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Sanctions without benefits
16 Aug 2024Researchers into poverty are asking the government where the evidence is that its new benefit sanction regime will work.
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Bracing for rising energy bills and shrinking international investment
15 Aug 2024The worsening energy crisis threatens businesses, Kiwi households, and New Zealand's international reputation
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Goldwashing at the 'green' Olympics
14 Aug 2024The Olympics has sustainability as one of its three pillars, but it's accused of making big environmental promises without following through
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Select committee feedback says don't ditch Section 7AA. The government isn't listening.
The coalition government is sticking to its guns on a promise to repeal Section 7AA of the Children's Act, despite expert testimony condemning the move.
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New blood needed now
12 Aug 2024Plasma is labelled liquid gold, but it's worth more than that
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The tradwife influence
10 Aug 2024These 'traditional' influencers don't talk about politics, but all the markers of conservative ideologies are there
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Bringing data back to the long white cloud
9 Aug 2024Fears that New Zealanders are losing control of their private information are behind moves to improve data sovereignty
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The Speaker is under attack
8 Aug 2024Gerry Brownlee has been publicly criticised over his inaction, in a move that breaks with Parliamentary convention
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Olympic mums on top of the podium
7 Aug 2024There's been a sea change in high performance sport that's seeing Olympic-class mums take the podiums in Paris
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Gisborne loses vital mental health service
6 Aug 2024A life-saving charity that works with men and their mental health in Tairawhiti has shut, a victim of funding struggles
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Climate aims stalled by reality
5 Aug 2024Reality has intruded on our national airline's climate targets, and it's backed down from some lofty aims
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AI is coming for your playlist
3 Aug 2024It's been called a revolution as big as electricity or the motorcar - artificial intelligence is changing the creation of music.
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The exploding gig economy
2 Aug 2024Artificial intelligence is driving the expansion of the gig economy, but with growth comes growing pains.
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New rules shed light on dark money
1 Aug 2024More transparency around political donations paints a clearer picture of which parties are coming out on top financially.
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Canada in the penalty box over spying
A short history of spying in sport, from deep sea dives to high flying drones
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New weapons in the war on weeds
30 Jul 2024AgResearch's Map and Zap device is a glimpse of a future without herbicides
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When school kills children's imagination
A raft of changes is coming to the education sector. Will they fix the problems, or just crush creativity?
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The pictures changing our text books on space
The most powerful telescope mankind has sent into orbit is opening up our understanding of how life began
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The champions who fell short
The anguish, frustration, and feeling of unfinished business when highly-driven athletes come fourth at an Olympic Games
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The horrific reality of New Zealand state and faith-based care
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care has finally been released. What will its real impact be?
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Time to think about ageing
24 Jul 2024We're being urged to re-think our attitudes towards ageing, as our population gets more and more top heavy.
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Chipping away at the housing crisis
23 Jul 2024Housing affordability has plagued New Zealand for decades. What needs to change?
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Primary health care in NZ is not well
22 Jul 2024The very public woes of a Lower Hutt GP clinic represent a wider malaise in primary care
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Samoa's first monolingual dictionary
A Samoan-only dictionary has been years in the making. Now, it's here.
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