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Independent review proposes new tools to finance local roads, parks and homes

A long-awaited review into the future for NZ's cash-strapped local government will recommend new ways to fund community needs. Jonathan Milne reports.

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The little EV pilot with global potential

A Hyundai light electric vehicle has been quietly touring New Zealand’s roads for the past six months gathering data around battery life to help companies prepare a business case for a switch from combustion engines to EVs.

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Why Labour should rule out a wealth tax

The Green Party’s proposed wealth tax of 2.5 percent on net wealth above $2m per person would harm investment and productivity

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Ethnicity a factor in surgery waitlists for years

During Covid-19 Auckland medical professionals identified Māori and Pasifika were disproportionately waiting for surgery compared with other population groups and sought to fix it when operating theatres were back up and running after the 2020 lockdowns.

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What if all Māori went on the general roll

More than 442,000 people who are eligible to vote are not registered – a population larger than Hamilton, Rotorua and Tauranga combined. Many of them are from marginalised communities. Many are Māori. Aaron Smale runs the numbers

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The mystery of NZ's weekday-only digital banking system

The world has had phone banking for almost 40 years; internet banking has been ubiquitous for 20 years. Computers don’t operate solely Monday to Friday. So why on earth is it only in the past couple of weeks that NZ’s payments system has geared up to work weekends?

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Painting it black in new Flag Ferns

Often overlooked in favour of rugby, American football is growing in NZ. Merryn Anderson catches up with one of the women on our first national flag football team.

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What it's like to be a high school teacher in New Zealand

Tens of thousands of secondary teachers have walked off the job this year in a fight for better pay and conditions. Just how bad is it?

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Hipkins confirms Xi meeting as US-China tensions in spotlight

Top US diplomat meets Chinese leader, as details of our PM's own trip are released.

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In underfunding universities, we have so much to lose

The unprecedented scale of the downsizing of our universities will undercut the future prosperity and democratic values of Aotearoa. Catherine Abou-Nemeh looks at the consequences.

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Books vs computer games

Author Bob Kerr asks his grandson Owen Coombes to explain the difference between books and games.

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Stuart Nash breached official information laws - Ombudsman

The former minister breached the Official Information Act by improperly withholding emails in which he discussed confidential Cabinet discussions with two of his political donors, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier found.

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Govt consults on removing forestry from ETS

The Government is consulting on four options to amend the carbon market to better incentivise cutting climate pollution instead of offsetting it by planting trees.

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National could pay off teacher loans

The National Party hints at a repeat for student teachers of its incentives to attract more nurses, including some kind of bonding scheme and paying towards their student loans

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Does 'social cohesion' actually matter?

Trying to generate trust and consensus without substantive social change is a fool’s errand – history shows the disintegration of trust in the old order is essential to such change

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Let’s move from ‘engagement’ to more of a ‘mārena’

Māori environmental experts correctly predicted the floods in Auckland earlier this year – we can't waste time arguing about who is right or who knows more, while climate change erodes the little we have left, says Aimee Matiu

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The recession you have when you’re not having a recession

While economists are expecting further contraction of the NZ economy this year, opinions vary as to how bad things could get.

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Inside a diabolical RNZ review

The strange case of paying to have your book eviscerated at RNZ

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Wāhine on Water riding the wave

Often thought of as a "boys' club", more female lifeguards are learning how to drive inflatable rescue boats. Merryn Anderson finds out how a mentoring programme is providing a safe space for girls to learn the skill.

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Southern Green Hydrogen poses $12b+ cost to society - report

Meridian Energy's proposed large green hydrogen electrolyser in Southland would raise power prices but have a relatively modest impact on climate pollution, a new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has found

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Where to next for a Kermadec ocean sanctuary?

It was announced to great fanfare in 2015, but years of negotiations have failed to secure an agreement over the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary.

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Telling jokes about the weather

As part of a weekly showcase of future leaders and inspirational young New Zealanders from the Hyundai Pinnacle Programme, Simon Kay says while his path has been a bit longer than most, his goals are now firmly established around comedy | Content Partnership

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Cloud hangs over SailGP race

International sailing race in danger of losing local hapū’s support

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The Family Court’s motherhood problem

That judges and lawyers feel comfortable interfering in breastfeeding is emblematic of a larger cultural problem, writes Carrie Leonetti.

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New environment group aims to shift dial on climate

Climate Shift campaign is a good start in calling for more government climate action but it pulls its punches on the Emissions Trading Scheme and air travel, says Pat Baskett

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