Articles by RNZ
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Sport
F1 star Lando Norris warms hearts of Timaru school with video response
Monday, 31 March 2025, 1:42pmLando Norris responded to a book from Timaru’s Oceanview Heights School, delighting students. The book, Dear Lando, featured...
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National
‘Saving the taxpayer billions’: Peters reveals new ferries to replace ailing fleet
Monday, 31 March 2025, 8:38amMinister for Rail Winston Peters has announced a “plan” for what he is calling “two new rail ferries” to replace the ailing...
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National
HPV vaccine cuts cervical cancer rates by more than two-thirds
Saturday, 8 March 2025, 1:53pmBy RNZ A study has found the cost and effort to roll out the national HPV vaccination programme was “well worth it” and has...
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National
Prisoner dies, another injured in separate incidents at Auckland Prison
Monday, 3 March 2025, 12:12pmA prisoner was found dead in his cell on Saturday at Auckland Prison. The Ministry of Corrections is investigating the...
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News
‘Equity crisis’: Principals urge end to NCEA reading and maths tests
Monday, 3 March 2025, 8:45amPrincipals from low-income schools are calling to end new NCEA reading, writing, and maths tests. They warn the tests could...
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News
‘March madness’: Auckland commuters brace for traffic surge
Monday, 3 March 2025, 8:40am‘March madness’ in Auckland causes traffic congestion as students return to schools and universities. Rail closures and bus...
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Politics
Long-serving councillor admits to drink-driving
Saturday, 1 March 2025, 8:38amBy RNZ A long-serving Taupō District councillor has admitted drink-driving. Anna Park appeared in the Auckland District Court on...
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National
Destiny Church faces call to lose charity status over Pride protest
Friday, 21 February 2025, 3:28pmBy Susan Edmunds of RNZ Te Atatū MP Phil Twyford has written to the charities regulator asking for Destiny Church to be struck...
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National
Google’s AI has been breaching NZ court name suppressions
Monday, 17 February 2025, 10:40amGoogle’s AI has breached name suppression orders by revealing names of individuals with court-ordered suppression. Former...
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National
‘Less than minimum wage’: GP battles flawed funding model
Monday, 17 February 2025, 9:44amHāwera GP Keith Blayney earns less than his receptionist but prefers this to the government’s capitation funding system. Blayney...
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National
Former Act Party president named as former political figure who abused teenage boys
Friday, 31 January 2025, 6:09pmFormer Act Party president Tim Jago has been named as the abuser of two teenage boys. Jago indecently assaulted the boys...
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World
Robert F Kennedy Jnr’s measles outbreak comment ‘a complete lie’, says Samoa health chief
Friday, 31 January 2025, 2:50pmSamoa’s health chief says Robert F Kennedy Jr’s comments on the 2019 measles outbreak are false. Aiono Professor Dr Alec...
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Business
Who got the biggest (and smallest) pay rises in 2024?
Monday, 27 January 2025, 1:33pmUnemployment rose and wage increases slowed in 2024, with uneven impacts across sectors. Healthcare and social assistance...
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National
‘The house was tilting’: Tenant’s escape as state houses await fate two years after floods
Monday, 27 January 2025, 12:40pmFour state houses in Māngere are still propped up after floating during floods two years ago. Engineers say polystyrene in...
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National
Pedestrian hit by vehicle in Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Friday, 17 January 2025, 2:34pmBy RNZ A pedestrian has been seriously injured after being hit by a vehicle in the Botanic Gardens in Christchurch. Police...
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National
Author Neil Gaiman faces new sexual assault allegations, including alleged abuse of New Zealand woman
Wednesday, 15 January 2025, 4:30pmBy Melanie Earley of RNZ Warning: This story discusses allegations of sexual assault. A list of helplines is available at...
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Emergency
Police officer 'thought I'd lost everybody' during cyclone rescue effort
Friday, 6 December 2024, 1:47pmBy Bill Hickman of RNZ A police officer involved in the dramatic rescue of seven people during Cyclone Gabrielle had a moment...
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Business
Pharmac to fund breakthrough breast cancer drug
Friday, 6 December 2024, 1:28pmBy RNZ A breast cancer drug – which keeps the disease stable for up to four times longer than the previous treatment – will...
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National
Student Sophia Crestani's death: Inquest played pleas for help from Dunedin party-goers
Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:34pmBy Tess Brunton of RNZ An inquest into the death of a student at an overcrowded Dunedin party has heard recordings of distressed...
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Sport
Details of Silver Lake's buy-in of New Zealand Rugby revealed
Wednesday, 28 April 2021, 11:34amBy RNZ New Zealand Rugby has confirmed the sale price for the buy in of US tech giant Silver Lake to the game here. In papers...
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Politics
'Inhumane conditions': Marama Davidson condemns emergency housing
Tuesday, 27 April 2021, 4:40pmFrom RNZ One of the Government's own ministers has condemned some emergency housing as "inhumane", while taking aim at a...
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Entertainment
Revealed: New Zealand's most streamed music of 2019
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 8:28pmSpotify has released its most streamed music of 2019, and Soaked from 19-year-old pop sensation Benee has come out on top. Benee's...
