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The building report showed a problem - what now?
RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your burning money questions.
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Are small businesses doing it tougher than in the GFC?
2 Oct 2024Opinion - Small businesses are being squeezed from every side, and doing it tougher in some ways even than during the GFC, Antje Fiedler and Benjamin Fath write…
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Three of 1994's weirder indie rock albums are still classics
6 Oct 2024On their 30th anniversary, Tony Stamp looks back at three important entries in the alternative canon. Video
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The Sampler: What to listen to this week
6 Oct 2024Tony Stamp speaks with UK-based NZ musician Molly Payton, and reviews a compilation by M. Ward, as well as the latest from jazz musician Nala Sinephro.
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Happy, sad or angry? AI can detect emotions in text according to new research
1 Oct 2024Analysis - If AI can read our emotions, how do we ensure this capability is used responsibly? How do we protect privacy? These are crucial questions that must be addressed as the technology continues…
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What 'Jack and Jill' can teach us about capital gains taxes
30 Sep 2024Opinion - Superficially, it seems fair to tax income from all sources. Yet it could be anything but, Richard Meade writes.
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GP access a problem for Māori with lung cancer
27 Sep 2024Comment - Surviving lung cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand could depend on whether you can access a GP - raising questions about equity in the country's health system.
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How to turn children into lifelong readers
26 Sep 2024Opinion: NZ is one of a number of countries that are overhauling the way reading is taught at the primary school level, but Elaine Reese argues that families still play a critical role in turning a…
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Dunedin Hospital rebuild had been held up as an example
Analysis - That was up until last week's bombshell that cost blow-outs are forcing a rethink.
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Seven things to know about the US vice presidential debate
2 Oct 2024Analysis - It was a surprisingly cordial debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, but it revealed stark differences. Jeremy Rees looks at what we learned.
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The end of the Foodstuffs merger won't fix supermarkets
2 Oct 2024Instead of adjudicating on a merger, the commission should be given the power to break up the two Foodstuffs entities themselves, two experts argue.
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Is Shane Jones right about Indonesian coal?
2 Oct 2024Analysis - Resources Minister Shane Jones loves talking about Indonesian coal, but do his claims stack up?
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How floating solar panels could help solve NZ's energy crisis
24 Sep 2024Analysis - Placing solar panels on wastewater ponds could tackle two problems at once: high power prices and algal growth, Faith Jeremiah writes.
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Peters and Clark united on UN failings
23 Sep 2024Analysis - Winston Peters and Helen Clark disagree more often than not lately, but on this they're united. Audio
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Why sentencing reforms in NZ will annoy judges and clog the courts
23 Sep 2024Analysis - The Luxon government surely has little sense of irony, writes Kris Gledhill.
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Jimmy Carter at 100 - the American president who just keeps going and going
29 Sep 2024Analysis - Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived US president, and as he turns 100 years old this week, it turns out he was also pretty much the last of his kind.
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Wellington train woes: Confusion rife during industrial action
22 Sep 2024First person - By Friday, commuters like me were getting more used to randomness. But here, on the Friday evening platform, it reached a new level, Phil Pennington writes.
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XEC: The rapidly spreading new Covid-19 variant
Analysis - A new Covid-19 variant is spreading rapidly and could soon become the dominant variant around the globe, experts say.
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Laurie Anderson pays tribute to an aviation pioneer on Amelia
24 Sep 2024The legendary avant-garde artist's latest release is a musical retelling of Amelia Earhart's final flight.
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Review: Passage du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies
22 Sep 2024Elliott Childs finds Sturgill Simpson's first release under a pseudonym to be more of a progression than a reinvention.
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What provocative pizza ads reveal about shifting religious attitudes
22 Sep 2024Where do lines of acceptability or offensiveness get drawn?
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I'm losing my job, can I pull out of purchasing a house? - Ask Susan
RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions.
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Why the case for higher speed limits is fatally flawed
Analysis - Proponents argue even marginal time savings for some drivers justify the changes, Timothy Welch writes, but at what cost?
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Why can’t the All Blacks close out test matches?
22 Sep 2024Bledisloe I gave us the now very familiar story of this All Black side, writes Jamie Wall. How can they fix it? Video
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'Crime wave' puts government's target in doubt
20 Sep 2024Analysis - Crime throws the government's reduction target into doubt and Labour's Chris Hipkins has to deal with a bad poll.
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Are kiwi and moa really immigrants from Australia?
17 Sep 2024New research putting forward the claim is contentious .
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Labour is talking about a wealth tax again - What does that mean?
11 Sep 2024Analysis - Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins recently revealed the party is looking once again at its tax policy, including a possible wealth tax or a "capital income tax".
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What's the verdict on Fred again..'s latest?
15 Sep 2024Review: While Ten Days does uplift the spirit, it may not be the game-changer some anticipated. Video
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