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NRL: Search for next Warriors coach intensifies
Given the negative headlines that have plagued the Warriors in recent weeks, the interest in their vacant head coaching position is surprising - but also perhaps reassuring, writes Michael Burgess.
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National leader Judith Collins' reshuffle no minor matter
Power Play - With hastily-filled gaps in National's new-look line-up, Judith Collins still has work to do to shake the narrative of a party in disarray, writes…
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Collins to make her mark again in National caucus reshuffle
Analysis - Judith Collins is stamping her mark as a decisive leader willing to make the tough calls less than 24 hours into the job.
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Here comes Judith, are we ready for a battle royale?
Opinion - New Zealanders are up for a battle royale between Judith Collins and Jacinda Ardern in the lead up to the 2020 elections - unless, of course, National…
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Why Collins' approach is a 'shame'
Opinion - Judith Collins' first public remarks after becoming leader shows she means to continue in the same way she's always operated as a politician, writes Cat MacLennan
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National Party leadership: Who gets the hospital pass?
Analysis - The National Party has been thrown into utter confusion by Todd Muller's resignation and now the caucus has to find someone prepared to take a hospital pass, writes Peter Wilson.
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Opinion: Don't count anyone out of National leadership race
Never underplaying the possibilities of who might take on party leadership this close to an election is a lesson Brigitte Morten says she learnt from the Australian Liberal Party's 2013 campaign.
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National a party in disarray, in search of a leader
Power Play - Who will seize the day now National is a party looking for a leader? RNZ political editor Jane Patterson takes a look at a party that was supposed to be settling in to fight its election…
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Muller's resignation 'bolt from the blue' with election hoardings ready to go
Opinion - Todd Muller's shock resignation is ironic given he came to power following a plot ostensibly about saving the National Party from electoral disaster, Liam Hehir writes.
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Why Covid-19 is turning us all into philosophers
If you haven't yet spent a few moments this year staring out the window, chin in hand and ruminating on the meaning of life - or its absence - then the chances are it's only a matter of time.
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The outsized importance of university rankings
Opinion - University rankings often end up determining how academic institutions spend and what they prioritise, but maybe they're just a big waste of time, David Cohen writes.
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'It beggars belief': A week of chaos in politics
Analysis - A National MP destroys his career, the government explains how someone with Covid-19 could walk around a supermarket and the closure of Tiwai Point aluminium smelter is announced. Audio
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Super Rugby Aotearoa no breeding ground for All Blacks - Bidwell
Opinion - It's nice that Super Rugby Aotearoa is on, but the competition, and players' performances in it, has no meaning or stature, writes Hamish Bidwell.
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National under Collins: Storied comeback or ignominious slump
Opinion - Collins has made clear for some time that she wanted the leadership. And now she has it. What will she do with it? Liam Hehir takes a look.
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Opinion: National's attacks not what we need right now
The National Party's current difficulties can be summed up in one word: culture, Cat MacLennan writes.
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Stuff's fighting talk on Facebook
Stuff's move to cease all activity on Facebook has raised eyebrows in the media, but the company is backing up its new owner's fighting talk.
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Welcome to Cottagecore: Celebrating a slow life
First person - There's a lawn shot through with sunbeams, designer chickens wandering and freshly baked sourdough cooling in the kitchen of an impossibly pretty cottage, writes Sharon Stephenson.
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The Week in Politics: A wild ride for both main parties
Analysis - The Greens' wealth tax causes problems for Labour, Ardern shoots down National's border tactics, the health minister resigns, and a National MP is accused of racism.
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Spy raids on foreign embassies raise timely questions
Analysis - Historical raids on foreign embassies by New Zealand spies at the behest of MI6 and the CIA put NZ's reputation and trade on the line, RNZ Podcasts' Tim Watkin writes.
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What next after Covid-19 detail leakers revealed?
Power Play - In an extraordinary move National Party leader Todd Muller has had one of his own MPs, Hamish Walker, lawyer-up over his leaking of private details before coming clean about his… Audio
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Graham Adams: A euthanasia referendum in a pandemic
No one could have predicted the End of Life Choice referendum would be held against the backdrop of a deadly global pandemic, Graham Adams writes.
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Managed isolation: A system in need of fixing, but it ain't broke?
Power Play - The country's isolation and quarantine system isn't broken according to a new review but the litany of failures shows it's anything but watertight, writes political reporter Jo Moir.
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Cut-through for the climate in the time of Covid-19
Mediawatch: Is Stuff facing an uphill battle it can't win by launching its climate change initiative The Forever Project when most people are still focusing on the Covid-19 pandemic? Audio
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Opinion: Health is health, disability support is disability support
Anyone who has ever complained about their 'life admin' should see what disabled people go through - it's an inefficient, incomprehensible, ineffective mess, Emily Tilley writes.
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Opinion: Time to liberate disability from 'health'
The reality for disabled people like me is that we still have to go through bureaucratic hoops. We need a system liberated from the oppressive yoke of the health system, Chris Ford writes.
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David Clark pushed into the dark as Labour readies for election
Analysis - With just 78 days until the election, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is cleaning house.
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Covid-19: Essential to protect lives and ensure 'lockdown wasn't in vain'
Opinion - We have all paid a high price economically and mentally for the elimination of Covid-19 and if mistakes continue to happen they could cost both our economy and our lives, writes Nathan…
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Week in politics: Border botch-ups and bad news for NZ First
Analysis - Winston Peters hands National a gift, ministers struggle with border botch-ups and there's a poll boost for National's new leader, writes Peter Wilson.
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