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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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Man wanted for questioning in Ruatiti homicide turns himself in
Source: Radio New Zealand Sheep farmer husband and wife, Brendon, 56, and Trina Cole, 54, were found dead at their Murumuru Road property in the farming community of Ruatiti on...
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Nitrates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing discharges, High Court rules
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The High Court has ruled Canterbury’s regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without resource consents,...
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Nitreates in water: ECan’s rule-making fell short of law over allowing dicharges, High Court rules
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Nate McKinnon The High Court has ruled Canterbury’s regional council erred when it allowed farms to discharge nitrates and other pollution without resource consents,...
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Wānaka entrepreneur John Lee remembered as key figurehead
Source: Radio New Zealand Cardrona’s main slopes opened on 14 June. RNZ/Katie Todd An Otago businessman who founded the country’s biggest ski area is being remembered as someone who shaped...
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Oyster farmers to receive another $1m over catastrophic sewage spill
Source: Radio New Zealand The sewage spill came at the peak of the oyster season. Nick Monro Watercare has fulfilled a promise to give another $1 million to beleaguered oyster...
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Scrub blaze near Hastings almost out, firefighters treated for heat exhaustion
Source: Radio New Zealand Firefighting has resumed this morning. Facebook / Hawke’s Bay Fire and Emergency The scrub fire near the Hawke’s Bay village of Fernhill – between the township...
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Firefighting resumes at scrub blaze in Fernhill, Hastings
Source: Radio New Zealand A firefighter extinguishing hotspots at the Fernhill fire on Tuesday. Supplied / FENZ Fire crews are battling to control a scrub blaze that broke out near...
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First Responders – Fernhill Fire Hawkes Bay Update #1
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Residents living around the Farmhouse Lodge on the outskirts of Fernhill are being evacuated due to a vegetation fire. Fire and Emergency New Zealand has...
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Analysis – Another FTA, another meaningless political trophy? – Prof Jane Kelsey
Source: Professor Emeritus of law, Jane Kelsey “When the Prime Minister announced he would secure a free trade agreement (FTA) with India during the term of this government he scored...
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Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, person hospitalised
Source: Radio New Zealand Drone footage of the fire near the Farmhouse Lodge in Fernhill. SUPPLIED Homes in rural Hastings are being evacuated due to a scrub fire which has...
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Hawke’s Bay scrub fire destroys buildings, homes evacuated
Source: Radio New Zealand The Farmhouse Lodge in Fernhill, Hawke’s Bay is near the fire. Screenshot / Google Maps Homes in rural Hastings are being evacuated due to a scrub...
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Provisional appointment of four District Commanders
Source: New Zealand Police Police Commissioner Richard Chambers has today provisionally appointed four new District Commanders in the regions of Waikato, Wellington, the Bay of Plenty and Eastern District. Superintendent...
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What we know about the Ruatiti double homicide as search for Mitchell Cole continues
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Cole. Supplied / NZ Police It has been over a week since there was a double homicide in the small farming community of Ruatiti in...
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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...
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How a Fiji man took on the world’s biggest polluters
Source: Radio New Zealand By Jamie Tahana for RNZ Pacific Vishal Prasad (Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change) speaks to the press before the International Court of Justice following the...
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FTA with India: ‘Bad deal’ or ‘strategically significant milestone’?
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minster Christopher Luxon and Trade Minister Todd McClay announce the deal. Mark Papalii Business groups have welcomed the announcement of a new Free Trade Agreement...
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Liam Lawson to drive laps in Central Otago for charity
Source: Radio New Zealand Liam Lawson will be in Formula 1 in 2026 after being confirmed in one of the Racing Bulls seats earlier this month. DPPI / PHOTOSPORT Formula...
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Ruatiti homicide: Police search bush for person of interest Mitchell Cole
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Cole. Supplied / NZ Police Police say the 29-year-old they’re searching for after a double-homicide in the North Island has a dog with him. Friends...
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Officials say transparency key to build trust in govt data system, release heavily redacted docs
Source: Radio New Zealand Officials say transparency is critical to build trust in the government’s most important data system, but the business case for expanding it is mostly blanked out...
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Three men charged after stealing van full of Christmas packages
Source: Radio New Zealand The three men charged are due to appear in the Christchurch District Court on Tuesday. 123RF Police have found a stolen courier van full of Christmas...
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Ruatiti homicide: Police looking for second man as hunt for Mitchell Cole continues
Source: Radio New Zealand Mitchell Cole. Supplied / NZ Police Police say they are looking to identify a second man as part of the Ruatiti homicide investigation, as the hunt...
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Selwyn Police save Christmas for hundreds
Source: New Zealand Police Selwyn Police have prevented Christmas chaos, after a courier van, full of packages destined for underneath Christmas trees, was reported stolen on Friday 19 December. Following...
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Christchurch Police save Christmas for hundreds
Source: New Zealand Police Christchurch Police have prevented Christmas chaos, after a courier van, full of packages destined for underneath Christmas trees, was reported stolen on Friday 19 December. Following...
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Fruit exports surpass $6 billion for the year ended November 2025 – Overseas merchandise trade: November 2025 – Stats NZ news story and information release
Source: Statistics New Zealand Fruit exports surpass $6 billion for the year ended November 2025 – news story 19 December 2025 Fruit exports were valued at $6.1 billion for the year...
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Country Life: Farming trees the Tāmata Hauhā way
Source: Radio New Zealand Launched in 2021 Tāmata Hauhā works primarily with Māori land owners to provide them with strategies and funding to develop their land holdings and make them...