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Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy

7. Climate action partnerships enable enduring community-based adaptation. Agreements need to be mainstreamed into strategies ...
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Think you know Hans Christian Andersen? Four experts pick his weirdest fairy tales to read this Christmas

The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen was first published in 1847. In some ways, it is Andersen’s darkest tale. The character ...
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Reddit says it’s not a social media platform. Australia’s High Court is unlikely to agree

Reddit is asking Australia’s High Court to rule that it’s not a social media platform and therefore should not have to comply ...
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The Finance Minister's ruling out further cuts to new borrowing next year to get the Government books back to black

Treasury's Half Year Economic and Fiscal Update shows the deficit's expected to deepen more, peak at 16.9 billion dollars - and not reach a surplus this decade. It's predicting economic growth of just ...
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Olivia Wilde is releasing a charity necklace to help victims of the California wildfires

A statement posted on Starling Jewelry's Instagram page explained: "Over the past year, we've been working together with Conscious Commerce founded by our friends Olivia Wilde and Babs Burchfield, to ...
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Miley Cyrus says touring is a "pretty isolating" and draining experience for artists

She told The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast: "When I was little it was kinda like a playground and then later it started feeling more like a battleground.
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Flooding has partially closed State Highway 1 in Southland's Gore

The southbound lane closure is in place between Bowler Avenue and Eccles Street - while the northbound lane remains open. NZTA says a detour's in place, and people should allow extra time for travel.
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Another subcontractor has pleaded guilty in a road-maintenance corruption case

It relates to public road maintenance contracts being awarded in exchange for gifts. Frederick Pou has been sentenced to a year of home detention - for exchanges worth 582 thousand dollars, to score ...
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Christina Aguilera says her daughter prefers her as a "no-makeup mama"

She told The Jennifer Hudson Show on Tuesday (09.12.25): "Summer's favourite side of me is no-makeup mama.
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A woman accused of interfering with human remains after a dead baby was found in an Auckland wheelie bin in July - can now be named as Chanelle Smith

The 32-year-old pleaded not guilty in October, and is scheduled to reappear on February 18. Lawyer, Joon Yi, indicated an insanity defence would be argued at trial. Yi had argued publishing Smith's ...
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Howard Stern has hit back at Kim Kardashian after she claimed he accused her of faking her 2016 Paris robbery

However, Stern is adamant he never said that and even replayed the recording of his 2016 show to prove his point. During Tuesday's (09.12.25) episode of The Howard Stern Show, he said: " [Kim] accused ...
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Black Caps batter Devon Conway will be the first player under the hammer when tonight's IPL cricket auction begins at 10pm in Abu Dhabi

The New Zealand opener has a reserve of 380 thousand dollars and is one of 16 Kiwi player vying for 77 remaining contracts. Tim Seifert, fresh off a century in Australia's Big Bash, has a 286 thousand ...