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New Zealand
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Humpback whale dies after being caught in rope
13 Dec 2025The death is the first recorded of a humpback whale entangling with a rock lobster pot buoy rope in New Zealand.
Drug-dealing dad to lose more than half-a-million dollars in asset seizures
NZ Bravery Award recipients include boy who tried to stop neighbour's 'horrible' prolonged assault on his father
Pacific
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Tribunal finds France responsible for security failure during New Caledonia riots
12 Dec 2025An administrative tribunal has delivered a landmark ruling finding the French State responsible for not providing a "reasonable level of security" during last year's civil unrest.
Samoan government and journalists at odds over draft media rules
Vanuatu hospital staff back at work after earthquake allowance dispute
Sport
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Auckland FC top A-League after away win
13 Dec 2025Auckland FC coach Steve Corica wants his side to build on their away form, after their 2-1 win over Central Coast Mariners at Gosford.
Fan group calls for 'immediate halt' to World Cup ticket sales due to 'extortionate' cost
Hayden Wilde claims first T100 Triathlon World Title securing huge cash bonus
Politics
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Mitchell's last word on McSkimming, the IPCA report and 36 emails
13 Dec 2025Police Minister Mark Mitchell talks about the moment he found out about Ms Z, his relationship with Coster and why emails were diverted from his office.
The House: Crimes bill adds things outside usual rules
Parliament debates climate targets under urgency
World
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King Charles gives 'milestone' update on cancer journey
13 Dec 2025Thanks to early intervention, Britain's sovererign says his cancer treatment can be reduced in the new year.
New photos released from Epstein's estate showing Trump, Bannon, Bill Clinton and other high-profile people
Italy arrests 34 'tomb raiders' suspected of looting archaeological sites
Comment & Analysis
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Faster, cheaper … but better? The devil in the RMA reform detail
12 Dec 2025Anaylsis: When the government this week unveiled reforms to finally replace the RMA, many of us would have been glad to see the back of it, writes Bill McKay.
Higher speeds lower productivity: what the data shows crash delays really cost Auckland
8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ
Local Democracy Reporting
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The marine species that have 'totally disappeared' from Marlborough Sounds
12 Dec 2025Of the four ecologically significant species monitored at 16 sites in Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui, only one remains.
'Dead duck': Decision looms on contentious Auckland rubbish trial
'Nowhere near enough': 780-tonne lake weed disaster lays bare Rotorua’s funding gap
In Depth
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'Rock and a hard place': Inside the forced move from gas
11 Dec 2025Behind the nation's energy crisis are businesses quietly fighting to survive - many feel they have nothing but bad options. Audio
Tom Phillips’ firearms licence revoked months before second disappearance, documents show
ACC's financial squeeze: The human toll
Te Ao Māori
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Ngāi Tahu set to take 33% stake in Milford Sound Tourism
12 Dec 2025The move would help protect Piopiotahi for future generations, with talks creating a strong foundation for the future, chief executive Haylee Preston says.
Māori rock art one of a dozen research areas to get $1.16m funding boost
Christchurch exhibition looks at decline in state of freshwater across Ngāi Tahu takiwā
Business
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If I die without kids, does the government get my KiwiSaver? - Ask Susan
RNZ money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions.
Warner Bros Discovery battle draws in billionaires, celebrities and Trump's son-in-law
Major Queenstown tourism operator sentenced over landslip that forced evacuations
Country
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'It's the magic of training, the magic of animals'
13 Dec 2025Teens and kids at Bex Tasker's place find joy and life skills training farm animals.
Country Life: Cornwall Park, the farm in the heart of a city
How to support a low-emissions farming future
Environment
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Emergency set net fishing ban to protect threatened hoiho extended
10 Dec 2025Meanwhile, the Oceans and Fisheries Minister is critical of recent legal action over hoiho protection.
Our Changing World: Restoring Te Awarua o Porirua / Porirua Harbour
NZ’s rejection of emission targets fuels risk of international law breach
Media & Technology
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Aussie band quits Spotify in protest, AI doppelgänger steps in
12 Dec 2025The fake account was recommended by Spotify's algorithms.
'Rage-baiting' is the word of the year: but what does it mean?
Why Melissa Stokes is excited to anchor the 1News flagship bulletin
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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Kiwi-Indians celebrate sporting excellence in droves
12 Dec 2025Tens of thousands attend the inaugural Punjabi Games, Sikh Games and Kabaddi World Cup, with the home team winning the third edition of the international sports tournament.
Reduced trading hours hurting Auckland alcohol sales
Spotlight falls on youth offending in wake of Christchurch dairy stabbing