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Wild weather hasn’t dampened NZ’s New Year celebrations
Source: Radio New Zealand Fireworks at the Sky Tower in Auckland at midnight. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson New Year’s celebrations are well underway – despite the dreary weather in...
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News Hub Asia announces the NHA Top 10 Middle Eastern Restaurants in Kuala Lumpur
Source: Media Outreach KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 31 December 2025 – As Malaysia prepares to welcome the world ahead of Visit Malaysia Year 2026, the country’s...
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Wild weather won’t dampen NZ’s New Year celebrations
Source: Radio New Zealand NYE crowds in central Wellington. RNZ / Ruth Hill With less than two hours left of 2025, New Year’s celebrations are well underway – despite the...
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How this clever film proves romance isn’t about choosing ‘the one’
Source: Radio New Zealand Opinion – In the new rom-com Eternity, Joan (Elizabeth Olsen) faces an impossible choice: spend forever with the steady husband she’s loved for years, or reunite...
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‘The Wire’ actor Isiah Whitlock Jr. dies aged 71
Source: Radio New Zealand Isiah Whitlock Jr., whose singular delivery of a tagline in The Wire gave the world one of the most iconic phrases of the century, has died...
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Authorities urge violence-free night in Auckland, New Year’s events cancelled elsewhere
Source: Radio New Zealand An Auckland councillor is urging calm as revellers prepare to ring in the 2026 new year. AFP / NurPhoto An Auckland councillor is urging calm on...
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George Clooney becomes French citizen
Source: Radio New Zealand Actor George Clooney and his family have been granted French citizenship, official government documents show, after he has previously voiced concern about raising his children amid...
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New Year Honours: Wellingtonians in line for applause
Source: Radio New Zealand Professor Graham Le Gros, Coral Shaw, Dorothy Spotswood and Scott Dixon are four of the seven being named Dames and Knights. RNZ A philanthropist, an art...
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New Year Honours: Recognition for Dame Coral Shaw – Teacher, lawyer, judge and head of a royal commission
Source: Radio New Zealand Dame Coral Shaw has been recognised for her work, among other things, as a Commissioner on the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. Libby...
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Essential New Zealand Albums: The Warratahs – The Only Game In Town
Source: Radio New Zealand Think about how a great album is made, and it’s hard to escape the image of musicians notching up hundreds of hours of studio time crafting...
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New Year Honours 2026 – the full list
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/ Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Here is the full list of everyone receiving a 2026 New Year Honour: Dame Companions of the New...
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Ten businesses that didn’t survive 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand Kitchen Things went into receivership mid-year. Google Maps It’s been another tough year financially for many New Zealand households and businesses. While some commentators said in...
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HEYTEA Partners with POP MART’s Twinkle Twinkle for First Global Simultaneous Launch
Source: Media Outreach SHENZHEN, CHINA – Media OutReach Newswire – 30 December 2025 – Starting December 22, HEYTEA and POP MART’s popular IP Twinkle Twinkle officially launched their global co-branded...
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Rhythm and Vines dries out after soggy start
Source: Radio New Zealand Festival goers at Rhythm and Vines are off to a soggy start after the region was wiped with heavy rain. Lucy Parkinson After a soggy start,...
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Idris Elba, former All Blacks coach recognised in UK honours list
Source: Radio New Zealand English actor Idris Elba attends the 95th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 12, 2023. AFP/SUPPLIED Actor Idris Elba, a...
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Political coups, fake doctors, deepfake porn and wild weather – What RNZ explained in 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ explainer journalism aims to make sense of the news of the day. 123rf Explainer – What were some of the biggest topics RNZ’s journalists explained...
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New year – New inflight biosecurity video
Source: New Zealand Government The new inflight biosecurity video delivers a clear and urgent message to all international air passengers regarding their responsibility to safeguard New Zealand’s primary industries and...
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Media on Bardot: France’s biggest ‘sex symbol’ or ‘crazy cat lady’
Source: Radio New Zealand International and French media on Monday paid tribute to Brigitte Bardot, with some highlighting her reputation as “the greatest sex symbol of French cinema” and others...
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How short-form videos could be harming young minds
Source: Radio New Zealand Analysis – Online short-form video has shifted from a light distraction to a constant backdrop in many children’s lives. What used to fill a spare moment...
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Essential New Zealand Albums: Strawpeople – Broadcast
Source: Radio New Zealand Sleek, modern, sophisticated and brimful of hits, their 1994 album Broadcast was a type of album by a type of group that hadn’t really been heard...
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Vingroup And Kinshasa Strengthen Comprehensive Cooperation in Green Mobility
Source: Media Outreach KINSHASA, CONGO – Media OutReach Newswire – 29 December 2025 – Vingroup today announced the signing of a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kinshasa (Democratic Republic...
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Dunedin family dominates Cromwell’s annual cherry spitting competition
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Cromwell & Districts Promotions Group A Dunedin family has swept the podium at the annual Cherry Pit-Spit Championship in Cromwell. The Collins family dominated...
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Lakes Festival delivers a one-day rave marathon in Hagley Park
Source: Radio New Zealand With Christmas done and dusted, the festive season has switched into festival season. A day after Hidden Valley’s 10-year edition at Matakana, the South Island offshoot...
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Brigitte Bardot, the French star you ‘had to see to believe’
Source: Radio New Zealand Brigitte Bardot, the doe-eyed beauty whose sensuality brought French cinema to the mainstream, has died aged 91. Arriving on screen in the 1950s, Bardot swiftly rose...
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The oddest news RNZ covered in 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand A statue showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein; a roll of bread; the Dalai Lama; a lost and confused kitten; a Fabergé egg that went on...
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French actress Brigitte Bardot dies aged 91
Source: Radio New Zealand French film legend Brigitte Bardot – a cinema icon of the 1950s and ’60s who walked away from global stardom to become an animal rights protector...
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Essential New Zealand Albums: Collision
Source: Radio New Zealand The roots of Collision can be traced to Tokoroa, where brothers Hirra and Ali Morgan and cousins Colin Henry and Charley Hikuroa formed a band called...