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Newsable is all about what everyone’s talking about. Highbrow, lowbrow, exclusives, analysis and hot takes - it’s a fresh way to get up to speed on the day’s big stories, delivered in a uniquely Stuff way. Newsable brings you the news you need to know, when it happens.Drop us a line: [email protected]

"Second to last option" - financial hardship and opting out of KiwiSaver payments, missing in Miami cold case, why the government and Waitangi Tribunal are battling in the High Court, making time go faster

19 mins; April 22, 2024

Trump on trial: Inside the Manhattan courtroom, aboriginal deaths in custody on the rise, and a weekend walloping for the Warriors

22 mins; April 21, 2024

Are the public servant job cuts nearing an end? Preparing for the Olympics, the lowdown on whether beetroot boosts sex drive, the winner of the UK's Invertebrate of the Year

20 mins; April 18, 2024

The Fast Track Approvals Bill and the concentration of decision making power, The Beths on performing at Coachella, dangerous mushrooms, the cows who escaped to an animal shelter

20 mins; April 17, 2024

What will TV3's 6pm news look like under Stuff? How a Sydney student was falsely identified as the Bondi attacker, the rule changes that could leave endangered New Zealand sea lions more at risk, an AI beauty pageant

19 mins; April 16, 2024

Breaking: Stuff to produce 6pm TV news bulletin broadcast

1 min; April 15, 2024

How pets being allowed in rentals could help family violence victims, the tensions between Israel and Iran. What is going on at NZ Rugby? The museum worker who put up his own painting

19 mins; April 15, 2024

Sydney shockwaves, Christopher Luxon's trip to SE Asia and the future of netball

19 mins; April 14, 2024

Update: Police name offender in Bondi stabbings

2 mins; April 13, 2024

The potentially dangerous, widespread "forever chemicals." Can boot camps for young offenders work? Super Rugby Aupiki finals, What Gen Z considers a splurge

22 mins; April 11, 2024

Newshub and TVNZ closures - "The health of our democracy is at stake," Cost and staff culture worries at Scott base, risky home drinking

20 mins; April 10, 2024

Breaking: Newshub’s fate sealed, about 300 staff impacted

3 mins; April 09, 2024

Will further media cuts be confirmed today? Predictions about the official Cash Rate announcement this afternoon, Coachella line up and mystery around Rebel Wilson's book

20 mins; April 09, 2024

Breaking: TVNZ reveals decisions on news and current affairs cutbacks

2 mins; April 08, 2024

Staff brace for TVNZ announcement on programme closure plans, David Seymour on which parents should be fined for kids truancy, the NZ company trying to help women in Gaza cope with period poverty, the scientists wanting to bring back mammoths in 3 years

18 mins; April 08, 2024

Grocery prices and the proposed supermarket merger, Warriors on "not getting ahead of ourselves," Judy Bailey on happy aging, the Italian goats outnumbering residents six to one

21 mins; April 07, 2024

When will the public service cut backs end? Cicada-geddon is coming to the US, the changes that are keeping the Phoenix on top, the odds of coin tossing

17 mins; April 04, 2024

David Seymour on creating a new Ministry while others cutback, doubling pay for professional women's basketball league, countering toxic messaging aimed at young men, US journalists asked to stop stealing from the President's plane

21 mins; April 03, 2024

Breaking: Strongest earthquake in 25 years hits Taiwan, Kiwis affected

3 mins; April 02, 2024

"We have to stop history repeating itself," - Helen Clark pushes for progress on global pandemic plan. What is the real cost of cycleways? Shōgun on Disney Plus and Trump's "God Bless the USA" Bibles

19 mins; April 02, 2024

What do we know about ISIS-K? Details emerge of terror group behind Moscow attack, when flying taxis could arrive in NZ, Super Rugby Aupiki predictions, and why songs are becoming more repetitive

18 mins; April 01, 2024

Is A.I. in sport fair? The possible 100 year sentence for crypto fraudster, Rapid League hits men's basketball, the sick hedgehog that was really a piece of clothing

19 mins; March 27, 2024

The post-hacking relationship between China and New Zealand, the new AI technology boosting Te Reo Māori, Victorian funeral traditions,an unusual protest in the US Presidential Elections

21 mins; March 26, 2024

Breaking - Spy head outlines China hack attempt on parliament

4 mins; March 25, 2024

Instagram pulls back on political recommendations, Hasting's Mayor on damming report on Cyclone Gabrielle response, supermarket surveillance, flexible work reduces stress

18 mins; March 25, 2024

Breaking: Cyclone Gabrielle review find state of emergency was declared ‘too late’

3 mins; March 24, 2024

"Do not violate Kate's privacy" - instructions from The Palace, Chris Hipkins and tax reform, the Wheel Blacks celebrate competing on home soil

19 mins; March 24, 2024

Breaking - The full statement from the Princess of Wales on her cancer diagnosis

2 mins; March 22, 2024

Why Police spent 65k on 'staff only' podcast, inside the plight of New Zealand's migraine sufferers, Formula 1 hits Australia, and would you peel an orange on a plane?

22 mins; March 21, 2024

Breaking: Hundreds of public service jobs set to go

2 mins; March 20, 2024

Is the cold weather here to stay? How is our economy going? Welcoming a neurodiverse workforce and the Easter egg nearly 100 years old

19 mins; March 20, 2024

Hollywood's skinny jab and the sister product used here. Who is giving the big political donations? Donald Trump Jnr and the tour downunder plus A.I. says Biden is OK

20 mins; March 19, 2024

Negative political talk and coalition tensions, Kategate, selling a new house for charity, working with postcards and penguins

20 mins; March 18, 2024

"It's democracy, Russia's way" - Putin's election, gravity-defying NRL skills, and why joggling could be the sport for you

19 mins; March 17, 2024

"Distress and discomfort" - a former government vet petitions against re-starting live animal exports, what's going wrong for the Crusaders in Super Rugby Pacific, Black Grace dance group tackles colonisation, plus animal pics and library fines

21 mins; March 14, 2024

"I've never wanted to do that" - Dave Brown Buttabean Letele on cutting food parcel supplies. Snow for skiing? Working as a surgeon in New Zealand's health system, too many starlings

21 mins; March 13, 2024

How to win at grocery shopping, Lee Tamahori's new film, the Princess Kate mystery

19 mins; March 12, 2024

Five years on from the Christchurch terror attacks

21 mins; March 11, 2024

"It shouldn't happen when aid is just kilometres away," - children starving in Gaza, how to stop overthinking, commentating on The Warriors plus the Oscars

22 mins; March 10, 2024

Breaking: Investment properties and tax breaks

3 mins; March 09, 2024

Breaking: TVNZ to axe flagship shows Sunday, Fair Go, two news bulletins

2 mins; March 07, 2024

Mark Sainsbury on impact of TVNZ job losses, majority of GPs have closed books, Up the Wahs! - the first home game of the season tonight, birthday competition winners

21 mins; March 07, 2024

Breaking: TVNZ plans job losses

6 mins; March 06, 2024

Will the government be pleased with its first 100 days? Aussie star footballer faces racially aggravated harrassment charges. The greatest dog show in the world gets underway

19 mins; March 06, 2024

Celebrating Newsable's first 12 months with a birthday rap

3 mins; March 05, 2024

Kiwi music sensation Kaylee Bell joins us to celebrate Newsable's birthday and her new album - plus podcast friends Jeff Wilson and Brad Olsen and a special birthday rap.

21 mins; March 05, 2024

Breaking - David Benbow sentenced over murder of childhood friend

5 mins; March 04, 2024

National's promised cancer drug list in need of a refresh, a big day in politics in the US- Super Tuesday, Bitcoin is booming, TikTok sensation - flower grannies

21 mins; March 04, 2024

The Lipstick Effect: Why little luxury treats are replacing shopping sprees

22 mins; March 03, 2024

"Disillusionment and desperation" in the face of food costs, sellers back in housing market, Jeff Wilson on New Zealand's Golf Open, Air NZ proposed perks

22 mins; February 29, 2024

What does the likely demise of Newshub mean for our media landscape? Australia's double homicide, Taylor Swift and Biden

21 mins; February 28, 2024

New Zealand's media landscape if Newshub goes

4 mins; February 27, 2024

Breaking - Newshub to close

2 mins; February 27, 2024

Will the Reserve Bank bump up the cash rate? Campaigner says New Zealand should have anti modern slavery laws. Can op shops survive fast fashion?

17 mins; February 27, 2024

Australia already has gang laws, but do they work? personalised products on the rise plus speed climbing Olympian

20 mins; February 26, 2024

"Lost childhoods" and the call to ban social media for under 16s, plus questions remain over Super Rugby's new smart mouthguards

22 mins; February 25, 2024

Two years of war in Ukraine and a message for New Zealanders plus Jeff Wilson on the start of the Super Rugby Pacific

23 mins; February 22, 2024

Fixing mental health - the Minister shares his thoughts, food safety - where is our kai most at risk? An amazing , film watching, side hustle

20 mins; February 21, 2024

Breaking news - Green MP, Efeso Collins, has died

4 mins; February 20, 2024

"In someways the glue that held it all together" - Stuff's political editor on Grant Robertson stepping down, paying for unnecessary medical tests, the Christchurch rebuild nearly 13 years on, rent free in a New York hotel

21 mins; February 20, 2024

Breaking - Grant Robertson retires from politics

5 mins; February 19, 2024

Win for victims of child sexual abuse, the stingray that got pregnant by herself, some extreme tooth fairy gifts

16 mins; February 19, 2024

Will Govt ban 24/7 dog tethering? Tova O'Brien wraps PM Luxon's first State of the Nation address, Blackcaps battle the Aussies, and 1 in 4 people sleep with lights on

17 mins; February 18, 2024

Can the Port Hills landscape recover ? Photoshopped Australia MP talks about the impact, League season kicks off, the escaping Kākāpō

21 mins; February 15, 2024

Breaking - Port Hill fires still not contained

4 mins; February 14, 2024

Breaking - Port Hills fire update

5 mins; February 14, 2024

Looksmaxing - the worrying social trend aimed at young men, the Fletcher fallout and implications for small business, Harry and Meghan relaunch, Guinness record reversal

21 mins; February 14, 2024

Breaking - Christchurch Fire

4 mins; February 13, 2024

Modern slavery -" eroding our freedom and democracy," still the time for first home buyers? Do our workers need "right to disconnect' laws , Gold Coast proposes teeny bikini ban

19 mins; February 13, 2024

"Theft of people's time" - the right to disconnect, Trump's "dangerous comments," cocoa prices soar, help to spot the baddie

16 mins; February 12, 2024

"Happy to be alive and have a second chance" - survivors of Cyclone Gabrielle, Missing Kiwi in Miami cold case, Jeff Wilson on Superbowl

22 mins; February 11, 2024

The most elections ever in a single year, climate activists and new tactics, scoring tickets on empty flights, music for pets

16 mins; February 08, 2024

Trump's court battle to stay on ballot paper, the climate activists' fight to take emitters to court, King Charles' illness, super luxury submarines

22 mins; February 07, 2024

Introducing Tova: Back for 2024 - Wairua, waiata and wero: On the ground(s) for Waitangi 2024

55 mins; February 06, 2024

What now after Waitangi? How sitting could cost life years, climate change and more severe storms, office word salad

19 mins; February 06, 2024

Could free period products in schools go? The housing market warms up and how do the locals at Waitangi prepare for 50 thousand people?

16 mins; February 04, 2024

Facebook turns 20 - a force for good or bad? What to expect at Waitangi, the cost of flying and research on doggy life expectancy

20 mins; February 01, 2024

"Our common pathway to pain" - Health Minister on workforce woes, the New Zealand fishing spot that has claimed 30 lives and a chatbot goes rogue

20 mins; January 31, 2024

Bonus - top UK comedian Russell Howard on last meals and dying on stage

17 mins; January 30, 2024

"A chance to break free" - Sue Bradford on what's next for the Greens, why is there a court case over butter chicken? Plus funnyman Russell Howard reveals what it's like to massage a pig

18 mins; January 30, 2024

Bonus: "I was angry a lot" - James Shaw bemoans the barriers to doing good in government

28 mins; January 29, 2024

"We can't sit here in blissful ignorance " - Judith Collins on role for NZ defence force, the first parliament for 2024, deep fakes and Taylor Swift, X games silver medal

24 mins; January 29, 2024

Calls to change Auckland Anniversary date, a fake crypto CEO, the secret to crunchy carrots, and tracking dog poo

15 mins; January 28, 2024

"Frightening" and "Scary" - ideology and sex education, which supplements, to take, if any? Cliff Diving in Auckland and the real name now deemed offensive

20 mins; January 25, 2024

"A strange environment" - housing and inflation, Auckland still vulnerable to flooding, Commonwealth Games in Christchurch 50 years on, Stanley Cup craze

21 mins; January 24, 2024

Up to $180 billion to fix water woes, Trump faces final competitor, Kiwi in Australia's Gladiator reboot, updates and embarrassing filters

21 mins; January 23, 2024

Luxon meets Ardern, housing horoscope, Kiwi TV v streaming giants and the 20-deck liner

22 mins; January 22, 2024

"Today's just day one" - what's next after the big hui, a dream job for fast food fans, supermarket-busting gardening and a six-legged dog

20 mins; January 21, 2024

Children freezing, malnourished and scared - on the ground in Gaza, hopes for Kingitanga hui, threat of olive oil crisis, dodgy Hot Cross bun flavours in Australia

21 mins; January 18, 2024

"I don't need to be part of that discussion" - Seymour no show at Kīngitanga hui, US caucus time, SPCA bursting, finger length and psychopathic traits

19 mins; January 17, 2024

“It would disgust you” - the abuse sent to Ghahraman, stress and shoplifting, the world's ugliest lawn, grunting and tennis

20 mins; January 16, 2024

Breaking: Ghahraman resigns - Greens leadership responds

6 mins; January 15, 2024

"Public has a right to know" - the Ghahraman predicament, AI in 2024, Emmy preview and Succession props auctioned

17 mins; January 15, 2024

"A tragic regionwide game" - conflict in the Middle East spills over, banger summer for business, Māori gathering over government plans, Tiktok dental tips

20 mins; January 14, 2024

How do you become a professional busker?

8 mins; January 11, 2024

Why scary movies could be good for us

7 mins; January 10, 2024

Book lovers alert! - an historic library where you can have a drink as you read, and stay over night

9 mins; January 09, 2024

Take the leap: tradie swops tools for the sea and working with animals

9 mins; January 08, 2024

Is influencing now a proper job ?

10 mins; January 07, 2024

Too scared to answer the phone

5 mins; January 04, 2024

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