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'Stabbed in the back': Union on Woolworths restructure, store closures
The union for supermarket staff say some workers feel like they are "being stabbed in the back" as Woolworths moves ahead with a restructure. Audio
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'It's just scary': Couple want government buyout for home
8:05 am todayDespite the "intolerable risk" to life, their Pupuke Valley home isn't eligible. Audio
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Watch: Who will pay for a 100,000-hectare problem?
8:54 am todayTai Rāwhiti wants to take take a huge chunk of forestry and pastoral land and plant it with permanent bush. Audio
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'This is my bliss': A chat with Wordle's first and only editor
5:07 am todayTracy Bennett sets the word puzzle the world's fallen in love with.
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Hot, spicy and risen: Easter hot cross buns are back
6:56 am todayIt's that time of year again when hot cross buns crowd the shelves at supermarkets and bakeries. Audio
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New road between Manawatū and Tararua set to open
10 Apr 2025Since rock falls caused the old highway through the Manawatū Gorge to close eight years ago, commuters have been forced over windy alternatives. Audio
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Javanese puppets steal show at Shakespeare Festival
An organiser says the two theatre styles share common themes.
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Appeal for information over jacket found after Miramar homicide
about 1 hour agoIt was found on a walkway near where Abdulhassan Nabizadah was found critically hurt.
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Students struggle with loan and allowance application delays
StudyLink has processed more applications than last year, but thousands remain uncompleted. Audio
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Person killed in crash on State Highway 1 in South Waikato
7:13 am todayA person has died after a two-vehicle crash that closed the motorway near Tirau .
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China doesn't want trade war, but will fight back, Ambassador to NZ says
Dr Wang Xiaolong rejects the trade war has come about because China had not played fair. Audio
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Treaty Principles Bill scrapped, fight for Te Tiriti just beginning - advocates
6:39 am todayLegal experts and Māori advocates say the fight to protect Te Tiriti is only just beginning - as the controversial Treaty Principles Bill is officially killed in Parliament.
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Te Pāti Māori to run candidates in general seats at next election
10 Apr 2025Co-leader Rawiri Waititi made the announcement after the Treaty Principles Bill was voted down.
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Will tariffs lead to the rise of Temu?
Experts suggest surplus stock could see online retail giants like Temu and Shein stepping up their activity in New Zealand.
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Mt Taranaki eruption could cut off 5000 farms
Researchers many roads and bridges around the mountain could be affected if the volcano were ever to erupt.
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Council may ditch credit rating agency after downgrade
10 Apr 2025The Waimakariri District Council could ditch the credit rating agency S&P after it received a credit rating downgrade.
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Why Trump's tariffs highlight the need for NZ to build local capacity
7 Apr 2025Analysis: When retail executives start swearing during earnings calls, something is clearly amiss.
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Teen charged with murder after man found dead on doorstep
10 Apr 2025He is the second person to be charged with the murder of a man in Kawerau last month.
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Bottled water supplies under pressure as boil notice remains for Greymouth
10 Apr 2025Some schools and businesses in the West Coast town have been forced to shut due to the notice. Audio
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Nelson and Marlborough Health NZ staff get $20m in Holidays Act remediation payments
10 Apr 2025The total amount paid nationally was now over $334.1 million.
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Auckland Airport evacuated after fire alarm
Part of Auckland Airport has been evacuated, in response to an incident.
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Work not yet begun to strengthen closed Nelson courthouse
10 Apr 2025Work has not begun on seismic repairs to the Nelson courthouse, more than six weeks after it closed.
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Watch: Car forced to swerve to avoid bus driving on wrong side of road
Police are investigating after being alerted to footage of a bus driving in the wrong lane into oncoming traffic in Wellington.
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Children as young as 11 going to GP pregnant
Northland MP says local GPs have treated patients as young as 11 who are pregnant, prompting political discussion on what age reproductive education should begin. Audio
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Cut in colonoscopies after Covid funding ran out
10 Apr 2025The reduction in the number of colonoscopies outsourced to the private sector last year was due to a temporary "surge" the year before - paid for by leftover Covid funding, Health NZ says.
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Meerkat pups Auckland Zoo's first litter in more than a decade
10 Apr 2025The four pups, born last month, are healthy, strong and curious.
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Two arrested after altercation causes school lockdown
Members of the public reported machetes and possibly a shotgun were involved in the altercation but that has not been confirmed.
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