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Viva Wine Awards: NZ’s Top 50 Wineries For 2025
This summer, Viva Premium is revisiting the best and biggest stories of 2025. This article was originally published…
17 Ways K-Pop Proved More Global Than Ever in 2025
From chart history set by ROSÉ, Stray Kids and HUNTR/X to moments of visibility for Brazil, India and…
New Year’s: Some of the Northern Advocates’ top Northland headlines in 2025
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25 Best TV shows of 2025: What to stream and where to watch them
If you looked at just the cast of this true story, you’d be sold. Aimee Lou Wood (White…
Japan stocks ride AI boom, rate hikes to record high in 2025
Markets Manufacturing and finance resurgent as economy shifts to inflation from deflation The Nikkei Stock Average ended the…
Holiday blues make for quiet end to NZX year – Market close
Another quiet day Harbour Asset Management portfolio manager Shane Solly said it was another in-between day with market…
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Well, here we are again! One of the longest, most eventful years in recent memory comes to a…
NZ Herald’s top 20 Premium stories of 2025
The following are just 20 of the best-read Premium articles in 2025. After years of declining education achievement…