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    Hope for mohua-filled future

    The sparrow-sized mohua is very vulnerable to being killed by rats and stoats. PHOTO: LEON EVERETT

    Hope for mohua-filled future

    There are glimmers of hope for New Zealand’s brightest native bird — the yellowhead (mohua) — although its survival hangs in the balance at many sites, recent monitoring results show.

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    Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter

    A week of wild weather comes amid warnings that marine heatwave conditions currently enveloping...

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    Mixed conditions of extreme wet or dry in strange end to winter

    The usual unsettled spring weather left some parts of the southern region dry as a bone and other parts with wet gumboots.

    Man who 'engineered' neighbour's death jailed

    Mathew David Hannon has been sentenced for his role in the death of Sidney Ross Bridson at...

    Man who 'engineered' neighbour's death jailed

    A long-standing dispute between two neighbours in a remote rural settlement ended with one supplying a loaded shotgun, and the other's body discovered in his torched house.

    Man allegedly shot and stuffed into tree to burn

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    Man allegedly shot and stuffed into tree to burn

    A man made a desperate appeal to his alleged killer's humanity before he was shot three times and shoved into a tree that was set on fire, a court has been told.

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    Student’s low-cost tech wows

    University of Otago physiology student Kai Woolf with a 3-D-printed component of her customisable...

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    Student’s low-cost tech wows

    While many tertiary students dream of making a difference in the world one day, Kai Woolf has already been there and done that.

    Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli prison

    Greta Thunberg arrives in Athens after her detention in Israel, alongside others from the Global...

    Thunberg alleges torture in Israeli prison

    Swedish activist Greta Thunberg alleged that she and other detainees of the Gaza flotilla were subjected to torture in the Israeli prison they were held.

    Landslide hits bus killing 15 people

    Landslide hits bus killing 15 people

    The death toll from a landslide that struck a private bus in India's mountainous state of Himachal Pradesh has risen to 15, with one child still missing, officials and police said today.

    Remaining stranded hikers rescued from Everest

    Hikers are guided to safety after a snow storm left them stranded near the face of Everest. Photo...

    Remaining stranded hikers rescued from Everest

    Rescuers have guided all of the remaining trekkers near the east face of Everest in Tibet to safety, including hundreds of local guides and yak herders.

    Hamas ready to reach deal on anniversary, conditions remain

    Protest in solidarity with Palestinians, on the day of the two-year anniversary of the deadly...

    Hamas ready to reach deal on anniversary, conditions remain

    Hamas has said it was ready to reach a deal to end the war in Gaza based on President Donald Trump's plan but still has demands.

    Waititi accuses govt, media of 'constant attack' on Treaty

    Rawiri Waititi claims no allegations against Māori organisations have been upheld. Photo: RNZ /...

    Waititi accuses govt, media of 'constant attack' on Treaty

    Te Pāti Māori co-leader Rawiri Waititi has accused the media of "relentlessly attacking" the party and Māori providers in a blistering speech at Parliament.

    Home detention for primary school teacher who groomed pupil

    The woman appeared in the North Shore District Court on Wednesday. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham...

    Home detention for primary school teacher who groomed pupil

    An Auckland primary school teacher who sent sexually explicit nude selfies to an 11-year-old student more than 20 years her junior has been sentenced to home detention.

    Hundreds of disabled, sick teens may be cut from jobseeker benefits, data shows

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Social Development Minister Louise Upston at the...

    Hundreds of disabled, sick teens may be cut from jobseeker benefits, data shows

    Hundreds of teenagers with a health condition or disability could be cut off from the Jobseeker benefit as part of the government's welfare changes, official data shows.

    Regional term dates a consideration: Seymour

    Associate Education Minister David Seymour at Raroa Normal Intermediate School. Photo: RNZ / John...

    Regional term dates a consideration: Seymour

    Allocating different school holiday dates to different regions is worth considering - but could create problems, says the associate education minister.

    Shoplifter 'threatens to stab' Dunedin shop staff

    Shoplifter 'threatens to stab' Dunedin shop staff

    A man was arrested for allegedly threatening staff at a Dunedin store with physical violence if they did not get theft charges against him dropped.

    Protesters hold 'narrow world view' - drone-maker

    Photo: File image / Getty Images

    Protesters hold 'narrow world view' - drone-maker

    Protesters may have disrupted the national aerospace conference in Christchurch on Wednesday, but a drone-maker says the civilian and military aerospace sectors benefit each other and that is a good thing for NZ.

    Former All Black selling multimillion-dollar 'trophy farm'

    Former All Black selling multimillion-dollar 'trophy farm'

    Crusaders great Sam Whitelock and his wife, Hannah, have put their farm on the market for sale.

    Sex assailant lured woman with fake modelling job

    Sex assailant lured woman with fake modelling job

    A young woman lured by the promise of a modelling career overseas ended up being sexually assaulted by a man posing as a talent agent.

    One injured in Mosgiel highway crash

    Photo: Daniel Diack

    One injured in Mosgiel highway crash

    One person was injured in a crash that blocked a lane of State Highway 1 near Mosgiel for a time this afternoon.

    National falls below 30% in latest poll

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (L) and Labour leader Chris Hipkins. Photo: RNZ

    National slumps in poll; left bloc could form government

    October's Taxpayers' Union-Curia poll has Labour as the largest party, and shows gains for the Greens and New Zealand First.

    Dunedin Airport named best in NZ

    Dunedin Airport staff (from left) GM operations and infrastructure Nick Rodger, head of project...

    Dunedin Airport named best in NZ

    Dunedin Airport is flying high after being named the best airport of its size at a national award ceremony.
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