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As news fades from social media platforms - where does that leave journalism?
Opinion - News organisations that work through social media will have limited control as terms of service are changed at will, leaving news companies to deal with the consequences, Merja Myllylahti writes.
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Is it right to call state-funded journalism 'bribery' - or is there a bigger threat to democracy?
30 Nov 2023Opinion - Winston Peters had only just been sworn in as deputy prime minister when his long-standing antipathy to the news media emerged in the form of a…
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Legacy of colonisation driving decline in traditional Christian beliefs among Māori
29 Nov 2023Analysis - Religious beliefs among Māori have shifted significantly over the past two decades.
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Read all about it: The 2023 Booker Prize Shortlist
25 Nov 2023Devoted reader Jeremy Rees read all the books in the 2023 Booker Prize shortlist (so you don't have to). Here's what he and the judges have to say about the six…
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The government's first press conference: Wilder than an episode of Love Island
Analysis - The three ring-masters of the coalition announcement had spectacularly different ideas about the point of the show.
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The stress points within a 'coalition of many colours'
25 Nov 2023Analysis - After some intermittently passive-aggressive political posturing and much striding through airports, the deals were done and signed off in Wellington on Friday, Richard Shaw writes.
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Power Play: Three-way coalition could make for treble trouble
20 Nov 2023Power Play - The unique situation means ACT and New Zealand First are in direct competition for prized Cabinet seats, and roles like deputy prime minister, RNZ's political editor Jane Patterson writes…
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Health and education are closely linked – NZ needs to integrate them more in primary schools
Analysis - Given the health and education challenges many New Zealand children face, it is surprising (and even depressing) how little crossover and collaboration there is between these two vital…
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How 'the quiet Beatle' left such a large legacy
19 Nov 2023Novelist and playwright Phillip Norman has written a new biography about George Harrison's life, and how the Fab Four's quietest member ended up being the number one Beatle. Audio
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Knives out for incoming PM
18 Nov 2023Opinion - Christopher Luxon is now being openly mocked and ridiculed by political commentators for his failure to achieve a coalition government, writes Bryce Edwards.
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Week in Politics: Peters' no show steals the show
17 Nov 2023Analysis - Winston Peters' no show at the talks on Tuesday created controversy and is being described as a "humiliating show of political brinkmanship", writes Peter Wilson.
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Planting trees won't fix amount of fossil fuel burning
16 Nov 2023Analysis - The idea that carbon emissions can be offset by carbon reductions is an idea that needs serious questioning, Mike Joy writes.
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Fake news didn't play a big role in NZ's 2023 election – but there was a rise in 'small lies'
15 Nov 2023The threat of disinformation on social media in the lead-up to New Zealand's 2023 election loomed large for the Electoral Commission and academics studying fake news.
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Workers have few protections if employer goes bust - fixing Companies Act would help
13 Nov 2023While the loss of money for any creditor is difficult, the double impact of losing wages as well as a job is particularly hard for employees, commercial law academic Trish Keeper writes.
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Why the search for the Loch Ness monster continues 90 years on
Analysis - Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday in 1933, when he spotted a strange sight.
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What will happen if the new government axes the clean car discount?
10 Nov 2023Analysis -With National, ACT and NZ First locked in coalition negotiations, various urgent and climate-related transport challenges hang in the balance.
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It's time to admit 'we're in an AI bubble'
8 Nov 2023Comment - Artificial Intelligence is the technology story of 2023. In the face of all of this burgeoning wave of hype and investment, I say - enjoy it while it lasts, writes Allyn Robins.
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Winston Peters back in the driver’s seat for coalition negotiations
6 Nov 2023Opinion - Here go again. As he was in 1996 and 2017, Peters is in the veto position, holding the "balance of responsibility" and central to forming a government, Richard Shaw writes.
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How Phar Lap's skin, bones and heart became 'holy relics'
Opinion - When the legendary Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup in 1930, he brought together strands of colonial history and mythology that are only now properly visible, Katie Pickles writes.
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The foreign affairs puzzle facing New Zealand's new government
7 Nov 2023Analysis - New Zealand's new government will need to hit the ground running on foreign affairs, Geoffrey Miller writes.
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Christopher Luxon gets the job as PM - and deal-making headache
Analysis - The margin is so thin that National will surely be pushed to seek a deal with New Zealand First.
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How Hamas aims to trap Israel in Gaza quagmire
4 Nov 2023Analysis - Hamas has prepared for a drawn-out war in the Gaza Strip and believes it will be able to force Israel to agree to a ceasefire, two sources close to the organisation's leadership say.
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Why people over 65 are better off in NZ than Australia if they want to work
25 Oct 2023Analysis - If Australia adopted NZ's approach, it could have an extra 500,000 willing workers, Peter Martin writes
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Will the ‘kōhanga reo generation’ transform politics in Aotearoa?
25 Oct 2023Analysis: The 2023 election saw a changing of the guard in Māori political representation with several verteran MPs losing their seats to members of the "kōhanga reo generation".
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'Claustrophobia', 'rowdy fans': Taking the Paris metro during the Rugby World Cup
24 Oct 2023First Person - How did one of the world's greatest transport systems fare during the Rugby World Cup? RNZ reporters Tiffany Salmond and Jogai Bhatt compare it to Auckland.
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Week in Politics: The 'multiple reasons' why Labour lost so badly
20 Oct 2023Analysis - Labour holds 35 seats in Parliament and of those only 17 are electorate seats. How could it lose so badly and give up so many seats to National?
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The Left's postmortem on Labour's defeat
17 Oct 2023Analysis - What are leftwing and progressive commentators saying about what went wrong and what Labour now needs to do?
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Whakaari/ White Island court case will change the level of accepted risk in NZ's tourism industry
4 Nov 2023Analysis - A court decision finding the owners of Whakaari / White Island guilty of breaching workplace safety laws could have implications for adventure tourism, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and James…
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