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The risk that roadside drug testing could make roads less safe

Some fear drivers will swap prescription drugs like medicinal cannabis for more dangerous substances, like opiates, that don't show up on saliva tests, making our roads less safe.
Roadside drug testing is slated to be here this year. Some worry it will make roads less safe.

The making of Donald Trump

A few days out from the US presidential election, The Apprentice tells the story of how Trump became Trump
discusses sensitive topics
Sebastian Stan as a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice.

The pancreatic cancer patient on a mission to save lives

Nyree Smith's cancer is terminal, but during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, she's on a mission to get Kiwis to their doctors before it's too late
SINGLE USE Nyree Smith's cancer is terminal, but during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, she's on a mission to get Kiwis to their doctors before it's too late.

Abuse survivors want Jagose gone

A deep dive into the massive Royal Commission report into Abuse in Care reveals a host of roles and names of those who stonewalled victims' compensation claims, but one stands out
Discussion of abuse and torture
Solicitor-General Una Jagose

Clean, green mining as corporate branding

An Australian mining CEO took a top spot at CHOGM's business plenary to talk about how his company is going 'real carbon zero' by 2030
Port Hedland is the world's biggest export point for iron ore and is used by BHP Group, Fortescue and billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting.
This undated handout photo taken and released in 2010 by Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP Billiton shows iron ore stockpiling operations in Port Hedland, western Australia. BHP Billiton announced on July 15, 2011 a 12 billion USD takeover of US firm Petrohawk Energy that will give it access to the lucrative US shale gas market.  AFP PHOTO / HO / BHP BILLITON (Photo by BHP BILLITON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /BHP BILLITON" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

New Zealand's state of play

It's Play Week in New Zealand, and play experts want to turn our cities into more fun and joyful places, not just for children
A view of the playground at Caroline Bay, Timaru

CHOGM: More than just an expensive talkfest

A look at some of the people who turned up to the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, hoping to advance plans for global change
Miliana Iga is the head of the Pacific Youth Council at CHOGM to lobby for younger voices to be heard

The Thames Valley rugby team that outshone the Auld Mug

The most celebrated victory of New Zealand's incredible sporting weekend may have been the one at a small rugby ground in Te Aroha
Thames Valley v North Otago.

A push to make stalking illegal in New Zealand

A new bill to criminalise stalking could be here by the end of the year. Here's what it might look like.
sensitive topics including violence
RNZ/Reece Baker

Manawanui wreck the unwanted guest at CHOGM

The wreck of the Manawanui is leaving an oily sheen on the water, and taking the shine off the job of hosting world leaders including the King
A cruise ship off Samoa hosts the overflow of journalists and CHOGM related officials

The Official Cash Rate is down, but are you up on the impact?

The OCR goes up to bring inflation down. So now that the OCR is falling, what does it mean for inflation - and what does that mean for New Zealanders? 
Stack of coins and arrow pointing down

When being colourblind backfires

Is the government's new directive that public services should be prioritised on the basis of need, not race, a championing of equity - or has it just removed a vital tool from decision-makers?
David Seymour

The twilight of the movie superhero age

It's superhero saturation at the box office with Batman's offsiders claiming screen time without Batman.
Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux.

Featherston, a fairy tale of reinvention

In the space of a decade the Wairarapa town of Featherston has reinvented itself, from a broken down P-plagued problem place, to a vibrant reading centre
A street in Featherston at sunset

The good, the bad and angry of the flourishing menopause industry

Coaches, gels, health supplements, and even pyjamas. Menopause has become a marketing opportunity
Author Niki Bezzant's new book about menopause is called This Changes Everything.

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