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Media Insider: Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls to join TVNZ as business correspondent, replacing Katie Bradford
A year of high-profile media musical chairs continues with Newstalk ZB’s political editor becoming TVNZ’s new business ...
Why ‘Tina from Turners’ is leaving New Zealand for life in Samoa
Sieni Leo’o Olo, better known as Bubbah to many or “Tina from Turners” for those with a screen, is leaving her life in New ...
Kurdish PKK says it will disband and end armed struggle
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced its dissolution and the end of more than four decades of armed struggle ...
Search for missing Milford tramper Eli Sweeting put on pause
After six days of extensive searches, police have paused the search for a tramper British man Eli Sweeting last Sunday failed ...
US-China detente hopes send Mainfreight up 5% - Market close
Hopes that a meeting between Chinese and American officials in Switzerland would produce a détente buoyed markets to start ...
US, China agree to reduce tariffs for 90 days: Joint statement
Stocks rallied on Monday after Chinese and US officials held “substantial” trade talks and slashed their tit-for-tat tariffs ...
Rau Tongia killing: Woman accused of inciting fatal shooting denies being a party to murder
Shortly before a man was fatally shot, a woman allegedly sent messages to an old Facebook account saying “kill him” and “this ...
Cambridge house fire: Victim was Rototuna Junior High student Nevaeh Ngamoki-Porter
A Hamilton school has identified one of its students as the victim of a fatal house fire in Cambridge. She was Navaeh Ngamoki ...
Nick Mowbray and Jaimee Lupton spotted on double date with Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds
Rich listers Nick Mowbray and Jaimee Lupton have been spotted hanging out with Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Lupton shared ...
Cyclone Tam live updates: Auckland councillor Shane Henderson demands answers after warnings issued hour into thunderstorms, dozens of homes flooded
MetService could’ve warned Aucklanders sooner about incoming thunderstorms that lashed the city overnight, flooding homes and businesses as up to 110mm fell in some suburbs, WeatherWatch’s Philip ...
Wellington cryptosporidiosis outbreak: High number of cases still being reported
The outbreak of a “brutal” and highly contagious parasitic stomach bug in the Wellington region is continuing, with numbers ...
Disabled students say regular incidents on Wellington buses, trains, robbing them of autonomy
A group of disabled students say their autonomy is being taken away by bus drivers, including in one serious incident which left a wheelchair-user concussed and unable to continue their study. The ...