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  • Police identify Wisconsin school shooter as 15-year old girl

    News
    World crime
    18 Dec 2024
    Madison Police chief Shon Barnes speaks to the media about the shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School on 16 December 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin.

    A student and a teacher were killed, and six people were taken to hospitals.

    What we know about the shooting that left 2 people dead at private Christian school in Wisconsin
  • Programme launched to combat impacts of gambling-like games

    News
    New Zealand
    18 Dec 2024
    A photo of a teenager boy taken from behind. He is using computer at home with headphones to play a game in his room.

    The line between gaming and gambling is becoming increasingly blurred thanks to in game loot boxes which are designed to mimic gambling, according to the Problem Gambling Foundation. Audio

    Programme launched to combat impacts of gambling-like games
  • 'Running away from your life' is more common than you think

    News
    World life and society
    16 Dec 2024
    Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing Tuesday in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

    Luigi Mangione was reported missing the month before allegedly murdering a CEO. Here's why he - and so many others - might want to disappear.

    Have you ever wanted to run away from your life? Why this phenomenon is more common than you think
  • 'Miraculous I didn't die that day' - Australia's Lindt Cafe siege 10 years on

    News
    World
    15 Dec 2024
    One of the hostages runs towards police from a cafe in the central business district of Sydney on December 15, 2014. Five people ran out of a Sydney cafe where a gunman has taken hostages and displayed an Islamic flag against the window, witnesses and police said December 15, adding that no one has yet been harmed. AFP PHOTO / SAEED KHAN (Photo by SAEED KHAN / AFP)

    On 15 December 2014, images from the heart of Sydney were beamed live around the world into millions of homes.

    Lindt Cafe siege remembered 10 years after terrifying images beamed around the world
  • The Moth has flown: the life of musical adventurer Dean Roberts 

    Audio
    music arts
    15 Dec 2024
    Not Fire album cover

    Dean Roberts, aka The Moth, was an experimental composer and multi-instrumentalist who lived in Auckland, New York, Bologna and Berlin. A student of the sound artist Phil Dadson, he went on to lecture… Audio

  • The fascinating NZers we met in 2024

    News
    New Zealand life and society
    15 Dec 2024
    No caption

    We heard a raft of different Kiwis' tales this year. From tracking lost dogs to publishing poetry by candlelight, here are some of their top yarns.

    The fascinating New Zealanders we met in 2024
  • The environmental cost of mega data centres

    News
    New Zealand Business
    13 Dec 2024
    Global tech giant Microsoft opens its first hyperscale data centre in New Zealand today, which is expected to give businesses and organisations access to tools designed to super-charge productivity.

    Microsoft has unveiled a 'hyperscale' data centre in New Zealand and Amazon is opening one soon. Their work is an energy-hungry undertaking. Audio

    Data centres ride AI boom in world with finite renewable energy supplies
  • Judge halts sale of Alex Jones's Infowars

    News
    World media
    12 Dec 2024
    "Infowars" host Alex Jones makes his own recording as he attends the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing "to examine foreign influence operations' use of social media platforms" on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

    A US bankruptcy judge has stopped the parody news site the Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids.

    The Onion's purchase of Alex Jones' Infowars stopped by US judge
  • Neighbour heard 'I'm going to waste you' before ex gang boss shot

    News
    New Zealand crime
    11 Dec 2024
    Albert Enoka.

    Relatives have paid tribute to Albert "Alby" Enoka as armed officers guard the scene. Audio

    Neighbour heard 'I'm going to waste you' before ex gang boss shot in Naenae
  • The unofficial NZ Rugby awards for 2024

    News
    Sport Comment & Analysis
    9 Dec 2024
    Rieko Ioane, Harper Sandford, Black Ferns Sevens, NPC Mascots

    From the best feud to the best comeback, Jamie Wall acknowledges and congratulates all the achievers.

    The unofficial NZ Rugby awards for 2024
  • Greens accused of spreading 'misinformation' over teen's bootcamp death

    News
    Politics
    6 Dec 2024
    Karen Chhour

    "This tragic accident is bigger than politics and Tamatha Paul should be ashamed of herself", Children's Minister Karen Chhour said.

    Greens accused of spreading 'misinformation' over teen's bootcamp death
  • Is it 10,000 or 40,000? How to count a big crowd

    News
    New Zealand What you need to know
    5 Dec 2024
    Hikoi welly

    Explainer - Estimates of hīkoi attendees ranged from more than 100,000 to fewer than 30,000. We look at the challenges and controversies of crowd counting.

    The challenges and controversies of crowd counting: What you need to know
  • All hail the social media X-odus

    News
    World The Detail
    2 Dec 2024
    The relationship between Elon Musk and US President-elect Donald Trump is one reason users have cited for leaving the social media platform X. Photo: Jim WATSON / AFP

    X is out, Bluesky is in, and what is Mastodon? Social media is dramatically changing and The Detail asks where it's all going.

    The battle for social media supremacy
  • Your child wants a smartphone for Christmas. Now what?

    News
    New Zealand life and society
    1 Dec 2024
    A young boy with a smartphone in his hands against the background of a red wall, in a knitted hat and a sweater with a Christmas tree.

    Experts say to delay your kid's first smartphone. But maybe this holiday season is the one in which you will take the plunge. These guidelines can help.

    A phone may be a magical gift for your child, and these rules can keep it from turning into a bad move
  • Teen social media ban will be bad for marginalised people - activist

    News
    New Zealand technology
    30 Nov 2024
    Shaneel Lal says the current bill to ban conversion therapy has glaringly obvious loopholes and doesn't go far enough.

    Despite bullying and harassment, social media can help young people find community, Shaneel Lal says.

    Ban on teen social media will remove connections for those in marginalised communities - queer activist
  • Were vaccine mandates too harsh, Covid inquiry head asks

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    28 Nov 2024
    Prof Tony Blakely

    Epidemiologist Professor Tony Blakely has suggested mandates need to be used less widely, as he describes a "game of two halves" during the pandemic. Audio

    Covid-19 inquiry head asks if vaccine mandates were too harsh
  • 3000 join Māori electoral roll after Treaty hīkoi

    News
    New Zealand Te Ao Māori
    26 Nov 2024
    Hīkoi in Hamilton, day 4.

    New Electoral Commission data shows 2262 people changed from the general roll to the Māori roll, and there were 862 new enrolments.

    3000 join Māori electoral roll after Treaty Principles Bill hīkoi
  • 3000 join Māori electoral roll after Treaty hīkoi

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    26 Nov 2024
    Hīkoi in Hamilton, day 4.

    New Electoral Commission data shows 2262 people changed from the general roll to the Māori roll, and there were 862 new enrolments.

    More than 3000 join Māori electoral roll after Treaty hīkoi
  • 'One of the bravest Parliamentarians': Nikki Kaye remembered

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    26 Nov 2024
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    From Jacinda Ardern and John Key to Christopher Luxon, Chlöe Swarbrick and David Seymour, praise has poured in for the former National deputy leader. Audio

    National Party Minister Nikki Kaye remembered: 'One of the bravest Parliamentarians'
  • Auckland CBD police station long overdue - business leader

    News
    New Zealand police
    26 Nov 2024
    No caption

    The relocation to Federal Street means police will be more visible and accessible for residents than their current location in Freemans Bay, says Heart of the City's Viv Beck. Audio

    Auckland CBD police station long overdue, Heart of the City boss Viv Beck says
  • Robertson renews call to change overseas-based player ban

    News
    Sport
    25 Nov 2024
    Scott Robertson.

    The All Blacks coach made the call after his side's unimpressive win over Italy, which came a week after their narrow defeat to France.

    All Blacks coach renews call for change to overseas-based player ban
  • A very rare All Black political statement

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    24 Nov 2024
    All Blacks huddle after the test win against Ireland in Dublin.

    Analysis - There's plenty to talk about including TJ Perenara's statement during the haka, Jamie Wall writes.

    All Blacks end of year tour: What we learned
  • Deaths of Jones and Bowles draw scrutiny

    News
    World
    23 Nov 2024
    Holly Bowles's family say they are in a state of disbelief about what has happened.

    The cluster of methanol poisoning cases has sent shock waves around the world and raised concerns about the dangers of drinking in parts of South-East Asia.

    Deaths of Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles draw scrutiny to methanol-laced drinks in South-East Asia
  • What happens to mumfluencers when their kids grow up?

    News
    New Zealand World
    21 Nov 2024
    Maria Foy.

    Some children of social media influencers are asking their parents not to post their photos anymore.

    What happens to mumfluencers when their kids grow up?
  • Too many parts of NZ are becoming 'news deserts'

    News
    Comment & Analysis media
    19 Nov 2024
    A roll offset print machine for production of newspapers and magazines

    Analysis: NZME's proposal to shut 14 community newspapers risks removing a central or only source of verified local news for many.

    With 14 community newspapers due to close, too many parts of NZ are becoming 'news deserts'
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