Hayley Holt on family, loss and finding joy after TVNZ job shake-up
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Suotana – Ounas II [Things You Might Have Missed 2025]
Remember the Finnish melodic death and power metal fusion of the late ’90s and early ’00s? Bands like…
NZ crime in 2025: Gangs, drugs, and a Minister for Mafias? – The Front Page
New Zealand’s underworld There are more than 9000 gang members in New Zealand and thousands more associates. The…
Best K-Pop Albums of 2025: 25 Staff Picks
From the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack to career milestones for the likes of G-DRAGON, SEVENTEEN, JENNIE, MARK, NMIXX…
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Hawke’s Bay secondary school duxes 2025 – our best and brightest students
Oliver Stubbs is an incredibly talented and diligent young man who excelled academically throughout his time at Napier…
From Labubus to robot vacuums: Afterpay shares New Zealand’s quirkiest buys in 2025
LED facemasks were particularly popular with women too, who bought 69% of the nearly 430 sold through the…
Consumer confidence lifts to highest level in 2025
“While we often see a lift in households’ spirits at this time of year, there is reason to…
Inside Economics: GDP or not GDP? That is the last question for 2025
They say nothing about inequality/distribution of wealth, natural resources available, mitigation factors for climate change, perceived happiness, and…
Handel’s Messiah closes Auckland Choral’s 2025 season in style – William Dart
Review by William Dart NZ Herald· 15 Dec, 2025 04:00 PM2 mins to read Subscribe to listenAccess to…
The most popular shows on TVNZ in 2025 and local content’s big win on linear TV
Rankings stalwart Hyundai Country Calendar, which has been running since 1966, came in at No 2, having retained…
Stuck in the Filter: October 2025’s Angry Misses
They say it’s going to be a harsh winter this year. They always say that, and it’s almost…