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New Zealand
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Lilo & Stitch 2025 review: A sanitised live-action imitation of original
6:11 am todayThe new Lilo & Stitch formula is simple - remove everything that could possibly offend anyone, replace the personalised hand-drawn animation with expensive, photo-realistic CGI, add in a little…
Person dies in hospital after Port Waikato crash on Friday
Climate change coverage in a changed media climate
Pacific
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End of the road for Moana Pasifika and Fijian Drua
7:14 am todayMoana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua ended their campaigns in the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific competition with big losses on Saturday night.
Recaps: Hurricanes v Moana Pasifika
PNG faces deadline for fixing issues with money laundering and terrorist financing
Sport
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Ruthless Sinner humbles Lehecka as Americans dig deep at French Open
10:30 am todayWorld number one Jannik Sinner flattened Jiri Lehecka into the French Open clay to make the fourth round, and Novak Djokovic also made a statement of intent.
Doue dazzles as PSG humble Inter 5-0 to win Champions League final
Oscar Piastri on pole in Spain, Liam Lawson to start 13th
Politics
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Councils plead for bipartisan RMA reform
31 May 2025Regional councils want greater certainty and bipartisanship on regulations, as they gear up for an expected spate of rule changes.
Christchurch protesters confront Finance Minister Nicola Willis over pay equity
Father of Kiwi killed in Ukraine says government offered 'virtually nothing' in support
World
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Britain plans six new weapons factories
Britain will build at least six new factories producing weapons and explosives as part of a major review of its defence capabilities.
Bee alert: Warning after 250 million insects escape truck crash in US
Google makes case for keeping Chrome browser
Comment & Analysis
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Antarctica's sea ice is changing, impacting the marine food web
29 May 2025Changes could ripple through ecosystems further afield with the potential to affect key fisheries in the Southern Ocean, Jacqui Stuart and Natalie Robinson write.
Discovering new NZ music in the streaming age is getting harder – what’s the future for local artists?
The F1 Monaco Grand Prix had new rules to make it exciting, but in reality it proved that less is more
Local Democracy Reporting
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Resident has to travel to cemetery for safe drinking water
30 May 2025After years of pushing for safe, clean drinking water, residents in Ashburton's north-east may finally get what they have long demanded.
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
Rates rise trimmed to 5.8% for Canterbury ratepayers
In Depth
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Why we're seeing so many fires linked to batteries
29 May 2025The number of lithium battery-linked blazes has doubled. What's being done to stop it? Audio
Top New Zealand rower arrested in the US following post-regatta incident
The good, the bad, and the apocalypse: Tech pioneer Geoffrey Hinton lays out his stark vision for AI
Te Ao Māori
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New doco traces years of Māori tobacco control and advocacy
31 May 2025"There are many people along the way that have told our story that aren't us, this is our story told by us," co-director Catherine Manning said.
'What a load of crap': Chris Bishop caught 'ranting' during Stan Walker's Aotearoa Music Awards performance
Study finds Māori, Pacific communities can reshape media narratives
Business
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Money in transaction accounts costing New Zealanders billions
New Zealanders could be leaving their share of more than $1b a year on the table by keeping their cash in transaction accounts.
Countdown on for 2025 ski season as first operators begin to open doors
How do I know what to offer for a house - Ask Susan
Country
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Colville's tiny volunteer postal service: 'We know who's who'
30 May 2025An hour's drive from the northern tip of Coromandel Peninsula, you'll find a tiny post office run by volunteers. As rural postal services shrink, the small community here ensures the old motto "the…
Pilot has near-miss with radio tower on high country farm
NZ King Salmon reduce harvest due to small, 'stressed' fish
Environment
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Science heats up in the fire lab
29 May 2025From flaming tornadoes to burning couches, scientists are setting stuff on fire to prepare for our changing wildfire risk.
'Nank would be chuffed' - Native bush stays in public hands thanks to donation from late conservationist
Climate solution all but buried before it begins
Media & Technology
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More money for journalists, less for RNZ
23 May 2025The 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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More cases emerge of NZ teens stuck in limbo, fearing deportation
29 May 2025Recent cases may represent the tip of an iceberg after almost 20 years have passed since legislative reform removed the right to citizenship by birth for children born in New Zealand. Audio
Immigration Minister Erica Stanford regrets email ‘spam’ remarks after backlash
Police commissioner on controversial shoplifting directive