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Mortuary technician has medical licence cancelled after sharing image of dissected human skull, making inappropriate online comments

November 19, 2025

According to the Health Practitioner’s Disciplinary Tribunal’s decision released today, it was not clear if the image of…

PPersonal finance

Social Security 2026 COLA brings a historic raise for retirees

November 19, 2025

A history-making Social Security cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2026 will lift nominal-dollar retired-worker checks well above the national…

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Sustainable Business and Finance: Finance heads urge maturity on ‘woke banking’ debate

November 19, 2025

The committee is due to report back on New Zealand First’s Financial Markets (Conduct of Institutions) Amendment (Duty…

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Noel Edmonds and Sir Cliff Richard reunite in NZ

November 18, 2025

British celebrities Sir Cliff Richard and Noel Edmonds have reunited in New Zealand, sharing laughs as they joked…

PPersonal finance

3 Social Security changes retirees should plan for in 2026

November 16, 2025

There’s also another change tied to Social Security that could have a big impact next year. Keith Speights…

BBusiness

Expert’s idea to combat the ‘billions’ scammers spend on social media scam ads

November 14, 2025

“On 10.1% of ad revenue being generated from violating ads – this number was a rough and overly-inclusive…

MMusic

Aussie who accosted Ariana Grande at movie premiere gloats about arrest: ‘I’m free’

November 14, 2025

Security quickly took over the situation, arresting him while Erivo and Yeoh comforted Grande. But it appears the…

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Cher van Schouwen: Socials from Emergence exhibition opening at Gallery 360 in West Leederville

November 13, 2025

More than 200 guests gathered for a sold-out evening of art, poetry and live music for the opening…

MMental health

November 12, 2025

Federal prison service ‘ill-equipped’ for long-term mental health care: watchdog CTV NewsCorrectional Investigator’s 2024-25 Annual Report calls for significant…

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Hamilton social housing project Te Puāwaitanga o Ngā Waka delivers 45 new homes

November 7, 2025

“This was well known as the hood – if you know Shakespeare [Ave], you know Shakespeare,” he said.…

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Woman arrested over shooting at Wellington social housing block

November 7, 2025

The victim was not struck and managed to flee down to level two of the building, where he…

MMusic

97.1 The Ticket coming to Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo in December

November 6, 2025

Want to comment on this story? Become a subscriber today. Click here. 97.1 The Ticket, the longtime top…