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How March Madness may make your Monday morning commute longer
Source: Radio New Zealand March heralds the busiest traffic patterns of the year in many big cities. RNZ / Lucy Xia Explainer – If your Monday morning commute feels a...
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What is duty sex and how do you stop having it?
Source: Radio New Zealand It’s the end of a long, exhausting day and you’ve finally crawled into bed. Rest is imminent. But your partner is in the mood. Understanding what...
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Search on for fisherman swept away near Piha
Source: Radio New Zealand Lifeguards, Coastguard and police have been searching for a fisherman missing from rocks at Union Bay on Auckland’s west coast. Supplied/ Auckland Council A search is...
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How To Dad’s Jordan Watson: ‘Cheap and cheerful is what’s worked for me’
Source: Radio New Zealand Back in 2015, wearing stubbies and a bush shirt, Jordan Watson (Tainui) made a joke video for a friend from work who was about to become...
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Operation Chrome takes the shine off dangerous driving
Source: New Zealand Police Canterbury Police arrested drivers, impounded vehicles and issued infringement notices over the weekend as they moved to detect, deter and disrupt anti‑social road user activity. With several large...
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Lanes cleared after serious crash blocked Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services workers at the scene of a serious crash that blocked traffic on Auckland’s North Western Motorway on Sunday. RNZ Lanes on Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway...
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Kiwi skier bounces back after Winter Olympics
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand skier Alice Robinson, in action at the recent Winter Olympics in Italy. www.photosport.nz New Zealand skier Alice Robinson has bounced back from missing out...
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Two injured in serious assault after burnouts, police say
Source: Radio New Zealand Police want to hear from anyone who recognises this car, or its occupants, shown in stills from footage taken on Saturday night in Matangi, Waikato. Supplied/...
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Serious crash blocks Auckland’s Northwestern Motorway
Source: Radio New Zealand Emergency services workers at the scene of a serious crash that blocked traffic on Auckland’s North Western Motorway on Sunday. RNZ A serious crash has blocked...
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Watch: Foreign Minister Winston Peters on Iran strikes
Source: Radio New Zealand The Foreign Affairs minister says New Zealand was not given any advance notice of the attack on Iran, and has again urged New Zealanders to leave...
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Police pleased with safe and fun Electric Avenue crowd
Source: New Zealand Police Christchurch Police on safety patrol around the Electric Avenue concerts on Friday and Saturday are pleased with the behaviour of the event attendees. An estimated 43,000...
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Country’s lightest electric double-decker bus to hit Christchurch’s roads next week
Source: Radio New Zealand Chair Deon Swiggs, Councillor Joe Davies and corporate and public transport director Giles Southwell in front of the new bus. Supplied / Environment Canterbury The lightest...
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What’s the link between talcum powder and cancer?
Source: Radio New Zealand More than 1300 Victorians have joined a class action against Johnson & Johnson alleging its talcum powder products left them with ovarian cancer, mesothelioma (cancer affecting...
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Local addicts, Yellowstone expands and Louis Theroux mans up: March’s best TV
Source: Radio New Zealand Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere In his disarmingly polite way, the acclaimed documentarian enters the toxic hellhole of the manosphere to expose the people pushing this...
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Tenant wins $5000 payout after Kāinga Ora fails to act over machete threats
Source: Radio New Zealand The police had been called for three separate incidents at the property. 123RF A woman’s 14-year-old grandson was nearly mowed down by her neighbour’s car, while...
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Police continue to investigate after Papakura shooting leaves man in moderate condition
Source: Radio New Zealand A police car seen behind a cordon as officers attend an incident. RNZ Police are following “strong lines of enquiry”, after an Auckland shooting on Saturday...
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IndyCar: Kiwi Scott Dixon unharmed after crash at St Petersburg Grand Prix practice
Source: Radio New Zealand Scott Dixon’s car after a nasty crash during practice in Florida. Twitter/Indycar Kiwi motorsport ace Scott Dixon has emerged uninjured from a nasty crash during practice...
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Can New Zealand economy recover if house prices don’t?
Source: Radio New Zealand Most forecasts expect house prices to rise less than 5 percent this year. RNZ / REECE BAKER New Zealand’s economy is expected to continue to slowly...
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Basketball: NZ Breakers part ways with head coach Petteri Koponen
Source: Radio New Zealand Breakers coach Petteri Koponen is leaving the club. Blake Armstrong/Photosport NZ Breakers and head coach Petteri Koponen have parted ways, and the club will advertise globally...
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The Detail: Home for granny, headache for homeowner
Source: Radio New Zealand Experts say that the real rule change is simply that when things go wrong, the burden of responsibility will be on the homeowner, not the council....
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Red alert issued for Vanuatu province as Cyclone Urmil passes nearby
Source: Radio New Zealand Tropical cyclone Urmil near Vanuatu, 28 February 2026 Zoom Earth Vanuatu’s national disaster management office has issued a red alert for TAFEA province as a tropical...
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Sprinter Tommy Te Puni overcomes setbacks for national 200 metres record
Source: Radio New Zealand Tommy Te Puni races to a 100 metres behind Tiaan Whelpton at Sir Graeme Douglas International. David Rowland/Photosport Two years have passed, but Tommy Te Puni...
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Can New Zealand’s economy recover if house prices don’t?
Source: Radio New Zealand Most forecasts expect house prices to rise less than 5 percent this year. RNZ / REECE BAKER New Zealand’s economy is expected to continue to slowly...
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Defence in Whangārei murder trial closes, arguing Anaru Morunga had an ‘imaginative grip on reality’
Source: Radio New Zealand Anaru Morunga is on trial for the alleged murder of his ex-partner and the mother of his two children, Jasmaine Reihana. NZME/SUPPLED Warning: This article discusses...
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Watch: Rocket Lab blasts off on hypersonic mission for US Department of War
Source: Radio New Zealand ‘That’s Not A Knife’ on the launch pad at LC-2. Supplied / Rocket Lab New Zealand-founded company Rocket Lab has successfully launched its latest space mission...
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Can New Zealand’s housing market recover if house prices don’t?
Source: Radio New Zealand Most forecasts expect house prices to rise less than 5 percent this year. RNZ / REECE BAKER New Zealand’s economy is expected to continue to slowly...
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Singer and songwriter Neil Sedaka dies at 86
Source: Radio New Zealand American musician Neil Sedaka, who had a string of chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s with songs like ‘Laughter in the Rain’, has died at...