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2 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Gene Johnson |Karanama Ruru |Glenn McConnell |Mildred Armah
Wildwood Trust: The bears who escaped an enclosure at Devon Wildlife ParkIn the fairy tale, Goldilocks enters the home of the three bears to eat their porridge and sleep in their beds. But at the Wildwood Devon conservation park in Britain, it’s the bears who are doing the breaking and entering - and sleeping.
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2 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru |Josefine Ganko |Ripu Bhatia |Evan Harding
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3 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Glenn McConnell |Annemarie Quill |Olivia Ireland |Karanama Ruru
Invercargill City Council has voted against cutting ties with companies that operate in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. On Tuesday afternoon, councillors debated whether to change to the council's procurement policy, following a proposal brought by local residents and members of Palestine Solidarity Network Aotearoa.
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4 days ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Kate Green |Steve Kilgallon |Karanama Ruru |Glenn McConnell
A British man has been arrested at Disneyland Paris after allegedly trying to stage a fake wedding to a nine-year-old girl. The theme park had been privately hired for the ceremony early on Saturday morning before it was open to the public, at a reported cost of €130,000 (NZ$251,000). However, police were called after staff realised that the bride, a Ukrainian national who was wearing a wedding dress and reportedly tottering on high heels, appeared to be a young child.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
NZ halts Cook Islands funding over Cooks-China dealThe Cook Islands government says there has been a breakdown in the interpretation of consultation required by the pacific nation to New Zealand. This comes as New Zealand on Thursday halted around $20 million in funding for the Cook Islands government, in retaliation for the deal it signed with China.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
King Charles III has addressed a Matariki message to Aotearoa New Zealand, ahead of the public holiday set to take place on Friday. “E mihi ana ki a Matariki mā Puanga,” he said. “My wife and I send our warmest greetings to all those in Aotearoa New Zealand celebrating Matariki, the Māori New Year.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
Shane Jones tucks in to weka for MatarikiOceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones has begun his Matariki celebrations by consuming a weka drumstick as part of his kai. In a video shared on social media, Jones revealed his plate, which included a weka drumstick, kumara and a “tokenistic” mound of greens. “For those of you who feel that I don’t interact enough with the natural world,” he said. The minister proceeded to take a bite of the drumstick, saying “sweet weka”.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
Cloud forecast for Matariki viewingYou could be tough out of luck if you want to view the Matariki cluster and/or Puanga this weekend, depending on where you are in the country, according to Niwa. Both Matariki and Puanga rise in the eastern sky before the sun rises in winter. Matariki is the name given to the star cluster known as Pleiades. There are more than 500 stars in the Matariki cluster – but only a handful are visible without the use of a telescope.
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1 week ago | 
stuff.co.nz | Karanama Ruru
One person has died and another has minor injuries after a family harm incident in the Christchurch suburb of Halswell, police say. A police spokesperson said they responded to the incident at a property on Rosamund Place around 8.40am on Wednesday, where armed police found one person dead inside. “Police understand the community will be concerned given the events that have taken place, but we are not seeking anyone in relation to this event,” the spokesperson said.
