The Press - December 13, 2025

Some residents stay put

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News Zealand

Live music legends buy former Mud House winery in rural Canterbury

Builders at breaking point over inspections

Papers reveal how party imploded

Community board member threatens to quit

Five-minute quiz

Retirement village to ghost town

Marmite with bite wins challenge

Cancer link to poverty

Young Cantabrian chooses a supermarket over the courtroom

Firms fined after contribution to landslide

Govt advice says rates cap will hurt tourism

Former Marlborough mayoral candidate told to sell flat to repay debt

Mum stabbed to death in front of children named

Murder-accused wants bail before Christmas

Chch couple trade corporate, social work for supermarket gig in Temuka

Suspect held after arson of Xmas tree

Takahē nest success in Upper Whakatipu

Gloriavale leader sentenced

Ex-top cop’s accuser in court herself

Comeback for this 150-year-old hotel after nearly two years gathering dust

Ngāi Tahu buys big stake in tourism venture

Cashmere Club man dies in fall

Retreat sells for record $20m

The verdict on Chch’s scary new hydroslide

Rescue helicopter takes flight

Let’s teach 10,000 kids safe swimming this summer

Should we follow Australia?

War metaphors Navy patrols

Excellent land use

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Reliable power

User-pays utopia

Inhumane practice

What’s the fuss?

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Bishop’s big rewrite shows how far state has drifted

Why this election might be one for the ‘angry centrists’

Enough of the fudging, it’s time for a proper debate

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New Zealand: The suppression capital of Oceania

Cheers, high-fives and eye-tests

New Zealand – the suppression capital of Oceania

Where Asia meets Australia

Meet the ever-obliging Oxford Museum volunteers

Half of cigarettes estimated to be illegal

Tanker seizure signals crackdown

Prepare for war with ruthless Russia: Nato chief

Government resigns after protests

Bid to bring an end toCyprus ethnic split

A Nasa wise man and the Star of Bethlehem mystery

Migrant freed from immigration detention

NHS faces strikes, flu double blow

Disappointing Black Friday was lost in a sea of sales

Kiwibank tipping ‘robust recovery’

Retail spending increases during November

US farmers feel Trump’s tariff pinch

Communities of slave descendants demand land titles

Federal judge dismisses Trump energy order

Populist billionaire again Czech PM

More people crowdfunding for essentials

Brooks well and truly misses mark

Thought-provoking romantic drama about the afterlife

Implausible lotto scheme yields belter of a yarn

Rosalía’s latest unlike anything in mainstream music – thank God

Behold Toyota’s V8 supercar and Lexus’ all-electric LFA successor

Building design maestro whose cultural masterpiece ushered in age of the ‘starchitect’

TODAY IN HISTORY

Thompson’s return journey

When the goal that wasn’t prevented a famous win

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The grudge match that isn’t

Oluwayemi keeps his critics at bay

Well-adjusted Brockington boosts Breakers

Ifill chases successful end to coaching stint FOOTBALL Tony Smith

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Duffy enjoys the ride

Big hits, big dollars on menu for Black Caps

New Zealand could turn to spin in Tauranga

Hopes high that Parker will gain the decision

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