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What moved the housing market this week
Analysis - Increasing stock levels are giving buyers more choice, with first-home buyers and owner occupiers the most active groups. Audio
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Week in Politics: Job cuts surge, tribunal trouble
19 Apr 2024Analysis - It's been a grim week for public servants and trouble is brewing between the government and Waitangi Tribunal.
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Are rugby stadiums really worth it?
19 Apr 2024Opinion - Large stadiums are sold as an economic boon, but the reality is they tend to require significant investment, Robert Hamlin writes.
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Truancy: By-the-numbers solutions aren't enough
18 Apr 2024Analysis - School truancy has been a concern across the political spectrum for years, but proposed solutions have largely failed.
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5 reasons why the Fast-track Approvals Bill threatens NZ's fragile ecosystems
17 Apr 2024Opinion - The bill emphasizes short-term economic gain, but risks further eroding Aotearoa's natural environment and reducing biodiversity, Margaret Stanley writes.
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Have New Zealanders been misled about AUKUS?
16 Apr 2024Analysis - New Zealand involvement in pillar two of the military deal would represent a seismic shift.
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Mediawatch: Is it the end of the news as we know it?
14 Apr 2024This week our two biggest TV broadcasters confirmed plans to cut news programmes by midyear - and the jobs of a significant proportion of this country's journalists. So what's next?
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Office gossip: A valuable but risky way to build relationships
8 Apr 2024Analysis - Traditionally frowned upon and branded as unproductive or even deviant, recent research paints a more complex picture of gossip, researchers say.
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What is happening with the housing market?
12 Apr 2024Analysis - Policy changes, a steady OCR rate, low construction costs, and the high cost of home ownership are impacting a "flat" housing market. Audio
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Should ex-politicians lead universities?
12 Apr 2024Opinion - Such appointments call for more robust debate about the perceived independence of our tertiary institutions, writes Tom Baker.
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Equitable access to childhood immunisations must be ensured
11 Apr 2024As we look towards the peak season for respiratory viruses, the announcement of new RSV immunisation programmes for children in a number of Australian states is welcome news, researchers say.
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Executive power - it's not how MMP was meant to work
10 Apr 2024Analysis - Thirty years ago, frustrated with the arrogance of successive governments, New Zealanders changed the electoral rules, Richard Shaw writes.
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Changes to flu vaccine eligibility missed opportunity to improve health equity
4 Apr 2024The flu vaccine will no longer be free for children under 12 or Māori and Pacific people aged between 55 and 64.
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Estonia: A place of inspiration for New Zealand?
13 Apr 2024Analysis - In his quest to get New Zealand 'back on track', Christopher Luxon has often looked overseas, writes Giles Dexter.
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The week in politics: Targets, truants and MPs' pay pickle
12 Apr 2024Analysis - A look back at "ambitious" public service targets, plans to fix school attendance and pay rises for politicians.
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Australian Foreign Minister raises recognising Palestinian state
11 Apr 2024Analysis - Penny Wong looks beyond the Israel-Gaza war in advancing her party's long-held Palestinian state plans.
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Review: Incubus, live at Wolfbrook
5 Apr 2024Knowing in advance this gig was going to be great (third time seeing Incubus, first time for Līve) I went in early to get a good spot and I'm seriously glad I did.
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How to make sure your leftovers are safe to eat
1 Apr 2024Eating leftovers can be a great way to save money, diversify your cooking repertoire and reduce food waste. But how do you know they're still safe to eat?
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Hager: Spy system hosted by GCSB likely to be one used in capture-kill operations
28 Mar 2024Comment: The US spy system hosted by the GCSB appears to be a controversial intelligence system used in global capture-kill operations, writes Nicky Hager.
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Why the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has been delayed a third time
27 Mar 2024Analysis - The costliest inquiry in New Zealand's history has been delayed for the third time. David Cohen looks at why.
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What is happening with the housing market?
5 Apr 2024Analysis - First-home buyers are swooping in as more homes pop up for sale.
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How online health tools show accessibility is still an afterthought
27 Mar 2024Opinion - Accessibility in healthcare is often lacking or insufficient, both for staff and patients, Sally Britnell writes.
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Truancy presents delicate problems for govt
5 Apr 2024Analysis - The government's "things to do" list gets a hostile reception, moves to get more children attending school could affect every parent, and is the PM running NZ like a company?
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Tax cuts and a spoonful of sugar
29 Mar 2024Analysis - Nicola Willis is holding firm on tax cuts despite the economic outlook being worse than forecast and critics urging her to wait, writes Peter Wilson for The Week In Politics.
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We're in a recession - so what's the government's plan?
Analysis - If you live in New Zealand and you're feeling poorer, you're not imagining it, writes Grant Duncan.
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Fiscal bombs, Nazi comments and high-octane coverage for Peters
22 Mar 2024Analysis: The NZ First leader dropped a problem on his own government and then got into a bizarre row, Peter Wilson writes.
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Tailored treatments: How AI will change NZ healthcare
22 Mar 2024Analysis - Since the decoding of the human genome in 2003, we have entered the age of precision prevention, Arindam Basu writes.
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Why fast-tracking large infrastructure projects is bad news for biodiversity
19 Mar 2024Analysis - Leaders of 10 scientific societies that conduct biodiversity research in Aotearoa have called on the government to slow down the pace of reform, researchers say.
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