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New Zealand's most expensive - and cheapest - suburbs
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (432+ words) New Zealand's most expensive suburb list has been updated - and it features many of the same names as have been common for the past few years. Herne Bay has been top of the list for years, worth a median $3. 029 million…...
Accepting my body is my greatest achievement
1+ hour, 19+ min ago (887+ words) Australian Carly Findlay has experienced a lifelong rare skin condition since birth. As a child " teased, prayed for, studied, and offered harmful "cures" " she chose loving her body over "fixing" it. When I was about six, I started to attend…...
Gulf Harbour body trial: Defendant's coaching of others recorded by police | RNZ News
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (1005+ words) Details of how a defendant was coaching others to explain the death of Chinese woman Shulai Wang have been heard in recordings made at the house at the centre of the police investigation. Wang's body was found wrapped in rubbish…...
Auckland aquatic centre closes temporarily after a "security incident" sends glass into pools | RNZ News
12+ hour, 11+ min ago (272+ words) A public swimming centre on Auckland's North Shore has closed its doors temporarily after a "serious security incident". The Glenfield Pool and Leisure Centre announced on Saturday that it needed to close its main pool, dive well pool and surrounding…...
Gulf Harbour body trial: Defendant's coaching of others recorded by police
1+ hour, 47+ min ago (1005+ words) Details of how a defendant was coaching others to explain the death of Chinese woman Shulai Wang have been heard in recordings made at the house at the centre of the police investigation. Wang's body was found wrapped in rubbish…...
One-in-100-year coastal floods now happening twice a year in Wellington - study
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (533+ words) Sea level rise caused by climate change is set to expose areas like Wellington to more frequent coastal flooding, climate scientists say. Human-caused sea-level rise has made coastal sea-level extremes four times more frequent since the start of the 20th century....
Preventable Rangitata Rail Bridge collapse could've had 'catastrophic' consequences - TAIC
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (1173+ words) Kiwi Rail could have prevented the partial collapse of a key South Island rail bridge that could have caused a catastrophic derailment, the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has found. The report into the collapse of a section of the…...
Gulf Habour body trial: Defendant's coaching of others recorded by police
12+ hour, 53+ min ago (1069+ words) Details of how a defendant was coaching others to explain the death of Chinese woman Shulai Wang have been heard in recordings made at the house at the centre of the police investigation. Wang's body was found wrapped in rubbish…...
Officials redacted advice showing 'low need' for LNG imports
3+ hour, 43+ min ago (957+ words) Advice that government officials tried to redact shows there is "low need" for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility. A newly unredacted version of modelling commissioned by the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) was released to RNZ following…...
The best photos of scientists at work
4+ hour, 3+ min ago (106+ words) Two researchers guiding a flock of birds, an Aussie collecting a sample from a whale shark and scientists doing mosquito experiments feature among five spectacular images that have won Nature journal's 2026 Scientist at Work competition. In 1979 student Mark Burry was…...