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Caption:no caption.Photo credit:RNZ / Quin TauetauPrime Minister Christopher Luxon.RNZ / Samuel RillstoneNo caption.Supplied / Ministry of EducationEducation Minister Erica Stanford.RNZ / Angus Dreaver123RFWellington High School principal Dominic Killalea.John GerritsenWellington East Girls College student Semhar Girmay and principal Gael Ashworth.John Gerritsen
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Wellington East Girls College student Semhar Girmay and principal Gael Ashworth.
At East Otago High School all students’ and teachers’ phones go in the box at the beginning of class
Generic of police - Wellesley Street stabbing
The facility for the government’s military style academy pilot for youth offenders in Palmerston North.
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Tiltshift effect of prescription bottle for Oxycodone tablets and pills on wooden table for opioid epidemic illustration
Queues at Auckland’s JetStar counter amid flight cancellations on 26 June 2026. Credit: RNZ / Jeremy Rees
Sarah Rodgers and Kathy Hughes in the Wellington Hospital flight simulator
Tom Latham of New Zealand celebrates with batting partner Devon Conway after reaching his 100. Trent Bridge, 2026.
Samples of a colon biopsy to be sent to a laboratory, at Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon Hospital, Paris, France (2009).