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Am I paying too much in tax on foreign investments? - Ask Susan
RNZ's money correspondent answers your questions.

Wainui vegetation fire extinguished
The blaze burned through 100 square metres of gorse before being put out.

Furious fisherman confronts man who dumps furniture on the beach, starts fire
Adam ‘Abbo’ Williams was fishing on Dorie Beach near the South Rakaia Huts on Thursday when a man pulled up with a trailer of rubbish.

Woman left ‘shaken’ after prowler tries to enter pensioner flat
The incident has sparked security fears related to reports of homeless people sleeping around empty council-owned flats.

Police crack down on Wellington boy racers
Fireworks and a dedicated skid car were also found.

'Probably our best director': Temuera Morrison on Lee Tamahori
"I don't think anyone surpasses him. He knew how to break down a script. He knew every facet of the filmmaking industry."

Glowing blue waves light up Stanmore Bay in stunning bioluminescent display
Despite a bright moon on Friday evening, a bio bloom lit up the beach at Stanmore bay.

New Plymouth's possum hotspots revealed
Monitoring has shown possums are lurking in urban New Plymouth, despite a common misconception the pesky pest is just a rural problem.

Researchers surprised that with AI, toxicity is harder to fake than intelligence
New "computational Turing test" reportedly catches AI pretending to be human with 80% accuracy.

Severe thunderstorm warnings for east coast of North Island
Severe thunderstorm warnings were in place for the east coast of the North Island on Friday.

Guardiola in disbelief at numbers before 1,000th game
Pep Guardiola says he cannot believe the numbers he has achieved before taking charge of his 1,000th game in management when Man City host Liverpool in the Premier League on Sunday.

Alex Salmond died with debts of more than £340,000
Insolvency firm Begbies Traynor has named a trustee in sequestration to handle the former first minister's estate.

Allied Health workers vote to strike after mediation fails
More than 11,500 workers will stop work for four hours on the afternoon of 28 November.

We tried Elon Musk’s Wikipedia clone. It’s as racist as you’d expect
The world’s richest man promised the truth. Instead, we get conspiracy theories, plagiarism and distortions about Australia Day, Indigenous Australians and Hitler.

Mistaken for a secretary: Life as a lone female councillor
The only female elected member at a southern council admits you sometimes have to put on “armour” for the job.

More than US$1 trillion wiped off US tech giants in AI rout
US stocks are on track for their worst week since US President Donald Trump rocked markets with his “Liberation Day” tariffs in April.

Police seize car, issue dozens of infringements at night vehicle gathering, fireworks shot from sunroof
Dozens of infringement notices were issued as part of Operation Kereru, police said on Saturday.

Weather: Marble-sized hail, severe thunderstorms possible for Auckland, Northland
Several flights have already been delayed at Auckland Airport.

Ugandans welcome war crimes charges against LRA leader Joseph Kony and demand his arrest

Merz says Nexperia chip deliveries to resume after talks with China

Germany's AfD reject 'treason' allegation over lawmakers' Russia trip

Exiled Russian opposition figures criticize EU's visa tightening

Israel receives coffin Hamas says contains body of Gaza hostage

Fog causes major disruptions at Auckland Airport
Flights in and out of the city have been cancelled and delayed from as early as 6am.

Title leader Norris takes Sao Paulo sprint pole
Lando Norris secures pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix sprint race with McLaren team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri in third.

EU forces free crew after Somali pirate attack on tanker
The Hellas Aphrodite crew have been freed from armed Somali pirates who seized it the previous day.