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Silver Scroll Awards: Top 20 songs in NZ revealed
10 Jul 2025The award acknowledges the best New Zealand songs of the year.
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Tongan family win temporary immigration reprieve after tsunami
10 Jul 2025A family whose home was destroyed after a volcano erupted in Tonga have been given a 12-month reprieve from deportation.
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Is it okay to lie to children about pain?
10 Jul 2025Ever said "don't worry, it won't hurt" to a child on the way to the doctor or dentist?
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Wellington leads way as rents track downwards
Residential rents are falling in most parts of the country apart from Otago and Southland.
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Reserve Bank leaves interest rates untouched
The central bank said it was appropriate to pause as it waited for more data on inflation, the local jobs market, and the impact of US tariffs.
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Man on the run after 'serious firearms incident' in Hamilton
Armed police are at the scene and people are urged to call 111 if they see any suspicious activity.
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Woman found dead in home four hours after calling 111
9 Jul 2025A woman struggling to breathe called for an ambulance, but died before one arrived hours later.
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Ruapehu ski fields busy over school holidays, despite underwhelming amount of snow
10 Jul 2025But the new bosses of both the mountain's fields say the best is yet to come.
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Nintendo's new console, the Switch 2, reviewed by a family
10 Jul 2025How does Nintendo's fastest-selling console ever stack up after a few weeks?
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'Didn't think I was going very fast': Uncle pleads guilty after toddler's fatal fall from ute
9 Jul 2025A toddler's day on the farm with his uncle and cousin turned into tragedy when the three-year-old fell to his death from a moving vehicle.
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Physical, verbal abuse at hospitals becoming routine
9 Jul 2025A leading advocate for junior doctors says she is dreading the day when a hospital worker is killed. Audio
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$12k reward for information leading to sea lion killer
9 Jul 2025Three sea lions have been killed in The Catlins. Audio
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Gloriavale school faces possible closure after second audit failure
9 Jul 2025Ministry of Education staff will meet with school leaders next week to discuss the ERO report.
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Government wants unemployed to help with flood clean-up
9 Jul 2025The government plans to bring in jobseekers to help with the response to the recent flooding in Tasman and Marlborough.
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180 roles to go at fire-destroyed New World in Auckland
First Union says employees will now be paid up until 4 August - which is longer than they expected.
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Three confirmed measles cases in the Wairarapa
9 Jul 2025Health NZ says the cases are connected and linked to overseas travel.
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'They are the losers': Hamiltonians react to French rugby team snub
9 Jul 2025Hamilton residents and business owners say it's the Les Bleus' loss if they won't stay in Kirikiriroa before the final test against the All Blacks on 19 July. Audio
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Woman killed by elephant remembered as an 'inspiration that we can all do more'
9 Jul 2025Alison Taylor has been remembered as a cheerful and compassionate person.
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Don't dispose: Silt from Tasman floods may conceal noxious weed
9 Jul 2025Tasman residents are being urged to delay disposing of silt because of concerns about the spread of a noxious weed.
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Serious crash closes major Hamilton intersection
9 Jul 2025Police are advising motorist to avoid an intersection on the northern edge of Hamilton city while emergency services attend a serious crash.
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'Extinction is forever': Expert rejects moa comeback claims
9 Jul 2025Any end result of a new NZ-US project "cannot be a moa", a zoology professor says. Audio
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Three youths flee from Oranga Tamariki remand home
9 Jul 2025Oranga Tamariki is searching for three young people who ran away from a youth home in Auckland yesterday.
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'Senseless and unnecessary': Historic gravestones vandalised
9 Jul 2025A relative of a man buried at St Stephen's Chapel in Auckland is devastated for families' whose loved ones' final resting places have been desecrated. Audio
