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New Zealand
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Fears Queenstown's homeless problem is about to snowball
19 May 2024An advocate for homeless people in Queenstown is worried the resort town will see an influx of hundreds of people sleeping in tents this winter.
Cancer is increasingly survivable - but it shouldn't depend on your ability to 'wrangle' the health system - Australasian academics
Police use images from number plate recognition cameras for variety of purposes
Pacific
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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.
'Total chaos': Resident watches Noumea turn into 'a complete war zone'
New Caledonia unrest rocks French politics as leaders plead for end to division
Sport
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Man City win historic EPL title: 'No team has ever done it'
4 minutes agoManchester City won an unprecedented fourth straight Premier League title with a win over West Ham United.
Zverev wins Italian Open, NZ's Routliffe beaten in doubles final
Warriors v Panthers: Taine Tuaupiki stars in shock 22-20 win over defending champion
Politics
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Govt policies rely on 'catch phrases', ignore urgent needs of people and planet - Greens
12:14 am todayThe Greens are taking aim at the coalition government's policies, saying they lack genuine care.
Police and justice system need to re-earn 'lost faith' - dairy owners
Watch: Christopher Luxon speaks at National Party conference
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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UK to spend $20.7 billion on compensation in infected blood scandal
About 30,000 people were given blood contaminated with HIV or hepatitis C, with about 3000 of those believed to have died.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange facing pivotal moment in long fight to stay out of US court
Sydney police officer stabbed in the head chased alleged attacker before arresting him
Comment & Analysis
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Charter schools, special police and a tricky problem
17 May 2024The Week in Politics: ACT brings back a signature policy, while NZ First mulls how to fulfil a promise.
'Buyers control narrative', mortgage rates drop: What is happening with the NZ housing market this week?
Popeyes' battle shows how big businesses protect their trademarks - even when they have no plans to come to NZ
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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Iwi Leaders Group united against Oranga Tamariki scrapping Treaty obligations
19 May 2024If the government really wants Oranga Tamariki to continue working with Māori groups, it should leave the law as it is, leader says.
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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RSE workers prepare for longer stay in NZ after airline collapse
Delays in passports being issued and limited airline options are some of the issues employers face to book flights for RSE workers from Vanuatu.
New Zealand's wool quality assurance sector up in the air
Consumers could see increase in dairy prices if Fonterra sells off consumer brands
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