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Lulu Sun and the Southland town obsessed with tennis
15 Jul 2024New Zealand has a new tennis star. It's no surprise she's from Te Anau.
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A half century of basement fantasy
Players of this complex and very social game have been fighting monsters and weaving fantastical stories for half a century.
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Why NZ is being dragged into the war in space
The US is rallying its allies to bring it up in a battle straight out of science fiction - a war in space
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Sport in New Zealand has a new referee
A new body that has a broad remit to make sure sport is fair and safe has been a long time coming, but it's here now
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How to negotiate a ceasefire
10 Jul 2024A ceasefire deal over Gaza has been on the table since June. So why are Israel and Hamas still at war?
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Smart tech to break a habit
As gambling gets more sophisticated, researchers are planning a counter-attack using smart technology.
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Dragging Tauranga back to democracy
8 Jul 2024After four years of commissioners, Tauranga is set to elect a mayor and councillors. Can they avoid a repeat of the previous mess?
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The Christian music underground
Christian - or worship - music is probably bigger than you think, and its appeal to the young and isolated is undeniable
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The tale of the man who leaked
The Julian Assange saga has been going on for so long that most of us have probably forgotten how it started
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Law and order at any cost
What we know, what we don't, and what the evidence says, about whether boot camps work.
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The flood of globably displaced people hasn't changed our trickle of refugees
3 Jul 2024Shirking our fair share - why hasn't New Zealand upped its game when it comes to welcoming refugees?
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The high cost of not maintaining critical infrastructure
2 Jul 2024What happens when upgrades to key pieces of infrastructure are put on the back burner
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The beginning of the end
1 Jul 2024Part 2: It's Newshub's final week on air, and reporter Adam Hollingworth looks back at its battle to beat TVNZ. Where it succeeded and where it failed.
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The end of an era for New Zealand news
Part 1: As Newshub enters its final week, reporter Adam Hollingworth talks to current and former staff about the news division's early days and key events in its 35-year history.
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Government cash for New Zealand's struggling gaming sector
Why the most profitable sector of the entertainment industry will get handouts from the government.
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The story behind Migration5
26 Jun 2024New Zealand shares travellers' private data with four other countries. Here's the story of how one reporter found out
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Aotearoa's first historical feature film in te reo, from a Māori lens
After years of development and funding rejections, Ka Whawhai Tonu hits cinemas this weekend
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The good, the bad and the vague of Scrutiny Week
24 Jun 2024What did we get out of Scrutiny Week? A look at what emerged from dozens of hours of questioning over the government's spending priorities
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Manipulate your Spotify feed
It's not perfect, but Spotify is still the dream platform to serve up your favourite (or soon to be favourite) tunes.
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Fleeing from toxic dating app love
21 Jun 2024Love won't really happen when you least expect it if you don't get out from behind your screen and meet people in real life
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Most MSD beneficiaries owe money to agencies meant to help them
20 Jun 2024Debt owed to government agencies by the country's poorest residents adds up to more than three billion dollars, and there's no easy solution
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Half-baked funding puts rail plans on hold
19 Jun 2024The drive through one section of Northland is notable for the kilometres of concrete sleepers stacked up by the rail lines, but no work is going on and there are no trains
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Why the UK opposition will sleepwalk to victory
18 Jun 2024A leader who continues to shoot himself in the foot, a country with more problems than answers; and an election without any fire or brimstone
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Fuelling the oil and gas sector
Will the oil and gas ban reversal bring much-needed international investment , or just stymy efforts to combat climate change?
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