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Aussie cricket star reprimanded for pro-Palestine message
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Orange haze from Australian bushfires hangs over Christchurch, could stay for Xmas
More than 60 Aussie fires have sent vast plumes of smoke over New Zealand.
Airbnb fined $16m for misleading Australian holidaymakers
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NZ and Aus increase defence co-operation to combat Pacific militarisation
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Flood-hit Queensland communities remain isolated as evacuations continue
Almost 40 communities are still isolated by floodwaters from ex-tropical cyclone Jasper.
Luxon says NZ will ‘explore’ joining pillar of Aukus security pact
Australia has done New Zealand a 'real solid' on deportation, according to Luxon.
Christopher Luxon arrives in Sydney
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is greeted as he arrives in Sydney. Video / Adam Pearse
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Leah Porter was awaiting deportation from Aussie after prison sentence when she died.
Jimmy Barnes health update: 'Best present I could ever wish for'
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'Australia's most notorious terrorist' to be released from jail after nearly two decades
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'Another horrific tragedy': Screams heard as woman killed at Canberra zoo
The zoo has been closed and it is not known when it will reopen.
Woman found stabbed to death at Canberra zoo
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Speaker warns MPs after PM’s wife raised in debate over discounted Tesla
Brownlee forbids further questions on topic; Luxon to fly to Australia tomorrow.
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Smoke from the fire can be seen across an area spanning hundreds of kilometres in NSW.
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