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The most popular stories you read on RNZ in 2025
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ What were the most popular stories of the year on RNZ? They included major breaking news events, but there was also a lot of talk...
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Health – GenPro welcomes green light for lean, patient-focused primary health organisation
Source: General Practice Owners Association (GenPro) The General Practice Owners Association (GenPro) welcomes government approval to establish a new Primary Health Organisation (PHO) that will reduce bureaucracy and direct more...
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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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Fire Safety – Northernmost part of Aotearoa moving to a Prohibited Fire Season
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Outdoor fires will be banned in the northernmost part of Northland from midday today (Tuesday), when Fire and Emergency New Zealand moves its Muri Whenui...
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Fire Safety – Fireworks banned in Coromandel
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand The date in the original media release was incorrect. Please use the version below. Fire and Emergency New Zealand is enforcing a ban on fireworks...
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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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Advocacy – NZ government looking the other way on record Israeli West Bank settlement building
Source: Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa (PSNA) is again urging the government to uphold its long-standing policies and publicly take action against record Israeli settlement expansion....
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Consumer NZ’s top Boxing Day sales tips
Source: Consumer NZ Consumer NZ shares its three top tips to arm bargain hunters with a winning strategy when they hit the shops this Boxing Day. “When you’re on...
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Expert questions whether New Zealand was only country involved in survey before Manawanui sank
Source: Radio New Zealand UAS footage of RNZN Divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution. New Zealand Defence Force...
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JD Vance tries to have it both ways on Nick Fuentes and antisemitism
Source: Radio New Zealand Analysis by Aaron Blake, CNN US Vice President JD Vance. (File photo) AFP/JIM WATSON Analysis – Vice President JD Vance has never looked more like the...
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Person hit by car in Lower Hutt, road closed
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said it appeared someone had been serious injuries. (File photo) Supplied / St John A serious crash involving a pedestrian has shut a road in...
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Dog owners asked to keep away from nesting sites used by NZ’s rarest bird
Source: Radio New Zealand A tara iti and chick at Waipū. Supplied / Darren Markin The Department of Conservation is pleading with dog owners not to let their pets roam...
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Hutt River misadventure a reminder of personal locator beacon importance, police say
Source: Radio New Zealand The men were grateful to see rescuers, but it was an uncomfortably close call, police said. Police are reminding people of the importance of personal locator...
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Human rights lawyer lodges Ombudsman complaint over asbestos sand
Source: Radio New Zealand Her complaint centred on the decision not to recall and ban the importation sale of all coloured sand. Supplied A law advisor in human rights has...
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Families want answers a year after South Korea’s deadliest plane crash
Source: Radio New Zealand By Kang Jin-kyu, AFP Firefighters and rescue personnel work near the scene where a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft crashed and burst into flames at...
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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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Christchurch Methodist Mission provides more than 160 Christmas hampers to families in need
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch Methodist Mission executive director Jill Hawkey says the Support a Family initiative is the highlight if her year. RNZ / Rachel Graham A little more...
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Kea smarter and more capable of surprise than cockatoos, Austrian study finds
Source: Radio New Zealand Researchers at Austria’s University of Vienna examined the emotion of “surprise” in kea and cockatoos, testing how they would react to being given less desirable food...
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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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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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Rescuing Meals, Rewriting Waste: Yindii Closes 2025 With Over Half a Million Meals Saved
Source: Media Outreach Regional food-surplus app turns unsold food into affordable meals, offsets over 1,375 tonnes of CO₂ and pays back more than USD 2.5 million to partners in Thailand,...
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Yindii Turns Food Waste Into Value, Saving 500,000+ Meals in 2025
Source: Media Outreach The food-surplus app returned more than HKD 20 million to partner businesses while making meals more affordable for consumers HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire –...
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Four arrested in connection with investigation into September Gisborne murder
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Marika Khabazi Police have arrested four people of interest after a man’s death in Gisborne in September. Bill Maangi, 36, died in hospital after...
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Health NZ green lights General Practice Owners Association breakaway PHO
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand has conditionally approved an application by the General Practice Owners Association to set up it’s own breakaway PHO. RNZ /...
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Road blocked, Randwick Road, Lower Hutt
Source: New Zealand Police Randwick Road, Moera, Lower Hutt is currently blocked following a serious crash this afternoon. Police were notified of the crash between York Street and Mason Street,...
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Adventure ends in rescue and a warning to pack PLBs
Source: New Zealand Police A sliver of cell phone reception led to the rescue of three young men, after they endured a cold and wet night stranded in a gorge....
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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...