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The real cost of the school ball experience
22 Apr 2024With tickets going for more than $300 a pop in some cases, a parent says balls are being "Americanised through TV, movies and social media".
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Increase in reports of online child exploitation
23 Apr 2024The latest statistics are a cause for increased concern, police say.
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Gore council the latest to consider huge rates hike
23 Apr 2024Gore District Council is proposing a rates rise of 21.4 percent despite attempts to whittle down costs.
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Recycling textiles for a living: 'The fabric tells me what it wants to be'
23 Apr 2024Gayle Heath recycles discarded fabric in a studio at her Rotorua home and says her hands are always busy: "I can't just sit and do nothing." Audio
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Port of Auckland crane safety rule, guidance substandard - expert witness
22 Apr 2024The claims have come at a trial where the port's former boss Tony Gibson is facing charges related to the death of a worker.
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Roadworks, construction have Tauranga businesses fighting for survival
22 Apr 2024The city centre is undergoing a major transformation and while businesses can see the good in it, they are battling to stay in the game in the meantime. Audio
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Mother 'totally shattered' after son beaten to death by Mob associates
22 Apr 2024Darcy Strickland's mother gave a victim impact statement to the High Court at Napier on Monday as the two men who killed her son were sent to prison.
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Fast Track Approval Bill: Watchdogs seek substantial curbs on ministers' powers
22 Apr 2024The Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says the role of ministers as decision-makers should be scrapped.
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Peters puts off recognition of Palestine despite Labour request
22 Apr 2024The foreign minister says diplomatic recognition of Palestine is a matter of "when not if", but doing so now could impede progress towards a two-state solution.
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Labour questions National donors on fast-track list
22 Apr 2024At least two businesses invited to apply for the new consents process have donated to National. Audio
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Woolworths rolls out body cameras in all stores
22 Apr 2024The chain has seen a 75 percent increase in physical assaults in three years. Audio
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One of the world's most invasive weeds discovered on Waikato farms
18 Apr 2024Velvetleaf can grow up to 2.5 metres tall, it has large, heart-shaped leaves with pointy tips and velvety hairs, and small, buttery yellow flowers.
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New Zealand A&P show cancelled for the year
Organisers of the show in Christchurch say it's not financially viable.
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Toll for Ashburton’s second bridge not being ruled out
24 Apr 2024The Transport Minister is not ruling out introducing a toll on a second Ashburton bridge - either on the new bridge or existing State Highway 1 crossing - to help pay for its construction.
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Mediawatch: Is it the end of the news as we know it?
14 Apr 2024This week our two biggest TV broadcasters confirmed plans to cut news programmes by midyear - and the jobs of a significant proportion of this country's journalists. So what's next?
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Brain injury discovered in late Blues halfback
14 Mar 2024Billy Guyton, the former halfback who died last year, had a brain injury likely connected with repeated head knocks, scientists have found.
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Heavy rain warns, wind forecast ahead of Anzac Day
23 Apr 2024Auckland, Christchurch and Wellington dawn ceremonies should be dry but wind and rain expected for Anzac Day, especially in the south.
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Residents shocked after woman's body found in Wellington Harbour
22 Apr 2024People who live near Māhina Bay are "shocked" that a woman's body was found in the water - and say it is an area where everyone knows everyone.
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Woman not properly informed of risks before major gynaecological surgery
22 Apr 2024The doctor usually went through a patient's procedure in detail, including possible complications and risks. But no such discussion happened with this patient.
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Junior doctors to walk off the job for 24 hours in May
22 Apr 2024Bargaining stalled when Te Whatu Ora proposed what would effectively be pay cuts for some positions and GP trainees, the union says.
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'I don't feel valued': Police officers face months-long wait in pay dispute
22 Apr 2024It will be months before a newly-appointed independent arbitrator will rule on pay for police, the Police Association says.
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'Nerve wracking': Travellers stressed by passport processing delays
22 Apr 2024Travellers have been forced to pay hundreds more for emergency passports or change their international flights as they wait for their passport to be processed.
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Rainbow crossing painted over: Six accused of Gisborne incidents plead not guilty
22 Apr 2024The defendants will reappear for separate case review hearings at the end of May.
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El Niño is on the way out
22 Apr 2024El Niño, which has delivered a lack of rain in the east and cooler weather lately, is on the way out, NIWA says. Audio
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