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Kiwi founded shoe company Allbirds pivots to AI
Source: Radio New Zealand Allbirds founder Tim Brown. (File photo) Supplied The New Zealand founded but US based footwear company Allbirds is to make a surprising pivot from shoes into...
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Should New Zealand follow Australia’s lead on the fuel crisis?
Source: Radio New Zealand Labour says it would be at least investigating following Australia’s lead on the fuel crisis if it were in power, but the circumstances in each country...
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‘Squeeze across the whole country’: Where bills are increasing first under water shake-up
Source: Radio New Zealand Some households are facing new, higher water bills in the coming financial year as a shake-up to water services gets underway. Councils are investing nearly $48...
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‘Clear as mud’: The changes to how emergency rescues are being done
Source: Radio New Zealand A cliff rescue in Northland in January. NZ POLICE / SUPPLIED Rescuers in Auckland were in the middle of asking for a helicopter to fly them...
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Ford hybrid owners ‘could ask for compensation’
Source: Radio New Zealand Justin Sullivan/Getty Images/AFP Owners of Ford plug-in hybrid vehicles that currently cannot be fully charged should ask for a refund or compensation if the problem is...
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Wildlife deaths, intergenerational harm flagged in gold mine assessments
Source: Radio New Zealand Santana Minerals chief executive Damian Spring. Supplied The Department of Conservation has warned a proposed gold mine near Cromwell is an unprecedented threat to wildlife, while...
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Black Fern Tanya Kalounivale has red card overturned
Source: Radio New Zealand Tanya Kalounivale. www.photosport.nz Black Ferns front rower Tanya Kalounivale has escaped any further punishment and is free to play against Canada this weekend. Kalounivale was sent...
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Chris Wood says knee injury is something he’ll have to manage
Source: Radio New Zealand Nottingham Forest forward Chris Wood. MANJIT NAROTRA / AFP All Whites striker Chris Wood says his knee injury is something he will have to manage for...
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Which political parties would subsidise your rooftop solar panels?
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ The prime minister says his government is “very interested” in rooftop solar, but has given no firm answers yet, amid calls from an energy alliance...
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Cost-of-living squeeze hits pensioners, with some using foodbanks to survive
Source: Radio New Zealand File photo. 123rf Pensioners are turning to foodbanks to get by, as a new report says the pressure is growing on those relying on NZ Super...
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‘I was too scared… too angry’: Confronting a life-changing crash decades on
Source: Radio New Zealand When 16-year-old Sally Wenley – a top sports student at a Havelock North boarding school in 1987 – returned as a paraplegic after a fatal school...
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Marlon Williams, Lorde, Tami Neilson: Aotearoa Music Awards 2026 finalists revealed
Source: Radio New Zealand Folk singer Marlon Williams signs off his final months in the spotlight with a swag of seven nominations at the 2026 Aotearoa Music Awards. Williams first...
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‘Mixed feelings’ as Football Ferns survive close call for World Cup
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand Football Ferns players celebrate qualifying for FIFA Women’s World Cup Brazil 2027. Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz The champagne was flowing but the celebrations were measured after...
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Expanded role for pharmacists runs risk of misdiagnosis, GenPro doctor says
Source: Radio New Zealand Chair of GP advocacy group GenPro Angus Chambers. Supplied Doctors are warning of fishhooks in the latest government proposal to improve access to healthcare. Under the...
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Police Commissioner to ‘consider other options’ if Jevon McSkimming doesn’t reimburse hotel stays
Source: Radio New Zealand Police Commissioner Richard Chambers. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The Police Commissioner has written a second letter to Jevon McSkimming asking him to pay back up to...
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Experienced fisherman drowned after being swept into ‘rough’ sea, hitting head on rocks
Source: Radio New Zealand Slope Point (file image). Google Maps A Southland fisherman drowned after being swept into the sea by a wave and hitting his head on rocks at...
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VinUniversity Launches Global Academic Recruitment Tour 2026 to Engage Leading Scholars Worldwide
Source: Media Outreach HANOI, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 15 April 2026 – VinUniversity (VinUni) has announced the launch of its Global Academic Recruitment Tour 2026, an initiative spanning...
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Far North councillors vote to expand controversial Māori liaison committee
Source: Radio New Zealand Far North Mayor Moko Tepania faces possibly the first ever media standup at the council chambers in Kaikohe. RNZ / Peter de Graaf Far North councillors...
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Huawei Cloud Introduces Token Service in Asia Pacific
Source: Media Outreach JAKARTA, INDONESIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 15 April 2026 – Huawei Cloud AI Boost Day, themed “Agentic AI Practice”, was successfully held in Jakarta. At the...
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New graffiti inciting racial violence found in Auckland’s Royal Oak
Source: Radio New Zealand A threatening message has been found inside a public toilet in the Auckland suburb of Royal Oak. RNZ/ Blessen Tom A new piece of graffiti carrying...
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Two Waikato Bunnings stores switch on facial recognition technology
Source: Radio New Zealand 123rf.com Bunnings Warehouse has switched on facial recognition technology in two of its Waikato stores with others set to follow in a phased introduction of the...
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Volunteers work to save eels trapped in mud of dried-up Pukepuke Lagoon
Source: Radio New Zealand About 3000 eels rescued from dried-out coastal Manawatū lake Hundreds of dead eels remain on the muddy lake bed Call for investigation into what’s happened at...
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NZ-AU: CLINUVEL: advancing peptides for photomedicine and vitiligo care at AAD 2026
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-NZ-AU) MELBOURNE, Australia, April 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CLINUVEL’s innovative photomedicine and vitiligo programs featured extensively at the recent American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting, the...
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Africa – Record number of people displaced into neighbouring countries as Sudan conflict marks three years – Oxfam
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa As Sudan’s gruelling conflict enters its fourth year, a record number of people have now been displaced by the world’s worst humanitarian and displacement crisis, accelerating hunger and...
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One lane of State Highway 6 north of Nelson reopens after crash
Source: Radio New Zealand Earlier State Highway 6 was closed in both directions near the Todd Bush Road intersection in the Nelson-Tasman region, but one lane has now reopened. NZTA...
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Appeal for information following public brawl, Whakatāne
Source: New Zealand Police Police are appealing for information following a public brawl in Kopeopeo, Whakatāne this afternoon. At around 12.30pm, Police were called to the intersection of James and...
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‘Dark day’ for Pacific rugby as Moana Pasifika set to disband
Source: Radio New Zealand Moana Pasifika will not return to Super Ruby in 2027. Photosport The Moana Pasifika dream is dead. After five years in Super Rugby, the franchise confirmed...