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Judge finds Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins, defamation case fails
15 Apr 2024Australia's Federal Court has found, on the balance of probabilities, Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins at Parliament House in 2019.
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What new research about the pandemic shows
15 Apr 2024And how New Zealand's experience with Covid-19 was very different to most of the world.
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Thai visa agents charged after providing fake documents for visitor visa applicants
15 Apr 2024Immigration New Zealand found more than 100 cases where visitors planned to come to Aotearoa and potentially work illegally in the horticulture and viticulture sectors.
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Why has Iran attacked Israel?
15 Apr 2024Iran's first direct attack on Israel follows a years-long shadow war.
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What we know about the Bondi Junction stabbing attack
15 Apr 2024A police investigation into the stabbing deaths could take "weeks and months", according to NSW Police.
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Iran warns Israel against reprisals, world powers urge restraint
15 Apr 2024A senior cabinet minister says Israel will "exact the price from Iran in the fashion and timing that is right for us".
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Who was the Bondi Junction attacker
14 Apr 2024Joel Cauchi was diagnosed with a mental illness at 17 and had been living in his car before stabbing six people dead.
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NZ warned military op could see civilians killed
15 Apr 2024Judith Collins was told there was no way to rule out "collateral damage" if New Zealand joined a coalition conducting strikes against Houthi rebels. Audio
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Iran launches retaliatory attack on Israel with hundreds of drones, missiles
14 Apr 2024Iran launched explosive drones and fired missiles at Israel in its first direct attack on Israeli territory, a retaliatory strike that raised the threat of a wider regional conflict.
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Bondi attacker could have been targeting women, police say
14 Apr 2024Joel Cauchi's attitudes towards women are "an obvious line of inquiry", police commissioner says, as more details emerge about victims.
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'We need to try and stop him': Man fought Bondi stabber with bollard
14 Apr 2024Damien Geurot heard people screaming. Then he saw a murderer coming up an escalator, and knew he had to act.
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As it happened: Iran launches drone, missile attack on Israel
14 Apr 2024The NZ government have joined leaders worldwide in condemning the escalation of violence in the Middle East.
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Hundreds rescued in fatal cable car accident
14 Apr 2024Thirteen people - including officials from the private company running the cable car - have been detained over the crash.
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Trump lashes out at 'crooked judge' as unprecedented trial of a former President to begin
14 Apr 2024Trump is expected to be in Manhattan on Tuesday NZ time for the beginning of his first criminal trial, a case involving hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels.
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Sydney attacker named as 40-year-old Queensland man
14 Apr 2024Detectives are investigating 40-year-old Joel Cauchi, who killed six people during a stabbing attack, while the police officer who stopped him has also been named.
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Iran attack on Israel: What we know so far
14 Apr 2024There were very few countries as prepared as Israel for an attack like this, with a stacked arsenal and experience with groups like Hamas and Hezbollah, RNZ's Charlie Dreaver writes.
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Explainer: Why is Iran attacking Israel?
14 Apr 2024Built up over years or decades of Iranian support, the "Axis of Resistance" is opposed to Israel and US influence in the Middle East.
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'I thought I was going to die' - Witnesses on Bondi centre attack
14 Apr 2024Witnesses have described chaotic, confronting and confusing scenes as multiple people were stabbed before an armed man was killed by police.
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Bondi mall attack: Six dead, baby undergoes surgery
14 Apr 2024The man was known to police and, while the motive was unclear, early indications suggested the attack was not related to terrorism.
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Hamas rejects Israel's ceasefire response, sticks to main demands
14 Apr 2024After more than six months of war with Israel in Gaza, the negotiations remain deadlocked, with Hamas sticking to its demands that any agreement must end the war.
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'No easy task' - The hunt for an impartial Trump jury in Manhattan
14 Apr 2024On Monday, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the island of Manhattan will find themselves facing a historic prospect: sitting on the jury of the first criminal trial of a former president.
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Praise for 'hero' police officer who stopped alleged mall attacker
13 Apr 2024The officer was by herself when she shot the alleged attacker dead, assistant commissioner says.
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Ukraine could face defeat in 2024. Here's how that might look
13 Apr 2024The former commander of Britain's Joint Forces Command has warned that Ukraine could face defeat by Russia in 2024.
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Iran seizes Israeli-linked cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media says
13 Apr 2024The move comes as US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel "sooner, rather than later".
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