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📢 The auditor-general now says the contract is being managed properly and in line with good practice.
I Am Hope's ministry contract for Gumboot Friday gets thumbs-up
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November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
US National Guard member dies after Washington shooting
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November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Westpac penalised $3.64m by the High Court
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November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
📢 A refreshed executive team had hit the ground running with a sharpened focus on controlling costs and driving growth.
Warehouse Group shareholders bombard execs with criticism over under-performance
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November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
📢 New Zealanders generally like to lock in for the cheapest rates on offer, but some commentators say it could pay off to try something different now.
Why the cheapest home loan rate may not offer best value
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November 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
📢 "I distinctly remember the sound of him hitting the road, [I'll] never forget that," a witness who saw the man being tasered says.
Man wielding hedge trimmer blade who trapped woman, baby was 'violent and not rational' - witness
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November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
📢 Renters are in the driving seat in the market at the moment - but there are still rules about what they can and cannot do.
Six things tenants can't do (but may be doing anyway)
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November 27, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Paid firefighters strike after negotiations stall
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November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
📢 15 current and former baggage handlers have already been arrested in the operation.
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Watch live: Latest announced in crackdown on airport staff importing drugs
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November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
📢 15 current and former baggage handlers have already been arrested in the operation.
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📢 In a "worst-case scenarios" there could be 40-minute queues to get off the motorway, and an hour wait to get into carparks at IKEA.
'40-minute queues': Drivers warned to expect delays when IKEA opens in Auckland
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November 27, 2025 at 11:12 PM
📢 US diplomats have yet to raise the matter of migration with MFAT after being directed to do so by the Trump administration.
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US diplomats yet to warn NZ about immigration, as Trump demanded
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November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
📢 US diplomats have yet to raise the matter of migration with MFAT after being directed to do so by the Trump administration.
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👉 Report issues, make suggestions
📢 Consumer confidence has lifted to its highest level since June, with more households expecting to be better off in a year's time.
Consumer confidence still negative, despite lift
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November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Chip maker Rakon narrows half-year loss
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November 27, 2025 at 10:52 PM
📢 The World Rugby Breakthrough Player of the Year winners have been named among the finalists for New Zealand's top rugby awards.
Fabian Holland and Braxton Sorensen-McGee up for top NZ Rugby awards
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November 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Kiwi skipper dies in sailing accident on round-the-world trip
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November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thirty-two more dairy farms for Canterbury; some grain growers go for milk
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November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Hot days but reprieve from humid nights coming
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November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
📢 The more closely followed measure of businesses' expected own activity also rose to the highest level in more than a decade.
Business confidence rises to highest level in 11 years
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November 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
📢 Ken McLeod, 80, says it felt like he had "robbed a bank" when he got his pay cheques in the mid-1960s.
NZ's longest-serving meat worker retires after 64 years
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November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📢 The Black Foils driver is confident he'll be on board for this weekend's SailGP grand final in Abu Dhabi despite needing a trip to hospital.
SailGP: Burling confident of competing in grand final despite serious finger gash
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📢 Football Ferns on the back foot against strong Matildas side at home.
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Matildas v Football Ferns: What you need to know about Friday night's game
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November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
📢 Football Ferns on the back foot against strong Matildas side at home.
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👉 Report issues, make suggestions
📢 Michael Rudman says the deadly apartment building fires have left him feeling he's had a lucky escape.
Hong Kong high-rise fire: Similar renovations at Kiwi's apartment building
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November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
📢 It says the business community and the public's reaction was based on an incomplete record of information.
'There's nothing we opposed': Board responds to outrage over Eden Park events
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November 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
📢 Education Minister Erica Stanford said there was "very unfair" and "nasty" pressure to sign pledges, while Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell alleged unions were involved.
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Advocate rejects MPs claims schools were pressured to reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti
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November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
📢 Education Minister Erica Stanford said there was "very unfair" and "nasty" pressure to sign pledges, while Tauranga MP Sam Uffindell alleged unions were involved.
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👉 Report issues, make suggestions
📢 The road to the 2027 FIBA World Cup starts for the Tall Blacks against their closest rivals in Hobart.
Tall Blacks, Boomers tip off world cup qualification
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November 27, 2025 at 6:02 PM