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NZ's glaciers have lost nearly a third of their ice
10 Mar 2025Almost 300 glaciers have now vanished completely from New Zealand's mountains.
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How far could JD Vance go?
Analysis - The new US vice president is one of Donald Trump's most prominent public admirers. But what's his endgame?
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The Sampler: What to listen to this week
9 Mar 2025Local producer Sola Rosa draws the curtain on his live band, and Japan's Ichiko Aoba softly soothes.
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Putin blinks as Trump's angry gaze shifts
Analysis - In the new poker game of international politics, Donald Trump is dealing the cards.
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The surprising legal rules about trademarking sweary phrases
7 Mar 2025In New Zealand, people cannot register trademarks which are "likely to offend a significant section of the community", but what does that mean?
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Consumer resistance is rising in the age of Trump. History shows how boycotts can be effective
7 Mar 2025In the US there are several month-long boycotts of Target are under way, and longer boycotts are scheduled of specific corporations, beginning with Amazon.
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Donald Trump's big gamble
5 Mar 2025Analysis - Tariffs against Canada and Mexico deal a fresh shock to a slowing economy.
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The atmosphere is getting better at cleaning itself - but that’s not all good news
27 Feb 2025The atmosphere makes its own 'detergent' to clean away noxious gases.
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5 years on, Covid remains NZ's most important infectious disease
26 Feb 2025Analysis: On Friday it is five years since Covid-19 was first reported in New Zealand, and it continues to remain Aotearoa's most harmful disease demanding a strong response.
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Anxiety over editorial policy and a billionaire on board at NZME
Mediawatch - NZME's top brass now have a billionaire on board who wants control and maybe more far-reaching editorial change.
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Common ground for National and Labour?
8 Mar 2025Analysis - Chris Hipkins' state of the nation speech highlighted political bipartisanship, but less than an hour later National was taking swings.
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The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership
7 Mar 2025Analysis - One day, President Donald Trump imposed a punishing tariff regime against Canada and Mexico. The next, he froze auto duties for a month.
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How Trump changed the world in a month
23 Feb 2025Analysis - Donald Trump spent the first month of his second term dismantling the global system the United States spent the past 80 years building, writes CNN's Stephen Collinson.
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Would owning the rights to our face and voice reduce deepfake's harm?
21 Feb 2025Analysis - Not that long ago, the term "deepfake" wasn't in most people's vocabularies. Now, it is not only commonplace but is also the focus of intense legal scrutiny around the world.
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Farming coops can get a bad environmental rap, but they can also be a force for good
28 Feb 2025Large-scale sustainable transformation rests on finding ways to orchestrate the efforts of many individuals and organisations towards a common goal, writes Stefan Korber.
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Governments enjoy 'executive paradise' - longer terms won't change that
5 Mar 2025The question of a four-year term is once again enjoying a moment in the sun.
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Review: Bird is a 'staggeringly brilliant blend of Ken Loach and a Grimm fairy tale'
23 Feb 2025Writer-director Andrea Arnold is a one-off. She seems to be rooted in British urban realism - films like Fish Tank and this week's Bird.
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Trump is not putting America first - he is hastening its decline
Has any nation squandered its diplomatic capital and supplicated itself before its far weaker enemies as rapidly and brazenly as Donald Trump's America? Video
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What’s the difference between burnout and depression?
Analysis: If your summer holiday already feels like a distant memory, you're not alone.
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What was the 'mineral deal' that caused chaos in the White House?
1 Mar 2025Analysis - Underlying the angry exchanges were differences between Trump and the Ukrainian government over the deal that Zelensky was scheduled to sign.
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NZ's barriers to economic growth
28 Feb 2025Analysis - Short-term thinking, political concentration and policy flip-flops all reduce economic growth, writes Kate Nicholls.
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Analysis: Peters walks a 'tricky' diplomatic line in Beijing
27 Feb 2025RNZ's Corin Dann is in Beijing, following Foreign Minister Winston Peters as he meets with Chinese officials.
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It feels like there's been more plane crashes: Here's the truth
Analysis - Dramatic images of several prominent aircraft crashes in the US might make it seem like the skies are becoming more dangerous - but a look at the statistics suggests the skies are about as…
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Three days' grace for Andrew Bayly raises more questions
24 Feb 2025Analysis: National MP Andrew Bayly has got off lightly being allowed to resign as a minister - escaping the harsher sentence of being sacked by the Prime Minister.
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