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Testing, testing and more testing for the country's biggest transport job
The opening has been pushed back again, the price is extraordinary, but Auckland's City Rail Link is expected to deliver the region the wow factor.
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Mismanagement and procrastination over deer control
4 Dec 2025There's a lot of hand-wringing but few answers when it comes to culling the rapidly expanding deer population.
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Why flying is still the safest way to travel
3 Dec 2025Aviation under pressure: Airbus A320 glitch adds to a year of crashes, questions, and shaken confidence
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Local govt shake-up: A complicated job for a complex system
2 Dec 2025Regional councils have to find a different way of operating that cuts down on double ups and layers of bureaucracy.
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Tips for hosting a fabulous summer Christmas do
29 Nov 2025It doesn't have to be extravagant, expensive or loaded with tinsel and tat - bring your smile to host the perfect seasonal party
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Why we failed to reach our Smokefree 2025 target
28 Nov 2025In 34 days we hit the deadline - but to reach that goal we'd need 120,000 people to quit smoking pretty much immediately.
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The fierce battle over mining on Denniston Plateau
27 Nov 2025It's long been mining country, but a proposed expansion of coal mining operations - and the backlash - leaves the region's economy and ecology uncertain.
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'Where does it all stop?': The ballooning cost of insurance
26 Nov 2025Consumer NZ says there are worrying signs that more people are dropping their house insurance as a result.
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A grey area still lingers over the gig economy
Unions who won an employment case for four Uber drivers in three different courts could find the ruling short-lived, with the introduction of new legislation
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The internet traps designed to keep your cash
Psychological tricks and traps using deceptive website design techniques are starting to overwhelm online shopping.
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The politicians missing from libraries
22 Nov 2025Two big political memoirs have hit the bookshops this year - but which high profile politicians are missing from the shelves.
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What Trump's backflip on beefed up tariffs means
21 Nov 2025A surprise reversal on high beef tariffs has been a welcome relief for farmers, but with Donald Trump in the White House, celebrations are muted
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Why this is the year of the kākāpō
20 Nov 2025Kākāpō numbers are recovering at such a rate that we are running out of pest-free islands to put them on.
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If we can't trust the police, who can we trust?
19 Nov 2025Government pressed for action as scandal over police handling of McSkimming complaints sparks national reckoning
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The rising crisis of child sexual exploitation in NZ
18 Nov 2025Sexual exploitation of children is seen as one of the worst crimes out there - but do the prison terms reflect the severity?
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How Kiwi kids are becoming the new face of 'adult' diabetes
17 Nov 2025Type 1 diabetes used to be called 'juvenile diabetes', and Type 2 affected adults. But that's no longer the case, and the number of kids with Type 2 in New Zealand is rising.
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Failed braking system led to Graeme Rabbits' death - his wasn't the first or last
15 Nov 2025For years, a father has been fighting for Waka Kotahi to do more about the dangers of a vehicle braking system involved in his son's death. Now a coroner's report backs him up, but NZTA still… Audio
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Trust the real casualty in the latest BBC scandal
Editing scandal at BBC sparks 'existential crisis' for public-service broadcaster and puts the spotlight on trust in journalism.
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Earth's weakest link may be in space
Space terrorism is no longer relegated to sci-fi movies: it's happening already, and one legal expert warns we're far from prepared
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Fears of bubble trouble with AI shares
12 Nov 2025More finance experts are predicting the AI bubble is getting ready to pop - so what does that mean for Kiwi investors, and the economy?
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A devastating fire looms over a struggling community
11 Nov 2025Ruapehu District's mayor says the huge fire could have the same effect on the local economy as the 1996 eruption.
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How Taiwan is leading the way in fight against disinformation
In a country swamped by disinformation, two entrepreneurs have come up with solutions to tackle the problem on and offline.
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'It's just a misunderstanding' - Life in a peaceful country with war on its doorstep
The Detail's Sharon Brettkelly visits Jordan, where the tourism industry propping up the country's economy has been all but decimated by the war in neighbouring Israel.
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The invader putting a multi-billion dollar industry at risk
7 Nov 2025This nasty pest can be destroyed, but it will take government resources and extreme vigilance from the public to do it.
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Outcry reveals deep divisions behind education overhaul
Criticism is overblown and not a reflection of what the sector thinks, according to a key player in the curriculum rewrite.
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Why commercial fishing is still allowed in 'protected' zones
5 Nov 2025The Hauraki Gulf recovery is at risk after a last-minute fishing carve-out to the new Tīkapa Moana, a City Councillor and a Marine Science Professor warn.
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Behind the $54 billion bill for nicer highways
Latest estimates put the cost at 23 times that of Dunedin Hospital's rebuild - but why has the bill gone up so much?
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Rethinking autism: Should the spectrum be split?
3 Nov 2025Up to 150,000 New Zealanders have autism, but there's a huge range in how it impacts people - some think it's time the spectrum be divided.
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