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In which year did filming for the Lord of the Rings trilogy begin in New Zealand?
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Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 25 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/25/newsroom-daily-quiz-thursday-25-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766608201-1
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Comment from the University of Otago: Previously âessentialâ workers are being told society is a meritocracy, and their situation is their own fault for not seeking roles of actual value to society.
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An 'unmeritocracy' â a modest proposal
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The year ahead: NZ needs a dose of happiness. 'I don't know when we last laughed out loud,' writes former WaitÄkere mayor Sir Bob Harvey.
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Dreaming of a waka to carry our hopes
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/25/dreaming-of-a-waka-to-carry-our-hopes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766608016-3
about 1 hour ago
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Trust's trading address is listed as former church promises, despite its lease having ended and the congregation currently lacking a base.
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Charitable trust linked to Destiny Church owes $2.4m â liquidatorâs report
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/charitable-trust-linked-to-destiny-church-owes-2-4m-liquidators-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766524033-2
about 17 hours ago
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The head of the NZ Nurses Organisation rejects accusations that the unions are politicised and striking to benefit Labour.
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Nurses' union boss on the 'shadow land' of Te Whatu Ora
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/nurses-union-boss-on-the-shadow-land-of-te-whatu-ora/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766523827-3
about 17 hours ago
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What colour is pure alabaster?
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Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 24 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/newsroom-daily-quiz-wednesday-24-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766524088-1
about 18 hours ago
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The year ahead: Watching one child after another pack their bags for opportunities overseas, a former minister insists NZers can choose to do better.
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A country is not its GDP, a country is its people
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/a-country-is-not-its-gdp-a-country-is-its-people/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766523955-3
about 18 hours ago
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Opinion: Associate Minister of Health says the sale of illegal cigarettes is a âblind spotâ in the health response to smoking. Really?
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The rise of black market cigarettes should surprise no one
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/the-rise-of-black-market-cigarettes-should-not-be-surprising/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766523986-3
about 19 hours ago
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Test your smarts with Newsroom's daily crossword.
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Daily crossword, Wednesday 24 December
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1 day ago
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Comment from Victoria University: The research aiming to tackle the problem of excess levels or unfair distributions of work
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Are you a 'work magnet' or a 'work repeller'?
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/are-you-a-work-magnet-or-a-work-repeller/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766511611-3
1 day ago
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Which country has hosted the Commonwealth Games more than any other?
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Newsroom daily quiz, Wednesday 24 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/newsroom-daily-quiz-wednesday-24-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766511636-2
1 day ago
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Trust's trading address is listed as former church promises, despite its lease having ended and the congregation currently lacking a base.
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Charitable trust linked to Destiny Church owes $2.4m â liquidatorâs report
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/charitable-trust-linked-to-destiny-church-owes-2-4m-liquidators-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766511492-3
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The teams competing for the 38th Americaâs Cup will be based to the south-east of Naples on 250 hectares of abandoned industrial land.
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A sneak preview of the America's Cup in Naples 2027
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/a-sneak-preview-of-the-americas-cup-in-naples-2027/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766511523-3
1 day ago
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The year ahead: Watching one child after another pack their bags for opportunities overseas, a former minister insists NZers can choose to do better.
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A country is not its GDP, a country is its people
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/a-country-is-not-its-gdp-a-country-is-its-people/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766511552-3
1 day ago
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Opinion: Associate Minister of Health says the sale of illegal cigarettes is a âblind spotâ in the health response to smoking. Really?
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The rise of black market cigarettes should surprise no one
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/the-rise-of-black-market-cigarettes-should-not-be-surprising/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766511575-3
1 day ago
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The head of the NZ Nurses Organisation rejects accusations that the unions are politicised and striking to benefit Labour.
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Nurses' union boss on the 'shadow land' of Te Whatu Ora
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/24/nurses-union-boss-on-the-shadow-land-of-te-whatu-ora/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766511463-3
1 day ago
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Analysis: National's charm offensive secures a trade deal with India â but does it have the votes at home as NZ First declares its opposition?
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Luxon lands India bauble, but now needs Labour's helping hand
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/luxon-lands-india-bauble-but-now-needs-labours-helping-hand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766456148-3
1 day ago
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Kiwifruit giant Zespri has removed online advertising saying consumer emissions are the second largest in the lifecycle of the fruit, following a complaint lodged by climate lawyers.
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Zespri pinged for offloading carbon guilt to its consumers using outdated data
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/exporter-removes-website-content-and-avoids-formal-upheld-ruling-following-greenwashing-complaint/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766456250-3
1 day ago
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Test your smarts with Newsroom's daily crossword.
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Daily crossword, Tuesday 23 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/daily-crossword-tuesday-23-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766456409-1
1 day ago
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Opinion from Auckland University: If we want cities that serve everyone, we need to confront the unconscious desires driving our choices.
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Fantasy Island
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/fantasy-island/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766456275-3
1 day ago
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Who is the author of the novel The Alchemist?
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Newsroom daily quiz, Tuesday 23 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/newsroom-daily-quiz-tuesday-23-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766456201-1
1 day ago
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Comment: What worries me the most with Bishop's RMA reform is the loss of significant features of the environment being sacrificed on the altar of development, writes Geoffrey Palmer.
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Geoffrey Palmer: The vaulting ambition of Chris Bishop
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/geoffrey-palmer-the-vaulting-ambition-of-chris-bishop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766456302-3
1 day ago
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Is AI a bubble or a boom? We analyse profits, valuations, productivity gains and investment trends to assess whether the AI rally is hype or structural.
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AI bubble or boom? What the evidence says about the AI investment cycle
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/ai-bubble-or-boom-what-the-evidence-says-about-the-ai-investment-cycle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766456332-3
1 day ago
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Jeweller Warwick Freeman and painter Bill Hammond shared a connecting thread at the inception of their careers. Over 50 years later they are the subjects of individual survey exhibitions.
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Five decades of these makersâ marks
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/hamish-coney-makers-marks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766456370-2
2 days ago
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Jeweller Warwick Freeman and painter Bill Hammond shared a connecting thread at the inception of their careers. Over 50 years later they are the subjects of individual survey exhibitions.
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Five decades of these makersâ marks
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/hamish-coney-makers-marks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428898-2
2 days ago
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Test your smarts with Newsroom's daily crossword.
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Daily crossword, Tuesday 23 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/daily-crossword-tuesday-23-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428973-2
2 days ago
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Comment: What worries me the most with Bishop's RMA reform is the loss of significant features of the environment being sacrificed on the altar of development, writes Geoffrey Palmer.
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Geoffrey Palmer: The vaulting ambition of Chris Bishop
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/geoffrey-palmer-the-vaulting-ambition-of-chris-bishop/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428797-2
2 days ago
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Is AI a bubble or a boom? We analyse profits, valuations, productivity gains and investment trends to assess whether the AI rally is hype or structural.
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AI bubble or boom? What the evidence says about the AI investment cycle
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/ai-bubble-or-boom-what-the-evidence-says-about-the-ai-investment-cycle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428832-3
2 days ago
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Opinion from Auckland University: If we want cities that serve everyone, we need to confront the unconscious desires driving our choices.
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Fantasy Island
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/fantasy-island/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428862-3
2 days ago
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Exporter removes website content and avoids formal âupheldâ ruling following greenwashing complaint.
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Zespri pinged for offloading carbon guilt to its consumers using outdated data
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/exporter-removes-website-content-and-avoids-formal-upheld-ruling-following-greenwashing-complaint/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428699-3
2 days ago
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The Government has hailed its 'once-in-a-generation' agreement with India â but NZ First says it is 'neither free nor fair'.
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Horticulture, wine win as NZ agrees India trade deal
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/horticulture-wine-win-as-nz-agrees-india-trade-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428744-3
2 days ago
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The Coromandelâs Cathedral Cove, lies closest to which township?
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Newsroom daily quiz, Tuesday 23 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/newsroom-daily-quiz-tuesday-23-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428941-2
2 days ago
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Analysis: National's charm offensive secures a trade deal with India â but does it have the votes at home as NZ First declares its opposition?
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Luxon lands India bauble, but now needs Labour's helping hand
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/23/luxon-lands-india-bauble-but-now-needs-labours-helping-hand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766428653-3
2 days ago
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The Government has hailed its 'once-in-a-generation' agreement with India â but NZ First says it is 'neither free nor fair'
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Horticulture, wine win as NZ agrees India trade deal
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/horticulture-wine-win-as-nz-agrees-india-trade-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766383122-3
3 days ago
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Document explains how levy enables the withdrawal of general Crown funding and suggests tweaking the books for more press-friendly figures.
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Treasury rounds up visitor levy figures for âclearerâ PR while freezing new spending
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/treasury-rounds-up-visitor-levy-figures-for-clearer-pr-while-freezing-new-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766357183-3
3 days ago
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A long-term briefing on increasing economic productivity sets out familiar shortcomings â but pitches a unique solution.
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Could a single market with Southeast Asia ease NZ's productivity woes?
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/could-a-single-market-with-southeast-asia-ease-nzs-productivity-woes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766357105-3
3 days ago
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Finish the lyrics to Queen's Don't Stop Me Now: 'Tonight, Iâm gonna have myself a real good time, I feel....'
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Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 22 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/newsroom-daily-quiz-monday-22-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766357416-2
3 days ago
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Health officials said there was 'no evidence base' about the likely impacts of the Government's decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
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Cabinet overrode health advice in decision to ban puberty blockers
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/cabinet-overrode-health-advice-in-decision-to-ban-puberty-blockers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766357307-3
3 days ago
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Comment from Auckland University: Drug treatment courts are one of NZâs most effective justice tools, so why do we have only three of them?
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Drug treatment courts can jam addiction's 'revolving door'
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/drug-treatment-courts-can-jam-addictions-revolving-door/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766357235-3
3 days ago
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Comment: Our true heritage is not the trophy on the wall, but the kohekohe seedling on the forest floor. So letâs get on top of our runaway ungulate numbers.
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When 'free' meat doesn't come cheap
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/when-free-meat-doesnt-come-cheap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766357264-3
3 days ago
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Short on time? Try Newsroomâs mini crossword â small, sharp, and solved in minutes.
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Mini crossword, Monday 22 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/mini-crossword-monday-22-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766356553-2
3 days ago
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Comment: Our true heritage is not the trophy on the wall, but the kohekohe seedling on the forest floor. So letâs get on top of our runaway ungulate numbers.
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When 'free' meat doesn't come cheap
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/when-free-meat-doesnt-come-cheap/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766315226-3
3 days ago
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Test your smarts with Newsroom's daily crossword.
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Daily crossword, Monday 22 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/daily-crossword-monday-22-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766343234-2
3 days ago
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In a morganatic marriage, what is true for the children of the bride and groom?
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Newsroom daily quiz, Monday 22 December
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/newsroom-daily-quiz-monday-22-december/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766343189-2
3 days ago
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Health officials said there was 'no evidence base' about the likely impacts of the Government's decision to ban puberty blockers for transgender youth.
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Cabinet overrode health advice in decision to ban puberty blockers
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/cabinet-overrode-health-advice-in-decision-to-ban-puberty-blockers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766315159-3
3 days ago
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Comment from Auckland University: Drug treatment courts are one of NZâs most effective justice tools, so why do we have only three of them?
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Drug treatment courts can jam addiction's 'revolving door'
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/22/drug-treatment-courts-can-jam-addictions-revolving-door/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766315194-3
3 days ago
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Document explains how levy enables the withdrawal of general Crown funding and suggests tweaking the books for more press-friendly figures.
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Treasury rounds up visitor levy figures for âclearerâ PR while freezing new spending
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/treasury-rounds-up-visitor-levy-figures-for-clearer-pr-while-freezing-new-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766313205-2
3 days ago
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A long-term briefing on increasing economic productivity sets out familiar shortcomings â but pitches a unique solution.
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Could a single market with Southeast Asia ease NZ's productivity woes?
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/could-a-single-market-with-southeast-asia-ease-nzs-productivity-woes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766313147-3
3 days ago
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ReadingRoom farewells the year with a heraldic Ode from Bard Billot.
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Victor Billot's Christmas Ode
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/21/victor-billots-christmas-ode/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766284479-1
4 days ago
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A cost-of-living crisis is steering a return to physical audio tech away from vinyl and towards CDs. Alice Peacock reports.
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Trade Me searches for âdiscmanâ soar 180 percent amid retro audio boom
https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/19/trade-me-searches-for-discman-soar-180-percent-amid-retro-audio-boom/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1766283644-3
4 days ago
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