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'Astonishment' at lobbyists advising on their own rules
24 Jul 2023Unnamed lobbyists are advising Transparency International on the rules and ethics of their own industry.
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How to spot PM Chris Hipkins trying to change the subject
4 Aug 2023Hipkins - just like his predecessor Jacinda Ardern - uses a well-worn tactic to change the direction of a difficult interview.
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Is Christopher Luxon the real Mr Chippy?
14 Jun 2023An analysis of hours of interviews suggests National's leader has more positive things to say.
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'Incredible' $1 million paid to former minister by university
13 Jun 2023Steven Joyce has been paid $966,000 for various roles at Waikato University over three years.
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The Interview: Who talks the most?
13 Jun 2023How Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins square up against the different news networks and hosts.
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Tax, spend and crisis - the obsessions of an opposition leader
12 Jun 2023The words and phrases National leader Christopher Luxon says over and over again - and how they dramatically differ from Labour's leaders.
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Facing the hard facts of an awful fire
22 May 2023The 'worst nightmare' fatal fire at a Wellington hostel raises big questions about our emergency services - and the care for the marginalised of our communities.
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Crown Solicitor under investigation over workplace culture allegations
5 May 2023Multiple complaints have been raised about the culture at the office of Hamilton's Crown Solicitor, RNZ understands.
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Stay and risk the whare, or go and lose the whenua that's left
1 May 2023Māori suffered generational loss of great swathes of their land to confiscation. Now they face advancing waters from climate change, with few easy answers.
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An unauthorised sex video sparked a woman's years-long fight for support
3 May 2023Hazel fought to get recognition of the trauma an intimate film on a pornography site caused her. She has finally won her precedent-setting case against ACC.
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'Now I know' - Planning for parenthood with endometriosis
24 Apr 2023Faced with a stressful deadline on trying for children, Charlie Dreaver has decided on what's best for her, and her partner.
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'Treated like a uterus' - Woman's surgery delayed due to child-free decision
22 Apr 2023Despite her pain, Caitlin was asked to wait for endometriosis surgery, because she didn't want children.
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The 'up and down journey' of facing a future without children
21 Apr 2023Sometimes, Natasha Harris feels totally fine about the possibility of not having children, other times "it's really quite hard".
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'My body wasn't cut out for carrying babies'
20 Apr 2023At 31, Miriama Kamo was initially "appalled" at advice she should have children "very soon". Now, she understands why.
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'I'm not ready now': The diagnosis that changed everything
18 Apr 2023After a decade of not knowing for sure what was wrong with her, Ruby Rowe finally had a diagnosis. It opened a whole new chapter of uncertainty in her life.
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How emissions targets are ignored in Auckland transport plans
12 Apr 2023One council plan says transport emissions must come down by 50 percent. Other council plans make those cuts impossible.
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What makes our buses so bad
11 Apr 2023There's plenty of blame to share around - including for ourselves, the public.
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Mortuary workers exposed to potentially dangerous amounts of formaldehyde
11 Apr 2023The country's largest funeral home operator says it can't give staff individual exposure results but acknowledges formaldehyde levels were higher than recommended at some sites.
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Bus 'reliability' statistics that are anything but reliable
8 Apr 2023My bus showed up 34 percent of the time when it was supposed to. Why do official statistics say it's 98 percent punctual?
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Who owns our buses?
6 Apr 2023The worst bus routes for cancellations in Auckland are operated by a bus company that's owned by a US private equity firm.
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Why bus drivers keep quitting
5 Apr 2023It's not unusual for drivers to work 14 hour days at little better than the minimum wage.
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Auckland's least reliable bus routes revealed
5 Apr 2023See how your bus route ranks for regular cancellations.
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Wellington's least reliable bus routes revealed
6 Apr 2023See how your bus route ranks for regular cancellations.
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Cancelled: Hundreds of ghost buses every day
6 Apr 2023An RNZ investigation reveals the extraordinary scale of disruption bus commuters encounter every day.
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