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'I just wanted to be a good policeman': Inside Police Commissioner's fraught first year
3 Dec 2025And the c-word that defined the start of Richard Chambers's tenure.
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'We just want justice': Anger as inquiry into girl's ice-skating death ruled out
3 Dec 2025Kymani Hiley-Hetaraka, 13, was not wearing a helmet when she fell at Alpine Ice. She died in hospital two days later.
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Only two sectors avoided a pay cut this year
Local government administration roles, and healthcare and social services were up slightly, but everyone else ended the year worse off on average.
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Molloy censured, fined by Vet Council for Grace Millane suppression breach
3 Dec 2025The prominent restaurateur deliberately flouted a High Court suppression order while the jury was still deliberating.
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New weapon in war against invasive yellow-legged hornet
3 Dec 2025Tracking technology will allow hornet hunters to follow them back to the nest.
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The clam invasion threatening our drinking water
2 Dec 2025Nothing prepared me for the rapid transformation unfolding in the Waikato River since the invasion of the Asian clam, Adam Hartland writes.
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Single retired women turning to 'reverse mortgages'
What's behind the rise in women borrowing against their homes?
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Thrift shop gets over 520kg in donations this year alone
2 Dec 2025And staff say they love working at Te Oraka so much, they'd do it for free.
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Seymour calls principal a media 'frequent flier', as mum says daughter sick after school lunch
2 Dec 2025Parents were horrified after their children ate contaminated food.
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Boat spotted fishing in marine reserve
2 Dec 2025Newly released data shows similar offences spike during summer.
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Why are we all paid so close to the minimum wage?
The median wage has drawn significantly closer to the minimum, so how can we boost incomes?
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Fans frustrated as tense Tall Blacks finish cuts out on screen
2 Dec 2025Australia's Boomers beat the buzzer against New Zealand in the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2027 Asian Qualifiers - but not everyone got to see it.
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The narrow window to stop the yellow-legged hornet
2 Dec 2025Unless New Zealand rapidly scales up its search effort, we could soon be confronting an incursion far tougher and costlier to stamp out.
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Terminally ill man fires lawyer, cuts siblings from will, signs estate over to ex-wife
1 Dec 2025Johan de Rooy's family was suspicious and discovered his ex-wife was behind the change.
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What to consider if your kid wants technology for Christmas
1 Dec 2025Phones, tablets, computers and gaming consoles - parents need to start thinking now if they are planning to get their kid tech for Chrissy.
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‘Putrid stuff’: Students served mouldy lunch
1 Dec 2025The possibility that students may have eaten contaminated lunches "fills me with horror", says a Christchurch school principal.
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Wellington dad smashes 4035 pull-ups
1 Dec 2025Josh Harding cried as he completed the massive goal in front of his seven-year-old son. Soon after he couldn't get off the couch.
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First glimpse into Auckland's new convention centre
The convention centre had been nearly 17 years in the making.
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The doctor owed $1.27m in annual leave
1 Dec 2025And many more are owed hundreds of thousands of dollars for leave they have been unable to take.
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Dunedin woman fatally shot herself while deer hunting
1 Dec 2025Kate Aynsley, 48, had likely removed the safety catch while preparing to shoot a deer, and then may have slipped.
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The narrow window to stop the yellow-legged hornet
1 Dec 2025Unless New Zealand rapidly scales up its search effort, we could soon be confronting an incursion far tougher and costlier to stamp out.
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'I will find you and kill you': Couple's vicious attack on teens after road rage
1 Dec 2025While Te Hina Rehua-Whare may not have laid a hand on the five victims, a judge has laid the full blame of the assault at her feet.
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Māori housing inequities linked to 180 years of restrictive building laws
1 Dec 2025Experts say restoring Māori building autonomy could improve housing outcomes.
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Biosecurity ramps up war against invasive hornets
1 Dec 2025So far, 27 queens, seven workers and 17 nests have been successfully located and removed from Auckland's North Shore.
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