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Sport in 2025: The weird, wacky and wonderful
Source: Radio New Zealand There were a plethora of bizarre, quirky, and eye popping moments in the world of sport in 2025. Photosport What happened in the unpredictable world of...
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YEAR IN REVIEW: Five climate disasters that disrupted children’s lives in 2025
Source: Save the Children In 2025, children were deeply affected by climate disasters around the world – from heatwaves that forced schools to close to flash floods and storms that flattened...
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A history of New Zealand’s wildfires – and what’s to come
Source: Radio New Zealand The Port Hills fire on 14 February 2024. Stuff / Kai Schwoerer Off the back of two devastating wildfires in Tongariro National Park, the country is...
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Year in review: NZ Warriors ride rollercoaster to NRL playoffs
Source: Radio New Zealand The Warriors hopes suffer a crippling blow, as star halfback Luke Metcalf falls to a season-ending knee injury. Tertius Pickard/www.photosport.nz Under the Go Media Stadium stand,...
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Power outages, heavy rain and strong gales as wild weather heads south
Source: Radio New Zealand Campers at Totaranui Abel Tasman National Park had a near miss when a tree came down on some of their tents. They had moved into a...
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Name release, New Plymouth house fire
Source: New Zealand Police Police can now release the name of the person who died following a house fire in Trelawney Crescent, New Plymouth on 24 December. He was 49-year-old...
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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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Live weather updates: Tents destroyed, trees down in heavy winds
Source: Radio New Zealand The roof of an unoccupied home in the Auckland suburb of Hillsborough came off in high winds and scattered debris down the road. RNZ / Kim...
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Weather: Tents destroyed, trees down in heavy winds
Source: Radio New Zealand Campground managers in the North Island are hoping for sunnier weather leading up to New Year’s. Ruth Kuo Wild weather battered much of the North Island...
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Campground managers hoping for sunnier New Year’s Eve weather
Source: Radio New Zealand Campground managers in the North Island are hoping for sunnier weather leading up to New Year’s. Ruth Kuo Campground managers in the North Island are hoping...
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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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Weather News – Going out with a Bang: Heavy Rain and Gales to end 2025 – MetService
Source: MetService Covering period of Monday 29th December 2025 – Thursday 1st January 2026 As the final week of 2025 unfolds, MetService is forecasting a mix of rain, wind, thunderstorms, and...
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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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Woman lists sole Christmas gift on husband’s Trade Me account – a Star Wars T-shirt
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / TradeMe A Lower Hutt woman is keeping her “dark side” in check by reselling the one gift she received from her husband of 20...
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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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Vehicle rescues in central Auckland face delays after engine crash, firefighters’ union says
Source: Radio New Zealand The fire engine involved in the crash was a what is known as a pump rescue tender (file image). RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Professional Firefighters...
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Memorable moments from across the sporting globe in 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand India win women’s cricket world cup, Rory McIlroy finally wins the Masters Tournament, Armand “Mondo” Duplantis breaks is own pole vault world record, baseball star Shohei...
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Tasman floods recovery expected to cost $50m, take two years
Source: Radio New Zealand Flooding and damage in Otuwhero Valley and Sandy Bay Road near Marahau, during extensive floods in the area, on 12 July, 2025. Supplied/ Jodie Reed More...
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Crash involving fire truck injures one in Auckland
Source: Radio New Zealand The crash involved a fire truck (generic image). RNZ / Nate McKinnon One person is injured after a crash between a fire truck and car in...
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Where do MPs go, when they go bush?
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour MP Duncan Webb and his son Albert Webb on top of Avalanche Peak. Supplied There’s simply nothing better than ditching the workwear for an outdoor...
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Staycation activities in New Zealand’s main cities
Source: Radio New Zealand A staycation doesn’t require flashy gear or carefully planned excursions to make it memorable. What matters is finding something that fits your family’s interests and offers...
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Weather: Sunday expected to live up to its name, though still ‘showers about’
Source: Radio New Zealand MetService meteorologist Devlin Lynden says the thunderstorms will ease (file image). 123RF A calmer day is in store for parts of the South Island battered on...
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Charities turning away high numbers of volunteer applications
Source: Radio New Zealand Volunteering NZ spokesperson Margaret McLachlan SUPPLIED Charities are turning away people wanting to volunteer amidst a flood of interest they say is linked to the high...
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Thunderstorm watch lifted as South Island hit with intense storms
Source: Radio New Zealand An active supercell south from Rakaia. MetService/Screenshot The thunderstorm that lashed the South Island and brought widespread and large hail is one of the year’s most...
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South Island hit with one of the year’s most intense storms
Source: Radio New Zealand An active supercell south from Rakaia. MetService/Screenshot The thunderstorm that has lashed the South Island and brought widespread and large hail is one of the year’s...
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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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Weather: Saturday soaking for the south
Source: Radio New Zealand A woman has difficulty holding an umbrella from strong winds in rainy weather. 123RF MetService has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for much of the South...