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How to ride a horse, if you don't have a horse

Two non-traditional sports - hobby horsing and pickleball - have gained popularity in the last several years, and Kiwis are joining in the fun
A woman and her hobby horse at the Whanganui hobby horse competition.

The double-whammy bill natural gas users have to pay

New Zealand is running out of gas and prices are rising - but that hasn't stopped some households from hooking up
A pot on a gas-powered stove

A speedbump, not a roadblock for Iran's nuclear programme

Information about Iran's nuclear programme is highly secretive, but experts say the bombings may not have been a huge setback
Satellite imagery shows airstrike craters over underground centrifuge halls filled and covered with dirt in Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran.

The big 'but' in our slow economic recovery

As far as New Zealand's economic recovery goes, we're still crawling out of our deep recessionary hole - and we've just hit a global glitch
Traditionally a strong dairy sector lifts the rest of the economy, but currently that's not the case.

At the Cannes Lions, a cheeky New Zealand advert comes out on top 

Sir Graham Henry beamed into the world's most prestigious ad awards to congratulate New Zealand on being 'the best place in the world to have herpes'
Sir Graham Henry featured in the award winning advert

'Nowhere to go' for more than 100,000 Kiwis

Unaffordable housing, the high cost of living, and 'very intentional decisions' by the government see a spike in homelessness.
Cookie has lived on and off the streets for most of his life after stints in state homes, a boys home, and jail.

The thinking way to win a war 

Innovation in warfare features in Ukraine's David and Goliath fight with Russia 
A rescuer works outside a residential building damaged as a result of Russian strikes in Kharkiv on March 27, 2024, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine. In Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv, which has been reeling from power outages due to the strikes, officials said aerial bombing and shelling killed at least one person and injured 18 others. (Photo by SERGEY BOBOK / AFP)

Funeral costs in the spotlight

Even funeral directors believe death could be done better, but how to achieve that is up for debate
Pallbearers carry a coffin decorated with flowers

Rural innovation sets the scene for New Zealand's future

Dozens of innovators showed off their wares at Fieldays, offering solutions to problems - and a bit of hope
The Innovation Hub is the spot where Kiwis can showcase their inventions, highlighting the future of agricultural technology and advancement.

Van Velden steers WorkSafe toward a softer touch

A decade after major overhauls to health and safety in New Zealand, WorkSafe is getting a reboot. Critics aren't convinced it will save lives.
Brooke Van Velden

Chasing butterflies

Lepidopterists fear our butterfly and moth numbers are on the wane
The monarch is not endemic to New Zealand but it is a native because it flew or blew here in the 1830s.

In its 57th year Fieldays is still a hit for farmers across the country

At Fieldays, exhibitors from around the country - and the world - come to show off the latest farming innovations
Fieldays in action

New Zealand's predator-free future in peril

Predator Free 2050 was hit by a budget blow, and now the 'moonshot' goal is under threat
Critics of the plan to disestablish Predator Free 2050 Ltd are concerned about undoing progress on eradication.

America's foreign student fiasco

New Zealand universities are being urged to seize the day when it comes to America's turmoil over foreign students
Harvard President Alan Garber walks the Tercentenary Theatre processional through Harvard Yard on May 28, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The joyous occasion unfolds amid escalating tensions between Harvard and the Trump administration, which has ordered the cancellation of federal contracts valued at approximately $100 million.

The electricity evangelist spreading the solar message

It may seem that as an ordinary person, cutting emissions is too big a job. But homeowners have a large part to play.
Woman with Morrison's lawnmower

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