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Child in critical condition after incident at Auckland swimming pool
4 May 2024A child is in a critical condition after an incident at an Auckland pool.
Fix & Fogg nut butter launched into space
Two robbed, threatened at Blockhouse Bay bus stop
Pacific
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Solomons cabinet expected to be finalised this weekend
4 May 2024Solomon Islands new Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele expects to have his cabinet lineup finalised over the weekend, as police warn Solomon Islanders to stop posting "inciting" content on Facebook.
Q and A: ANU's Stephen Howes on Australia's Pacific Engagement Visa quotas
Scientific shark study resumes in New Caledonia
Sport
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NRL Warriors v Knights: What you need to know
4 May 2024Both sides will head into a game Sunday afternoon desperate to get their seasons on track. Here's what you need to know. Video
Rona bags treble as Chiefs crush the Force
Recap: Super Rugby Pacific live Chiefs v Force
Politics
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'Data is the new oil': Call to save jobs of data security guards
4 May 2024New Zealanders' data is at risk with the government's "unintelligent" proposal to cut information security jobs, the Privacy Foundation says.
Public health expert urges govt to focus on disease prevention
NZ food safety agency monitoring Indian spice mix recalls
Covid-19
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Covid-19 update: 2343 new cases, 11 further deaths
29 Apr 2024Canterbury had the highest number of reported active cases with 399, followed by Capital and Coast with 217.
Covid-19 update: 2383 new cases, 21 further deaths
Long Covid sufferers scared they'll face penalties under government benefit reset
World
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Australian MP allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted on a night out
4 May 2024Queensland police have confirmed they are investigating a sexual assault complaint relating to an incident in Yeppoon last Sunday.
Bodies found in Mexico in search for missing Australian brothers Jake and Callum Robinson
King's coronation roll had one tiny error in 21 metres
Comment & Analysis
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Buyer's market, but not many buyers: Inside the housing market
4 May 2024Analysis - It is a buyer's market but high interest rates are keeping them out; house values have dropped, leaving sellers with reduced bargaining power.
Luxon’s leadership test: what would it take to win back unimpressed NZ voters?
Seal pups and penguin chicks exposed to more UV in Antarctica
Local Democracy Reporting
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Hope for Southland lagoon after toxic algae threat
4 May 2024The impacts of a cyanobacterial bloom at a Southland lagoon won't be known for some time, but the water has been restored.
Iwi defends Māori sites amid Grey District protest
Deputy mayor ‘disgusted’ by response to Georgina Beyer sculpture
In Depth
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30 with Guyon: Roseanne Liang
24 Apr 2024The director of cult hit Creamerie talks to Guyon Espiner about her up-coming Hollywood blockbuster and her love of action film.
How the coalition plans to replace the quickly scrapped Māori Health Authority
Minister accused of ‘gaslighting’ over Fast Track Bill
Te Ao Māori
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A lot to learn from kura kaupapa Māori - Education Minister
2 May 2024Despite low literacy rates in mainstream schools amongst Māori, the results are the complete opposite in kura kaupapa, Stanford says.
National first introduced piece of Oranga Tamariki Act legislation it now seeks to repeal - Willie Jackson
Ministry of Māori Development proposes to cut 38 positions
Business
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'Nobody's coming to save us' - How capitalism became a 'vulture'
4 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. Audio
Seeking screen time: Impacts of Covid-19 pandemic still being felt at movie theatres
'Another challenging couple of weeks' for businesses as Brynderwyns reopening delayed
Country
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City couple's mushroom venture sprouts from pandemic
On the rural outskirts of Taupō a young couple have started a mushroom venture far removed from their previous life in Auckland. Audio
New Zealand's iconic sheep-to-person ratio keeps falling
More exciting than Christmas: Regional NZ gears up for duck shooting season
Environment
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The woman fighting climate change with accounting
3 May 2024Wendy McGuinness has a different take on what's holding back climate action in New Zealand.
Northland wants to be the the first region to eradicate wild deer
Hidden mouse population could be devastating for Rakiura-Stewart Island
Media & Technology
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Media problems grew 'too fast' - Melissa Lee
30 Apr 2024The former media minister says she may have been "a little slow" in reacting to dramatic changes.
Time running out for NZ's copper phone network
An American journalist read her own obituary online, and soon discovered the strange world of obit pirates
Identity
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Aya Al-Chalabi: 'Ramadan is a re-set'
9 Apr 2024A New Zealand-Arab influencer has been showcasing Muslim faith and culture to a new audience this Ramadan.
Meet the Samoan chemical engineer-turned film maker
Wairoa's Mātangirau sings loudly for Day Two of Te Matatini
IndoNZ
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Indian jewellers sceptical that aggravated crime surge can be reined in
3 May 2024Indian owners of independent jewellery stores are disappointed the government has failed to reduce crime amid a recent spate of aggravated robberies.
NZ food safety agency monitoring Indian spice mix recalls
Two fishermen missing in Northland recently migrated from India