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Plans for hotel and hostel surprise leafy suburb's residents
20 Dec 2024Plans for a hotel and student hostel at Auckland's Eden Park stadium have been revealed in the release of fast-track application documents.
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In search of the manta rays of the Hauraki Gulf
13 Dec 2024Every summer, manta rays cruise the waters of the Hauraki Gulf. Researchers are racing to find out more.
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Behind the Banner: Inside the hīkoi mō te Tiriti
23 Nov 2024Over nine days, rangatahi and veterans of past hīkoi walked shoulder-to-shoulder to take their message to Parliament. Ella Stewart and Cole Eastham-Farrelly were there.
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Texts reveal govt was warned fast-track bill broke rules
20 Feb 2025Documents show a behind-the-scenes struggle to pass the contentious law.
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Is Netsafe too close to Big Tech?
20 Feb 2025Critics say the online safety regulator's funding from companies like Meta, X and Tiktok calls its independence into question. Audio
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Thousands fewer getting mental health care, new data shows
18 Feb 2025Demand for mental health specialist services is rising. So why are fewer people being treated now than just a few years ago? Audio
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Tech agencies 'failed to protect' Ardern from 'violence, misogyny' - HRC
17 Feb 2025Hundreds of people called the former prime minister vile and dehumanising things online. Internet safety agencies did nothing - then called in the lawyers.
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Inside the real conversations had at Waitangi Day
14 Feb 2025Away from the tense scenes on the paepae, under a closely guarded canvas tent, te iwi Māori do the real work of Waitangi: talking. We were invited inside to listen.
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Frontline health cash used for controversial fund
13 Feb 2025Critics say the money would have been better spent training more workers, including much-needed psychiatrists.
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Podmore inquest questions former cycling boss' later appointment
6 Dec 2024Before adjourning, the inquest heard an executive found to have demonstrated "sub-optimal" leadership was the best candidate for a later role at High Performance Sport NZ.
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Locals fear sand mining will ruin pristine beaches
12 Feb 2025A fast-tracked sand mining proposal is dredging up the painful past for local hapū members, who fear their voices will be ignored amid the rush.
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Why some turned their backs on ministers at Waitangi
6 Feb 2025Māori leaders in the Far North turned their collective back in an emotional demonstration.
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The day the Māori Queen came to Waitangi
5 Feb 2025Dressed in all white, the new queen stood out immediately among the kuia and kaumātua wearing their usual black formal pōwhiri clothes.
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Podmore inquest revisits contentious handling of biker's Olympic selection
4 Dec 2024"The behaviours of some of the people in our organisation, particularly ... during Olivia's induction, were appalling," Simon Peterson told an inquest.
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'Part of history changing' - A decade working at Waitangi Day
3 Feb 2025The first time Matarora Smith worked Waitangi Day commemorations in Paihia, she felt the wairua and whakapapa of the historic place. Audio
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What's in store for Waitangi 2025?
3 Feb 2025After a turbulent 12 months for Māori-Crown relations, the week of Waitangi Day will be crucial for te iwi Māori to discuss the kaupapa that will matter this year.
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1500 more builds in flood zones despite disaster
27 Jan 2025Law changes are coming - but more than one in 10 homes consented over a year in Auckland sat on a flood plain. Audio
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$2m upgrade for 'creaky' mega government database
16 Jan 2025The anonymised database is crucial to the government's social investment approach to funding programmes - but was incapable of doing so without extra investment.
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Athletes' legal bid for collective bargaining overturned
16 Jan 2025The battle between an elite athletes' union and High Performance Sport NZ now looks set to go another round in court. Audio
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Hui, protests, kotahitanga, and a new Kuini - A historic year for Māoridom
28 Dec 2024A hīkoi, a haka, and the rise of a new generation - RNZ unpacks a contentious and momentous year for Māoridom.
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Are stopbanks still the answer?
2 Dec 2024The Ngaruroro breached in more than a dozen places on 14 February, 2023. Local and experts are saying it's time for a rethink.
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Health practitioner who treated Olivia Podmore kept no notes, inquest hears
27 Nov 2024The practitioner worked with Podmore for more than four years and accepted his lack of note-taking was 'inappropriate'.
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Podmore inquest: Doc's emotional words bring panel to tears
22 Nov 2024A doctor has told the hearing into Olivia Podmore's death she endured "psychological abuse" in the Cycling NZ high performance squad.
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Government coy on police plan to target 'at risk' children for social investment
27 Dec 2024The "prevention support" would be targeted at primary school-age children, but the police minister will not say if the idea is being progressed.
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