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New Zealand
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Retailers relieved at police commissioner's clarification
26 minutes agoAn internal police memo told staff not to investigate crimes under a certain dollar value, but commissioner Richard Chambers has scrapped the controversial directive.
Senior Gisborne Hospital doctors on 24-hour strike, say hospital 'on the brink of collapse'
Child's death a stark reminder of speed of drowning - coroner
Pacific
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Samoa to go to early election after Fiame concedes
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has announced she will seek a dissolution of parliament and an early election. Audio
Samoan villagers still fearful of contaminated fish near Manawanui wreck
Plea for UN intervention over illegal PNG logging
Sport
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Auckland FC's Corica named A-League Coach of Year
21 minutes agoThere were also major awards for defender Francis de Vries and goalkeeper Alex Paulsen.
Special milestone ahead for injury-plagued All Black
Moana seek redemption after Hamilton humiliation
Politics
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Government urgency plans slow to a crawl
Last week's post-Budget urgency did not go smoothly, forcing the government to jettison earlier plans in order to make progress.
Climate target failure would bring overseas scrutiny, government warned
Ban on taking crayfish from Northland's east coast on the cards
World
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King Charles expresses love for Canada as Trump looms
18 minutes agoIn a speech, Charles made no direct reference to the US President who has mused about Canada becoming the 51st US state.
Russia seizes villages in northern Ukraine, drone attacks ease
Palestinians wary as US-backed aid group begins operations in Gaza
Comment & Analysis
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How to fix the confusing, dull Monaco Grand Prix?
27 May 2025Analysis: This year's race went from dull to borderline comical.
Fourth time lucky? ACT’s regulatory standards law may finally pass, despite Treaty and legal doubts
What we can learn from Warriors' weekend loss
Local Democracy Reporting
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‘Please walk on me’ – flag artwork sparks outrage again
27 May 2025A controversial artwork on display in Nelson that invites visitors to "please walk on" the NZ flag has angered the RSA.
‘Woefully inadequate’: Sportsground has six toilets for 4000 people
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Health ministry warns outsourcing surgeries will impact doctor training
If thousands of straightforward operations are performed in private hospitals, trainee surgeons will have limited learning opportunities, officials say. Audio
Why US rugby star Ilona Maher is unafraid to take up space
Breaking it down: Budget 2025 in charts
Te Ao Māori
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Māori housing developer not concerned by Budget 2025 funding change
27 May 2025Kris MacDonald says they can build houses faster with lower overheads and with whānau engagement.
An 'uncle's' Māori-driven rugby camp taking the world by storm
Tina Makereti: Cancer and finding her feet
Business
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What's going on with the price of bitcoin?
Fifteen years ago, 10,000 bitcoin bought two pizzas. Now that amount would be worth more than US$1 billion.
Power prices rise faster than rate of inflation
High quality agreements with new trade partners priority for agricultural sector - report
Country
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'We won't survive': Oyster farmers call for urgent solution to sewage overflows
27 May 2025Each spill into the Mahurangi River results in a 28-day ban on harvesting.
'Premium beverages' for pets made from catnip
Farm machinery tax discount a 'boost' for rural economy
Environment
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Underground storage and overhead doubts for carbon capture
5:00 am todayClimate fix, or fossil fuel lifeline - the truth behind the country's first carbon capture and storage project
Our Changing World: Dissecting the world’s rarest whale
Amazon fires drive unprecedented global forest loss in 2024
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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Police commissioner on controversial shoplifting directive
27 May 2025Police commissioner says staffer behind controversial theft and fraud memo "thought they were being helpful".
How New Zealand inspired a leading vaccine maker in India
Community bulletin: Hundreds attend Girmit Remembrance Day celebration in Auckland