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Cuts to frontline services risking safety of families - Labour
8 Jan 2025Her comments come as two children have died in separate alleged incidents of family violence.
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Sort your finances - Step 3: Get rid of debt
In part three of this five-part series, Money Correspondent Susan Edmunds guides you through the basics of getting rid of debt.
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'Catastrophic consequences': Concern as Facebook removes fact checking
9 Jan 2025Experts are concerned about changes to content moderation and an end to third-party fact checking on social media platform Meta.
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Struggling home-buyers and owners turning to non-bank lenders
One mortgage advisor has done more second-tier lending over the last six months than ever before.
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Greenleaf Fresh goes bust
8 Jan 2025New Zealand's first large-scale vertical farming business went into voluntary administration after it was not able to reach sufficient scale to achieve profitability.
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Mother loses appeal after paid parental leave declined
The Greens say the system needs to change.
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Whales successfully refloated at Farewell Spit
8 Jan 2025Two of the 10 whales have died but rescuers have managed to refloat the rest. Audio
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A hidden form of elder abuse in NZ's Chinese community
8 Jan 2025Elder abuse is prevalent here, with one in 10 people aged 65 and older experiencing some form of it.
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New Zealand's only convicted saboteur released from prison
The former IT professional from Taupō was sentenced to three years and one month in prison in December 2022 on seven charges of sabotage.
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Wellington bakery creating new pie flavours every day
8 Jan 2025Korean Gochujang pork belly is popular and people go bonkers for the Big Mac in a pie. But the pie de jour is their beef brisket with jalapeno bacon relish. Audio
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Work suspended on Gisborne sewer blockage
8 Jan 2025Work to unblock the Mangapapa pipes which were blocked by improperly disposed garden waste has stalled due to heavy rain.
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What we can learn from NZ's 2024 climate data
8 Jan 2025The sunniest, the hottest, and the coldest places - and those hit by 'atmospheric rivers'.
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Sinkhole opens in inner Auckland suburb
8 Jan 2025Firefighters and council contractors went to the sinkhole on the corner of Alice St and Dunedin St to block it off.
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Where is Stewart Willis? Missing man left cryptic note
8 Jan 2025The 63-year-old Christchurch man left all of his belongings inside his rented house, and a message on his door that read "farm".
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Five of the best classic Kiwi pubs
8 Jan 2025According to travel writer Peter Janssen it must be built before 1967, have been continuously serving beer and have some architectural integrity. Audio
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'Remorseful she's been caught': Office administrator had been stealing for years
8 Jan 2025Ronel Viljoen stole nearly $30,000 from Morrinsville transport firm Orion Haulage.
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Migrant worker dies as workplace fall probed
8 Jan 2025Jun Jiang, 37, had been on life support after falling from a height while using a scissor lift.
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Serious charges being considered for man who drove through cordons at South Waikato crash
An officer was forced to jump out of the way as the truck and trailer carried on through the investigation area.
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Five seriously hurt, SH1 reopens in Waikato after crash
8 Jan 2025A section of State Highway 1 at Piarere has reopened following a serious crash this morning.
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Appeal for sightings of car after child's death
8 Jan 2025Police investigating the death of a child are also asking for the public's help over any suspicious activity in the area.
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Watch live: 2024 NZ's 10th hottest year on record
8 Jan 2025That's down from 2023 which is the country's 2nd hottest year on record.
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Why do beaches need a dog warden?
8 Jan 2025If you were walking blissfully on Auckland's west coast last summer, you might have met Fletcher Munsterman.
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Pukekohe death prompts investigation
8 Jan 2025Police say after a postmortem the death is being treated as suspicious.
