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Tinā is the perfect cinematic experience, but it's not the perfect film
29 Mar 2025At last New Zealand has another hit film on its hands, 10 years after the last big box office draw
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Top ref raises a red flag on abuse ahead of winter sport season
28 Mar 2025Rugby ref Ben O'Keefe knows what it's like to receive abuse and says if we don't tackle it, it'll drive children away from sport.
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Another pandemic could arrive any time, but our readiness is a mixed bag
27 Mar 2025The next pandemic could arrive at any time, but the government has ignored a Royal Commission of Inquiry report that could help it prepare.
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Good riddance to bad rubbish at a north Auckland tip
26 Mar 2025More than half of Auckland's rubbish gets dumped at one landfill, where waste is turned into energy to power homes and grow food.
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Festival failures prompt calls for shake-up in ticket rules
25 Mar 2025Forking out big bucks for music festivals is always a risk, but simple changes could make fans rest a little easier.
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In Delhi and D.C., Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters in their elements
24 Mar 2025Taking the train with Winston Peters and watching Christopher Luxon play cricket: what it's like traveling with a foreign trade delegation
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Excavating a historical waka, and the story that goes with it
22 Mar 2025The discovery of a waka buried on the coastline of Rēkohu - Chatham Islands has caused a century-old tension to resurface.
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The extreme physical toll of nine months in space
21 Mar 2025Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back the earth, but their bodies and minds may never catch up.
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'Bewildered' experts not on board for fisheries changes
20 Mar 2025The government wants to streamline regulations, but marine advocates worry the changes would make fishing less transparent and expedite destruction of the ocean.
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The rules of cussing in trademarks
19 Mar 2025With trademark applications surging, The Detail looks at what it takes to get a mark registered in New Zealand.
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The art of tiptoeing around Donald Trump
18 Mar 2025Former New Zealand ambassador to the US Tim Groser explains the tightrope walk of pleasing the US president.
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The film festival where the theme is fraud
17 Mar 2025Swindles, scams and deception take centre-stage at Wellington's highly specific documentary film festival.
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Six years on, new documentary honours mosque attack victims
15 Mar 2025Today marks six years since the Christchurch mosque attacks. One couple's new documentary honours the lives lost - and the lives changed as a result.
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The high price of saving money on free lunches
14 Mar 2025The school lunch debacle is causing an increasing clamour to rip it up and start again.
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Electricians fear the Right to Repair Bill could be deadly
13 Mar 2025The bill passed its first reading in Parliament last month, but one trade feels the amendment is a live wire.
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Why we want to be mates with Vietnam
12 Mar 2025New Zealand is after a trade slice of rapidly growing Vietnam, and a new agreement should strengthen those connections.
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Sound-wave technology could cool sauna-like apartments
11 Mar 2025New building products being tested at Auckland University may be the answer to restless summer nights in city apartments. Audio
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Stoush brews over future of golf course
10 Mar 2025On Auckland's North Shore, a public golf course is fighting council plans to use their course as a floodwater catchment.
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In a 'post-truth' world, Wikipedia is coming out on top
8 Mar 2025In a world where misinformation and disinformation are rampant, the website has become an unlikely source of truth.
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The rising rage of the world's (formerly) nicest people
Canadians are united in their horror over US tariffs that have the power to plunge the country into recession and cause mass unemployment.
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The shockingly bad press for ECT
6 Mar 2025Up to 300 New Zealanders a year are administered electric shock treatment - and the vast majority are happier for it.
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Time to ditch your 3G phone
5 Mar 2025Tens of thousands of handsets and other devices are likely to become redundant by the end of the year as NZ shuts down the 3G phone network.
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How citizen's arrest laws could make New Zealand more dangerous
The government wants to make retail a safer work environment by allowing for citizen's arrests. One legal expert fears the change will have the opposite effect.
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Preparing our kids for the wild world of the internet
3 Mar 2025Are we paying enough attention to giving our children the ability to sort out what's real and what's not in the murky depths of the internet?
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