Articles by Kevin Liptak and Caroline Kelly, CNN
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National
Mum, daughter injured after stolen car smashes into their vehicle
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 9:19AMA Rotorua mother and her teen daughter say they are grateful to be alive after a stolen car failed to stop at an intersection...
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World
Russia is making daily tactical gains in eastern Ukraine, as concerns swirl around Ukrainian military reporting
Monday, 29 April 2024, 2:43PMCNN- Vladimir Putin’s forces have made further gains in at least three locations along the eastern front in Ukraine – including...
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World
A plant that’s everywhere is fuelling a growing risk of wildfire disaster
Sunday, 28 April 2024, 3:54PMCNN- A ubiquitous, resilient and seemingly harmless plant is fueling an increase in large, fast-moving and destructive wildfires...
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National
Award-winning restaurant reopens after car smashed through doors during dinner
Friday, 26 April 2024, 10:46AMIt’s been six weeks since a car ploughed through the glass doors of Rotorua’s Urbano Bistro restaurant, seriously injuring Rotorua woman...
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National
Theft of artificial turf angers cricket boss: 'if this is just for s****s and giggles'
Friday, 26 April 2024, 8:32AMPaul Wylie hopes there’s a backyard somewhere in Rotorua that has a nice cricket pitch or hockey turf made out of stolen...
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National
'Learn from our ancestors': Teen's Anzac speech calls out Kiwis for divisiveness
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:19PMIn a room full of dignitaries, guest speakers, leaders, men, women and children paying their respects to war heroes, it was...
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National
'Container'-like Kāinga Ora homes shock residents
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 7:06AMRotorua residents shocked to see what looked like steel “container homes” on a Kāinga Ora development. One says the area...
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National
'Blindsided and betrayed': Bid for two more years of Rotorua homeless motels shocks
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 7:26AMRotorua residents say they feel “blindsided and betrayed” by a bid to keep contracting 10 motels to house homeless people...
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National
Street clean-up goes wrong after outsiders dump 'mountains of rubbish'
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 7:19AMIt was supposed to be a Kāinga Ora initiative to bring the residents of Wrigley Rd in Fordlands together by helping them...
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National
Hot-pool heartbreak: Family of missing man wish they had chance to say goodbye
Monday, 8 April 2024, 7:38AMIt’s been nearly two months since a man was suspected to have fallen to his death into a Rotorua hot pool. His family has...
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Science
Dogs can match some words with objects, study suggests
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 1:55PMCNN- Dogs can understand that certain words refer to specific objects, according to a recent study, suggesting that they...
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National
Gang shooting: Teen admits opening fire at busy city intersection
Friday, 29 March 2024, 9:22AMHe pulled a hood over his head and a scarf over his face, leaned out the front passenger window and fired five shots at two...
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World
Dachshunds under threat as Germany proposes ban on breeding
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 4:28PMCNN- Germany’s beloved sausage dog, the dachshund, could be under threat in the country, its national kennel club said Wednesday,...
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National
'It happened so fast': Mum hit by car in a restaurant tells how she survived
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 8:22AMSian Habgood was out for dinner with her husband, Jethro, at Rotorua’s Urbano Bistro when a car smashed through the restaurant’s...
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National
'Malnourished and emaciated': Farmer found guilty in animal cruelty case
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 4:36PMWarning: Disturbing content Warren Koberstein’s sheep were emaciated, in pain and at the point of dying. Some couldn’t stand...
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World
Cuba sees rare protests amid power cuts and food shortages
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 1:36PMCNN- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that his government is willing to engage with protesters after hundreds of...
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Former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is interested in buying TikTok
Friday, 15 March 2024, 4:46PMFormer Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he’s assembling a team of investors to make a bid to buy TikTok. This...
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Science
Scientists discover 100 potential new deep-sea species, including mystery creature
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 3:20PMCNN- Marine researchers on a mission to record life hidden in the world’s oceans have reported they found about 100 potential...
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Science
Oldest ‘dead’ galaxy spied by Webb may cause astronomers to revise their understanding of the early universe
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 2:10PMCNN- Astronomers have spotted the oldest “dead” galaxy ever observed while studying the cosmos with the James Webb Space...
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National
'Biggest red flag': Teen victim reveals how to spot sexual grooming
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 11:09AMRebecca (not her real name) was just 12 when Clayton Fox and Wikitoria Pepene started selling her cannabis. But Fox - the...
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World
French Senate votes to enshrine abortion rights in constitution
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 2:50PMCNN- France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed...
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Science
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 1:38PMCNN- Scientists have looked back in time to reconstruct the past life of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” — nicknamed because...
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National
'Fights breaking out' as 'organised' beggars make up to $400 a day
Saturday, 17 February 2024, 9:06AMA Rotorua beggar says being hit by a car and charged in court won’t deter her as she makes up to $300 a day. She says local...
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Science
Great white sighting may reveal a ‘holy grail’ of shark science
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 3:54PMCNN- Drone footage shot off the coast of Southern California may have revealed the first ever glimpse of a newborn great...