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Shoes on or off inside? What are the rules?
Source: Radio New Zealand Across Aotearoa, our indoor shoe etiquette is shaped by culture, faith, upbringing and our own ideas about cleanliness. Guna Magesan, president of the Hindu Council, says...
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The price of instant gratification
Source: Radio New Zealand Buy Now Pay Later schemes including Afterpay are popular with consumers, with one million Kiwis using them. Screenshot Financial watchdogs want the rules about Buy Now...
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War on the wallet: Iran conflict a ‘worst of worlds’ scenario
Source: Radio New Zealand Motorists drive past a plume of smoke rising from a reported Iranian strike in the industrial district of Doha, 1 March 2026. MAHMUD HAMS / AFP...
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One in two large businesses successfully attacked by cybercriminals in last year
Source: Radio New Zealand Almost one in two large businesses were successfully attacked by cybercriminals in the last year. Unsplash / RNZ AI-empowered cybercriminals are attacking businesses at unprecedented speeds...
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Schools bringing in counsellors to deal with harm caused by social media
Source: Radio New Zealand There are calls for a ban on social media for under 16’s in New Zealand. (File photo) NurPhoto via AFP Principals of two Auckland schools say...
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Rugby: Injury-hit Black Ferns Sevens outlast Australia in Vancouver thriller
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s women’s team celebrate with the trophy after defeating Australia to win the HSBC SVNS Vancouver rugby sevens tournament. AFP / DON MACKINNON An injury-depleted...
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Tech – NEW INDUSTRY CODE COMBATS ONLINE SCAMMERS – Tech New Zealand
Source: Tech New Zealand MARCH 9, 2026 – In a significant milestone for consumer protection, Tech New Zealand has partnered with three of the world’s largest digital platforms to launch the...
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Iran conflict sparks freight chaos: New Zealand faces soaring costs and months‑long delays
Source: Radio New Zealand Freight was being disrupted due to the conflict in Iran. (File photo) Bryan Crump A freight company is warning New Zealand faces sharply higher freight prices,...
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Iran conflict: Request for Australian help shows the changing nature of warfare
Source: Radio New Zealand Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli center coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks. AFP / JACK...
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Zac Lomax switches codes, signs with Western Force
Source: Radio New Zealand Lomax played three tests for the Kangaroos. photosport Australian superstar Zac Lomax is switching codes. Lomax is leaving the NRL to join the Western Force with...
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How hot is too hot for football in the Pacific?
Source: Radio New Zealand . PHOTOSPORT Medical experts are warning sporting organisations need to do more to manage the risks of heat illness in football, after recent tournaments in the...
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KiwiRail director Scott O’Donnell quits board two years early after only months in role
Source: Radio New Zealand Scott O’Donnell (file photo). Otago Daily Times / Laura Smith KiwiRail director Scott O’Donnell will step down from the KiwiRail board of directors on 24 March,...
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Police ramp up recruitment efforts in Auckland as drain to Australia slows
Source: Radio New Zealand Police have ramped up recruitment efforts in Auckland with hopes to bring more Kiwis into the force, and tempt those currently working in Australia to return...
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Raisina: The Taiwan Strait Issue
Source: Radio New Zealand By Graeme Acton, Asia Media Centre This week’s 11th Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi decided to take the Taiwan Strait issue seriously. GREG BAKER/AFP If China...
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Concern over suitable athletics venue for 2034 NZ Commonwealth Games hosting bid
Source: Radio New Zealand XIV Commonwealth games opening ceremony, Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand, 24 January 1990. Photosport Despite its dominance of last month’s Halberg Awards, athletics looms as...
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Aussie farmer who swam his way out of depression
Source: Radio New Zealand Stressed, overworked and cloudy-headed, New South Wales farmer Brendan Cullen was feeling “pretty crook” back in 2015. When he started talking out loud to himself, he...
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F1: Brit George Russell wins Australian Grand Prix, Kiwi Liam Lawson 13th
Source: Radio New Zealand Kiwi Liam Lawson trails Mexican Sergio Perez during the Australian Grand Prix. AFP Kiwi driver Liam Lawson has finished 13th in Formula One’s Australian Grand Prix,...
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White Ferns’ bowler Lea Tahuhu calls time on ODI career
Source: Radio New Zealand Lea Tahuhu has called time on her one-day international career. PHOTOSPORT The White Ferns all-time leading ODI wicket-taker Lea Tahuhu has announced her retirement from one-day...
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Why do high earners get the pension? – Ask Susan
Source: Radio New Zealand Got questions? RNZ has launched a new podcast, [ https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/no-stupid-questions No Stupid Questions’], with Susan Edmunds. We’d love to hear more of your questions about money...
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White Sox great and Olympian Rhonda Hira calls for greater recognition of softball
Source: Radio New Zealand Rhonda Hira in action for the White Sox against Japan in 2000. PHOTOSPORT Rhonda Hira (Waikato Tainui, Ngāti Tipa) has long secured her place in New...
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Universities – $5.1 million grant to eliminate cervical cancer in Pacific region – UoA
Source: University of Auckland – UoA Pacific-led initiatives set to eliminate cervical cancer across the Pacific Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa – Centre for Pacific and Global Health at Waipapa...
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Country Life: Young Kiwi pilot helps map and fight Victoria’s devastating bushfires
Source: Radio New Zealand Henry Phelps at the helm Supplied Kiwi pilot Henry Phelps has gone from wilderness flying in New Zealand to helping combat Australia’s devastating bushfires. Working with...
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Acid rain falls on Vanuatu islands as volcano belches ash
Source: Radio New Zealand The Manaro Voui volcano is spewing ash and smoke as high as four kilometres above sea level. The alert level remains at three on a scale...
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Football: Phoenix draw 1-1 with Adelaide
Source: Radio New Zealand Manjrekar James, goalscorer for the Wellington Phoenix, in the team’s 1-1 draw with Adelaide United, on March 6th 2026. www.photosport.nz Interim Wellington Phoenix coach Chris Greenacre...
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The Oscars are coming up and it’s anyone’s game
Source: Radio New Zealand With the Academy Awards right around the corner, it’s difficult to find another year when the race was this wide open, this late in the game....
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The great property breakup
Source: Radio New Zealand Townhouses on Glengarry Road, Glen Eden. Supplied New Zealand’s love affair with property could be in the break-up stage, with no shortage of houses and investors...
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Renowned New Zealand artist Philip Trusttum dies aged 85
Source: Radio New Zealand Philip Trusttum. Supplied / Christchurch Art Gallery Renowned New Zealand figurative, expressionist artist Philip Trusttum has died, aged 85, with multiple leading galleries paying tribute online....