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'Cheap and realistic': How Alice Taylor became a cooking star
"So much of what's online is so perfect, it does feel like this really strong contrast… Showing normality is super important."
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Mediawatch: RNZ rejigging radio to arrest audience decline
14 Aug 2025RNZ is targeting listeners in Auckland and New Zealanders over 50 after a review of programmes and news prompted by declines in RNZ National's live…
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The TikTok creators profiting from medical misinformation
12 Aug 2025"I don't understand how this could be out there."
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The show giving rangatahi a bird's eye view of their kāinga
11 Aug 2025A new children's series is giving tamariki Māori the chance to take the pilot's seat, using drone technology to see their marae and tūrangawaewae from a…
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Ditching screen-time guilt could help families connect, psychologist says
9 Aug 2025Like many parents, Andrew* and Maggie* battled with their child over his creeping device time.
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What is Instagram's Map feature? How do I turn it off?
8 Aug 2025The social media platform has launched a new tool for users to share their location with friends in real time.
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Does this ad about baldness offend you?
2 Aug 2025"You look better bald... said no-one ever." That's the sentence on a digital billboard in Auckland that's dividing views with one critic calling it cruel and "body shaming".
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White House lashes out at 'South Park' Trump parody
In its season premiere, an episode featured an AI-generated version of the US president crawling naked through a desert.
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In-person dating is making a comeback and Gen Z is struggling with it
22 Jul 2025With plummeting subscriber numbers and users sick of endless swiping, the dating app industry is in crisis.
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What's it like being a grandparent in your 30s?
19 Jul 2025At 37, Brisbane radio presenter Matty Acton is learning how to be a grandfather.
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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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Is thumbs up emoji good or passive aggressive?
7 Jul 2025How did emojis became the most confusing kind of online language?
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Remember early, grainy digital cameras? Gen Z wants them
4 Jul 2025Young people are embracing the grainy, nostalgic vibe of early digital cameras so they can spend less time on their phones.
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Can you turn off generative AI?
29 Jun 2025Generative AI is increasingly entering our lives, as big tech companies make them the default.
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How Lisette Reymer became an accidental war correspondent
1 Jul 2025Security with secretive pasts, heart-breaking stories on borders and running on the adrenaline of 20-hour workdays.
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Inside the head of 'rockstar developer' Hideo Kojima
30 Jun 2025In this NZ exclusive, we sit down with the legendary game developer to talk about his highly anticipated new game, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach.
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Should we fear AI?
24 Jun 2025AI is starting to take over the jobs of workers. But it's not the workers you might think.
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RNZ calls for voluntary redundancies after Budget funding cut
17 Jun 2025Staff found out about the voluntary redundancies in an email on Tuesday morning.
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Students hope prisoners' newsletter 'removes some stigma'
12 Jun 2025The new publication is being delivered to inmates at prisons in Canterbury.
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Digital whodunnit for the TikTok generation
9 Jun 2025Inspired by millennial television shows like Gossip Girl, The Sender, which tackles online abuse is aimed squarely at a Gen Z audience.
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No changes to news with Trade Me sale - Stuff boss
The new ownership structure is about expanding and diversifying the business, Sinead Boucher says. Audio
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Trade Me to buy 50% of Stuff Digital
3 Jun 2025Under the agreement, Stuff's property section will become Trade Me Property branded. Audio
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Junk food ads are flooding your teen's social media feeds and influencing what they eat
2 Jun 2025The widespread marketing of junk food on social media is playing a role in teens' food choices, new research suggests.
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More money for journalists, less for RNZ
23 May 2025The government is putting more money into hiring local journalists, but cutting Radio New Zealand's budget.
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'I became and remain unemployable': former TVNZ presenter
14 May 2025The former TVNZ presenter has been granted his request to move his case to the Employment Court.
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How would banning teenagers from social media work?
The government is proposing a ban on those under 16 using social media.
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NZME achieves peace deal with latest board-backed nominations
9 May 2025The board has backed the nomination of former National Cabinet minister Steven Joyce as chair, and Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon's bid to join him at the board table.
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A 'win for the ages': How the world's media saw Labor win
Anthony Albanese has outperformed former Labour luminaries, Kevin Rudd and Bob Hawke, one report says.
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