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📢 The Education Ministry advice preceded the decision to delete a clause in the Education and Training Act that required schools to give effect to the Treaty of Waitangi.
Ministers were warned against removing schools' Treaty obligations
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December 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
📢 Nearly two thirds were seeing more indebted middle-income clients, a new survey found.
Financial mentors report being overworked, underfunded
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December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
📢 Weightlifting New Zealand is hoping Aotearoa will have its first female Commonwealth Games gold medalist next year as an impressive group of young lifters come through the ranks.
Weightlifting women gun for first Commonwealth gold
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December 4, 2025 at 12:02 AM
📢 After a campaign in which the All Blacks won 10 of 13 tests, pundits are left wondering whether the team is getting better or worse.
All Blacks coach ready for full and frank end of season review
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December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
📢 Police have yet to find any trace of a man who went missing near Te Aroha three weeks ago.
No sign of missing Waikato man, as police renew appeal for info
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December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
📢 It was retired in August and sold for scrap in October, yet its currently sitting in Nelson Harbour.
Why is the Aratere ferry still in New Zealand waters?
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December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
📢 NZEI Te Riu Roa says principals and school boards are frustrated the government dropped the Treaty requirement without any engagement.
Education union supports Northland iwi in fight over schools' Treaty obligations
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December 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
📢 There has been a moderate 4.8 magnitude earthquake in the Tararua District.
Moderate 4.8 earthquake hits Tararua district
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December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
📢 The New Zealand Transport Agency says it is holding back the $6m until it's satisfied police have met their targets.
Transport Agency halts $6m in funding to police until breath test targets met
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December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
📢 Analysis - Headline writers have had their fun calling it 'Coster's Last Stand', and like the general's doomed battle, it ended with a crushing fall, writes Craig McCulloch.
Analysis: Can Andrew Coster come back from this?
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December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
📢 The two attacks both took place at a South Auckland park and were nearly a year apart.

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Man sentenced to preventative detention after two sexual attacks against women
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December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
📢 From sports stars to viral trends, Google's top searches reveal the year that's nearly over.
Google’s top New Zealand searches of 2025 revealed
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December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
📢 Treasury figures show a bigger deficit than forecast.
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls
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December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
📢 Follow all the cricket action from day three at Hagley Oval.

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Live: Black Caps v West Indies first test - day three
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December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
📢 The minister for mental health is looking into changing the process of registering a stillbirth for grieving parents.
Process to register stillbirths to be changed
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December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
📢 Rajinder has been on trial accused of killing the Dunedin man last year.
Rajinder found guilty of murdering Gurjit Singh in his Dunedin home
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December 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
📢 The gear was owned by arborist Treetech and was essential to the ongoing efforts to restore the park after extensive storm damage.

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Suspicious Invercargill blaze destroys more than $1m worth of gear
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December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
📢 The Dunedin South stores was closed for almost three weeks to eliminate the pests.
Woolworths NZ pleads guilty over Dunedin supermarket rat infestation
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December 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
📢 The dairy giant has increased its first quarter profits to $278 million, $15m more than a year ago.
Fonterra profits rise in first quarter
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December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
📢 It says the changes will address concerns around fairness and provide certainty to residents and their families.
Government presses ahead with retirement village rule changes
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December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
📢 Consumers are cutting back on holiday gift-giving and vacations as cost-of-living expenses take priority.
Christmas plans pared back as cost-of-living expenses take priority - Westpac survey
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December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
📢 Mobile network company 2degrees says it is aware some customers are experiencing issues with connecting, receiving, or making calls on their mobile devices.

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Mobile phone issues for some 2degrees customers due to nationwide fault
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December 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
📢 Drivers are being warned to expect delays on the motorway and accessing carparks, as a handful of eager shoppers begin to gather outside the new store.
Queues build as shoppers line up for IKEA's Auckland opening
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December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
📢 It comes despite a Climate Change Commission warning that New Zealand is being hit sooner and more severely than expected.
Government rejects all of Climate Change Commission's emissions target recommendations
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December 3, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📢 The High Court has declared some contract terms by holiday home rental website Bachcare were unfair.
Holiday home booking site Bachcare had unfair contract terms, court rules
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December 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM