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RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 6m

📢 The Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday.

What does 'shock therapy' official cash rate cut mean for households?

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 7h

📢 A second aid flotilla heading for Gaza, with at least one New Zealander on board, says its vessels are under attack by the Israeli military and several of its boats have been intercepted.

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Several Gaza flotilla boats intercepted by Israeli military

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 7h

📢 Tuesday at parliament felt a bit like Groundhog Day, as Foreign Minister Winston Peters gave yet another ministerial statement on the war in Gaza.

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Groundhog Day, as Peters delivers third ministerial statement on Gaza

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 8h

📢 The trick is figuring out each dog's reward.

Dauntless detections dogs hold key to pest eradication in remote South Westland

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 9h

📢 Shane Jones says there is an opportunity to "convert the oceanic space into a platform for global-scale protein-based fish farming".

More ocean space needed for the farming of kai moana - fisheries minister

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 9h

📢 The truck from the Grey Lynn station would have the first to a fire, but the accelerator snapped.

Firetruck breaks down en route to Auckland fire

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 10h

📢 Millie the sheep is looking for a new home after being rescued from the Central Otago wilderness.

'Quiet lawn mower' with survival story seeks mob: Millie the sheep is up for adoption

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 10h

📢 A Hawke's Bay fire-fighter has apologised to victims' families for failing to rescue their loved ones in time.

Cyclone Gabrielle inquest: 'Sorry we weren't able to get to your loved ones in time'

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 10h

📢 Co-leader Rawiri Waititi pointed the finger during a blistering speech in Parliament.

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Te Pāti Māori accuses government, media of 'constant attack' on Waitangi Treaty

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 11h

📢 All Whites goalkeeper Alex Paulsen is embracing personal growth and pierogi in loan move to Poland.

Football: All Whites goalkeeper returns in new home away from home

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 11h

📢 They apologised for blaming the closure on filmmakers Sir Peter Jackson and Dame Fran Walsh.

Chocolate Fish owners apologise for blaming café's closure on Sir Peter Jackson

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 11h

📢 A woman has pleaded not guilty to interfering with human remains after the body of a newborn baby was found in a wheelie bin.

Baby found in bin: Woman pleads not guilty

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 11h

📢 The Auckland teacher had earlier pleaded guilty to abusing an 11-year-old student more than 20 years her junior.

Teacher guilty of sexually abusing student given home detention

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 12h

📢 The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 12h

📢 ANZ has become the first bank to move its interest rates after the Reserve Bank cut the official cash rate.

First bank home loan cuts land after OCR drop

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 12h

📢 The council racked up almost $600,000 in legal bills over compliance failures.

Shotover Wastewater Treatment Plant costs council $1.8 million in repairs, then $600,000 in legal bills

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 12h

📢 Rescue efforts are underway at Tindalls Beach in Whangaparaoa.

Two people trapped on cliff face in Auckland

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 12h

📢 Someone wearing dark clothing and a balaclava was seen acting suspiciously a day before an arson attack in Whangārei last month.

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Whangārei arson attack: Police appeal for public help

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 13h

📢 Term-time holidays remain the main attendance challenge facing most schools.

Different educational regions could help attendance battle - Seymour

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 13h

📢 An invasive aquarium plant that threatened to choke a Far North lake has been officially eradicated, five years after the entire lake was treated with herbicide.

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Invasive aquatic weed eradicated from Lake Ngatu in Far North

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 13h

📢 NZ-born Jamie Mackenzie was nicknamed the 'Red Rocket' by his mother as a five year old, and he is now shooting up the junior tennis rankings.

Tennis: NZ's 'Red Rocket' Jamie Mackenzie takes off

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 14h

📢 It began in 2017 when a host of Kiwis and Kangaroos stars linked with Mate Ma'a Tonga.

New Zealand League juggling eligibility laws - 'We're a bit hindered'

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 14h

📢 Acting early on adaptation to climate risks will avoid costly losses in the future, says the programme head.

New Zealand's resilience to climate change the focus of new $12m research programme

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 14h

📢 A volcanologist has outlined the ways survivors of the Whakaari-White Island eruption stayed alive.

Whakaari-White Island visitors had 'little time' to react to eruption, volcanologist says

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 15h

📢 The central bank has opted for a big cut after facing a difficult call.

Reserve Bank slashes Official Cash Rate by 50 basis points