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'They control through fear': A cult member talks about leaving her old life behind
3 Jan 2023Serafina Tane was born into a religious cult on New Zealand's South Island. When she left, she discovered a life without religious rules was more complicated than she had imagined. Video
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Start small with new year's exercise resolutions
2 Jan 2023Opinion - Plans to exercise more in the new year are often broken within a month. So how can we exercise more regularly in the new year? Sports scientist Ken Nosaka has tips.
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Digital nomad visas: what you should know before you go
1 Jan 2023More than 40 nations or territories now offer 'digital nomad' visas, allowing you to live in one country while being employed in another.
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What can we learn from countries already using open banking?
30 Dec 2022Analysis - Traditional banks' gatekeeping of customers' data is about to change with the arrival of what's called "open banking", set to arrive in New Zealand by 2024.
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Diabetes and Me: 'I can, after all this, live well'
28 Dec 2022Megan Whelan reflects on why she wanted to write about diabetes, and although she prepared herself to receive nasty messages, realised she didn't get many.
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Year in Politics: Changing fortunes, losses and gains
27 Dec 2022Analysis - 2022 was the year that changed the political landscape as Labour support drifted away and National's resurrection put the party into a strong position to seize power in 2023, Peter Wilson w…
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12 TV series you may have missed in the age of peak content
Look, there's literally too much of everything to watch right now, right? RNZ's Nik Dirga offers some pointers on what might have slipped under the radar.
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The eerie parallels between Diana and Harry's tell-alls expose a huge problem in monarchy
10 Jan 2023Analysis: The royal family is remaining tight-lipped, despite all the allegations from Prince Harry. Does the institution owe the public that funds them a response?
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So what will we be eating and drinking in 2023?
26 Dec 2022Opinion - After a year that tested the patience of many, Sharon Stephenson lightens the mood with a look at looming food trends.
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Celebrating Christmas in the middle of snowmageddon
25 Dec 2022First Person - Millions of North Americans have had their holiday travel frozen by winter storms. RNZ's Megan Whelan, travelling in Canada, is one of them.
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Three Waters threatened by NZ’s critical shortage of skilled engineers
24 Dec 2022Opinion - The high demand for specialist water engineers bodes ill for the government's Three Waters reform, which will rely heavily on experts the country currently doesn't have in the required…
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As Putin loses ground in Ukraine, he increasingly relies on Wagner Group mercenaries
26 Dec 2022Analysis - The Wagner Group has been called everything from 'Putin's ghost army' to 'hired killers', John Lyons writes.
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Diabetes and me: A treatment resistant virus
21 Dec 2022Megan Whelan considers self-care, the values society puts on us, and how to make healthy choices amidst the cacophony of voices in this space.
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Slouching towards Christmas in this year of Covid-19
20 Dec 2022Analysis - With the year drawing to a close, the sounds that seem to sum up the season are less jingling bells and carols, more the cough of Covid-19 and an enormous, exhausted sigh of relief, Tim…
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Sam's Take - Avatar: The Way of Water
19 Dec 2022This week Sam looks at James Cameron's long awaited return to Pandora with Avatar: The Way of Water.
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Messi finally wins FIFA World Cup and can claim to be greatest footballer of all time
19 Dec 2022Opinion - The 2022 FIFA World Cup just became a coronation, writes Dan Colasimone for ABC.
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Bad hangovers? Genetics and personality can make a difference
Certain genes and personality traits may explain why some people can hardly function the day after a night of drinking.
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Week in Politics: Prickly end to year in Parliament
17 Dec 2022Analysis - Labour gets a warning from Hamilton West, ministers are told to take a hard look at their spending and the prime minister gets headlines for a remark she didn't think anyone heard.
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Geoffrey Miller: What to expect from Zelensky's speech to the NZ parliament
Opinion - As New Zealand's foreign policy year draws to a close, it seems fitting that Volodymyr Zelensky will have the final word, Geoffrey Miller writes.
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Many buildings' seismic risks remain a mystery, despite quakes and standards
13 Dec 2022Eleven years after the Christchurch quake, many hospitals and other buildings still don't know how heavy non-structural elements will fare in another tremor.
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Black Fern Ruahei Demant and what it takes to win
11 Dec 2022Jamie Wall on how his faith in the Black Ferns was restored following last year's disastrous European tour.
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Week in Politics: National's joy and Labour's woes
9 Dec 2022National's still on track to win the general election, the government removes the Three Waters entrenchment clause and Willie Jackson's "trainwreck" interview about the RNZ/TVNZ merger.
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The unofficial NZ Rugby awards for 2022
6 Dec 2022Opinion - Given that the Black Ferns not only won their World Cup on home soil, but did it in dramatic and record-breaking fashion. They will dominate the awards, Jamie Wall writes. Video
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Entrenchment law: What you need to know
8 Dec 2022Explainer - RNZ helps unpack what entrenchment law is and its significance, after the topic became a key issue in the Three Waters legislation's passage into law. Audio
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