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Passenger describes moment her plane was struck by lightning
An Air New Zealand flight has been forced to return to Auckland for engineering checks, after it was struck by lightning on Friday evening.
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Moana Pasifika bombshell: 15 players to leave franchise
about 2 hours agoThe franchise announced on social media the mass release of squad members, many of whom have been with the side since its inception.
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'Significant amount': Diesel leak at prison pollutes nearby residents' water
23 minutes agoSome residents of Templeton, on the outskirts of Christchurch, can't use their bore water.
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Remains have been found in the search for Bundaberg teen Pheobe Bishop
about 2 hours agoA man and woman were charged with murder and interfering with a corpse on Thursday.
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New Zealand
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'Human error' behind massive internet outage
4:36 pm todayMore than 100,000 customers in Wellington and nearby areas lost fibre for more than an hour on Friday morning.
Mt Pleasant residents 'devastated' at theft of $95k bronze bird sculpture
Police knew LynnMall terrorist Ahamed Samsudeen was likely to commit an attack before immigration hearing, inquest hears
Politics
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Suspended Te Pāti Māori MPs to embark on national tour
4:12 pm todayTe Pāti Māori says it will continue to stand its ground as three MPs begin their record suspensions. Audio
The House: Parliamentary week achieves two out of three goals
Chris Bishop rejects Christchurch City Council's intensification rules
Sport
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Crusaders scrum the Reds out of the play-offs
9:03 pm todayA big shift by the forwards saw Rob Penney's side march on to next weekend's semi-finals.
New Black Caps coach Rob Walter a planner, relationship builder and test purist
All White Libby Cacace facing World Cup selection battle after Italian club relegation
Business
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Tesla loses $248 billion in value as Musk and Trump fight
Openly feuding with the US president may pose hurdles for Tesla, and the rest of Musk's sprawling business empire
Are you missing out on your last chance for $521 of 'free money'?
Tax evader leaves $2 million trail of debt
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The Kiwi women who fought to become doctors
10:25 am todayA new book pays tribute to the pioneering women of the medical profession.
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Musk calls for Trump's impeachment
1:01 pm today"I'm very disappointed in Elon. I've helped Elon a lot," the US president says as the feud between the pair erupts and the billionare suggests starting a new…
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'Sad day in Parliament': Peters on Te Pāti Māori suspension debate
11:45 am todayTe Pāti Māori co-leaders and one of its MPs are beginning suspensions from Parliament after performing a haka without prior permission.
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'Accident waiting to happen': Battle over new cycleway
11:23 am todayA safety audit has been ordered for a controversial cycleway that has divided opinions.
RNZ Music
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Old opera, brand new production
Bruno Ravella is in Aotearoa to direct a brand new production of Puccini's La bohème for NZ Opera. Audio
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Tony Yan Tong Chen: back with the old band
Once he was a second violinist in the Auckland Youth Orchestra. Now Tony Yan Tong Chen is the piano soloist for the orchestra's next concert. Audio
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Peter de Blois: singer, conductor, teacher, now ONZM
Congratulations to Peter de Blois, who has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to music in this year's King's Birthday Honours List. Audio
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Freshen the mind with a Gong Bath
Erika Grant is bringing her gongs to a special Listening Occasion that's part of Wellington's midwinter Lōemis Festival. Audio
In Depth
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The David Seymour 'bots' debate: Do submission tools hurt democracy?
The ACT leader's comments raise questions about how forms are changing the way people engage with politics. Audio
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'Bots' drove 'fake submissions' against bill, Seymour says
The deputy prime minister now says he was talking about "online campaigns" that create "non-representative samples". Audio
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The 'costly' result of govt's infant formula call
When Andrew Hoggard announced NZ would set its own infant formula standard, he knew it would be "complex", "costly" and "require significant resources".
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Why we're seeing so many fires linked to batteries
The number of lithium battery-linked blazes has doubled. What's being done to stop it? Audio
What You Need to Know
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What will the changes to Sport New Zealand actually mean?
Explainer - A government-ordered independent review of the sports agency recommended an overhaul of its institutional set-up. What will the overhaul mean for…
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Run It: How a knock on the head can kill
Explainer - A 19-year-old died playing a version of the controversial violent 'Run It' contest. Just how dangerous is it? Audio
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King's Birthday weekend: What's it all about?
Explainer - King Charles' birthday is commemorated with a public holiday - so how do those royal honours get chosen and should we still celebrate it, anyway?
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Prostate cancer - What you need to know about how it's detected
Explainer - Prostate cancer will affect one in 8 Kiwi men. Former US President Biden's diagnosis reaffirms how important it is to be aware of the disease. Audio
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Comment & Analysis
Labour faces balancing act over haka protest
The saga over Te Pāti Māori's protest has ended - but it foreshadows fault lines to come, Craig McCulloch writes. Audio
Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense - but it's no solution to a housing crisis
Analysis: Soon granny flats up to 70sqm will not need consents.
The ugliest things Trump and Musk just said about one another
From calls for impeachment to claims about the "Epstein files" and name-calling - a fight between the two has rapidly escalated.
Trump is increasingly hostile to China. He’s playing with fire
Analysis: Despite concerns over a trade war, the US President has notched quite a few wins on his economic belt in recent weeks.