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Samoa's cliff-hanger election explained
Analysis - Samoa is waiting to find out whether its longest-serving prime minister will be returned to power or his challenger will become the country's first woman prime minister.
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Opinion: New housing policy is really just a new tax package
The government's package of housing policy instruments is a long way from optimal. You might even call it a shambles, Norman Gemmell writes.
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Indian travel ban leaves Kiwis stateless
Opinion - Why is it okay to leave Kiwi-Indians stateless, when the prime minister has repeatedly said Kiwis need to be allowed to return home?
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National Party leadership: Does Luxon have what it takes?
Opinion - Judith Collins' National Party leadership is under more scrutiny, with increased talk in the media of her being replaced by brand new MP Christopher…
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Polluted waterways - why are we subsidising environmental harm?
9 Apr 2021Opinion - The school strikes for the climate are not a fad and they're not going away. The kids are telling us they have had enough, Mike Joy writes.
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Bubble hopes of getting New Zealand business flying again
9 Apr 2021Week in Politics - The travel bubble is the best good news story for a long time, the government has another go at Auckland light rail and Kiri Allan faces the "fight of her life", writes Peter Wilson…
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Opinion: New Zealand Rugby gets the message right on Silver Lake
8 Apr 2021With the greatest respect to the NZ Rugby Players Association and their members, it is the fine folk in the community game who are the sport's lifeblood, Hamish Bidwell writes.
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Who was Sir Ron Brierley, corporate raider guilty of possessing child sex abuse images?
1 Apr 2021Analysis - Prominent retired businessman Sir Ron Brierley's guilty plea to possession of child sex abuse images is the final fall from grace for the clinical corporate raider, writes RNZ Business…
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State builds missing from govt housing package
1 Apr 2021Opinion: The government must take state housing seriously as a tool for helping solve the housing crisis - especially for low-to-average income earners who were ignored in its housing package…
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Apologies aplenty over Churches abuse, but is it enough?
30 Mar 2021Analysis - Sorry seemed to be a rather easy word at the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry over the past fortnight, David Cohen writes.
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Red Fox Tavern verdicts recalls era of armed robberies
30 Mar 2021First person - As a young reporter I sat in front of the carpark of that low-slung building waiting for detectives to give their first, sad briefing, in an era when armed robberies skyrocketed, Jeremy…
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Housing announcement a blow for those at the bottom
Opinion - Renters have been thrown under a bus by the Labour government this week as the nation heads towards more homelessness and inequality, writes Bryce Edwards.
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Media's housing response dominated by investor-economist alliance
Mediawatch - A huge squadron of investors and economists blitzed the airwaves following the government's big housing announcement, often drowning out other voices. Audio
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Doomscrolling the housing crisis: Soap opera, fairy tale or horrorscope?
Opinion - 'The Housing Crisis' saga defies all genre norms - somehow managing to be farce, tragedy and a drama about real people's lives all at the same time, Anna Rawhiti-Connell writes.
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Property speculators under the hammer as new 'political calculus' emerges
26 Mar 2021Analysis - The government sets a date for setting a date on the trans-Tasman travel bubble and attacks the housing crisis, this time with serious money and an assault on property speculators.
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Luxon's religious views risk turning off middle ground voters
27 Mar 2021Power Play: Taking a page right out of the John Key playbook, rookie National MP Chris Luxon has addressed his religious beliefs head on, Jane Patterson writes.
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Opinion: Non-homeowners paying the cost of Covid-19 recovery
25 Mar 2021In the past year, the average New Zealander effectively lost $54.59 for every hour they turned up to work if they did not own a home, Brendon Blue writes.
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Covid-19 lockdown: Capturing history ... when you're still in it
25 Mar 2021I was at Pukeahu, the National War Memorial Park teaching students about the horrors of the influenza pandemic as lockdown loomed a year ago, writes Emma-Jean Kelly.
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Analysis: Why would Westpac want to sell its New Zealand business?
25 Mar 2021One of the country's best performing banks has had the "for sale" sign hung in the window, why would Australia's Westpac want to sell one of its golden eggs? RNZ Business editor Gyles Beckford explain…
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Super Rugby: 'Humble' has a different meaning in Christchurch
22 Mar 2021Opinion - To borrow a bit of professional wrestling parlance, the Crusaders turned full heel yesterday, writes Jamie Wall. Video
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What is a bright-line test?
24 Mar 2021Analysis - The bright-line test rule was extended from five to 10 years under the government's new housing plan announced yesterday, but what does it mean?
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Housing policies: Tilting towards supply, away from landed gentry
Analysis - The government's new policies are a good tactical move, but the politics may not land well, writes Shamubeel Eaqub.
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Battling anorexia: 'There must be so many suffering in silence'
22 Mar 2021Opinion - Anorexia nervosa has the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Yet somehow, in Aotearoa, eating disorders seem to be among the hardest illnesses to access treatment for, Annabel…
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Week in Politics: Ministers navigate murky trans-Tasman waters
Analysis - A trans-Tasman travel bubble seems to be imminent, Australia's deportation of a 15-year-old boy raises concerns and the first opinion poll of the year is released, Peter Wilson writes.
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Opinion - Super Rugby refs should be on a final warning
15 Mar 2021Opinion - Two more games of Super Rugby Aotearoa and all we're talking about in the wash up is the officiating, writes Jamie Wall. Video
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Team NZ burn America’s Cup candle at both ends
15 Mar 2021Opinion - With still nothing separating defender and challenger in this America's Cup, Team NZ are working 24 hours to make a breakthrough, writes Suzanne McFadden.
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Google funds Stuff to fact-check, counter vaccine misinformation
17 Mar 2021Mediawatch - Google has also begun discussions with NZ media about participating in its new Google News Showcase, which could mean paying local media for news for the first time.
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Redress critical for those abused in state, faith-based care
15 Mar 2021Analysis - Public hearings provide a valuable view of the Inquiry into Abuse in Care but what's happening behind closed doors will have a bigger impact on the political outcome, David Cohen writes.
