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Can New Zealand win a game at the World Cup?
New Zealand qualified for the 2026 tournament in North America with a 3-0 win over New Caledonia in Auckland on Monday.
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Wellington to lose an electorate as shake-up of local seats proposed
25 Mar 2025Other boundaries in the wider region would also change to reflect the new configurations.
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11-year-old girl put in mental health facility after being mistaken for a 20-year-old
25 Mar 2025The girl was also handcuffed after being misidentified by police officers.
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Minister closes inner Hauraki Gulf to fishing of rock lobster
25 Mar 2025Shane Jones says the closure, starting from April 1, is to allow the lobster population to restore itself.
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'Sweet baby Jesus': Shock as Trump military plans sent to journalist
25 Mar 2025The Trump administration acknowledged the messages, sent over the non-government encrypted chat app Signal, seem to be authentic.
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Growing GST debt creating 'zombie companies', tax expert says
25 Mar 2025A growing GST debt burden could be creating a wave of "zombie companies", one tax expert says.
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Me, but better: A woman's quest to change her personality
25 Mar 2025Olga Khazan decided her she needed an upgrade when she realised she constantly noticed the bad things about life.
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The Kiwis working past the age of 90
More and more people are working past 70, but more than 1000 are going a lot longer.
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Urgent surgery for woman forced to 'scrounge up' for private ultrasound
25 Mar 2025The New Plymouth woman was told she would have to wait six months under the public system.
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Luxon unveils RMA reform plan
25 Mar 2025The prime minister said the RMA was "the culture of 'no' that I spoke about earlier in the year brought to life".
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The truth behind Adolescence, a new series on online misogyny
24 Mar 2025Could a teenage boy be so influenced by the likes of misogynist Andrew Tate that he's driven to murder his young classmate?
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Baby died after midwife left woman in labour alone in rural house
25 Mar 2025A midwife has been criticised for leaving a mother in labour during a "tragic" birth.
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'Terrible surprise': 33 Air NZ employees fight vaccine policy
25 Mar 2025A six-day hearing began in Auckland on Monday, with evidence from one of the plaintiffs.
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Mandatory NZ history course at Auckland University spurs debate
24 Mar 2025Students are divided on the issue, with some questioning its relevance and others recognising the value in learning about the country's past.
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Three ‘year 14’ rowers blocked from Maadi Regatta
The New Zealand secondary schools rowing championships is operating under new regulations in 2025 after schools overwhelmingly voted in favour of changes earlier this year.
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15m vote for deposed Istanbul mayor in symbolic primary - municipality officials
24 Mar 2025"Out of a total of 15 million votes, 13,211,000 are solidarity votes," the municipality said of the long-planned primary at which Imamoglu was to have been named the party's candidate for the 2028…
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Drownings of eight children under six one summer prompts coroner's investigation
24 Mar 2025The children, who ranged in age from nine months to five years, died in rivers, private paddling and above ground pools, a public pool, a lake and at a beach during the summer of 2021-2022.
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India trade talks: Winston Peters pours cold water on immigration changes
24 Mar 2025New Zealand First's Winston Peters sees no need for a relaxation of New Zealand's immigration settings in any trade talks with India.
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Woman suffers more abuse after OT file shown to her child's father
24 Mar 2025It was one of eight "grievous" breaches revealed in a document held by Oranga Tamariki for more than a year.
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Fears for dying kids as country's only specialist takes extended leave
24 Mar 2025The Children's Commissioner has called the situation "untenable, inequitable and inadequate".
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No love lost as Peters and Hipkins trade barbs
24 Mar 2025Peter's State of the Nation mentioned Labour 30 times and accused the last government of a "litany of lies".
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Are cookbooks dead in a world of free online food advice?
With social media, apps and online newsletters serving piles of delicious recipes, is there still a place for the dirty, dog-eared pages of a cookbook on the kitchen bench?
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Three 'year 14' rowers blocked from Maadi Regatta
All applications from schools seeking exemptions have been declined as strict new rules take hold.
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Explainer: Why does everyone get so bloody angry about schoolboy rugby?
24 Mar 2025Jamie Wall reveals just what's going on in yet another controversy rocking the often turbulent and bizarre school rugby landscape.
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Nicoll-Klokstad brings good karma to Warriors' win over Roosters
24 Mar 2025In his 50th game, the fullback's contribution to his team did not end at the final siren.
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The White Lotus takes 'powerful marketing tool' to Thailand
24 Mar 2025Known as 'The White Lotus effect', tourism spikes in the glorious locations that Mike White's addictively awful characters take us.
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'Inherently contrary to law': Ombudsman criticises HNZ OIA policy
Outgoing Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier has reprimanded Health NZ and called the fines for Official Information Act breaches "laughable".
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Severance's Dichen Lachman on TV's most mysterious show
23 Mar 2025With the finale of season two of the hit show airing this weekend, actress Dichen Lachman tells RNZ's Sunday Morning how parts of the sci-fi thriller mirror real life.
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