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New Zealand
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Top cops on the beat over the New Year
10:03 am todayThe police commissioner and his deputies will take part in frontline duties over the New Year period across the country.
Pūkaha National Wildlife Centre back from brink of closure
Canterbury roads closed following crashes
Pacific
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Calls for UK's role to be considered in sinking of Manawanui
24 Dec 2025The former Samoa Prime Minister confirmed the navy ship had been surveying the south coast as part of security for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting and King Charles.
Three Pacific ambassadors recalled by the U.S. Department of State
Vanuatu teachers to return to classrooms in 2026 after multi-billion vatu government settlement
Sport
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Former players slam 'unfair' MCG pitch as wickets tumble
9:53 am todayAs 20 wickets fell on the first day of the fourth Ashes test, the carnage prompted sharp criticism from former England cricketers.
Football: Diogo Jota's sons to join mascots when Liverpool face Wolves
Basketball: Breakers snap losing streak with dogged overtime win in Hobart
Politics
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Andrew Bayly and the fight for Antarctica
The National MP still remembers the "visual assault" of Antarctica, the piercing blue clarity and scale-bending brightness.
India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister
Trade Minister Todd McClay confident Labour will support India Free Trade Agreement
World
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Two Israelis killed in car-ramming and stabbing attack
9:53 am todayThe suspect is a Palestinian from the occupied West Bank, according to police.
Three stabbed in Paris metro attack
Malaysia ex-PM Najib Razak jailed for 15 more years in 1MDB saga's biggest trial
Comment & Analysis
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JD Vance tries to have it both ways on Nick Fuentes and antisemitism
23 Dec 2025Analysis - Vance could inherit a conservative movement that is increasingly riven over antisemitism and conspiracy theories in its midst.
Parliament's year in numbers
Australia defeats words with actions to outclass England and romp to Ashes glory
Local Democracy Reporting
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Summer swimmers urged to check Rotorua water safety
26 Dec 2025Coastal and tidal waterways remain New Zealand's most deadly.
More hornets expected over summer, public urged to remain vigilant
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year
The Sport Integrity Commission's first major investigation, triggered by dozens of complaints about Yachting NZ, remains unfinished a year on.
A permit for trapping feral cats may get much easier to obtain after a U-turn by DOC
Lost in transition: The businesses trapped by New Zealand’s energy crisis
Te Ao Māori
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Māori Land Court cannot rule on Porotī Springs water
25 Dec 2025A long-running effort by hapū trustees to have their customary rights to Porotī Springs legally recognised has hit another hurdle.
Study shows the experience of Māori grappling with 'te reo trauma'
'Our sense of identity': What New Zealand and Georgia have in common
Business
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Break in at antique store 'another blow', owner says
26 Dec 2025A Napier antique shop owner is blaming the high price of silver, after an overnight burglary at her store between Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Parking hard to find as Boxing Day sales begin
Can I travel while getting NZ Super, and other most-asked questions of 2025 - Ask Susan
Country
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Country Life: On the job with Whanganui River's rural postie
Rural postie Tracy Marshall takes visitors along her mail delivery route which winds along the Whanganui River.
Nitrates in water: ECan's rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
Country Life: Farming trees the Tāmata Hauhā way
Environment
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DoC warns dog owners after rare fairy tern nests disturbed
23 Dec 2025Only about 40 adult tara iti survive in the wild, and of those just 10 are breeding females.
Water fight: Farmers strive to limit cows' environmental footprint
Climate change could claim nearly all of NZ's glaciers, research shows
Media & Technology
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The best games we played in 2025
16 Dec 2025More than 200 titles dropped this year, here are some we loved playing the most.
It’s not you - some fonts feel different
Tova O'Brien announced as new Breakfast presenter
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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Celebrating Christmas with Indian culinary favourites
25 Dec 2025Kiwi Indians swap ham and pavlova for spiced feasts, keeping festive food traditions from home alive.
2025 in review: A year when New Zealand-India relations took off
Indian community theatre group Prayas marks 20 years on stage