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How to handle awkward comments and conversations this Christmas

18 December 2025

While your Instagram feed says the holidays are about joy and love, for many people Christmas is a time of managing tricky family members, inappropriate comments and probing questions.

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A firefighter says it's a possibility holiday-goers needing rescue could face delays - this summer
	18 Dec: A firefighter says it's a possibility holiday-goers needing rescue could face delays - this summer... more

Netball New Zealand's boss has stepped down, after a troubling year for the sport
	18 Dec: Netball New Zealand's boss has stepped down, after a troubling year for the sport... more

Health officials have confirmed one new measles case in Queenstown - linked to overseas travel
	17 Dec: Health officials have confirmed one new measles case in Queenstown - linked to overseas travel... more

A historic land dispute dating back to the 1800s - is finally resolved
	17 Dec: A historic land dispute dating back to the 1800s - is finally resolved... more

FIFA has introduced a new ticketing tier for next year's World Cup, following an uproar over the prices to attend games
	17 Dec: FIFA has introduced a new ticketing tier for next year's World Cup, following an uproar over the prices to attend games... more

An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September
	17 Dec: An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September... more

Deciding to get a pet when I didn't think I could
	16 Dec: It took me a long time to decide to get a cat, and just as long to adopt after I had decided. When I saw Giles, any lingering uncertainties I had disappeared.... more

Students are being encouraged to "persist" as they compete for summer jobs
	16 Dec: Students are being encouraged to "persist" as they compete for summer jobs... more

Air New Zealand has dodged a series of cabin crew strikes in the countdown to Christmas
	15 Dec: Air New Zealand has dodged a series of cabin crew strikes in the countdown to Christmas... more

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16 Dec: Students are being encouraged to "persist" as they compete for summer jobs +++++++++++++++++++++

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17 Dec: An Otago University student and rising rugby talent is recovering after a near-fatal fall from a Dunedin rooftop in September ++++++++++++++++++++

03 Dec: Auckland restaurateur Leo Molloy says he'll pay the fine the Veterinary Council's imposed - for breaching name suppression of the murderer of British backpacker, Grace Millane ++++++++++++++++

14 Dec: The Tauranga Whai have defended their Tauihi national women's basketball league title with a resounding 93-66 win over the Mainland Pouakai in the final in Christchurch +++++++++++++

02 Dec: Criticism of Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown - for planning a rates hike, at the same time the Government's put up a plan to force Councils to cap them ++++++++++++

15 Dec: Air New Zealand has dodged a series of cabin crew strikes in the countdown to Christmas ++++++++++++

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