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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...
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Science, English slide, as secondary school students seek life skills
Source: Radio New Zealand English is still the most-widely studied subject, but has slipped from 87 to 80 percent of students. Unsplash One in five secondary school students studied life...
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Essential New Zealand Albums: Bressa Creeting Cake
Source: Radio New Zealand To a listener who was tuned to Auckland’s bFM in the mid-1990s, the self-titled debut of Bressa Creeting Cake might not have come as quite the...
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What makes Shona Laing’s South an essential album
Source: Radio New Zealand Shona Laing was just 17 when she had her first national hit with ‘1905’ in 1972. Fifteen years later, she was reintroducing herself as a different...
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NZ’s best public events to celebrate the New Year
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch will welcome 2025 with live music and fireworks. AFP / MATIAS DELACROIX A rundown on some of the biggest public events to ring in 2026...
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Top cops on the beat over the New Year
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ Police Commissioner Richard Chambers answers questions from Parliament’s Justice Committee, alongside Deputy Commissioners Jill Rogers (Northern Districts) and Tusha Penny (Central and Southern Districts). VNP...
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Police Commissioner goes back on the beat for Rhythm and Vines, New Year’s Eve
Source: New Zealand Police Police Commissioner Richard Chambers will be on the beat in Nelson on New Year’s Eve working alongside frontline staff, as well as policing at Rhythm and...
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Ten of the best literary chats of 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand From struggling to learn to read at school during the war, Joy Cowley has gone on to become one of New Zealand’s most beloved and prolific...
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NIA Joins Forces with TAT to Reignite ‘Amazing Thailand’ Through Innovation Power, Transforming Thai Tourism and Leveraging Creativity and Culture to Drive a New Tourism Economy
Source: Media Outreach BANGKOK, THAILAND – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 December 2025 – Tourism remains one of the most important engines driving Thailand’s economy. Beyond generating revenue, it plays...
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RNZ’s best videos to watch over summer
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Looking for something a bit different to watch this summer break? RNZ has you covered. There are more than 100 series and films available to...
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What makes Dudley Benson’s The Awakening an essential album
Source: Radio New Zealand Some time in the mid-2000s, a singular piece of music found its way onto student radio and other playlists. Consisting only of multi-tracked voices – like...
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Vingroup Signs Strategic Cooperation with The Government of Uzbekistan, Opening Large-Scale Investment Opportunities in Central Asia
Source: Media Outreach HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 25 December 2025 – Vingroup announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Investment, Industry...
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Celebrating Christmas with Indian culinary favourites
Source: Radio New Zealand Appam is a rice pancake – a favourite within the Malayali community. 123rf The aroma of spices instead of mint sauce signals the arrival of Christmas...
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What makes Chris Knox’s Seizure an essential album
Source: Radio New Zealand Before suffering a serious stroke in 2009, Chris Knox was one of our most prolific and provocative music-makers. It might say something about the nature of...
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Anchors, camels and kayaks: A less traditional Christmas for Kiwi travellers
Source: Radio New Zealand Christmas is often defined by the traditions of familiar faces, overflowing tables and the comfort of home. But for some families, choosing a different path has...
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What is (and isn’t) open on Christmas Day
Source: Radio New Zealand While many places close their doors on Christmas Day, there are a few exceptions. Here’s RNZ’s guide to what is and isn’t open on Christmas Day....
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Major dance music festival reveals line-up for Wellington
Source: Radio New Zealand An electronic dance music festival heading to New Zealand for the first time has revealed its headline acts. Artists headlining the Ultra New Zealand festival are...
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Hualien New Year’s Countdown Party Kicks Off Taiwan’s Year-End Festivities and Winter Travel Season
Source: Media Outreach HUALIEN, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 23 December 2025 – The Hualien County Government invites domestic and international travelers to plan ahead and experience the county’s...
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‘Call of Duty’ co-creator killed in car crash: US media
Source: Radio New Zealand Vince Zampella, the acclaimed co-creator of the video gaming juggernaut Call of Duty, has died in a car crash, US media reported. According to local broadcaster...
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Shoes, rhinos and Jaffas: Trade Me’s top viewed auctions of 2025 revealed
Source: Radio New Zealand Tauranga teen Sam Ruthe broke records for the four minute-mile this year, and his shoes earned thousands on Trade Me. Phil Walter / Getty Images Well-worn...