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Wellington's goat scapes and a family's dairy dream
Country Life - Meet the Steenkamp family behind The Brooklyn Creamery, supplying Wellington locals with fresh goat's milk and goat's milk products from just outside the city centre. Audio
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Troy Kingi's new album: 'We've gone full force, straight into the desert rock vibe'
17 Aug 2024Troy Kingi's latest album, Leatherman and the Mojave Green, the eighth in his 10:10:10 project, got him out of a creative funk, he tells RNZ's Music 101.
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Focus on Politics: Green for go for beneficiary traffic light system
17 Aug 2024With Parliament in recess this week, the coalition used the clear air to highlight its new hardline approach to welfare. Audio
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Is there any evidence benefit sanctions work?
16 Aug 2024The Detail: The expectation that if you're getting a benefit you should be looking for work is perfectly reasonable - until you step into the chaotic lives of some beneficiaries.
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The case for throwing a divorce party
16 Aug 2024We gather, eat and dance to celebrate a marriage beginning - why not do the same when a marriage ends, a writer asks.
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Residents angered by installation of median barrier on SH2
16 Aug 2024A aedian barrier on a notorious stretch of state highway in the western Bay of Plenty has angered locals.
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Why experts want us to stop talking about the 'five stages' of grief
16 Aug 2024Despite its popularity, there is no scientific basis for the model and experts say it can be more harmful than helpful.
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Will Elon Musk accept Tonga's invite to Pacific leaders' summit?
Tonga's government has extended an invitation to the billionaire entrepreneur to attend the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting to be held in less than two weeks' time.
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How Daniel Rankin and his pug became a social media sensation
The baker has built a massive following during efforts to make men feel comfortable in the kitchen.
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'The lure of money filled my nostrils': $100 a deer in venison boom
15 Aug 2024I thought this is gold mine. He lent me a rifle, and I went off. And after three trips, I managed to shoot my first deer," remembers hunter and author, David Miller.
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'More military planes than birds': The US militarisation in Guam
As Washington tries to bolster its defence capabilities in the US territory, Guamanians are questioning whether militarisation will help or harm the people, the environment and their future.
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What is the Olympic chocolate muffin and why did it go viral?
15 Aug 2024The Olympics may be over, but the online popularity of a chocolate muffin from the athlete village lives on.
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The high cost of our energy crisis
15 Aug 2024The Detail - With demand for gas up and supply down, gentailers can't keep up - and New Zealanders are paying the price.
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Teen pulls out of boot camp pilot after two weeks
15 Aug 2024A group of 10 young people have just started the twelve-month programme.
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Aboriginal community opposes Māori plans for $14m Sydney 'marae'
15 Aug 2024A Sydney-based Māori group is proceeding with its development of a 'marae', despite pushback from local Aboriginal people.
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What the new alcohol rules mean for Auckland
15 Aug 2024Stricter rules on the sale of alcohol in Auckland could be implemented by Christmas time
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Euphoria tinged with 'post-Games blues' as athletes touch down
14 Aug 2024New Zealand Olympians have returned triumphant after the team's most successful Games campaign ever.
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JobSeekers already being warned of benefit cuts
14 Aug 2024An accountant who has been on a JobSeeker benefit for more than a year was shocked to be told that his payments will be cut by half next week.
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Asian athletes in spotlight at 2024 Paralympics
14 Aug 2024Shooter Neelam O'Neill and swimmer Joshua Wilmer are part of the 25-member team representing New Zealand at the Paris Games.
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Improved visibility and resources key to improving Asian mental health
14 Aug 2024Almost 200 participants attended the inaugural Asian Mental Health and Wellbeing Summit in Auckland on Wednesday.
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Supermarket staff not happy at request to wear Disney costumes
Staff have been rankled by suggestion they pay for costumes, but supermarket says it's voluntary.
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Flying into Olympic-sized sustainability issues
14 Aug 2024The Detail - Paris was the greenest games yet, but critics say until the Olympics stops becoming a tourist event, all the vegan food in the world won't negate its environmental harm.
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Some Islanders don't want to leave home despite climate closing in
13 Aug 2024"We hear climate change this, climate change that, there's a flurry of activity and then it's done, but this is an ongoing issue," a University of Waikato researcher says.
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How did Raygun qualify for the Olympics?
13 Aug 2024The story behind viral sensation and breakdancing lecturer Rachael "Raygun" Gunn's path to the Games.
