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The Pakowhai Rd site is near the scene of a fatal car crash on the Chesterhope Bridge in 1998.

There's unease and confusion in Palau over a deal made with the US to accept deportees.

Jonty Dine takes a look back at the most dramatic headlines in sport in 2025.

Nominations are open for a new election in an Auckland local body after previous results have been voided by a judge.

While fashion can be a source of pleasure, pain and humor, this year it was more likely to inspire something else: pure, unadulterated rage.

To borrow a phrase from old school reports: Shows great potential but needs to try harder, Alexander Gillespie writes.

In a summer series on Wairarapa leaders' views on the government's proposed local council reforms, South Wairarapa mayor Dame Fran Wilde shares her perspectives.

The Sport Integrity Commission's first major investigation, triggered by dozens of complaints about Yachting NZ, remains unfinished a year on.

Eighteen Māori have been recognised for 2026, and include Companions, Officers, and Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit.

Consumer NZ is hopeful that electricity prices will improve in 2026, saying there are some positive signs.

Rural postie Tracy Marshall takes visitors along her mail delivery route which winds along the Whanganui River.

Only about 40 adult tara iti survive in the wild, and of those just 10 are breeding females.

More than 200 titles dropped this year, here are some we loved playing the most.

How did residents of Aotearoa New Zealand come to be called by the name of a flightless brown bird? Audio

Half a dozen Asian New Zealanders have been recognised for their contributions to the country in the New Year Honours list released today.

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