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New Zealand
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Vote set for sugary drinks ban at Palmerston North council venues
4 May 2025A proposal to ban the sale of fizzy and other sugary drinks at some Palmerston North venues could go flat.
Surf Life Saving credits lower rescue numbers to prevention focus
'They’re worried': Dunedin locals fear hidden cuts to new hospital services, Labour says
Pacific
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Savea sets pathway after win in Dunedin
The Moana Pasifika captain says a championship is the goal but taking it week by week is the way, after a 34-29 win over the Highlanders.
Wallaroos beat Fijiana 43-7 at the National Stadium in Suva
Fiji sevens teams miss cup semis in Los Angeles
Sport
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Portia Woodman-Wickliffe looks forward 'to settling down and having some babies'
4 May 2025After retiring from international rugby last July, the 33-year-old Black Fern many regard as the world's best player is putting her jersey back on for one last ride.
Savea sets pathway after win in Dunedin
Liam Lawson at the Miami Grand Prix: what you need to know
Politics
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Watch: Five new NZ naval helicopters to cost at least $2b
4 May 2025Defence Minister Judith Collins has announced $2 billion from the Budget has been set aside to replace the Defence Force's ageing maritime helicopters.
Education Minister launches new Parent Portal
Mediawatch: Bad stats and stereotypes boost bootcamp bid
World
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Australian PM Albanese basks in election win
4 May 2025Following a landslide election victory, the Prime Minister promised a "disciplined, orderly" government that would confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil.
'Nothing clever or funny': Trump's AI pope post sparks outrage
Australia election updates: Anthony Albanese emerges on top as Peter Dutton concedes
Comment & Analysis
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'Dreadful, deluded and doomed': Dutton's night of the living dead
4 May 2025Analysis: Australia has fired Peter Dutton into the sun, taking much of the Liberal Party and its future with him.
Playing politics with AI: Why NZ needs rules about ‘fake’ images in election campaigns
How the US 'war on woke' and women risks weakening its own military capability
Local Democracy Reporting
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Whanganui mayor pushes back on Seymour's attendance appeal
3 May 2025David Seymour called on all mayors across the country to help with school attendance last week.
Tauranga businesses fear impact of expanded paid parking
Owners on edge after spate of cat maulings in Whakatāne
In Depth
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Former Aussie PM: 'Showing weakness to Trump is a major, major mistake'
30 Apr 2025Drawing on his own experience dealing with Trump, Malcolm Turnbull warned New Zealand against adopting a posture of appeasement.
Into the light: Why Nicholle Bailey and Jess Massey waived suppression to tell the truth about Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore’s tragic death
In death, Olivia Podmore is finally seen by a system that failed her
Te Ao Māori
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Volunteers warn more is needed to halt invasive seaweed species
3 May 2025A hapū tackling the invasive seaweed caulerpa warns it will spread to the rest of the country, devastating coastal environments and economies, unless more is invested in stopping it short where it is…
Regulatory Standards Bill claim accepted for urgency by Waitangi Tribunal with 12,000 claimants signed on
Mākereti Papakura: First indigenous woman to study at Oxford to receive posthumous degree
Business
Country
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Conditions on farms and orchards around the motu
4 May 2025Wet weather caused flooding and disrupted the kiwifruit harvest, but for many drought-afflicted farmers, it has been welcomed.
How a small community helped save thousands of chooks from Canterbury floods
'Farms are one of the last places I'd ever wanted to be'
Environment
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Studying Fiordland's iconic black corals
1 May 2025Fiordland's protected black corals provide crucial habitat. But how resilient are they to change?
Our Changing World: Helping New Zealand’s understated orchids
Our Changing World: Keeping up with the kākahi
Media & Technology
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A 'win for the ages': How the world's media saw Labor win
4 May 2025Anthony Albanese has outperformed former Labour luminaries, Kevin Rudd and Bob Hawke, one report says.
The journalist who first called Donald Trump a 'short-fingered vulgarian'
How Shepherdess magazine bucked print’s decline
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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Indian Panthers suspended from National Basketball League
Panthers CEO apologises to players and fans after league launches an investigation into the franchise's performance.
Ethnic MPs condemn race-based criticism of their political work
New Zealand’s Indian community embraces interfaith unity