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New Zealand
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John Campbell returns to RNZ as Morning Report co-host
18 Dec 2025He'll join Ingrid Hipkiss on the flagship news programme next year.
Family roster themselves on to care for elderly relative over hospital standard concerns
Profile of killer released weeks after death of Hastings woman
Pacific
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"If we are to unite Tonga we will have to start in Parliament" - Tonga's new PM
18 Dec 2025Tonga's new prime minister Lord Fakafanua says he hopes to have his Cabinet line-up named in the next few days.
Fijian government won't interfere in Grace Road investigations, PM Rabuka says
Marshall Islands court awards US$29m for ship grounding damage
Sport
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Black Caps enjoy dominant day with the bat
18 Dec 2025Devon Conway ended the day at Mount Maunganui unbeaten on 178.
More A-League clubs, diverse participation and financial stability for NZ's football future
Hamish Kerr's winning 2025 recognised by NZOC
Politics
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Principals warn new year-by-year curriculum won't work for mixed-level classes
The Principals Federation says most schools have at least some multi-level classrooms and it would take a much larger workforce to avoid that.
Plan to ditch flu tracking tool will leave big data gap, epidemiologist says
South Island Māori landowners to get more than 3000 hectares returned by Crown
World
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Probe finds multiple failures behind deadly Optus emergency call outage
18 Dec 2025An inquiry into Optus's emergency services telephone number outage in Australia, which resulted in two deaths, revealed a series of failures during a firewall upgrade.
New plaques on Trump’s ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ offer pointed descriptions of predecessors
Australia to introduce law to crack down on hate speech after Bondi Beach shooting
Comment & Analysis
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What is the BRICS ‘UNIT’ – and could it really challenge the US dollar?
18 Dec 2025At a major summit in Russia last year, a banknote was unveiled that carried more symbolism than monetary value.
What NZ needs to watch as Australia reforms gun laws after the Bondi terror attack
Racist and antisemitic false information spreads online following Bondi Beach terrorism attack
Local Democracy Reporting
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Rangatira Marae holds burial ceremony for taonga lost to Cyclone Gabrielle
18 Dec 2025Rangatira Marae was demolished this year after Cyclone Gabrielle devastated it in 2023.
Condescending and costly: Advocates slam disability and ageing revamp
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Feral cat trapping could get easier
17 Dec 2025The paperwork currently required to legally trap feral cats could be replaced with a simpler online system, after criticism from hunters.
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Tom Phillips’ firearms licence revoked months before second disappearance, documents show
Te Ao Māori
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New Zealand's only Māori visual arts degree celebrates 30 years of arts education
18 Dec 2025The indigenous-led programme Toioho ki Āpiti is based at Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University.
Kōkiri Marae adds period care to Christmas kai parcels as costs bite
Parliament bill set to return historic Māori site in Northland to Ngāpuhi
Business
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Labour, National clash over what economic rebound shows
18 Dec 2025'Better times are ahead,' the finance minister says, while Labour is arguing things are still worse.
Fonterra lowers milk price forecast amid strong supply
ASB, BNZ increase some fixed home loan interest rates
Country
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Privatised meat inspections could increase costs, reduce flexibility - report
Meat inspectors gathered at Parliament on Monday to express their concerns about the proposed changes.
Harraways invests $11m into NZ's only working oat mill
Strong agricultural sector boosts PGG Wrightson
Environment
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The farmers working to shrink the environmental footprint of their cows
16 Dec 2025Can the planting of special crops and experiments with new winter grazing systems make a real difference? Audio
Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ's glaciers, research shows
Emergency set net fishing ban to protect threatened hoiho around Otago Peninsula extended
Media & Technology
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The best games we played in 2025
16 Dec 2025More than 200 titles dropped this year, here are some we loved playing the most.
It’s not you - some fonts feel different
Tova O'Brien announced as new Breakfast presenter
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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Overturned board election fires up concerns over postal voting
17 Dec 2025A judge has ordered a new election to take place for seats an Auckland board over manipulation of voting papers.
Migrant bus drivers want strict language rules for residency eased
Indian all-women tri-services naval vessel arrives in Lyttelton