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Bitcoin’s value halves: Should you buy it?
Source: Radio New Zealand Bitcoin’s value has dropped by about half. CFOTO / NurPhoto via AFP Bitcoin’s value has dropped by about half – but are investors who buy the...
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Consumer issues power price warning
Source: Radio New Zealand 123RF Consumer NZ is warning that power prices could rise at least another 5 percent this year, after a 12 percent increase in 2025. Powerswitch general...
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‘Victim of unspeakable cruelty and deliberate evil’: Coroner’s findings on Malachi Subecz death
Source: Radio New Zealand Malachi Subecz died of a blunt force head injury at Starship Hospital in 2021. Supplied A coroner has found everything possible went wrong for Malachi Subecz...
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Rocket or arugula? How a salad vegetable mapped the Italian diaspora
Source: Radio New Zealand If you watch American cooking shows, you’ve likely experienced “salad confusion”. You see a chef preparing what looks like rocket, but they call it arugula. It’s...
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Parliament back to government business
Source: Radio New Zealand VNP/ Daniela Maoate-Cox After a stop-start beginning to the year, MPs are back in Wellington for a two-week sitting block. Most of the first sitting week...
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Taiwan’s First AI-Native Cybersecurity Company Lists on Innovation Board, Bringing Real-World AI Defense to Global Markets
Source: Media Outreach TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach Newswire – 10 February 2026 – CyCraft Technology Corporation (TWSE: 7823), Taiwan’s first pure-play AI-native cybersecurity company, has officially listed on the...
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Government needs to ‘sit down and have a conversation with us’ on India trade deal – Hipkins
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour leader Chris Hipkins. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour is getting closer to confirming support for the India Free Trade agreement, but says the full text...
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Experts say Wellington harbour water safe after sewage spill but Wellingtonians cautious
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Experts say it is safe to swim at beaches in the capital’s harbour, but Wellingtonians are taking a cautious approach. Nearly a...
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Retail crime advisory group disbands four months early
Source: Radio New Zealand Sunny Kaushal is the chair of a ministerial advisory group on retail crime. RNZ / Calvin Samuel Ministerial Advisory Group for Victims of Retail Crime to...
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Fair and efficient military justice proposed in Bill
Source: New Zealand Government Legislation to modernise the military justice system has passed its first reading today, Defence Minister Judith Collins says. “The Armed Forces Discipline Law Amendment Bill modernises New...
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New data shows record 2025 permitting activity
Source: New Zealand Government New Zealand’s exploration and mining pipeline is strengthening, with record levels of mineral permit applications received and decided in 2025, Resources Minister Shane Jones says. New...
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Judge accused of disrupting NZ First event won’t resign over ‘something she did not do’
Source: Radio New Zealand Judge Ema Aitken is accused of disrupting a NZ First function at Auckland’s Northern Club in 2024. RNZ Insight/Dan Cook The defence for a District Court...
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‘Very dangerous’ electrical rule change to be reviewed
Source: Radio New Zealand The change was introduced last year. File photo. Supplied / New Zealand Electrical Inspectors Association A rule change that electrical inspectors say elevates the risk of...
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Forestry sector calls for rates cap after bill increases 570 percent
Source: Radio New Zealand File image. Nick Monro The forestry sector is calling for a cap on rates increases after one forestry blocks rates bill went up 570 percent in...
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New Zealand gets a seat at Standards Australia
Source: Radio New Zealand BusinessNZ director of advocacy Catherine Beard. Supplied / Business NZ Standards New Zealand has been invited by Standards Australia to take a seat at the table...
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Investor proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to hotel status should be considered – mayor
Source: Radio New Zealand Tongariro Mayor Weston Kirton wants the government to consider a proposal to return Chateau Tongariro to its former status as a hotel. Jimmy Ellingham / RNZ...
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NZ First to campaign on ministers getting final say in fast track projects
Source: Radio New Zealand NZ First deputy leader Shane Jones addressing Fast Track protesters last year. (File photo) RNZ / Peter de Graaf New Zealand First will campaign on reinstating...
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Labour talking a ‘load of rubbish’ by labelling new liquefied natural gas terminal a tax – PM
Source: Radio New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says Labour is talking “a load of rubbish” when it claims the government is implementing a new “gas tax” on New Zealanders....
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Disability support improvements begin
Source: New Zealand Government From this week, a new nationally consistent approach will begin to benefit disabled people, families and carers who use supports funded by Disability Support Services (DSS). ...
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Work safety group says proposed law change likely to increase harm to people
Source: Radio New Zealand Minister for Workplace Relations Brooke van Velden says she is looking to cut health and safety red tape for low-risk businesses. 123RF A work safety group...
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Ex-ministry staffer accuses government of ignoring education experts, teachers
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Quin Tauetau A former Education Ministry staff member says the government’s curriculum rewrite ignored the views of many subject experts and teachers. Waikato University...
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Palace ready to help UK police in any inquiry into king’s brother Andrew
Source: Radio New Zealand By Michael Holden, Reuters Britain’s King Charles III has made clear his “profound concern” at allegations against Andrew, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said. AFP / POOL...
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New liquefied natural gas terminal: ‘Vital’ or ‘bonkers’?
Source: Radio New Zealand Energy minister Simon Watts. RNZ/Mark Papalii The government wants taxpayers to pay for a new liquefied natural gas import terminal, but is promising lower power prices...
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John Campbell returns to RNZ as Morning Report co-host on April 13
Source: Radio New Zealand John Campbell says he is thrilled to be returning to daily news. RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly John Campbell makes his return to RNZ, joining Ingrid Hipkiss...
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New medicine funding could be life-saving for rural areas, health expert says
Source: Radio New Zealand Unsplash / RNZ A rural health expert says increased access to pain relief and blood clotting medications will improve medical outcomes could be life-saving for patients...
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Why Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance matters
Source: Radio New Zealand In just over 13 minutes worth of music, stars and symbolism, Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny rewrote what it means to be American in a time...
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Questions over who will pay for Wellington’s sewage plant failure
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Wellington’s mayor can’t say if ratepayers in the broader Wellington region will foot the bill for the failure of the Moa Point...