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Design needs to be hospitable not hostile

'Hostile architecture' design tactics appear in banal, everyday elements and mainly go unnoticed by those they do not target. But their intent is to frustrate and restrict certain citizens, write Dr Hannah Hopewell and Logan Bunn

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Short story: Someone to Heart-Emoji, by Amy Head

"Would threesomes be better?"

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Auckland MPs go head-to-head on the revenue crunch

Four MPs agreed funding one of the big issues facing New Zealand’s growing infrastructure deficit – but passionately begged to differ on the solution

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Feeling It

As part of a weekly showcase of future leaders and inspirational young New Zealanders from the Hyundai Pinnacle Programme, a student-led initiative in Canterbury is making men’s mental health a priority – and fun

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Long Read: What happened when two young Jehovah’s Witnesses quit the church

By Anusha Bradley: After leaving the Jehovah’s Witnesses, Brad Miller and Cassie Dean were cut off from almost everyone they’d ever known.

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Our last waltz: 28 matches down, one to go

The days of NZ's biggest global party are almost over - and stadium chiefs' grandest dreams have already been met, writes Merryn Anderson

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Live debate: Auckland Matters

Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, and Newsroom are hosting politicians from National, Labour, ACT and the Greens for one of the first debates of the 2023 election campaign.

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Spies say interference in NZ linked to Chinese intelligence

In a major new report, the Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) says "ongoing activity in and against New Zealand" is linked to Chinese intelligence.

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Big banks' smalltown challengers find hope in profits inquiry

Expressing concern at the high profits pulled in by the Australian-owned banks, the Commerce Commission is surveying 2000 consumers about the impediments to them switching to local providers. Jonathan Milne reports.

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New Zealand's path to a green power future

The New Zealand Energy Strategy is starting to take shape as the Government consults on how to transition to a highly renewable electricity system, reports Marc Daalder

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Capture carbon or cut the concrete on net zero path

Little is made of trying to use less concrete in industry net zero plan, reports Andrew Bevin

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Builders’ plea to next government: Stop boom-bust cycle

After enduring decades of volatility, the head of Master Builders says it's time government became involved by committing to its own long-term pipeline of projects. Emma Hatton reports.

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Taking the public pulse with political polls

The polls are showing a tight race between the two major parties as we inch closer to October's election. But can we trust them?

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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More cliffhangers to come in World Cup drama

LockerRoom chews over the big numbers still to come in the final stages of the FIFA Women's World Cup. Suzanne McFadden gets the lowdown from Football Ferns great Maia Jackman

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Raw Politics: Politicians and things we'll never see

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Why is it so hard to believe any party when they promise tens of billions of spending over decades? And we ask if it really matters to get to 100 percent renewable energy in this country.

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National is going all ‘nanny state’ on us

Rather than addressing the real concerns of schools, after six years in opposition the National Party is offering mandated teaching hours, mandated testing, mandated reporting and mandated bans on cell phones, writes Peter O'Connor

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'It's going to be messy': Banks underestimate threat of climate change

Modelling the impact of rising temperatures is an 'ongoing and living exercise', banks acknowledge. But climate planning experts say they're being complacent. Emma Ricketts reports.

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Women footballers battle the curse of the ACL

Busted knees and reconstructions are on the increase for young women - and one women's football team knows the pain of knee ligament injury all too well, having five players afflicted recently.

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Politicians have let transport policy become merely a whipping boy

When Labour makes extraordinary transport spending promises it expects them to be treated as fiscally responsible and visionary, while lambasting National's plans as poorly costed and ill-thought-out, writes Peter Dunne

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'He's a fricken racist'

The opening chapter of a compelling new novel by a young Māori author

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The dairy owner who built himself a cage to work in

To try and prevent burglaries as well as protect himself a Hamilton dairy owner has invented a cage he now works inside. About 25 other dairies in the city have since copied his design.

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How NZ's paid parental leave stacks up

We like to think we're pretty progressive, but can New Zealand do more to support parents in the workplace?

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Hotels staging patchy return to normal

Hotel industry association sees not sorting out systemic problems in the quiet period of the Covid downturn as a lost opportunity, reports Andrew Bevin

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Government to create offshore wind permits

A new permitting system will allow developers to undertake feasibility assessments for offshore wind and grant them exclusive rights to build there if they wish.

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