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Iwi/ Crown relations on the line after scathing audit

Iwi and hapū are legally entitled to their Treaty Settlements, but a new report from the auditor general has found widespread breaches by the Crown
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Tūhoe arriving for the final reading of the iwi's Treaty Settlement in Parliament, in 2014. Tūhoe's Treaty settlement was one of the focuses of the recent audit.

Keeping politicians honest

Increasing numbers of politicians are failing to manage real or perceived conflicts of interest, and there are calls to strengthen protocols over them
Nicola Willis delivers the 2024 Budget Statement - as seen from the Press Gallery.

In the Chatham Islands, hope for a more independent future

New Zealand's remotest community relies heavily on public money, but it's not what the community wants for itself
Regional Development Minister Shane Jones arrives at the Chatham Islands’ Tuuta Airport, for his regional infrastructure summit. “Boosting resilience is critical,” he says. “I hope to hear some ambitious plans from the islanders.” Photo: Jonathan Milne/Newsroom

Detentions and arrests at US borders sow fear

The current threat level for travel to the US is 'exercise increased caution', but a growing number of people say it's not high enough.
DETROIT ,MICHIGAN-APRIL 19: Protesters march locally as part of the nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against US President Donald Trump and his administrarion in Detroit, Michigan USA, on Saturday, April 19, 2025. (Photo by Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto) (Photo by Jorge Lemus / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

The Auckland Uni nuclear physicist unlocking secrets of the universe

Auckland University nuclear physicist David Krofcheck is recognised for his work on the world's greatest science experiment
Auckland University nuclear physicist David Krofcheck has been awarded the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics.

Getting swept into a global recessionary vortex

New Zealand will inevitably be pulled into the world's economic gloom to some extent, but we have some cushioning in place
Trader Michael Capolino wears a Trump hat as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the opening bell on November 6, 2024, in New York City. - Wall Street stocks surged in opening trading on Wall Street Wednesday after US voters sent Donald Trump back to the White House and delivered him a Republican Senate. Major indices were up 1.8 percent or more in the early going as hopes about expected tax cuts and regulatory easing more than offset worries about higher tariffs. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

The fuss over new infant formula rules

A two billion dollar industry faces new rules to protect new parents - and it's pushing back
family, parenthood and people concept - close up of father feeding little daughter with baby formula from bottle at home

Basic banking help for the vulnerable

A bank account is a passport to the economy, but some Kiwis can't get onboard. A new scheme aims to change that.
A man uses an ATM machine outside a branch of the Westpac bank in Sydney. Generic.

Faith, hope and chocolate eggs

The places where hot cross buns and Easter eggs are taking a back seat to deep-rooted traditions
Father Bishoy Mekhaiel (left) and Rabbi Dean Shapiro (right)

It's a matter of time before measles comes to NZ, and experts are worried

A measles outbreak in the US has already killed three. Just how worried should New Zealand be?
Nurse holding MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine vial in gloved hand with syringe. (Photo by SHERRY YATES YOUNG/SCIENCE PHOTO / SYO / Science Photo Library via AFP)

US cuts on Antarctic research could be a major blow for NZ

Uncertainty over Antarctic research funding is unnerving scientists, who say time is running out for climate change solutions on the ice
A wide shot of a lone small black-and-white penguin standing in the middle of a wide flat expanse of white sea ice with snow-covered mountains in the background, beneath a bluebird sky.

New Zealand's biggest-ever study on dementia reveals startling numbers

After knocking on more than 20,000 doors, New Zealand researchers have found high numbers of people who have dementia, but not the diagnosis
Memory loss, conceptual illustration. (Photo by VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE P / VHB / Science Photo Library via AFP)

New Zealand's estuaries 'in hot water'

A high rate of sedimentation means our estuaries are getting shallower, but the road to fixing the damage is a much deeper issue
Professor Karin Bryan is the recipient of a Marsden Fund grant to investigate these heat waves putting estuaries under threat.

A rocky road for the battle against road cones

The Government has declared a war on road cones, but the industry thinks it's the wrong approach to an issue they're already working on
Road cones lost now found by the conemobile

Trump's tariff turmoil and the cost for the world

Trump's tariffs crashed global markets and are causing fears of a trade war. What happens now is the 'trillion-dollar question'.
US President Donald Trump holds a chart titled 'Reciprocal Tariffs' during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, on 2 April 2025.

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