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Piedmont is a region in which European country?

Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 15 October

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Analysis: At a time of heightened tensions with teachers, the minister reports marked literacy improvements for the country’s littlest learners attributed to her flagship structured literacy programme, writes Laura Walters.

Good news for kids’ reading, even as teachers prepare to strike

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NZ's best and most distinguished literary journal celebrates its 250th issue.

Good old Landfall gets older

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Powerlifter Karlina Tongotea, 32, won gold and set a new open world record of 620kg at the World Games in China.

The GP doing the heavy lifting

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Opinion: Politicians must find a way past the political paralysis in France, but financial markets have less patience, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich.

Europe can't keep on muddling through another monetary crisis

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NZ First draws a line in the sand: either genetically modified organisms stay in labs, or the gene tech bill stays in limbo, writes Fox Meyer.

Late changes demanded to gene tech bill, splitting coalition

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 9h

Revenue Minister Simon Watts sought advice on removing IRD numbers from those not entitled to work in NZ as part of an immigration crackdown.

IRD mulls sharing data with Immigration NZ to catch illegal migrants

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 9h

Today from The Detail: The Government announcement what looked like a good news story on pig welfare – but closer examination reveals a winding back of plans to ban farrowing crates and mating stalls.

The pig welfare reforms that roll back pig welfare

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 10h

Exclusive survey reveals who NZ elected, who our communities elected – and what they stand for. By Jonathan Milne and Marc Daalder.

Newsroom Local Elections Survey 2025

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 14h

For many Pacific Island nations, climate change isn’t a distant threat or an abstract statistic.

Why loss and damage matters in the Pacific

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 18h

Powerlifter Karlina Tongotea, 32, won gold and set a new open world record of 620kg at the World Games in China

The GP doing the heavy lifting

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 18h

Opinion: Politicians must find a way past the political paralysis in France, but financial markets have less patience, writes Dr Oliver Hartwich

Europe can't keep on muddling through another monetary crisis

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 18h

NZ's best and most distinguished literary journal celebrates its 250th issue.

Good old Landfall gets older

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 19h

Who was Time magazine's inaugural Person of the Year (then known as Man of the Year)?

Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 15 October

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 19h

NZ First draws a line in the sand: either genetically modified organisms stay in labs, or the gene tech bill stays in limbo, writes Fox Meyer.

Late changes demanded to gene tech bill, splitting coalition

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 19h

Today from The Detail: Changes announced by Animal Welfare Minister Andrew Hoggard turn out not to be what they appeared on the label.

The pig welfare reforms that roll back pig welfare

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 19h

Analysis: At a time of heightened tensions with teachers, the minister reports marked literacy improvements for the country’s littlest learners attributed to her flagship structured literacy programme, writes Laura Walters.

Good news for kids’ reading, even as teachers prepare to strike

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 19h

Revenue Minister Simon Watts sought advice on removing IRD numbers from those not entitled to work in NZ as part of an immigration crackdown.

IRD mulls sharing data with Immigration NZ to catch illegal migrants

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