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Tauranga City Council nominations off to a slow start
17 May 2024Tauranga has a population of more than 130,000, but only 14 people have put their hand up to stand in the elections so far, with a week until nominations close.
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'Fix our potholes': Gisborne locals decry spending on new projects
18 May 2024Submissions presented at Gisborne District Council's three-year plan hearings have seen residents clash with the council over pothole repairs and cycle paths.
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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.
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Popeyes battle shows how big businesses protect trademarks
16 May 2024A battle between a Manawatū fish-and-chippie and a Louisiana chicken joint reads like a David and Goliath battle. But it's a little more complicated, Alexandra Allen-Franks writes.
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New 'assistant psychology' role to meet demand
Psychology graduates who don't make the cut for a clinical role could still work with patients via a new 'assistant' qualification being developed by the government.
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Ready for immortality? Why longer lifespans could be 'genuinely horrific'
Cambridge professor Stephen Cave says advances in longevity could lead to civil war, in latest episode of RNZ's 30 with Guyon Espiner.
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New Caledonia unrest: Defence Force to bring New Zealanders home
19 May 2024Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters says New Zealand is waiting for the go-ahead from French authorities, based on safety.
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Migrant's resident visa arrived days after being killed by repeat drink-driver
An apprentice diesel mechanic who got behind the wheel after drinking and crashed, killing a young man, had recently been convicted of drink driving in similar circumstances.
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Mid-May snowfalls for inland Canterbury
19 May 2024Inland Canterbury areas have been covered in snow this morning.
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'I can do much better': Genter promises to improve conduct
17 May 2024"In future I should walk away," Green MP Julie Anne Genter says after complaints over an exchange in Parliament and from two members of the public. Audio
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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.
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Good News: Stories that cheered us up this week
19 May 2024High school bands go into battle, a breeding breakthrough for endangered giant wētā and one school's anti-plastics patrol are among this week's feel-good stories from RNZ.
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Massey University deficit shrinks with expenses down, grants up
19 May 2024Massey University is again facing a big deficit for the year, although so far its finances aren't as bad as feared.
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Two injured after helicopter crash at Uretiti Beach near Waipu
19 May 2024The helicopter is reported to have been a home-built kitset model.
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Overhaul of health systems to better catch Covid-19 and measles months behind
19 May 2024An urgent overhaul of health systems to better catch and control communicable diseases, from Covid-19 to measles, is months behind schedule - but authorities are promising to "avoid gaps".
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Serious crash closes part of SH5 in Bay of Plenty
A section of State Highway 5 near Tapapa in the Bay of Plenty is closed after a crash.
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Olympian Mahé Drysdale enters Tauranga's mayoralty race
19 May 2024The champion rower says he would bring accounting and financial management to the job.
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Police seek sightings of missing woman
19 May 2024Police are appealing for sightings of a woman who has been missing from her Ōtāhuhu home for over a week.
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Spy data centre: Govt wanted a bargain and control of sensitive info
19 May 2024The government wanted sovereign control of sensitive data, but also a bargain when planning for a high-security data centre in Auckland, documents show.
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Nelson school students back on bikes after community group pitches in with repairs
19 May 2024Students at Salisbury School now have a fleet of bicycles they can ride again, after Bike Hub Nelson pitched in to repair nearly 20 bikes that had fallen into disrepair.
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Denser housing can be greener too - how NZ can build better for biodiversity
19 May 2024Opinion - Incorporating nature within built environments is not just possible, it's essential.
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Woman who left 29kg mother to starve to death released from prison
18 May 2024The Auckland woman's mother died on a tarpaulin after going up to 15 days without food.
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Dame Jane Campion: 'Even if they took a few months off my life, I would still do them'
Dame 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
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Hundreds protest outside controversial conference in Wellington
At least 500 people gathered on Saturday for a pro-trans solidarity rally in central Wellington.
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