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NZ First Takanini Candidate Elliot Ikilei adds promoter statement after missing disclosure flagged
- Sam Hudson
- Jul 30, 2026
Billy Te Kahika suffers from stroke after a heart attack, latest update says he is making good progress
- Emily Carter
- Jul 29, 2026
Marco Rubio warns the world about left-wing terrorism, apparently with a straight face
- Maria Strathern, Sam Hudson
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How MPI is tracking Bird Flu across New Zealand, from the ground to the sky
- Mereana Patuwai
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The Treaty Principles Bill failed, but the Coalition’s slow removal of Māori identity continues
- Sam Hudson
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Bird Flu is here. Will the Government act before it reaches humans?
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NZ First Takanini Candidate Elliot Ikilei adds promoter statement after missing disclosure flagged
- Sam Hudson
- Jul 30, 2026
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New Zealand First candidate Elliot Ikilei has added a promoter statement to his social media profile after questions were raised about the disclosure being absent. Screenshots of Ikilei’s X…
Billy Te Kahika suffers from stroke after a heart attack, latest update says he is making good progress
- Emily Carter
- Jul 29, 2026
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Controversial activist Billy Te Kahika jnr‘s health remains under watch after suffering from a stroke while recovering from a recent heart attack. A statement published on Te Kahika’s Facebook…
Marco Rubio warns the world about left-wing terrorism, apparently with a straight face
- Maria Strathern, Sam Hudson
- Jul 29, 2026
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Video: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio used a global counterterrorism stage to cast radical leftism as a threat to civilisation, urging more than 60 countries to fear Marxists, anarchists…
How MPI is tracking Bird Flu across New Zealand, from the ground to the sky
- Mereana Patuwai
- Jul 27, 2026
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Video: Ground surveillance teams carry out targeted checks across the Wairarapa, investigating reports of sick and dead birds as part of MPI’s nationwide watch for further H5 bird flu cases.…
The Treaty Principles Bill failed, but the Coalition’s slow removal of Māori identity continues
- Sam Hudson
- Jul 25, 2026
- 6 comments
OPINION: David Seymour’s Treaty Principles Bill was defeated, but the campaign to weaken the place of Māori in public life did not end with it. Parliament rejected the Bill by 112 votes to 11…
Bird Flu is here. Will the Government act before it reaches humans?
- Anne K. Rutherford
- Jul 24, 2026
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New Zealand is no longer dealing with a single, isolated warning. Two wild birds have now tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, confirming the virus has reached…
More than 130 threatened native birds have been vaccinated against H5 Bird Flu
- Emily Carter
- Jul 24, 2026
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More than 130 threatened native birds have been vaccinated against H5 bird flu as Department of Conservation teams move to protect critical breeding populations from a potentially devastating…
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer urges Māori Voters to unite and remove Coalition Government
- Maria Strathern, Sam Hudson
- Jul 19, 2026
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Video: Te Pāti Māori co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer says mobilising younger and disengaged Māori voters will be central to the party’s campaign to change the Government. (The Bradbury Group…
Billy Te Kahika in Auckland Hospital after heart attack he says could have killed him
- Sam Hudson
- Jul 18, 2026
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Controversial activist Billy Te Kahika jnr was taken to Auckland City Hospital after suffering a heart attack he says could have killed him. The 54-year-old was flown from Northland to…
Wairarapa on alert after second Bird Flu detection confirmed
- Emily Carter
- Jul 17, 2026
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New Zealand’s bird flu response was stepped up after a second wild bird tested positive for H5N1 bird flu. The Government confirmed on Friday that a single kāhu, or swamp harrier, found in the…
Podcasters rattled as powerful South Island earthquake strikes live
Video: Big Hairy News hosts Pat Brittenden and Mike “Chewie” Bennett were broadcasting their Dunedin-based current affairs show when a powerful South Island earthquake struck live on air.…
Human Bird Flu Vaccine trial gains urgency following New Zealand recording first H5N1 detection
- Emily Carter
- Jul 17, 2026
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A major human vaccine trial targeting bird flu has taken on fresh significance after New Zealand confirmed its first detection of the globally spreading H5N1 virus. The highly pathogenic…