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Housekeeper's illegitimate love child wins paternity declaration
6 May 2024An 85-year-old woman has won a court battle that proves her lifelong suspicions that she was the illegitimate daughter of a man her housekeeper mother once worked for.
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Auckland's decades-old stadium shuffle
6 May 2024The stadium debate in Auckland has been raging for decades and may be close to a final decision. That doesn't mean the argument is over.
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Mediawatch: Critics foam over frothy poll coverage
5 May 20241News was inundated with complaints over what the PM called "frothy" poll coverage this week. Many saw inconsistency in the backlash, but there was a glimmer of a point under the double standards.
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A decade of helping teens to find their voices
5 May 2024What do you get when you put a teen in a room with a master? Opera magic, mezzo soprano Anna Pierard says. Audio
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'Timing is not good' for H5N1 pandemic - flu scientist
5 May 2024If the bird flu infecting cows in the US figures out human-to-human transmission, the timing could not be worse, a prominent Kiwi flu researcher says.
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With the City Gallery closed for two years, what's next for Wellington?
5 May 2024The closure of the building won't stop the gallery from bringing art to the capital, its boss says. Audio
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The Mixtape: Vera Ellen
5 May 2024Taite award winner Vera Ellen and her producer Ben Lemi tells Charlotte Ryan about the New Zealand music that influenced them. Video
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'Nobody's coming to save us' - How capitalism became a 'vulture'
5 May 2024Economist Grace Blakeley takes aim at the dominance of corporate economic power in society in Vulture Capitalism. She talks to RNZ's Saturday Morning about what can be done.
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Why you've been wearing black all wrong
4 May 2024Colour analysis expert Rachel Bilu tells Susie Ferguson about the benefits of knowing which colours help you look your best. Audio
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NZ Music Month Live in Studio: Phoebe Rings
4 May 2024Listen: Auckland dream-pop band Phoebe Rings kicks off NZ Music Month with a live session in our Auckland studio. Audio
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'He's a rescue dog, but he rescued us'
4 May 2024SPCA shelters are full of dogs abandoned or given up. This is the story of one puppy who helped rescue the family who adopted him.
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Publicist freak outs, emotional interviews - and why Lorde was wearing David Byrne's jacket
4 May 2024Music 101 launches a new interviews podcast today. Presenter Charlotte Ryan reveals some of the behind-the-scenes stories.
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NZ food safety agency monitoring Indian spice mix recalls
4 May 2024New Zealand Food Safety is monitoring overseas recalls of Indian packaged spice products manufactured by MDH and Everest due to concerns over a cancer-causing pesticide.
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Did a student union buy a tank for the Vietnam War?
In 1972, the Victoria University students' association raised $2000 for the war - but did it go to the Viet Cong to buy a tank? Audio
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Don't 'mistake' Pacific leaders 'quietness' on AUKUS as support for NZ's position - expert
3 May 2024A Pacific regionalism expert has called out New Zealand's Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters for withholding information from the public on AUKUS military pact.
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Jewellers sceptical crime surge can be reined in
3 May 2024Indian jewellery store owners have expressed disappointment over the government's lack of progress on crime after a spate of aggravated robberies in recent months.
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Kiwi Indian tastes entrepreneurial success in Silicon Valley
3 May 2024Ken Hendricks is the first Kiwi Indian to be accepted into the competitive Y Combinator start-up programme in the United States.
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Drama as the knife hovers over Shortland Street
The Detail - It is our soap opera, telling New Zealand stories to a loyal audience. But Shorty is starring in its own drama.
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Council 'taking our business away': Iconic Wellington cafe asked to shut
3 May 2024Wellington cafe Nikau says it was notified only a day before City Gallery Wellington publicly announced its closure.
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'Not good enough': Defence Force staff left stranded in Antarctica for month
3 May 2024A dozen staff were stuck in Antarctica with a rapidly closing window to get out before winter.
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Work on almost-completed cycleway paused as arguments rage
3 May 2024A cars versus bikes battle continues to rage over changes to a busy city road.
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Neighbour says she heard 3-year-old Lachlan on night he went missing
2 May 2024A neighbour of Lachlan Jones says she heard him banging around her washhouse, hours after his family is accused of killing him.
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Late night, backyard call from kiwi startles homeowner
2 May 2024'I didn't expect it to be that large': When Eugene Dementyev heard a tap at his back door, he thought it was a cat.
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Four home dialysis machines break down on 3-year-old in a week
2 May 2024"They should be condemned, the lot of them. They fault constantly," says the mother of preschooler Harper Cromie.
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