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Maori Development Minister Tama Potaka asks for urgent advice after 'electioneering' concerns
The concerns relate to a Whanau Ora advertisement encouraging Maori to sign up for the Maori roll.

‘Plenty of tears’: The big decision that led to an All Blacks call up
The Hurricanes loose forward had a lucrative overseas offer in front of him earlier this year.

Grand old south Auckland homestead re-opens
Built in 1878, the site closed because renewal works were needed to make the old building safe and up to modern standards.

Account manager’s fraud nearly closed down charity health trust
A community health provider was losing so much money staff were dipping into their own pockets to pay for toilet paper.

Man arrested, charged with manslaughter for Rotorua hit-and-run
A man has been arrested and charged with the manslaughter of 24-year-old Paige Johnson.

Prison officer shot in 'revenge plot', jury told
Lenny Scott was ambushed in what prosecutors claim was an "act of retaliation", a trial hears.

Watch: How prosecutors went after Diddy in his sex trafficking trial
From a hotel video to baby oil – the BBC's Nada Tawfik breaks down the evidence and testimony heard on the stand so far.

Our neighbour threatened my dad with a knife - why won't the housing association act?
People contacted the BBC about relentless noise, vandalism, death threats and physical assaults by neighbours.

Millions of children at risk as vaccine uptake stalls
A global study finds large numbers of children are unvaccinated against diseases like measles, tuberculosis and polio, which makes outbreaks more likely.

I paid Ł15,000 for arranging IVF – then the service went bust
Companies that act as "middlemen" between patients and doctors are not regulated by the fertility watchdog.

AFL ruck merry-go-round could dominate trade period
Mathew Lloyd looks at the ruck domino effect that could be triggered across the comp this offseason.

Kiwi software company Xero to buy US payments platform for $4.1b
Accounting software giant Xero is to buy payments platform operator Melio as it looks to expand earnings in the US.

‘Time’s up fellas:’ AC/DC urged to retire after ‘painful’ performance
The rock legends are stuck in the middle of an online debate, regarding whether its time to hang up the boots or not.

Masterton rates up 7.5%, councillors lock in annual plan
For urban ratepayers, the rates hike would be 5.5% on average, and for rural, it would be 13.6%.

Australian journalist wins unfair dismissal case over Gaza post
The judge found the ABC did not give Antoinette Lattouf a chance to defend herself before she was fired

Post Office payout progress insufficient, MPs say
Many sub-postmasters are yet to receive "fair and timely" compensation over Horizon IT scandal, a report says.

Sexcam industry recruited us while we were schoolgirls, say models
A Colombian woman describes how she was recruited for sexcam work at 17 and encouraged to livestream from school.

The Papers: UK's 'nuclear jets' and 'Trump drops f-bomb'
The UK will acquire new nuclear jets and Donald Trump used an expletive amid the Iran-Israel conflict.

Electric cars and heat pumps making progress, UK climate advisers say
But the Climate Change Committee warns there's still a long way to go for the UK to reach net zero by 2050.

Cuomo concedes NY mayor primary to left-wing Zohran Mamdani in stunning political upset
The 33-year-old democratic socialist would be the first Muslim to lead the nation's largest city if elected.

Dog-sized dinosaur that ran around feet of giants discovered
The dinosaur was mislabelled and misunderstood - but scientists now realise how special it is.

Trump takes victory lap but pitfalls remain
It's been a rollercoaster ride for Trump but it ends in Europe with high praise for US action in Iran ringing in his ears.