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New Zealand
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Have you seen Marilyn?
about 1 hour agoThe 14-year-old was last seen on 18 May in Auckland's Ponsonby.
Police believe 'critical, relevant' information withheld in Wellington homicide probe
Labour claims budget is being paid for by the countries women
Pacific
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Budget 2025: MPP faces major cuts, yet new initiatives aim for support, development
2:47 pm todayDespite these challenges, new funding for Pasifika Wardens and educational services offer some reprieve amid a fiscal reshaping that prioritises efficiency and targeted investment.
Deep sea mining frontrunner set to sidestep UN oversight , pivots to US route
'Every man and his dog is coming': Samoan PM warns of growing geopolitical interest in Pacific
Sport
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Former Warriors star Vatuvei: 'I don't wish what I went through on anyone'
The club's leading tryscorer has immersed himself in the community, after serving time in prison for a drug conviction.
Indian Panthers withdraw from National Basketball League
Hurricanes lose Riley Higgins to broken leg for Super Rugby season
Politics
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Budget Day 2025 - as it happened
6:38 pm todayThe government's cuts, savings and new spending have been revealed in this year's Budget.
Budget 2025: Coalition claws back savings from pay equity, KiwiSaver, Best Start
Budget 2025: 'Underperforming' areas cut to pay for 'seismic shift' in education
World
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Two Israeli Embassy staffers killed in Washington shooting, suspect held
4:44 pm todayTwo staff members at the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, were killed on Wednesday night near the Capital Jewish Museum.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un condemns warship accident as 'criminal'
Warwick Resort Fiji alcohol 'poisoning' victim speaks after near-death experience
Comment & Analysis
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Peace in Ukraine looks further away after Trump’s call with Putin
20 May 2025Analysis - Most observers believe there will be no peace unless America exerts maximum leverage.
The House: Why was the Privileges Committee so harsh on Te Pāti Māori MPs?
The Russia-Ukraine peace process is going exactly how Moscow wants it to: slowly
Local Democracy Reporting
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Planning for Auckland's rapidly growing 'vibrant' south
3:04 pm todayA strategy to help support one of Auckland's fastest-growing regions with housing and its thriving farming industry has been approved by Auckland Council.
'We just awhi them': Iwi-led initiative tackles school attendance crisis
'Run It Straight' event cancelled in Māngere
In Depth
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Budget 2025: The Budget in charts
3:48 pm todayThe 'Growth Budget' has shifted billions of dollars in funding towards health, education and defence. Kate Newton breaks down the big numbers.
'An atrocious idea' - outcry over taxpayer-funded octopus farming research
Victim Support steps aside as suicide bereavement service
Te Ao Māori
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Māori education gets boost, targeted funding remains tight
2:51 pm today$54 million in operational funding and another $50 million in capital funding has been allocated to increase Māori learner success by investing in curriculum support and teacher development.
Photographer wins 2025 Kiingi Tuheitia Portraiture Award
Homelessness told through the eyes of a wāhine Māori
Business
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'End of an era': Shoppers mourn Smith & Caughey's closure
After 145 years in business, the Auckland department store will close on 31 July.
Fewer young people interested in leadership roles, new survey finds
Budget 2025: KiwiSaver is changing - what you need to know
Country
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Kiwifruit giant Zespri posts $155m profit, while corporate profit soars
Orchard gate returns have dipped across most kiwifruit varieties per tray in the 2024/2025 fruit season, off records last year, while marketing giant Zespri's corporate profits hit a record.
Southland bakery says butter too expensive to buy from NZ dairy companies
Horse riders feel 'overlooked' by snubs for road protections
Environment
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Behind the scenes of the spade-toothed whale dissection
10:43 am todayIt made international headlines last year. What does a scientific dissection of the world's rarest whale involve?
Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss in 2024
Carbon capture: Pivotal project for cutting greenhouse gas emissions looks shaky
Media & Technology
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More money for journalists, less for RNZ
4:09 pm todayThe government is putting more money into hiring local journalists, but cutting Radio New Zealand's budget.
Kamahl Santamaria tells Employment Authority: 'I became and remain unemployable'
How would banning teenagers from social media work?
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 withdraw from National Basketball League
3:08 pm todayThe troubled franchise admits it cannot meet the conditions laid down by the league to complete the season.
Parmjeet Parmar 'doing proper homework' when asking about imprisonment for MPs
Reconnecting with the sitar
RNZ中文
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2025财算案KiwiSaver重大改革:政府补贴减半,覆盖年龄范围扩大
27 minutes ago政府在本次财算案中对KiwiSaver的运作方式进行了大调整,增加了雇主和雇员的缴费比例,但下调了政府自身的参缴年金。此外,此次调整中还包括对高收入人群进行收入调查。
“促增长”财算案初探:大范围财政削减,重点领域支出增加
Gulf Harbour凶案出现第4名被告,本周五出庭