30 December 2025
Severe winds are continuing to cause major disruption in the lower North Island, upper South Island and West Coast - with wind warnings and watches in effect
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30 Dec: Russian state media reports the claims from foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, who says the country's negotiating position on achieving peace in Ukraine will change as a result of the attack.... more
30 Dec: AI systems began a major shift in 2025 from content creators and chatbots to agents capable of using other software tools and acting on their own.... more
30 Dec: US President Donald Trump spent much of 2025 doing up the White House with gold bling. He’s the latest in a long line of leaders to use buildings for power.... more
30 Dec: The Kansas City Chiefs tight end wrote his now-fiancee a romantic letter before the final three shows of her Eras tour in Vancouver in December 2024, and in the note he recalled how seeing the Fate of Ophelia hitmaker in action in July 2023 at his side's Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri had changed his life.... more
30 Dec: From dinosaur extinctions to a Himalyan memoir, climate science and creative writing experts review some of the best new and upcoming titles to look out for in 2026.... more
30 Dec: A US strike on Venezuelan soil would be the first known land attack in the country since the Trump administration began ratcheting up pressure on its ruling regime, which Donald Trump accuses of "narco-terrorism".... more
30 Dec: Workers in other industries may be putting their feet up for a summer break, but hospitality is knuckling down for its busiest time of year... more
RUGBY Nick Kyrgios has blitzed Aryna Sabalenka in straight sets 6-3, 6-3 across what has been coined their battle-of-the-sexes tennis match in Dubai More...
BUSINESS The EU's new deforestation regulation could be favourable to New Zealand - when it eventually kicks in More...
