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Residents outraged as gentailer looks to dip further into lake
19 Sep 2025But the power company is asking people to think of its proposal as an "insurance policy".
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The decades-long restoration of the last steam ferry
19 Sep 2025For the past 24 years, the Toroa has been sitting on the side of motorway.
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A KiwiSaver choice that could cost retirees almost $30,000
Savers might be costing themselves money.
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Council demands man move shed despite incoming law changes
19 Sep 2025Hamilton City Council's regulatory operations manager Brent Austin said it was required to adhere to the Building Act legislation currently in place.
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Man who shot Brownie the dog is a child rapist
19 Sep 2025Police once issued a plea not to approach Daniel Patrick Livingstone, a high-risk offender.
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Woman missing from Scarborough, Christchurch found dead
19 Sep 2025Police launched a large-scale search for Tracy, who was 66.
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Landlords cutting rents as competition for tenants ramps up
At least a third of people taking out new tenancies this year are paying less rent than the tenants who lived in the property before them.
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Ex All White 'targeted and exploited' in yellow-card scheme
Clayton Lewis was in the grips of a gambling addiction when he agreed to take part in 'yellow-card racket', a court has heard.
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Where the public stands on capital gains tax
18 Sep 2025The latest RNZ-Reid Research poll shows voters are much less firm in their positions than politicians seem to be.
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Coroner blasts government over teen's sofa fire death
18 Sep 2025Lizzy Marvin, 16, died after inhaling the toxic fumes after embers from a fireplace landed on a sofa bed last year.
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Angry last words between two friends before deaths on way to Rhythm & Vines
18 Sep 2025Jardon Te Hau and Waylon Uatuku planned to see in the New Year at the festival, but never made it.
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Environment Canterbury declares nitrate emergency
18 Sep 2025The move comes after a survey found almost half the wells in the Canterbury region contained E. coli and rising nitrate levels.
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Meta's suspension of accounts takes toll on Kiwis
Users complain they have lost years of memories and their social lives through closure of their Facebook and Instagram accounts.
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Selwyn residents fighting eviction allowed to remain for at least 30 more years
18 Sep 2025About 100 people live at the huts at Springston South Reserve.
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Should a woman automatically get half a partner's KiwiSaver if they separate?
A new report has raised the question.
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How we get burnt in the sunscreen wars
17 Sep 2025Sunscreens that are under investigation for their labelling claims in Australia are still for sale here.
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'Surveillance capitalism': Lawyers challenge police use of number-plate software
17 Sep 2025Police reportedly tap into the Auckland-based Auror system 250,000 times a year, often outside big retailers and petrol stations.
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'I can't stop crying' - Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and more remember Robert Redford
Robert Redford tributes pour in from Hollywood figures including Jane Fonda, James Gunn, Meryl Streep, and more following the actor's death.
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'Watch the Kiwi!': The moment Geordie Beamish secured gold
16 Sep 2025The thrilling finish gives New Zealand its first ever track gold at the world championships.
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'Squirming in agony' for a laugh - comedians tattooed on Wellington stage
17 Sep 2025There are usually fewer needles involved in a comedy show, and less plastic covering the stage floor.
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Leaked papers, low votes, huge stakes
16 Sep 2025With local body elections less than a month away, The Detail looks at what's at stake .
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Latest RNZ political poll points to deadlocked Parliament
16 Sep 2025Labour is still narrowly ahead of National but neither bloc would be able to govern on its own.
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What will it take for the Tom Phillips children to reintegrate into society?
16 Sep 2025A psychotherapist says she believes there are potentially cult-like characteristics to the life Tom Phillips created on the run with his children.
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New local drama Tangata Pai serves primetime TV with 30 percent te reo
15 Sep 2025A homegrown series based in Ngāmotu Taranaki "shows how far we've come as storytellers" says one of its stars.
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