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The music festival shutting down K’ Road this weekend
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s incredibly hard putting on any music festival at the moment, but this year Reuben Bonner also took on the “mighty challenge” of closing down K...
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Man wielding hedge trimmer blade who trapped woman, baby was ‘violent and not rational’ – witness
Source: Radio New Zealand Police were called to reports of a man armed with a blade from a pair of hedge trimmers, who had trapped a woman and her baby...
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Watch live: Latest announced in crackdown on airport staff importing drugs
Source: Radio New Zealand Police and Customs are set to reveal the latest in a crackdown on staff helping import drugs at Auckland International Airport. Operation Matata has been focused...
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Paid firefighters strike after negotiations stall
Source: Radio New Zealand About 2000 members of the Professional Firefighters’ Union will strike between 12-1pm. RNZ / Ruth Hill Paid firefighters are walking off the job for one hour...
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Fabian Holland and Braxton Sorensen-McGee up for top NZ Rugby awards
Source: Radio New Zealand Fabian Holland of New Zealand Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year winners Fabian Holland and Braxton Sorensen-McGee have been named among the finalists...
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Chip maker Rakon narrows half-year loss
Source: Radio New Zealand Chief Executive Sinan Altug. Supplied / Rakon Chip maker Rakon slashed its half-year loss on the back of increased revenue. Key numbers for half year ended...
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Consumer confidence still negative, despite lift
Source: Radio New Zealand Falling consumer arrears, employment returning to modest growth and retailers reporting improved activity boosted the index. RNZ/Nick Monro Consumer confidence lifts, although pessimists slightly outweigh the...
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GENE SKIN Awarded “2025 Healthcare Professionals’ Favourite Health Brand Award” – Proprietary Technique Gains Professional Recognition
Source: Media Outreach GENE SKIN upholds the philosophy of “Creating Results with Care,” specializing in acne treatment, and has become a highly acclaimed medical skincare brand through its professionalism, reliability,...
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Kiwi skipper dies in sailing accident on round-the-world trip
Source: Radio New Zealand Lyall Babington was intending to sail Mollie around the world. UK Government A New Zealand skipper died after being pulled into a faulty winch in the...
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Thirty-two more dairy farms for Canterbury; some grain growers go for milk
Source: Radio New Zealand Cows being milked in a dairy shed in Taranaki RNZ/Sally Round Canterbury grows most of the country’s wheat, barley and oat crops. But persistently low wheat...
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Hot days but reprieve from humid nights coming
Source: Radio New Zealand Sun and swimmers out in Mission Bay, Auckland. RNZ / Jordan Dunn Much of the country will continue to experience warm temperatures over the coming days,...
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NZ’s longest-serving meat worker retires after 64 years
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied An Otatara man thought to be New Zealand’s longest-serving meat worker retired this month after 64 years in the industry. Ken McLeod, 80, started in...
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Matildas v Football Ferns: What you need to know about Friday night’s game
Source: Radio New Zealand Football Ferns will end the year against their most familiar rival. Photosport Matildas v Football Ferns Friday, 28 November Kick-off 9.30pm Polytec Stadium, Gosford, Australia Live...
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SailGP: Burling confident of competing in grand final despite serious finger gash
Source: Radio New Zealand Black Foils skipper Peter Burling. Photosport Black Foils driver Peter Burling is confident he’ll be on board for this weekend’s SailGP grand final in Abu Dhabi....
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Hong Kong high-rise fire: Similar renovations at Kiwi’s apartment building
Source: Radio New Zealand Residents check clothing donated for them after a major fire swept through several apartment blocks at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate in Hong Kong’s Tai...
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Why New Zealand failed to reach its Smokefree 2025 target
Source: Radio New Zealand “If you match a tobacco cigarette in a joint in terms of the same size and smoked in the same way, cannabis results in five times...
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‘There’s nothing we opposed’: Board responds to outrage over Eden Park events
Source: Radio New Zealand Six60 perform the first concert at Eden Park. Supplied/Six60 Albert-Eden Local Board’s chairperson says they’re are not opposed to more events at Eden Park after being...
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Advocate rejects MPs claims schools were pressured to reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti
Source: Radio New Zealand The tino rangatiratanga haki (flag) outside Parliament on the day of the Treaty Principles Bill introduction. RNZ / Emma Andrews Campaigners have rejected statements from the...
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Ryan Fox starts well in Brisbane while Kobori aces hole
Source: Radio New Zealand Ryan Fox of New Zealand in action during the Australian PGA Championship at Royal Queensland Golf Club in Brisbane, 2025. AAP / Photosport New Zealand golfers...
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Tall Blacks, Boomers tip off world cup qualification
Source: Radio New Zealand Finn Delany will captain the Tall Blacks against Australia in the first round of world cup qualification. Jeremy Ward/Photosport Boomers v Tall Blacks Friday, 28 November...
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Firefighters battle fires in Otago, Southland overnight
Source: Radio New Zealand A scrub fire in Palmerston. Supplied / Martin Neame Seven fire crews and heavy machinery will be heading to a vegetation fire near the Otago town...
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F1: Liam Lawson still waiting as team-mate has seat confirmed
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand F1 driver Liam Lawson. MPS AGENCY / PHOTOSPORT The clock is ticking for Liam Lawson to show he has what it takes to stay...
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‘Hidden’ workforce shortages in hospitals add to frontline pressures
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash / RNZ Painfully slow recruitment processes within public hospitals are masking the true scale of the dire workforce shortages in the health system, frontline workers...
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100 critically endangered Mahoenui giant wētā released into Taranaki’s Rotokare Sanctuary
Source: Radio New Zealand About 100 critically-endangered Mahoenui giant weta have been released into the Rotokare Sanctuary in Taranaki this week as part of efforts to preserve the taonga species....
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New nativity float for Auckland Santa Parade
Source: Radio New Zealand A team of volunteers have been working together to build the float, here are some of them. L-R: Adam Poloha, Ben Mai, Daphne Benitez, David Scott,...
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A Kerikeri tradie turned a car park into an abundant veggie plot
Source: Radio New Zealand It started as a tiny seed of an idea, but has grown into a flourishing vegetable garden in an unlikely spot – a concrete company car...
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Why convicted drug smuggler Karel Šroubek still hasn’t been deported
Source: Radio New Zealand Karel Šroubek does not want to be deported back to the Czech Republic. (File photo) Carmen Bird Photography Šroubek, also known as Jan Antolik, is still...