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Cost-of-living pressure bites housing market
Source: Radio New Zealand The Real Estate Institute says the number of sales fell 7.9 percent year-on-year in April. RNZ Cost-of-living pressure has started to hit the housing market. The...
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Air New Zealand expecting full-year loss of nearly $400m due to jet fuel costs
Source: Radio New Zealand A Boeing Dreamliner 787-9, from the Air New Zealand fleet. Supplied/ Air NZ Air New Zealand says it’s expecting a full-year loss of between $340m and...
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Pouri Hut site cleanup a last hurrah for Whanganui ranger
Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date: 14 May 2026 The trip into the Matemateāonga Range was Department of Conservation Ranger Shane Woolley’s last helicopter mission prior to his retirement at the...
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Police put the brakes on late-night car thieves
Source: New Zealand Police Thirty minutes of offending across an Auckland suburb overnight ended in arrest for three youths. At around 2.35am, three males entered a Great North Road, Waterview...
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Sniffing out trouble
Source: New Zealand Police The scent of illegal activity was in the air for Waitematā Police this week after they sniffed out a vehicle carrying a significant quantity of cannabis...
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Slip closes State Highway 6, upper Buller Gorge Road
Source: Radio New Zealand The slip is blocking the road near the Eight Mile Creek Bridge and has closed State Highway 6 and upper Buller Road. NZTA State Highway 6...
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NZ-born composer Mark Smythe dies suddenly on hiking trip at 53
Source: Radio New Zealand Mark Smythe, a New Zealand-born composer based in Los Angeles, has died during a hiking trip over the weekend. His sister Kate Ward-Smythe said in a...
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How can we catch the lost students?
Source: Radio New Zealand Some studies suggest that the retirement-age pay gap between vocational training and university graduates has closed, but New Zealand still holds the academic path in higher...
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Six people facing drugs charges in Southland operation
Source: New Zealand Police Southland Police concluded Operation Mud Dog this week, focused on disrupting the supply and distribution of illicit drugs across the Southland District. On Tuesday, Police executed...
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Person killed in Bay of Plenty crash
Source: Radio New Zealand The two-vehicle crash happened at about 7.15pm on Wednesday. RNZ / Kim Baker Wilson A person has died and two others have been seriously injured in...
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Are you a Ryan keen to meet other Ryans?
Source: Radio New Zealand Thanks to an international network formed by three Ryans in New York three years ago, groups now party at Rytoberfest, chat in WhatsApp groups, and will...
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Family of Dylan Barford, whose body lay undiscovered near motorway for weeks, want to know how he wasn’t found sooner
Source: Radio New Zealand Dylan Barford died of accidental methamphetamine toxicity, a Coroner ruled. (File photo) Supplied / NZ Police Auckland man Dylan Barford’s body lay undiscovered near a motorway...
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Te Atiawa opens high-end development on former colonial parade ground
Source: Radio New Zealand The crowds went through each home to bless them for their new owners. RNZ / Robin Martin Te Atiawa has opened a high-end townhouse development on...
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I thought I was a bad investor, Sharesies didn’t agree
Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied/123rf First person – A little while ago, I wrote about my fairly dismal returns investing in Sharesies. I started on the platform in 2017 and...
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Trades or degrees for higher pay? Here’s the data that shows you
Source: Radio New Zealand The government wants to redirect some of the funding it has been using for the ‘fees-free’ university scheme into trades training. Supplied/ UCOL Does having a...
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High Dependency Unit at Wellington Hospital helps ease bottleneck
Source: Radio New Zealand Stephen James, nurse manager at Wellington’s high dependency unit. RNZ / Kate Green Staff at Wellington Hospital say they could do with a hundred more beds,...
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Marlborough residents keen to see port redevelopment get underway after years of disruption
Source: Radio New Zealand An Interislander ferry berthed in Picton. RNZ / Samantha Gee It is clear that many people in Marlborough just want to see work get underway on...
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David Tamihere still waiting to find out if he will be retried
Source: Radio New Zealand David Tamihere in 2017. RNZ David Tamihere will likely have to wait until July to find out whether he will be retried for the 1989 murder...
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Immigration NZ could ‘demand identification papers from everyone’ says civil liberties group
Source: Radio New Zealand The Law Society says an immigration bill extending search powers and curtailing appeal rights should not proceed in its current form. RNZ Submissions on legislation highlight...
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Can houseplants really purify the air in your home?
Source: Radio New Zealand The question sounds simple. The answer, once you examine the actual measurement science behind it, is more interesting than either “yes” or “no”. The houseplant-as-air-purifier idea...
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Update: Further charges laid, fatal crash, Rotorua
Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Inspector Phil Gillbanks: A woman is due to appear in Rotorua District Court today on charges relating to a fatal crash last year. The...
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White Ferns’ second ODI v England washed out
Source: Radio New Zealand Georgia Plimmer at the County Ground in Northampton where the ODI between the White Ferns and England was washed out, 14 May 2026. Photosport The White...
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Short story collection wins New Zealand’s biggest book prize
Source: Radio New Zealand Wellington essayist Ingrid Horrocks has won the major prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her fiction debut, All Her Lives. The collection, which...
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PM Edition: Top 10 Business Articles on LiveNews.co.nz for May 14, 2026 – Full Text
PM Edition: Here are the top 10 business articles on LiveNews.co.nz for May 14, 2026 - Full Text
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AM Edition: Top 10 Politics Articles on LiveNews.co.nz for May 14, 2026 – Full Text
AM Edition: Here are the top 10 politics articles on LiveNews.co.nz for May 14, 2026 - Full Text
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Hopes dashed after parasitic worm found to be ineffective at killing invasive millipedes
Source: Radio New Zealand A Portuguese millipede. RNZ/Mary Argue Hopes have been dashed that a parasitic worm will effectively kill hordes of invasive millipedes plaguing Wellingtonians. South coast residents sounded...
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Corrections staffer quit while being investigated for inappropriate relationship with inmate
Source: Radio New Zealand A Corrections staffer quit while being investigated over allegations they were in a relationship with an inmate they had assessed for parole. The Christchurch Women’s Prison...