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What's different about this protest at Parliament?
For more than a week, hundreds of protesters have been occupying the ground of Parliament - presenting challenges for the police, politicians and the journalists covering it.
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Take menopause seriously, women tell employers
16 Feb 2022For the first time, women are starting to talk about menopause and employers are being warned to ignore it at their peril.
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Spotify, Joe Rogan and the question of editorial responsibility
The Joe Rogan Experience is one of the world's biggest podcasts, but does Spotify need to take greater responsibility for its content?
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The conservation promise that mining companies are quietly beating
14 Feb 2022The government's unequivocal promise of a ban on mining on conservation land has not eventuated. What happened?
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The conversation we're not ready for - killing cats
11 Feb 2022Feral cats are killing our native birds, but the conversation about getting rid of them just isn't happening.
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Why good journalism needs your help
The government's helping hand to an industry in trouble - the media - has more than the usual critics, most of them concerned about journalists being too scared to bite the hand that's feeding them.
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Kiwi 'can-do' attitude catching us out on the water
9 Feb 2022New Zealanders are over-confident in the water, say surf lifesavers - something that's helped us to our appalling drowning statistics.
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Children's Commissioner role under threat
Alarm bells are ringing over new legislation that could strip the power of the independent Children's Commissioner.
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The Auckland light rail saga continues
4 Feb 2022At last a concrete plan for light rail in Auckland - but at an eye watering cost. What are the chances of this really happening? And is it the right option?
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Why we need to get involved in Europe's looming war
3 Feb 2022Diplomatic efforts to cool mounting tensions in Ukraine have come to nothing, and New Zealand's being told this is one we can't afford to sit back and watch.
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Tourism's grim future reset
The battered tourism and hospitality industry is hanging on for better days - but some insiders say we're looking at a reset, not a bounce-back.
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Calling Tonga in a time of turmoil
1 Feb 2022Tonga is one of the world's riskiest places for communications - its undersea internet cable has broken for the second time in three years. What's the solution?
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Why we're lining up for a third injection
31 Jan 2022In the seemingly never-ending parade of covid-enforced changes, we are now queueing for a third vaccination. Here's why it's so vital, now that Omicron has entered the picture.
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2021's rollercoaster sporting year
17 Dec 2021It's been a strange year for sport - again. We look back at the high - and low - lights of 2021.
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Covid '21 in NZ through the eyes of US visitors
16 Dec 2021For our American-Kiwi family, the start of 2021 here was better than the alternative in California. We take you through our second covid year, through their eyes.
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A year of obstacles for the construction industry
How long can the construction industry keep taking the hits? A look at another year of disruption in building.
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Domestic violence - a change of tack
14 Dec 2021New Zealand has a new domestic violence strategy - but is it more than bureaucratic talk and hot air?
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Climate change's year of more talking, not so much doing
It's been a year of developments in Climate Change discussions - but not a year of progress.
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Why everyone wants a slice of Antarctica
As summer flights head back to Antarctica, we look at the geopolitics of the land that no one owns, but everyone wants a piece of.
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Reviving the blue highway of coastal shipping
Global shipping restraints are putting New Zealand importers and exporters at risk. There's a solution, but it's not cheap, and it won't come as quickly as it's needed.
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Carbon-trapping oceans get some official attention
8 Dec 2021Coastal ecosystems are better than tropical rainforests when it comes to trapping carbon and at this year's big climate change conference they finally got some attention.
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NZ resumes peacekeeping role in troubled Solomons
New Zealand forces are being sent to the Solomon Islands to help calm growing unrest in what is most definitely not a tropical tourist paradise. But the portents for a lasting peace are not good.
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When the chips are down, a kiwi company cashes in
A global shortage of microchips may not be good for your Christmas present list, but one New Zealand company is cashing in.
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Ruapehu ski fields' fraught business model
Ruapehu's ski fields are under pressure - but unusually, this time it's not from natural forces.
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