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📢 Question Time was just beginning as the call "free Palestine" rang out from above the chamber.
Parliament interrupted by protest demanding sanctions on Israel
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December 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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📢 It will be an additional challenge for councils facing rising costs and widespread changes.

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Landowners to get more compensation from councils as major RMA overhaul revealed
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December 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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📢 The IPCA report recommended employment investigations against three staff, Paul Basham, Detective Superintendent Chris Page, and Angela Brazier
Former Assistant Commissioner breaks silence after scathing police report
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December 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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📢 Egmont Honey is finding global success with its brand of manuka honey despite being late to the expanding market.
'We've conquered many markets': Kiwi business Egmont Honey finds global success
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December 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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📢 Both the Labour leader and Mark Mitchell have strongly denied claims they were briefed earlier than revealed.

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Luxon backs Hikpins in McSkimming saga, NZ First casts doubt
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December 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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📢 Agency had uncovered 459 cases of overseas commercial driving licences being converted with false or altered documents.
NZTA allows 335 drivers to re-sit tests after commercial licences suspended
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December 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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📢 The 23-year-old man was in waist-deep water at Lake Wainamu when he got into difficulty.
Dive squad joins search for swimmer missing near Bethells Beach
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December 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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📢 A Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade report shows it shed seven jobs in a restructure that disestablished 42 jobs and created 35.
PSA opposes ministry job cuts amidst restructure
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December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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📢 Follow all the cricket action from Cello Basin Reserve in Wellington.
Live: Black Caps v West Indies second test - day one
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December 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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📢 The Taxpayers' Union is poised to launch a "pressure campaign" targeting Nicola Willis.
'Anytime, anywhere': Nicola Willis challenges Ruth Richardson to debate
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December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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📢 Several people tried to help the man in his last moments, an Auckland dairy worker says.
Man dies outside store after two stabbings on Auckland bus
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December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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📢 The survey from STILLMindingTheGap.nz spoke to more than 1,000 people, and found 74 percent thought medium and large employers should measure and publish their pay gaps.
Overwhelming support for employers to publish pay gaps, survey shows
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December 8, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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📢 Explainer - Are our summer breaks too long - and how did they become a Kiwi institution?
Why does New Zealand take such a long summer holiday break?
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December 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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📢 Over $15 million will be invested in the construction of a new ingredient warehousing and distribution
Hot demand for fusion flavours drives growth
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December 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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📢 The 82 year old has been with the outfit since they joined Formula 1 in 2005.
F1: Advisor Helmut Marko to leave Red Bull
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December 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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📢 The Labour leader and former police minister says he had no conversation on the matter with former police commissioner Andrew Coster in 2022.

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Labour leader Chris Hipkins 'absolutely certain' he wasn't told about McSkimming
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December 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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📢 About 20 firefighters and five trucks were at the New Lynn blaze on Monday.
Person found dead after Auckland house fire
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December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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📢 The new exhibition letting visitors to get face-to-face with some of the largest creatures on the planet.
The safest way to get up close with sharks
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December 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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📢 The debate reflects a deeper tension over how Indian cultural practices are defined in New Zealand.
Unpacking the Indian community’s tussle with non-vegetarian food at festivals
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December 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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📢 Five fire trucks and a support vehicle were called to the scene just after 5am Tuesday.
Crews battling Foxton Beach house fire
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December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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📢 There are concerns a wind change this morning could cause flare-ups at the National Park.
Live: Firefighters battle to contain large blaze at Tongariro National Park
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December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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📢 The All Blacks will kick off the 2026 test season against France at Christchurch's new Te Kaha Stadium.

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All Blacks to start 2026 in Christchurch as test venues confirmed
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December 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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📢 Jackie Te Weehi pocketed $3422.57 of her fellow soldiers' and Defence Force money.
Light-fingered army corporal Jackie Te Weehi to be sentenced after guilty plea at court martial
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December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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📢 A study by the Climate Change Commission found that was partly due to the region's exposure to storms, droughts and cyclones, but it was also shaped by socio-economic factors.

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Northland hit harder than most by climate change, report finds
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December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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📢 Shoppers who look beyond the cheapest price tag might be able to save on their Christmas groceries, an expert says.
Supermarkets 'know how far they can push people': How to get a good deal on Christmas groceries
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December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM