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Country Life: Teens Ride High In The World Of Rodeo
Thursday, 26 December 2024, 3:55 pm | RNZ
The rodeo season is underway and Waikato sisters Lylah and Riley Wood are in an arena practising their rodeo skills, a sport which has taken them to the US with a national youth team this year. More >>
Christmas Day basketball hard sell in New Zealand, says Breakers CEO
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 3:03 pm | RNZ
Games on 25 December are popular in the NBA, but Breakers chief executive officer Lisa Edser says the concept is harder to sell in New Zealand. More >>
No survivors from PNG small plane crash
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 3:00 pm | RNZ
Four passengers and the pilot were onboard when the plane crashed in a remote area of Morobe Province. More >>
Block Resignation Topples New Caledonia's Government
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 2:57 pm | RNZ
A block resignation means the whole government of New Caledonia is deemed to have resigned, and should now act in a caretaker mode. More >>
Vandalism Of Pou Whenua On Abel Tasman Coast Track Being Investigated
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 2:53 pm | RNZ
The pou whenua - carved posts marking out boundaries or places of significance to Māori - were at Medlands Beach, close to Bark Bay, and at Marahau. More >>
Whangārei Hapū Hails Environment Court Ban On Housing Development On Onoke Pā
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 2:51 pm | RNZ
A Whangārei hapū is describing an Environment Court decision to quash consents for a housing development on significant land as "the best Christmas present ever". More >>
Whangārei Business Owner Faces Living In Car If She Can't Find Place To Rent In A Week
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 2:47 pm | RNZ
The Ministry of Social Development says Rhonda Saxton can't afford rent on new premises - but she says she's already proved she can. More >>
MPI says farms linked to Mainland Poultry’s Hillgrove site are free of bird flu
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 2:44 pm | RNZ
The Hillgrove site tested positive for the highly pathogenic H7N6 virus on 1 December. More >>
Hundreds Sit Down To Giant Community Lunches, As Need Soars
Wednesday, 25 December 2024, 2:41 pm | RNZ
As more than 700 people sit down to community Christmas Day lunches, the levels of need in the community this year are the worst it has been, both Auckland and Wellington city missioners say. More >>
Vanuatu Residents Traumatised By Quake Afraid To Return To Homes
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 6:15 pm | RNZ
As strong aftershocks continue, some people are afraid to go back to their homes while others have attended outdoor church services. More >>
'I Feel So Stupid' - 67-year-old Facing Retirement With $80k Lost To Scammers
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 6:13 pm | RNZ
With the 'investment' provider registered overseas, there is little she can do to try to get her money back. More >>
The Year In Meat: Global Challenges Persist For Industry
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 6:08 pm | RNZ
Meat exporters says 2024 has been a tough year for the industry - but positive signs are emerging. More >>
Cook Islands Passport Would Require Giving Up NZ Citizenship - Spokesperson
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 6:03 pm | RNZ
The Cook Islands can only have its own passport if it gives up New Zealand citizenship, the office of New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Winston Peters says. More >>
A Matter Of Centimetres: A Vanuatu Earthquake Survivor's Story
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 6:01 pm | RNZ
"I could feel that my jaw might be broken and looking down I saw blood on the concrete." More >>
Antonia Bennett Continues Family Christmas Tradition
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 5:58 pm | RNZ
Jazz singer Antonia Bennett has just released a holiday classics Christmas album - and If the words jazz and Bennett ring bells, you may have put two and two together. More >>
Moana Maniapoto On The Sound Of The 80s To World-class Journalism
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 5:50 pm | RNZ
From being the headline to creating them, Moana Maniapoto has walked a rather rocky road of swinging between both sides of the media. More >>
'Aisake Eke Is Tonga's New Prime Minister
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 5:46 pm | RNZ
Former PM Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni resigned on 9 December ahead of a no-confidence motion. More >>
The Best Summer Reads, Picked By Top Booksellers
Monday, 23 December 2024, 8:50 pm | RNZ
No more spreadsheets, no more "docs", no more written warnings from your boss. Work's out for summer and it's time to dig into a page-turner. More >>
Grave Fears Over Fate Of Young People Left Homeless This Festive Season
Monday, 23 December 2024, 8:47 pm | RNZ
Youth advocates are worried tighter rules for emergency housing could lead to someone dying due to the impacts on mental health and physical safety for those denied shelter. More >>
Watchdog fears 2027 PNG elections will be a another disaster
Monday, 23 December 2024, 8:43 pm | RNZ
Transparency International in Papua New Guinea has expressed its fear another electoral disaster is on the way for PNG. More >>
