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Rugby: Northland take final playoff spot as NPC quarter-finals confirmed: Northland have kept alive their shot at history with a second win in five days.
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Rugby: Northland take final playoff spot as NPC quarter-finals confirmed
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Rugby: Northland take final playoff spot as NPC quarter-finals confirmed: Northland have kept alive their shot at history with a second win in five days.
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Rugby: Northland take final playoff spot as NPC quarter-finals confirmed
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Newshub's Mike McRoberts to end career as news presenter when newsroom closes: McRoberts has spent the last 23 years of his career with Newshub ...
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Newshub's Mike McRoberts to end career as news presenter when newsroom ...
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From colour to climate change – a scientist's journey: From the University of Auckland: In performing the role of global teachers, scientists can be ...
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From colour to climate change – a scientist's journey
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Māori and PI spaces at unis no place for wusses or MP's reckons: Comment: The importance of ‘space’ – observations of a Pākehā working in a ...
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Māori and PI spaces at unis no place for wusses or MP's reckons
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X/Twitter will charge new users to post, Elon Musk says: Making users pay is only way to stop bots taking over platform
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X/Twitter will charge new users to post, Elon Musk says
Quick Glance: Musk Plans Fee for New X Users
  • Elon Musk intends to charge new users of X in the initial months to curb the activity of automated bot accounts.

  • The fee is set to be waived after three months to allow free posting.

  • Tests in New Zealand and the Philippines raised skepticism about the effectiveness of the fee as a countermeasure against bots.

  • Declining revenues at X post-rebranding and Twitter acquisition, along with a negative brand perception by companies, are impacting the service's business.
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Elderly couple possibly killed by rogue ram: Two people found dead at a rural Auckland property are believed to have been killed by a rogue ram ...
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Elderly couple possibly killed by rogue ram
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Ram shot by New Zealand police after killing elderly couple: The pair were found dead in a paddock by a relative who had gone to check on them.
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Ram shot by New Zealand police after killing elderly couple
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Team New Zealand 'really happy' with America's Cup boat Taihoro - Peter Burling: The team took it as a good omen that the skies opened just as they revealed ...
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Team New Zealand 'really happy' with America's Cup boat Taihoro - Peter ...
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The places where you're most likely to pass your driving test: In one city, less than half of applicants passed their restricted - but going out of town for a ...
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The places where you're most likely to pass your driving test
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Auckland’s dumped Commonwealth Games bid has lessons for Christchurch: The crippling cost and complexity of Christchurch’s Commonwealth Games ambitions have ...
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Auckland’s dumped Commonwealth Games bid has lessons for Christchurch
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Live: Stuff, Newshub call staff meetings as deal reportedly reached: Staff at both companies have have been called to meetings after talk of a third-party rescue ...
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Live: Stuff, Newshub call staff meetings as deal reportedly reached
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Auckland credit union to hand over operations as costs mount: Credit Union Auckland found itself foul of the Reserve Bank's Capital requirements midway ...
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Auckland credit union to hand over operations as costs mount
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Maths teaching fails pupils by ignoring cognitive science findings: From the University of Auckland: We have to prioritise the science of learning over political ...
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Maths teaching fails pupils by ignoring cognitive science findings
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Climate change could reduce global average incomes by 19 percent - study: It shows New Zealand's income will be 2-10 percent lower, but one expert says this ...
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Climate change could reduce global average incomes by 19 percent - study
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Auckland uni students threaten rent strike over rising accommodation fees: Student advocates are calling for 'drastic measures' to force the university ...
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Auckland uni students threaten rent strike over rising accommodation fees
Quick Glance: Over 100 Pro-Palestinian Protesters Arrested at Columbia Campus
  • Columbia President Shafik authorized the arrest of over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters on the campus.

  • Protests were against Israel's actions in Gaza.

  • Demonstrators violated school rules by holding unauthorized protests.

  • Protests demanded a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and university divestment.
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Meals on wheels: What’s behind the Indian food truck boom?: It's difficult to ascertain who to credit as the pioneer of the Indian food truck scene in New ...
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Meals on wheels: What’s behind the Indian food truck boom?
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Olympic sailor doubles as Am Cup gamer: Along her route to the Paris Olympics, Erica Dawson has been learning to play computer games – in a bid to win the first ...
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Olympic sailor doubles as Am Cup gamer
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New Zealand broken and in decline - new survey: Survey data released exclusively to Newsroom shows New Zealanders in alignment with a global wave of ...
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New Zealand broken and in decline - new survey
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Suppliers swamped with deals as supermarket grace period ends: One supplier told Newsroom it was handling 'dozens and dozens' of varying agreements in ...
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Suppliers swamped with deals as supermarket grace period ends
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Why are concert tickets so expensive?: Going to a gig? You had better start saving, with tickets to most international acts priced sky-high ...
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Why are concert tickets so expensive?
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Auckland couple believed to have been killed by ram named: "They're good people says the nephew of a pair, aged in their 80s, found dead in a paddock.
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Auckland couple believed to have been killed by ram named
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Topp Twins cafe in Methven closes its doors after six years: A popular eatery established by two of New Zealand’s most beloved performers has closed its doors ...
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Topp Twins cafe in Methven closes its doors after six years
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Four key questions ahead of two massive days for news media in New Zealand: Duncan Greive outlines what’s at stake – plus an idea about a post-Newshub news ...
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Four key questions ahead of two massive days for news media in New Zealand
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Auckland to Northland expressway will boost GDP by $1.2b a year, report shows: A four-lane expressway from Auckland’s Warkworth to Northland’s Kaikohe would have ...
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Auckland to Northland expressway will boost GDP by $1.2b a year ...
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New Zealanders are crazy for this fruit: RAGLAN, New Zealand — Autumn in New Zealand heralds the arrival of a green, egg-size fruit that falls off trees in such ...
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New Zealanders are crazy for this fruit
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Live: Iran launches drone, missile attack on Israel: Israel may use 'overwhelming force' after Iran's attack, a Waikato University professor warns ...
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Live: Iran launches drone, missile attack on Israel
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Minister left $46b benefit of smokefree reforms out of Cabinet paper: Without the smokefree reforms passed in 2022, New Zealand would only reach its goal of a ...
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Minister left $46b benefit of smokefree reforms out of Cabinet paper
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This uncommonly beautiful NZ destination is like an enchanted forest: Orokonui Ecosanctuary encompasses more than 300 hectares of protected wildlife reserve ...
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This uncommonly beautiful NZ destination is like an enchanted forest
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Fatal crash on Great North Rd in Auckland’s Grey Lynn - two cars collide : One person has died and two more have been seriously hurt in a series of overnight ...
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Fatal crash on Great North Rd in Auckland’s Grey Lynn - two cars collide
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Lorry driver in accident with senior police officer before the courts: The 29-year-old lorry driver of Lovely Lass village, West Coast Berbice ...
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Lorry driver in accident with senior police officer before the courts
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V8s roar into Taupō for historic NZ comeback: The historic first Supercars Championship at Taupō International Motorsport Park takes place this weekend.
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V8s roar into Taupō for historic NZ comeback
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A GPS that could backfire on commuters: Today from The Detail: The plan to get kiwis moving - as long as it's along a motorway - has public transport ...
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A GPS that could backfire on commuters
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Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon talks to media in Auckland: The Prime Minister is back in Auckland and talks to journalists during a bleak week for media and ...
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Watch live: PM Christopher Luxon talks to media in Auckland
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Climate Change Commission lays down wero over methane targets: Analysis: The commission has issued a stern and not-so-subtle warning that there is no reason to ...
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Climate Change Commission lays down wero over methane targets
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Christchurch playwright scoops an award trifecta with The Odyssey : Two playwrights have won this year’s Adam NZ Play Award: Dan Bain from Christchurch for The ...
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Christchurch playwright scoops an award trifecta with The Odyssey
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NZ urgently needs to invest in strong climate research: Long-term funding for continuous climate research is needed if New Zealand is to properly understand what ...
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NZ urgently needs to invest in strong climate research
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Man pleads guilty to vandalising K Road rainbow crossing, to pay $16,000: Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki says the man is married to his granddaughter.
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Man pleads guilty to vandalising K Road rainbow crossing, to pay $16,000
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Airline review: This seat delivers the best sleep I’ve ever had on a plane: Despite some awkward design elements, this lie-flat business class seat is one of the ...
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Airline review: This seat delivers the best sleep I’ve ever had on a plane
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New Zealand's planet-heating gases hit lowest level since the 1990s: The country has now cut its planet-heating gases for three years in a row.
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New Zealand's planet-heating gases hit lowest level since the 1990s
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Auckland traffic: Delays on harbour bridge after vehicle breaks down, southbound: Auckland motorists are being warned of delays on the harbour bridge early this ...
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Auckland traffic: Delays on harbour bridge after vehicle breaks down ...
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Rare dog parasite discovered for first time in New Zealand: It was not clear how the dog got infected, with no links to the border yet established.
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Rare dog parasite discovered for first time in New Zealand
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How Migration Became an Election Issue for South Africa, New Zealand and Peru: US voters increasingly cite migration as their chief concern. But these case ...
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How Migration Became an Election Issue for South Africa, New Zealand and ...
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Team NZ's America's Cup boat finally emerges: After 10 months under construction Team New Zealand's boat to defend the America's Cup in Barcelona later this year ...
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Team NZ's America's Cup boat finally emerges
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Lobbying: an industry devoid of principles?: Opinion: The problem with lobbying lies somewhere between affable arrogance, profit maximisation and abrogation of ...
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Lobbying: an industry devoid of principles?
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Why aren’t vulnerable babies being protected from RSV in Aotearoa?: This common respiratory virus hospitalises hundreds of New Zealand babies a year ...
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Why aren’t vulnerable babies being protected from RSV in Aotearoa?
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Govt sidelines Climate Commission in seeking do-over of advice: The methane review lays the groundwork for watering down climate targets while using science as ...
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Govt sidelines Climate Commission in seeking do-over of advice
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Dog owners fined after 27 cats killed: Owners of several roaming dogs that were on a cat-killing spree, terrorising a south Auckland neighbourhood ...
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Dog owners fined after 27 cats killed
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Leaning into virtuosity - Sam Low: Author of Modern Chinese, chef and food creative Sam Low talks to Kadambari Raghukumar in this episode of Here Now about life ...
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Leaning into virtuosity - Sam Low
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Trailblazing Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in Aotearoa: Say the name Anurag Kashyap in South Asian circles and you’ll likely find some star struck fans ...
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Trailblazing Indian filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in Aotearoa
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Ryan Fox on fire early at US Masters: However, the Kiwi golfer stuttered late in his opening round to sit four shots behind early leader Bryson DeChambeau.
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Ryan Fox on fire early at US Masters
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The economy in (10) pics: New Zealand's rolling recession continues however there is some light on the horizon with forecasted OCR cuts from November
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The economy in (10) pics
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New Zealand tightens visa rules following near-record migration: New Zealand says it is making immediate changes to its work visa programme after an ...
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New Zealand tightens visa rules following near-record migration
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Disbelief Government considering Wellington mega tunnel after axing ferries: There’s disbelief the Government is considering a mega tunnel underneath Wellington ...
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Disbelief Government considering Wellington mega tunnel after axing ...
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New Zealand tightens visa rules due to 'unsustainable' migration: Applicants for most work visas now have to fulfill minimum skills and work experience ...
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New Zealand tightens visa rules due to 'unsustainable' migration
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In pictures: Auckland's Ramadan Night Markets in New Lynn: Auckland's Ramadan Night Markets returned for a successful third year at the New Lynn Community Centre ...
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In pictures: Auckland's Ramadan Night Markets in New Lynn
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From a library basement comes a fashion history: From harem pants to scandalous hemlines, Auckland Library's latest exhibition showcases what we wore in the ...
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From a library basement comes a fashion history
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Kiwi-Arab influencer Aya Al-Chalabi finds a beautiful way to display her faith: A New Zealand-Arab influencer has been showcasing Muslim faith and culture to a ...
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Kiwi-Arab influencer Aya Al-Chalabi finds a beautiful way to display her ...
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West Coast councillor calls climate change ‘debatable’: A need to increase flood protection spending on the West Coast has seen one regional councillor express ...
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West Coast councillor calls climate change ‘debatable’
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Quick arrest after 'terrifying' carjacking: A 23-year-old man is facing serious charges after a woman was carjacked at knifepoint in Oamaru, police say ...
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Quick arrest after 'terrifying' carjacking
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Flashing your lights to warn other drivers of a speed camera – is it legal?: The legal and moral debate around New Zealand's best unofficial road rule.
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Flashing your lights to warn other drivers of a speed camera – is it ...
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Sinkhole opens up on busy Auckland road as water main bursts: Police were told there was a sinkhole on a road in Onehunga.
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Sinkhole opens up on busy Auckland road as water main bursts