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New Zealand
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Five abuse survivors unaware they were named online by MSD
17 Dec 2025Lawyers are working with the ministry over how to notify them and possible compensation for the privacy breach. Audio
Hamilton woman who exploited migrant workers sentenced to home detention
Wānaka braces for influx of teenage partygoers on New Year's Eve
Pacific
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Proposed passport sale scheme 'a non-issue', Tonga's PM-designate says
He was responding to concerns raised by Tongans locally and abroad about a citizenship by investment proposal touted to earn US$400 million over five years for the government.
One year after the Vanuatu earthquake, emotional aftershocks continue
Port Vila's wharf road gets ADB funding, a year on from deadly Vanuatu quake
Sport
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Emotional Carey slams ton to give Australia upper hand
17 Dec 2025As he celebrated, the Australian batsman gestured towards the sky in a nod to his father Gordon, who died from cancer in September.
Promoter Dean Lonergan forecasts heavy defeat for YouTuber Jake Paul against Anthony Joshua
Black Caps bowler Jacob Duffy backs injury-plagued attack against West Indies
Politics
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MPs on Bondi: Divergence, messaging and word choice inside party responses
Parliament's week began with condolences for the Bondi attack, but their divergences and message choices said a lot.
Labour has eight-point lead over National in latest poll
Parliament adjourns for the year with barbed words
World
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NSW parliament recalled to discuss gun reforms, after Bondi Beach shooting
More than 50 people had more than 100 firearms registered to them in the Australian state, with some owning more than 200 guns.
Tom Silvagni, son of AFL star, sentenced to more than six years' jail for rape
Police officer shot in Bondi Beach terror attack loses vision in one eye
Comment & Analysis
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What NZ needs to watch as Australia reforms gun laws after the Bondi terror attack
17 Dec 2025Analysis - The Bondi terror attack on Sunday has seen Australian federal, state and territory governments agree to the biggest overhaul of firearms regulations since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.
Racist and antisemitic false information spreads online following Bondi Beach terrorism attack
6 takeaways from Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles’ unvarnished interviews
Local Democracy Reporting
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Hawke's Bay cities in level 3 water restrictions
16 Dec 2025Hastings and Napier water restrictions have been upgraded to Level 3, meaning sprinkler use is now banned.
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
'Take a mask': Rotorua tourist toilets not up to standard
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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3000 hectares returned in one of country's longest land disputes
about 1 hour agoMāori landowners will have the land returned, and receive $420 million in compensation, in a landmark agreement with the Crown, ending questions going back to the 1830s. Audio
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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What do new bank rules mean for home loans
17 Dec 2025The Reserve Bank plans to reduce the amount of capital banks are required to hold against their loans
Mortgage brokers not happy at ASB commission move
Reserve Bank eases capital requirements on banks
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
Papatoetoe faces new local body election after voter fraud claims