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Post-Budget blow: National stranded sub-30% in latest poll
National has failed to secure a post-Budget lift in support, with a new poll revealing Christopher Luxon’s party remains locked below 30%.

Woman sentenced in cold meds meth case after fleeing for 20 years
The case should have been finalised in 2007, but the defendant fled, leaving possibly one of New Zealand's longest-running active court files untouched.

Researchers use tiny radio backpacks to track elusive gecko species
The northern striped gecko live on Coromandel Peninsula and are so skilled at camouflage, they weren't discovered until 1997.

All Whites suffer injury blow to key midfielder ahead of opening match
Matt Garbett was expected to start against Iran but sat out the All Whites' final training session after feeling tightness in hamstring the day before.

Failed violin project kindles Andrick Li's passion for making chopsticks
To feel comfortable in the hand, chopsticks need to be thin at one end and thick at the other, and the ridges must be smooth.

SpaceX went from three consecutive rocket explosions and near-bankruptcy in 2008 to the biggest IPO in history

NASA Hires Firefly Aerospace to Build a Drone Aircraft Carrier -- to the Moon

New mental health funding may not match need
Psychiatrists say the lack of data on the most pressing shortages - and absence of comprehensive planning - make new funding look piecemeal

Ratio that shows share prices at level well above dot-com boom
The long-run Tobin Q average is 0.85 - it reached 1.47 in 2000 at the dot-com boom. It is now more than 2.1.

How the food industry shapes your child's fussy eating
Heavy-handed marketing is a winning recipe for processed-food companies that target kids.

Fifa World Cup: Germany v Curaçao live updates, Group E clash
Live updates of the 2026 Fifa World Cup clash between Germany and Curaçao.

Grim finals record hangs over the Chiefs ahead of Hurricanes showdown
A lengthy title drought will br broken regardless of the result of next week’s final.

Move-on orders would push homeless youth into crime, researchers say
The Government’s proposed move-on orders would push homeless youths towards lives of crime and state dependency, Otago University researchers have found.

Straight woman steals a young gay man's story in Josh Silver's debut novel
Described as one of the books of the year, Fruit Fly asks who has the right to tell which stories.

Scrutiny Week: How does it work and what are the drawbacks?
Politicians are gearing up for the verbal combat of Scrutiny Week - but what is it, and how did it come to be?

Health NZ's work on medical scanning systems due to be completed
Faults were reported to have risen from a few dozen a year to more than 800 in 2024.

For the first time in 40 races, Lewis Hamilton is a grand prix winner again
Lewis Hamilton’s wait for a race victory with Ferrari is over as Liam Lawson finishes in the points again.

Nicola Willis shows she is ready to fight her way back into power in November
Analysis: Finance Minister replaced one flak jacket for another on Sunday.

Here today, gone tomorrow
What a circus. You won't believe what our local council has been up to this time.

Let the fiscal games begin: Nicola Willis tries to lure Labour into truth or dare, the policy edition
Fiscal holes of elections past have usually been unveiled after the opposition parties produced something resembling a fiscal plan or alternative budget.

New OCD therapy a 'gamechanger' for 17-year-old
Clinical psychologists are hoping the four-day intensive exposure therapy, which costs thousands of dollars, will become part of the health system.

Watchdog needed to quell election-year squabbles over spending - economist
National's finance spokesperson has attacked Labour's spending policies, with claims of an $18.2 billion shortfall.

Starmer: UK and Japan building ‘new era of cooperation’

Chris Wood eyes All Whites goal unlike any of the record 45 he’s scored before
The New Zealand captain came close to scoring as a teenager in 2010. Sixteen years later, he’s finally back on football’s biggest stage.