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Week In Politics: The Budget chasm between Labour and National
Analysis - Budget 2023 has highlighted the stark differences between the main parties, writes Peter Wilson.
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NZ is finally making progress on child poverty – but a 'no frills' budget puts that at risk
17 May 2023Analysis - Budget 2023 marks "half-time" for the Labour government's long-term child poverty targets. It's an ideal point in the 10-year project to take stock and see what's worked and what hasn't.
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ChatGPT could help bust 'contract cheating'
11 May 2023Analysis - Educational institutions trying to safeguard academic integrity could be looking in the wrong direction by banning generative AI.
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Why can white-collar criminals benefit from leniency provisions in NZ law?
10 May 2023Opinion - Leniency and immunity provisions available to whistleblower cartel participants raise questions of equality of justice and imply some level of acceptance of a serious form of…
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How long can you really leave cheese out for?
8 May 2023First person - Follow one woman's quest to get an expert to let her eat the cheese she forgot in her car.
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Super Rugby: A day for the Drua and almost a night for Moana
Saturday's action almost entirely belonged to the new boys, with the Fijian Drua toppling the Hurricanes and Moana Pasifika coming within one turnover of scoring the biggest upset in Super Rugby… Video
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King Charles' Coronation: The best dressed guests
7 May 2023From the traditional to the stylish, there was plenty of pageantry of dress on display.
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Rolling with the punches: Fraught Hipkins trip buoyed by pastry
8 May 2023Power Play - Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will be travelling back to New Zealand feeling grateful for sausage rolls.
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Mind the gaps: TAIC report calls KiwiRail's 'first-class' audit regime into question
6 May 2023Analysis - The revelation that KiwiRail put a 13-year-old rubber expansion joint into a ferry engine does not back up claims it made on Thursday about the quality of its audit regimes, writes Phil…
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Week In Politics: Meka Whaitiri - why did she do it?
5 May 2023Analysis - The implications of Meka Whaitiri's defection and the big unanswered question: why? Meanwhile, National fires the opening shots in its tax attack with claims of a secret agenda.
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Comment: Meka Whaitiri owes voters and the Labour Party an explanation
5 May 2023Meka Whaitiri has insulted constituents and created a constitutional 'cluster' with her sudden and barely explained defection to Te Pāti Māori, writes Tim Watkin.
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AI could transform health care - but we must first face risk of algorithmic bias
4 May 2023Opinion - What do we need in Aotearoa New Zealand to ensure the safe implementation of AI in medical care?
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Industry carbon emissions have to reduce to meet our targets, experts say
3 May 2023Analysis - We burn the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol a second to generate heat for industrial processes, Timothy Walmsley and James Carson write.
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The lottery keeping families apart and holding New Zealand back
2 May 2023Opinion - The announcement that New Zealanders will soon have access to Australian citizenship after four years makes it more important than ever to make our own immigration settings fair, Elly…
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Parliament protest report shows NZ police have come a long way since 1981
2 May 2023Analysis - Practice and law must still improve, law professors Alexander Gillespie and Claire Breen write.
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Australians should be wary of scare stories about the Waitangi Tribunal
2 May 2023Opinion - After a furore in Australia over the powers New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal holds, Massey University professor Michael Belgrave wants to set the facts straight.
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Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic?
Analysis - India's population has reached 1,425,775,850 people, surpassing China's population, according to UN estimates. The figures show challenges and possible benefits.
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Week in Politics: Australian citizenship, Green tensions and tax debates
28 Apr 2023Analysis: Australia's citizenship deal, the Green Party's Kerekere row drags on and evidence the wealthiest pay tax at a lower rate than the rest of us renews the capital gains tax debate.
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Proving wealthiest pay low tax rates is a good start - now comes the hard part
27 Apr 2023Analysis - New Zealand's 'one percent' pay lower tax rates than ordinary earners - just don't expect any big changes to tax policy in the near future, Craig Elliffe writes.
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Low-paying jobs more of a dead-end than a stepping stone - particularly if you're older
Analysis - The most recent rise in Aotearoa New Zealand's minimum wage as again put the spotlight on low-wage jobs, Alexander Plum and Kabir Dasgupta write.
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Decarbonising freight in NZ is possible - why aren't we doing it?
Analysis - The tools and technologies to decarbonise freight transportation in New Zealand are available now. The problem lies in their integration and the understanding of the trade-offs at stake…
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Factory disaster fails to lessen New Zealanders' reliance on fast fashion
25 Apr 2023Analysis - Fast fashion has gone from strength to strength, fuelled by the ongoing cost of living crisis, low wages and accessible cheap clothing, writes Mike Lee.
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Profits all about high demand and short supply
25 Apr 2023Opinion - Despite the latest inflation figures for New Zealand coming in slightly lower than expected by many economists, the rate remains stubbornly high.
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How Covid-19 lab leak hysteria could be straight from the Middle Ages
21 Apr 2023The Covid-19 "lab leak" story clearly isn't going away soon, and a report from Senate Republicans in the US this week has put it back in the spotlight.
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