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Tokyo Olympics: Laurel Hubbard to make history

Aug 02,2021

She will become the first openly transgender athlete to compete in an Olympics

Tiwai smelter power could be diverted to hydrogen by 2023

by Phil Pennington - Aug 02,2021

Hydrogen production could be the ideal use for Manapouri power

Valerie Adams wins bronze in Olympics shotput

Aug 01,2021

NZ's Maddison-Lee Wesche finished sixth after throwing a personal best

Missing Clyde teenager found safe and well

Jul 31,2021

Caitlin was last seen on Tuesday

Olympic rowing: Men's eight and Twigg win gold

Jul 30,2021

NZ rowers win two golds and a silver at the Tokyo Games.

NZ wins first gold medal at Tokyo olympics

Jul 29,2021

Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler win gold in rowing.

Commerce Commission: supermarkets earning 'persistently high profits'

Jul 29,2021

Commission says dominance of major players needs to be broken

Trans-Tasman bubble suspension hits tourism, hospitality hard again

by Harry Lock - Jul 24,2021

Australia travel bubble suspended for two months

Jul 23,2021

Southland proposed for world's largest green hydrogen plant

by Nona Pelletier - Jul 22,2021

National News Archive

The sky high cost of living in New Zealand
Jul 19,2021
Wild weather: Homes evacuated, roads closed across top of South Island
Jul 17,2021
Wild weather: Homes evacuated, roads closed in Buller district, West Coast
Jul 17,2021
New visa rules: Qtown businesses say more needed
by Tess Brunton - Jul 16,2021
"Public at risk" - infected boat crew kept in Wellington hotel
Jul 14,2021
Investigators to examine hot air balloon wreckage today
Jul 10,2021
New South Wales Covid-19: 50 new community cases recorded
Jul 10,2021
Updated: Hot air balloon crashes injuring 11 people near Queenstown
Jul 09,2021
Lack of Sydney travellers hits Queenstown hard
by Tess Brunton - Jul 06,2021
Wind, rain, snow: Severe weather warning for southern NZ
Jul 05,2021
Covid-19 vaccine: Shipment of 150,000 Pfizer doses arrives in NZ
Jul 05,2021
2000 MIQ rooms empty each day as NZers struggle to secure a place
by Katie Todd - Jul 03,2021

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