot was determined to finish this year's New York marathon. Audio
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'Dishonourable' - Māori leaders furious with Treaty Principles Bill's early introduction
7 Nov 2024The legislation is being introduced to Parliament today - more than a week earlier than expected - and will be read for the first time next week. Audio
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'Be professional and neutral,' public servants told
The new Public Service Commissioner has joined coalition voices in criticising a health official as "unprofessional" for characterising some ministerial work as "crap" in an internal email.
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Taxpayers question IRD's apology for privacy breach
6 Nov 2024IRD discovered a breach of 268,000 people's details last month while reviewing its practice of sharing encrypted taxpayers' details with social media platforms.
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Principal says new lunch scheme may cost school $60,000
6 Nov 2024A principal weighing up whether to continue with the school lunches programme next year says there are a lot of unknowns. Audio
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US election results a win for pollsters - expert
6 Nov 2024A senior lecturer in politics at the University of Auckland said the race has been tight, exactly as polls predicted. Audio
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'It's so ethereal': Moana & The Tribe's journey to capturing indigenous voices
4 Nov 2024Moana & The Tribe have returned with a concept album project that starts in Aotearoa and travels around the world - encapsulating the voices, language, and culture of six indigenous wāhine. Video, Audio
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Te reo to make up 30% of dialogue of new TV series
4 Nov 2024Iwi and producers are collaborating to "create something which tells our stories in a different way". Audio
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'The way we could make real change was to buy the team'
6 Nov 2024Pushing for pay parity is one way that Aotearoa's first all-female owned and coached basketball team is trying to change the narrative of women's sport.
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Concerns lack of risk management tools to help power companies could sting customers
7 Nov 2024A review of risk management options for electricity retailers indicated there are few, if any contracts for retailers to help manage price-risk during peak demand.
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How special are supermarket specials?
6 Nov 2024What eight weeks of research at supermarkets found.
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Unemployment rises to near four-year high
Official figures show the annual unemployment rate for the three months ended September rose to 4.8 percent.
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The Auckland home that lost $100,000 in 20 years
It was bought for $205,235 in June 2000, and sold for $87,000 last week.
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Tourists of the future will have a different approach - industry body
How tourists plan and book their visits to Aotearoa, what they want to do and what experiences they value is changing, a tourism industry body says.
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Dozens of tuatara to be released at Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson
7 Nov 2024It is the first mainland translocation of the reptiles in the top of the South Island.
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Inland Revenue told to allow taxpayers to opt out of social media data sharing
IRD says it will still use social media for marketing but stop using targeted lists of customers - though it did not rule out that approach being reactivated in future. Audio
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Staff will use force in youth boot camps as 'a last resort' - PM
5 Nov 2024Cabinet has signed off on those running the boot camps using force to protect themselves or others, or stop young offenders escaping. Audio
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Iwi rejects minister's denial children were left without parents after Ōpōtiki raids
5 Nov 2024Te Whakatōhea is standing by claims children were left to fend for themselves after their parents were arrested.
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Activists want to halt the race that stops two nations
There is divided opinion over whether the Melbourne Cup - and all other horse racing - should be cancelled. Audio
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Cup winner Knight's Choice trained by Kiwi
5 Nov 2024Twenty-three years ago Sheila Laxon was the first female trainer to win the Melbourne Cup when Ethereal won the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double.
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Tourism troubles: 'We are really worried about summer'
Tourism operators are optimistic for the summer ahead, despite some suffering through a long, harsh winter. Audio
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Debt servicing to stay hard unless house prices come down - economist
New data shows the extent of the interest rate crunch that has hit households in recent years.
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