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Toxic foam: What's the lather all about?
Environmental officials are investigating New Zealand's use of firefighting foam that contains banned chemicals. Kate Pereyra Garcia and Richard Tindiller explain what all the fuss is about. Video
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Why do dogs attack their owners?
The tragic death of a woman who was mauled to death by her own pit bulls raises the question of what makes dogs turn on their owners?
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Catholic Church rejects changes aimed at preventing sexual abuse
Australia's leading child protection agency, Bravehearts, is disappointed at the Catholic Church's swift rejection of proposed changes to confession to help prevent sexual abuse.
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The best books of 2017
Laura Kroetsch is director of Adelaide Writers' Week and Kate De Goldi is a fiction writer and book reviewer. The pair discuss their three favourite fiction and nonfiction books of 2017. Audio
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Parenting programme a success in Northland
A culturally adapted programme is helping Māori families in Northland, a study shows.
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Parenting a 'procreational Ponzi scheme'
Life is an "affliction" so it's best not to have children, says 'anti-natalist' philosopher David Benatar. Audio
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From zero to one percent of NZ's population
From Zero to 1 percent of our population: our Filipino communities are surprisingly diverse, distinctly different from each other and also surprisingly the 3rd fastest growing Asian population in the… Audio
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From zero to one percent of NZ's population
From Zero to 1 percent of our population: our Filipino communities are surprisingly diverse, distinctly different from each other and also surprisingly the 3rd fastest growing Asian population in the…
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Govt needs to ban pokies in poor areas - Lance O'Sullivan
Doctor Lance O'Sullivan, who was named New Zealander of the Year in 2014, says pokie machines are one preventable cause of poverty in his Northland community, and is calling for them to be banned. Video, Audio
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New government, new faces – our ethnic MPs
Lynda Chanwai-Earle is at parliament in Wellington to suss out ethnic representation amongst the new MPs and meet New Zealand's first ever former-refugee MP. Audio, Gallery
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New government, new faces – our ethnic MPs
Lynda Chanwai-Earle is at parliament in Wellington to suss out ethnic representation amongst the new MPs and meet New Zealand's first ever former-refugee MP.
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Minister for Children wanted to repeal anti-smacking legislation
New Zealand First's Tracey Martin, the new Minister for Children and the Minister for Seniors, backed a campaign for the anti-smacking bill to be repealed. She talks to John Campbell. Video, Audio
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Maxine Gay - The first lady of First Union
Audio 21 Oct 2017Maxine Gay is Retail, Finance and Commerce Secretary of FIRST Union, and next month steps down from over 30 years at the forefront of New Zealand's union movement. The daughter of a seamstress and a… Audio
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Great Ideas - Part 10: 'As if born to'
Audio 18 Oct 2017Great Ideas looks at the future of families - with more single people, more multi-generational families, and a more multi-cultural New Zealand, what happens to our family law? Audio
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Keeping up with the Kontentsphere
Countdown wages war against the humble plastic bag; Stephie Key eats gross ice-cream; the millennial solving the housing crisis by living in a tent; and much more.
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Tagata o te Moana for 23 September 2017
Audio 23 Sep 2017Mixed feelings on Manus Island as 54 refugees are accepted for US resettlement; Several government departments in Papua New Guinea locked out of their offices because of unpaid rent;Australia is to… Audio
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Emotions run high at fatal shooting sentencing
Emotions boiled over at the High Court in Auckland as a man was jailed today for a fatal shooting.
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Marshalls women recruited for illegal US adoptions
There has been an increase in the number of Marshall Islands women who are being recruited to illegally adopt their babies out in the United States. Audio
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Govt told to wipe student loans to attract teachers
A new plan to ease Auckland's teacher crisis, including by wiping some student loans, is being put forward by four education groups.
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'Stardust' and learning from Winston: the debate zingers
Tonight's fiery and aggressive leaders debate delivered a number of burns from both contestants.
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Time for a national languages policy?
The head of Auckland University of Technology's School of Language and Culture is calling for a national languages policy to be put in place across all policy sectors - to achieve strategic thinking… Audio
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US comedian Jerry Lewis dies aged 91
Entertainer Jerry Lewis, one of Hollywood's most successful comedians, has died aged 91, US media report.
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Doctors demand action on NZ's unhealthy housing
Thousands of children are being re-admitted to hospital every year because of poor living conditions, a child health specialist says.
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A Noble Quest
One Wellington family decide to take their children on an educational holiday back to their mother's homeland of Sri Lanka, but family holidays never go as planned. Audio, Gallery
