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  • In search of the Old Ones: Where to find the world's longest-lived trees

    News
    World environment
    23 Oct 2023
    The sycamore that stood in a gap in Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland, England was around 200 years old when it was chopped down this year.

    The famed tree of Sycamore Gap in England was cut down after growing there for around 200 years - but this is just rustle of a leaf compared to the lives of some woody plants, including New Zealand's…

    In search of the Old Ones: Where to find the world's longest-lived trees
  • Answer to New Zealand's maths problem remains elusive

    Audio
    education
    21 Oct 2023
    Stylised illustration of teacher and students struggling with maths

    New Zealand has a maths problem. Our grades are getting worse. What is the solution? By Venetia Sherson.

  • Kate Mulgrew: where no woman has gone before

    Audio
    media culture
    21 Oct 2023
    Kate Mulgrew

    Before her Emmy nominated role as flawed but lovable Galina 'Red' Reznikov in Orange is the New Black actor Kate Mulgrew was perhaps best known for playing Captain Kathryn Janeway in Star Trek… Audio

  • Judge raises possibility of imprisonment for Trump for violating gag order - NBC News

    News
    World
    21 Oct 2023
    Former US president Donald Trump addresses the media before leaving the courthouse for the day at the New York State Supreme Court in New York on October 18, 2023. Former president Donald Trump returned to his New York civil fraud trial on October 17, 2023 and complained about a partial gag order imposed on him by a judge in a separate case. (Photo by Alex Kent / AFP)

    The judge presiding over Donald Trump's $250 million civil fraud trial in New York raised the possibility on Friday of putting the former president behind bars after Trump failed to comply with a…

    Judge raises possibility of imprisonment for Trump for violating gag order - NBC News
  • Poor safety culture at ports across NZ, report finds

    News
    New Zealand
    20 Oct 2023
    Stevedore Don Grant was killed during a loading operation at Lyttelton Port, when he was buried under a load of coal on the deck of the ETG Aquarius, a bulk carrier, on 25 April, 2022.

    An investigation into the deaths of two port workers within six days of each other last year has found a haphazard approach to safety, with poor regulatory oversight and a lack of industry-wide…

    Poor safety culture at ports across NZ, report into two fatal stevedoring accidents finds
  • Watch: Luxon reminisces as he reconnects with electorate

    News
    Politics Election 2023
    19 Oct 2023
    Christopher Luxon talks to pupils at a school visit in Auckland, shortly after the 2023 election.

    Incoming Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says today has been a chance for him to reconnect in his electorate and thank supporters who helped him.

    Watch: Christopher Luxon speaks to media from Auckland school
  • Menopause awareness: How it started; how it's going

    News
    New Zealand health
    17 Oct 2023
    Doctor (gynecologist or psychiatrist) consulting and examining woman patient's health in medical clinic or hospital health service center

    Awareness and knowledge about the menopause transition is improving, but we're not there yet, Niki Bezzant writes.

    We still need to talk about menopause
  • Why social media health check must include the Asia-Pacific

    News
    Pacific
    17 Oct 2023
    Studies about the impact of social media on youth need to include more people from the Global South.

    Analysis - A staggering 4.89 billion people around the world use social media - a huge proportion of them young people - as concerns grow about how their online time is affecting health.

    Why social media health check must include the Asia-Pacific
  • How social media shapes our lives and opinions

    Audio 16 Oct 2023
    Tech journalist Taylor Lorenz

    In her new book Extremely Online, tech journalist Taylor Lorenz explores how social media platforms and online content creators have redefined fame, influence and power.  Audio

  • Auckland Museum apologises after display 'in solidarity with Israel'

    News
    New Zealand Auckland Region
    16 Oct 2023
    Auckland Museum lit up blue and white on Sunday night in support of Irael, sparking a protest by Palestine supporters and calls for an apology.

    Palestine supporters had been calling for the museum to apologise for the light display, but the Jewish Council says protesters should think "carefully about their humanity".

    Israel-Palestine conflict: Calls for Auckland Museum to apologise for supporting Israel
  • Chris Hipkins: The rise and fall of 'the boy from the Hutt'

    News
    Politics Election 2023
    15 Oct 2023
    Chris Hipkins being sworn in as PM

    Analysis - Less than 10 months after being sworn in as prime minister, Chris Hipkins has conceded the election and finds himself in a caretaker government.

    Chris Hipkins: The rise and fall of 'the boy from the Hutt'
  • Rugby World Cup: History beckons as Fiji prepares for England

    News
    Pacific sport
    14 Oct 2023
    Waisea Nayacalevu of Fiji leads his teammates as players of of Fiji perform the Cibi prior to the Rugby World Cup France 2023 match between Australia and Fiji at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard on September 17, 2023 in Saint-Etienne, France.

    Analysis - The Flying Fijians came into this Rugby World Cup with their eyes set on making it past the quarterfinals - can they beat England and make history?

    Rugby World Cup: History beckons as Fiji prepares for England
  • Election 2023: What's the vibe like for first-time voters?

    News
    Politics Election 2023
    12 Oct 2023
    Young voters tell Auckland what matters to them this election.

    RNZ did a vibe check with first time voters, to see how they feel about Election 2023.

    Election 2023: What's the vibe like for first-time voters?
  • Israel forms unity government as Hamas armed wing says still fighting outside Gaza

    News
    World
    12 Oct 2023
    An Israeli army self-propelled howitzer fires rounds near the border with Gaza in southern Israel on October 11, 2023. Israel declared war on Hamas on October 8 following a shock land, air, and sea assault by the Gaza-based militant group. The death toll in Israel has surged above 1,200 following the worst attack in the country's 75-year history, while Gaza officials have reported 1000 people killed so far. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)

    Israel formed an emergency unity government as it pounded Gaza to root out Hamas and deployed forces north of the densely populated Palestinian enclave, where the militants said they were still…

    Israel forms unity government as Hamas armed wing says still fighting outside Gaza
  • Comedian and actor Cal Wilson dies, age 53

    News
    New Zealand
    11 Oct 2023
    Comedian Cal Wilson

    New Zealand comedian and actor Cal Wilson has died in hospital in Sydney, aged 53.

    Comedian and actor Cal Wilson dies, age 53
  • How bad is the Paris bedbug problem? Here's what you need to know

    News
    New Zealand World
    11 Oct 2023
    The issue of bedbugs in Paris during the Rugby World Cup has become a talking point. (Illustration)

    In the midst of hosting the Rugby World Cup, French officials have held a crisis meeting over bedbugs, with videos online showing them on public transport and airport seats. Audio

    Does Paris have a bedbug problem?
  • Bakery causes a stir with viral video on how to cut a custard square

    Audio
    food
    9 Oct 2023
    A composite image showing two methods of cutting a custard slice, as shown by Ferguson Plarre Bakehouse, Melbourne

    A Melbourne bakery is thinking outside the square, the custard square that is. And to use a culinary term, it's causing a stir. Apparently the uneducated masses have been cutting-up these delicious… Video, Audio

  • 'Sharks aren’t out there looking around for the next leg to chew on'

    Audio
    animals
    9 Oct 2023
    This handout image released by Simon Fraser University/James Cook University on January 16, 2023, shows bull sharks in the waters off Fiji. - Nearly two thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world's corals are threatened with extinction, according to new research published on January 16, 2023, in the journal Nature Communications. Coral reefs, which harbour at least a quarter of all marine animals and plants, are gravely menaced by an array of human threats, including overfishing, pollution and climate change. Shark and ray species -- from apex predators to filter feeders -- play an important role in these delicate ecosystems that "cannot be filled by other species", said Samantha Sherman, of Simon Fraser University in Canada and the wildlife group TRAFFIC International. (Photo by COLIN SIMPENDORFER / SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY/JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO...

    Sharks are some of the oldest species on the planet, and some of the most misrepresented in mainstream media. Shark expert Andrew Stewart, curator at Te Papa and co-author of a new kids' book, Mangō​:… Audio

  • Rugby World Cup 2023: Samoa lose close game against England

    News
    Pacific
    8 Oct 2023
    Samoa's scrum-half Melani Matavao (2ndL) runs with the ball past England's lock Ollie Chessum during the France 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool D match between England and Samoa at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, near Lille, northern France on October 7, 2023. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy / AFP)

    Manu Samoa is disappointed by its loss to England, but its man of the match is "incredibly proud" of his teammates.

    Rugby World Cup 2023: Samoa lose close game against England
  • Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins in their own words

    Audio
    media life and society
    7 Oct 2023
    Untouchable Girls: The Topp Twins Story by Jools and Lynda Topp

    For over 40 years, twin sisters Lynda and Jools Topp have performed as the joyfully anarchic and comedic country music duo The Topp Twins. Now 65, Dames Jools and Lynda Topp speak to Kim Hill about… Video, Audio

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  • 'This is also our home': NZ Lawyer on decades-long Dawn Raids justice fight

    News
    Pacific
    6 Oct 2023
    An overstayer who cannot be named for privacy reasons sharing his story at a public meeting in Ōtara on 6 May 2023 that was sparked by a recent dawn raid of Pasifika overstayer in Auckland.

    A Tongan RSE worker, whose case sparked an independent review of Immigration New Zealand's "out of hours compliance visit" practices, is still on edge.

    After more than 30 years fighting dawn raids practices - Soane Foliaki still hopes NZ will give migrants a fair go
  • Fijians playing for more than the result after tragic loss

    News
    Pacific Rugby World Cup 2023
    4 Oct 2023
    Josua Tuisova scores the opening try of the match.

    The Flying Fijians will be playing for more than just a win against Portugal on Monday morning [Fiji time] in Toulouse.

    Fijians playing for more than a result after tragic loss
  • MBIE expands intelligence spy unit MI beyond immigration

    News
    New Zealand immigration
    4 Oct 2023
    Hacker, cyber attack, (File photo)

    The government's super-ministry has quietly embedded itself in the country's spy agency network, more than tripling the size and spending of its own intelligence-gathering arm.

    MBIE expands intelligence spy unit MI beyond immigration
  • Researchers call for urgent emissions cuts as Antarctic sea ice 'drops off a cliff'

    News
    New Zealand Environment
    3 Oct 2023
    Ice in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

    Marine and ice specialists from top research outfits gathered at an emergency summit in Wellington on Tuesday to discuss record low sea ice in Antarctica this year, which they described as "deeply…

    Researchers call for urgent emissions cuts as Antarctic sea ice 'drops off a cliff'
  • Why women put themselves last - and why they should not

    Audio 3 Oct 2023
    Cate Howell

    Caring for other people while ensuring that you care for yourself takes awareness and dedication, says Dr Cate Howell, author of The Flourishing Woman. Audio

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