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More economic pain ahead
Is New Zealand going through a bout of austerity ... or are we just in a funk after being battered by a parade of bad economic numbers?
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Fairness and equity in the police force
Internationally ground-breaking research from inside the police force has quantified the difference between how Māori and Pākehā are treated when it comes to law
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After nearly 30 years, the government is ditching strict GMO rules
21 Aug 2024The government announced a reversal to laws that effectively banned gene modification technology in New Zealand. Proponents of the change say it will save lives
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Open banking gets closer
20 Aug 2024The new wave of open banking takes a step forward this week with the release of two Commerce Commission decisions
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Hobson's Pledge and alternative facts
What was in the infamous Hobson's Pledge advertisement in the Herald that has sparked outrage and boycotts?
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Beautiful bugs and tiny plants
17 Aug 2024Capturing the health of a piece of bush, and figuring out what predator pests are around, often comes down to the state of its smallest inhabitants
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Sanctions without benefits
16 Aug 2024Researchers into poverty are asking the government where the evidence is that its new benefit sanction regime will work.
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Bracing for rising energy bills and shrinking international investment
15 Aug 2024The worsening energy crisis threatens businesses, Kiwi households, and New Zealand's international reputation
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Goldwashing at the 'green' Olympics
14 Aug 2024The Olympics has sustainability as one of its three pillars, but it's accused of making big environmental promises without following through
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Select committee feedback says don't ditch Section 7AA. The government isn't listening.
The coalition government is sticking to its guns on a promise to repeal Section 7AA of the Children's Act, despite expert testimony condemning the move.
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New blood needed now
12 Aug 2024Plasma is labelled liquid gold, but it's worth more than that
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The tradwife influence
10 Aug 2024These 'traditional' influencers don't talk about politics, but all the markers of conservative ideologies are there
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Bringing data back to the long white cloud
9 Aug 2024Fears that New Zealanders are losing control of their private information are behind moves to improve data sovereignty
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The Speaker is under attack
8 Aug 2024Gerry Brownlee has been publicly criticised over his inaction, in a move that breaks with Parliamentary convention
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Olympic mums on top of the podium
7 Aug 2024There's been a sea change in high performance sport that's seeing Olympic-class mums take the podiums in Paris
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Gisborne loses vital mental health service
6 Aug 2024A life-saving charity that works with men and their mental health in Tairawhiti has shut, a victim of funding struggles
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Climate aims stalled by reality
5 Aug 2024Reality has intruded on our national airline's climate targets, and it's backed down from some lofty aims
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AI is coming for your playlist
3 Aug 2024It's been called a revolution as big as electricity or the motorcar - artificial intelligence is changing the creation of music.
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The exploding gig economy
2 Aug 2024Artificial intelligence is driving the expansion of the gig economy, but with growth comes growing pains.
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New rules shed light on dark money
1 Aug 2024More transparency around political donations paints a clearer picture of which parties are coming out on top financially.
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Canada in the penalty box over spying
A short history of spying in sport, from deep sea dives to high flying drones
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New weapons in the war on weeds
30 Jul 2024AgResearch's Map and Zap device is a glimpse of a future without herbicides
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When school kills children's imagination
A raft of changes is coming to the education sector. Will they fix the problems, or just crush creativity?
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The pictures changing our text books on space
The most powerful telescope mankind has sent into orbit is opening up our understanding of how life began
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