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New Zealand
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Dame Jane Campion: 'Even if they took a few months off my life, I would still do them'
18 May 2024Dame Jane Campion talks to Susie Ferguson about the intense job of directing movies, her love of napping in the bush and losing a baby as she won international acclaim for The Piano. Audio
Hundreds protest outside controversial conference in Wellington
Cold night for South Island, heavy snow warning issued for inland Canterbury
Pacific
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Uneasy calm in New Caledonia as 'massive' reinforcements arrive
18 May 2024Food rationing is in place, and hundreds more police, army and firefighters are on the streets in an effort to regain control of Nouméa.
'It's a revolution here, using Tiktok' - Pro-independence activist on New Caledonia unrest
Wife of a former Palau president sues Surangel Whipps Jr, seeking US$150,000 in damages
Sport
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Live updates: Tyson Fury v Oleksandr Usyk
17 minutes agoFollow all the action from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as the two men fight for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world.
Wellington Phoenix season ends with semi-final loss
In photos: Sold-out crowd for Wellington Phoenix semi-final
Politics
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Instant noodles as stranded Kiwi's supplies dwindle in New Caledonia
The government is looking at all options for helping New Zealanders who want to get back home. Audio
Rule change to protect powerlines from being hit by trees
The Week in Politics: Charter schools, special police units and a tricky problem for the government
Covid-19
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The puzzle of the coalition pledge to end vaccine mandates
15 May 2024The government is still trying to work out how it will meet its pledge to end Covid mandates, given the mandates were scrapped more than a year ago.
China due to free vlogger who filmed Wuhan lockdown
Covid-19 update: 2287 new cases, 19 further deaths
World
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More deaths reported as New Caledonia unrest spreads
18 May 2024"We just can't go on like this... we are killing ourselves," minister pleads.
They were treating waves of wounded in Gaza. Then an Israeli assault trapped the foreign doctors
Fifty dead in heavy rain, floods in central Afghanistan, official says
Comment & Analysis
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Home buyers 'control narrative' as mortgage rates drop
17 May 2024Analysis - What the latest data shows about where the market is at right now.
Popeyes' battle shows how big businesses protect their trademarks - even when they have no plans to come to NZ
Some say the Treaty of Waitangi divides NZ – a new survey suggests the opposite is true
Local Democracy Reporting
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New school lunch model could cut out kaupapa Māori suppliers
16 May 2024A Whanganui school lunch contractor says kaupapa Māori suppliers could be out of the picture under the government's new free school lunch model.
Revamped school lunches may be less healthy - principal
What is Local Democracy Reporting?
In Depth
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Waitangi Tribunal 'a parallel government'
17 May 2024David Seymour has renewed attacks on the what he says is an 'increasingly activist' Tribunal as it faces questions about its future.
'I disagree': Kiwi Olympic star Eliza McCartney's selection policy critique
New 'assistant psychology' role in development by government to address workforce shortages
Te Ao Māori
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Dame Hinewehi Mohi inducted into New Zealand Music Hall of Fame
18 May 2024The singer, producer and te reo Māori advocate says she's honoured to be recognised for her music - her "real heart project".
Government plans for Māori wards breach The Treaty of Waitangi -Tribunal
Government faces further legal action over Māori Health Authority axing
Business
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Why tourism operators are struggling to know how they're doing
Getting quality tourism data has been a bugbear of the industry for years, but businesses say it has only gotten worse.
The Warehouse boss Nick Grayston abruptly quits
Workplace harassment costing employers $1.5 billion per year
Country
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Consumers could see increase in dairy prices if Fonterra sells off consumer brands
There are a lot of cons in Fonterra's plan to sell off some or all of its most well-known brands, a marketing professor says. Audio
Air Vanuatu collapse poses challenges for returning RSE workers
New Zealand's wool quality assurance sector up in the air
Environment
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15 scooters, bikes, pram plunged into pond
17 May 2024In the depths were a cash register and a skate park bin: "I wouldn't be surprised to see someone had chucked a partridge and a pear tree in there too."
Gold miner wants consent after already starting work
NZTA tells dealers to repay Clean Car rebates on almost 200 EVs
Media & Technology
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From drawing during lockdown to $500k animated web series
11 May 2024Charlie Faulks's horror-comedy web series, Bloke of the Apocalypse, is about a father and son who discover a zombie apocalypse on their farm in rural NZ. Video
TVNZ breached agreement with E tū when deciding on discontinuing programmes, ERA rules
Lynskey, Malcolm among cast for Pike River Mine movie
Identity
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Aya Al-Chalabi: 'Ramadan is a re-set'
9 Apr 2024A New Zealand-Arab influencer has been showcasing Muslim faith and culture to a new audience this Ramadan.
Meet the Samoan chemical engineer-turned film maker
Wairoa's Mātangirau sings loudly for Day Two of Te Matatini
IndoNZ
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Bolstering support for Asian personnel in the NZ Defence Force
16 May 2024The founder of a Pan-Asian network in the New Zealand Defence Force hopes to support Asian personnel in their defence careers.
Working groups eyed to aid collaboration with India on agriculture and pharmaceuticals
Man in his 80s among four convicted for obstruction over security guard's death