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Cardinals possibly in the running to become next Pope
22 Apr 2025Here are some cardinals who are being talked about as "papabili" to succeed Pope Francis, whose death at the age of 88 was announced by the Vatican on Monday.
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Auckland Emergency Management defends storm alert timing after Easter flooding
22 Apr 2025Auckland Emergency Management is defending its response to the wild weather that lashed the city over the long weekend.
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Still no charges laid after digger smashes up Wairarapa café
21 Apr 2025Building owner Bruce Sullivan says everyone in the community believes they know the man behind the wheel.
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What to do with those leftover Easter treats?
If you've reached peak chocolate and hot cross buns at your place, here's how to make sure they don't go to waste.
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How a Christian radio broadcaster has become NZ media's quiet success
20 Apr 2025The country's main Christian broadcaster is revamping and expanding its output, even as its target market shrinks and pleasing a broad church is tough in times of polarisation.
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Popcorn, coke and a scratch-and-sniff card? The return of scented cinema
21 Apr 2025The Smell-O-Vision film was dissed by critics in 1960, but at an upcoming screening of Nosferatu, Wellingtonians will give it a go.
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He's not trolling, but he is their biggest fan
20 Apr 2025Damian Sutton has about 1500 Trolls and once spent $5000 to ship a rare light blue Elephant Troll from Denmark.
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Why do some people live to 100?
19 Apr 2025Centenarians have strong genes on their side, but we can have "a very good shot" at reaching 93 with a healthy lifestyle and the right attitude, says longevity researcher Tom Perls.
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Writing new lines for the shadowy women of Shakespeare
19 Apr 2025After decades of performing in Shakespeare plays without much to say, English actress Harriet Walter has a book of speeches for 30 of Shakespeare's "underwritten" female characters.
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'We don't want him in town' - Palmerston North mayor on Lundy release
19 Apr 2025Mark Lundy is expected to be released on parole from prison in May.
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'Why struggle?' - the Tanzanian-born writer who can't stop writing about his childhood home
19 Apr 2025Abdulrazak Gurnah - a Nobel laureate who moved to the UK at 18 - continues to explore the immigrant experience in his new novel Theft.
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One in six New Zealanders are disabled, so why does health research exclude them?
Even when researchers are more inclusive, their plans can fail to account for the difficulties disabled people face with travel, communication and physical access.
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Rubio warns if it's not possible to end the war in Ukraine, US needs to 'move on'
"We need to determine very quickly now, and I'm talking about a matter of days, whether or not this is doable," he told reporters.
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Dengue fever kills 12-year-old boy in Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital
19 Apr 2025Samoan media confirmed Misiafa Lene died last Sunday, a day after he was flown from Samoa to the Starship Children's Hospital in Auckland.
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Mark Lundy to be released from jail, can't visit murder victims' graves
18 Apr 2025The 66-year-old was twice convicted for the murder of his wife Christine and daughter Amber.
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What's the best chopping board to use and how do you clean it?
18 Apr 2025Plastic, wood, bamboo, glass or ceramic? Experts weigh in.
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Menopause: 'I thought I was dying'
18 Apr 2025Symptoms can be debilitating, but experts say there's hope.
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Easter weekend: What's open and when you have to pay a surcharge
18 Apr 2025Confused? Let's try and fix that.
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What to watch over the Easter long weekend
For many, it's going to be a wet and wild Easter. Plonk on the couch and pick from our favourites screening over the weekend or new to TV this week.
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What was HMNZS Manawanui doing before it sank?
18 Apr 2025There are calls for greater transparency - including whether the New Zealand warship was performing specific security for King Charles and Queen Camilla.
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Kiwi firm designs low-cost, fast-build house
17 Apr 2025The architects say they've found a way to strip hundreds of thousands of dollars from the cost of building a home.
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Asbestos blown on to Wellington homes by waterblasters
17 Apr 2025The neighbours closest to the affected building had lost trees planted decades ago.
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UK's top court rules legal definition of woman refers to biological sex
17 Apr 2025It says only biological and not trans women meet the definition of a woman under equality laws.
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Why do we love feijoas more than anyone else in the world?
17 Apr 2025This time each year, Melbourne-based Kiwis make a special mission to find their feijoa hit. Aussies don't seem to get what all the fuss is about.
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