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  • How diplomats have broken the law in NZ - and what happened next

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    Politics law
    20 Dec 2024
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    A handful of foreign diplomats have misbehaved during their time here - and not all of them have been brought to justice.

    How diplomats have broken the law in NZ - and what happened next
  • Disabled man 'let down' as fourth summer in 'sweat box' motel unit looms

    News
    New Zealand disability
    12 Dec 2024
    New Plymouth's Shane Emeny

    Shane Emeny says the current arrangement is affecting his health and he's on "a lonely path" as he waits for a state house. Audio

    Disabled man 'let down' as fourth summer in 'sweat box' motel unit looms
  • China denounces Taiwan president's Pacific tour as he stops off in Hawaii and Guam

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    Pacific
    3 Dec 2024
    Bishop Museum director Dee Jay Mailer presents Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te with a rope lei during his visit to the museum in Honolulu, Hawaii, on November 30, 2024. - Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrived Saturday in the United States for the start of a week-long tour in the Pacific that he said would usher in a new era of democracy, but has sparked fury in Beijing. (Photo by Ronen ZILBERMAN / AFP)

    On Saturday, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te landed in Hawaii, bowed his head, and was garlanded with flowers.

    China denounces Taiwan president’s Pacific tour as he stops off in Hawaii and Guam
  • Cup winner Knight's Choice trained by Kiwi

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    New Zealand Sport
    5 Nov 2024
    Jockey Robbie Dolan celebrates after riding Knights Choice to victory in the the 2024 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Tuesday, November 5, 2024. (AAP Image/James Ross/Photosport)

    Twenty-three years ago Sheila Laxon was the first female trainer to win the Melbourne Cup when Ethereal won the Caulfield-Melbourne Cup double.

    Knight's Choice wins 2024 Melbourne Cup
  • Melbourne Cup: What you need to know

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    Sport
    5 Nov 2024
    MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 07: Mark Zahra riding Without a Fight wins the Lexus Melbourne Cup during Melbourne Cup Day at Flemington Racecourse on November 07, 2023 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)

    The three New Zealand horses in the Melbourne Cup are all at long odds.

    Melbourne Cup: What you need to know
  • NZ woman caught smuggling 52kg meth into Australia

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    New Zealand World
    31 Oct 2024
    An image released by Australian Federal Police of some of the 52 packages labelled as green tea, which turned out to contain methamphetamine, smuggled by two women from Singapore into Australia.

    The 23-year-old woman was arrested at Sydney Airport after border officials found 52 packages in her luggage labelled as Chinese tea, which turned out to be methamphetamine.

    New Zealand woman caught smuggling methamphetamine into Australia
  • When the rules on sexual offenders fall down

    News
    New Zealand The Detail
    14 Oct 2024
    A man in handcuffs

    Extended supervision orders should keep tabs on serious offenders, but sometimes they're not granted - and sometimes they don't work.

    Extended supervison orders: When the rules on sexual and violent offenders fall down
  • When the rules on sexual and violent offenders fall down

    Audio
    crime law
    14 Oct 2024

    Extended supervision orders should keep tabs on serious offenders, but sometimes they're not granted - and sometimes they don't work Audio

  • Premier Hockey League to test Black Sticks

    News
    Sport
    10 Oct 2024
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    Black Sticks contracts on the line during new Premier Hockey League.

    Premier Hockey League to test Black Sticks
  • New gold mine likely to be partly running by October

    News
    New Zealand Business
    25 Sep 2024
    Hawkeswood Mining operations manager Simon Johnstone says he hopes to have some staff trained and the dredge running in about six weeks.

    Another mining company is going for gold in Central Otago, with hopes an alluvial gold mine will be a boon for the business and local communities.

    New alluvial gold mine likely to be partly running in Millers Flat by October
  • Is a 'rich pricks' attitude holding NZ back?

    News
    Business In Depth
    18 Sep 2024
    Cropped view of businessman in suit holding cup

    New Zealanders struggle to speak candidly about wealth, which might make it hard to address growing inequality.

    Is a ‘rich pricks’ attitude stopping Aotearoa from getting to grips with growing inequality?
  • Police officer decided to shoot before Shargin Stephens moved toward him - coroner

    News
    New Zealand police
    16 Sep 2024
    Shargin Stephens was shot by police in 2016

    Coroner Michael Robb says it was "abundantly clear" the officer made a decision as he was running toward Shargin Stephens that he was going to shoot him if he did not drop his weapon.

    Police officer decided to shoot before Shargin Stephens moved toward him - coroner
  • Lasers pointed at helicopters threatened lives, rescue pilot says

    News
    New Zealand
    9 Sep 2024
    A helicopter flying in cloudy weather

    It comes after two rescue helicopters had lasers shone into their cockpits in the last week.

    Lasers pointed at helicopters threatened lives, rescue pilot says
  • Rugby league: Ron Coote named Australia's 14th 'Immortal'

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    Sport
    22 Aug 2024
    The NRL's Provan-Summons Trophy.

    Souths and Easts NRL premiership-winning player Ron Coote has been announced as the 14th rugby league Immortal.

    Rugby league: Ron Coote named Australia's 14th 'Immortal'
  • Port's mandatory fitness test for staff concerning, union says

    News
    New Zealand Business
    8 Aug 2024
    Containers being unloaded at Lyttelton Port

    The assessments were introduced at the end of July, recommended by accident investigators after a staff member was killed on the job in 2022.

    Lyttelton Port Company's mandatory fitness test for staff concerning, Maritime Union says
  • New weapons in the war on weeds

    Audio
    environment
    30 Jul 2024
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    AgResearch's Map and Zap device is a glimpse of a future without herbicides Video, Audio

  • New weapons in the war on weeds

    News
    The Detail environment
    30 Jul 2024
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    AgResearch's Map and Zap device is a glimpse of a future without herbicides

    Video, Audio

    Robots with lasers, killing weeds
  • Call for government ban on rifles easily cut down into handguns

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    8 Jul 2024
    Part of the gun in hand and finger on the trigger

    At least one in five Alfa carbines and Alfa hunters brought into NZ in three years has been passed on to criminals, police say. Audio

    Call for government ban on rifles easily cut down into handguns
  • Campaigners want tighter restrictions on specific rifle

    Audio
    law
    8 Jul 2024

    Gun control campaigners want tighter restrictions on a type of rifle that is easily cut down into a hand gun. Police estimate at least 163 of the 782 Alfa carbines and Alfa hunters brought into the… Audio

  • Māori All Blacks honour teammate

    News
    Sport
    25 Jun 2024
    Connor Garden-Bachop celebrates a try for the Highlanders against Reds in 2023.

    The Māori All Blacks are mourning the loss of teammate Connor Garden-Bachop.

    Māori All Blacks honour teammate Connor Garden-Bachop
  • Who are the new duo topping the Rich List?

    News
    New Zealand Business
    10 Jun 2024
    Toy company Zuru co-owner Nick Mowbray.

    They're the richest siblings in New Zealand, so what do we know about the Mowbrays? Audio

    Who are New Zealand's richest siblings, Zuru owners Mat and Nick Mowbray?
  • Is a house really an investment? There are plenty of reasons to think otherwise

    News
    New Zealand Business
    7 Jun 2024
    Building, House, property, yard, Residence, Suburban, Home, housing, Street, Mortgage

    It might be a big part of your financial life, but should it be?

    Is a house really an investment?
  • Trump's attacks on US justice system could be useful to Putin

    News
    World world politics
    3 Jun 2024
    Former President Donald Trump comments to members of the media after being found guilty on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree at Manhattan Criminal Court, Thursday, May 30, 2024, in New York. Donald Trump became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes as a New York jury found him guilty of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

    As Trump made unfounded claims his trial was "rigged", Putin was probably "rubbing his hands with glee", expert says.

    Trump's attacks on US justice system after guilty verdict could be useful to autocrats like Putin
  • The Week in Politics: Willis sails against strong headwinds

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    24 May 2024
    Nicola Willis at a National Party conference, May 2024, Palmerston North.

    Preparing to present one of the most difficult budgets, a National MP gets himself into trouble and the First Home Buyers Grant is scrapped.

    The Week in Politics: Willis sails against strong headwinds
  • 'Standing room only': Packed meeting over closure of Reefton aged care home

    News
    New Zealand West Coast
    8 May 2024
    Close up hands of senior elderly woman patient suffering from pakinson's desease symptom. Mental health and elderly care concept

    Reefton people desperate to save their only rest home packed into a meeting on Tuesday.

    'Standing room only': Packed meeting over closure of Reefton aged care home
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