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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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Recession politics the latest NZ Labour blow

New Zealand's governing Labour party is trapped in a mire of blunders and bad news, the biggest of which might be the technical recession confirmed last week.

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NZ PM Hipkins to meet Chinese president Xi

A New Zealand delegation of political and business leaders will depart for China on Sunday, with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to meet with President Xi Jinping.

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Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research strategy at risk

The crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand’s university and wider research sector did not happen overnight. While funding shortfalls and sweeping redundancies are now making headlines, the underlying problems have been evident for years.

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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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Seismology at light speed: how fibre-optic telecommunications cables deliver a close-up view of NZ's Alpine Fault

Aotearoa New Zealand experiences frequent earthquakes, including destructive ones such as those that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011, and near Kaikōura in 2018.

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Raw Politics: The 'fart now pay later' edition

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: Has National and the country given up on farm emissions? When does Labour throw a punch? And more from the whiny, wet, negative land called NZ.

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There has to be a better way to measure a recession

Did NZ really dip into recession this year? Not until unemployment starts to rise ... that's the measure that affects real people. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Black Stick seizes speed from her track past

Back in black after playing hockey in Holland, Black Sticks defender Tarryn Davey is aiming for the Paris Olympics and a possible reunion with her old NZ track and field team-mates.

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Record NZ meth bust found in maple syrup bottles

New Zealand police have intercepted a methamphetamine haul they believe to be worth $NZ250 million.

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Floods, cyclone put New Zealand in slender recession

New Zealand experienced a shallow recession after two quarters of negative GDP growth to March 2023, data released by Stats NZ shows.

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Kiwi stuck in Thai lock-up five weeks and counting

An NZ man locked up in Thailand after being convicted of drug possession for two ecstasy tablets is wondering why he’s being left to rot a month on from being transferred to a temporary detention centre.

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NZ-made forestry recruitment video goes viral. Who knew?

A feel-good NZ-shot video showing Fijian migrant workers being treated well by their Kiwi employer has garnered 350,000 views.

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Immigration NZ spends record sum to deport one person to South Africa

An immigration lawyer says airlines are taking advantage of the Govt, which is spending record sums deporting people convicted of minor crimes like drink-driving. Emma Hatton reports.

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New Zealand on recession knife-edge as GDP data looms

Economists are at odds as to whether New Zealand books a recession when Stats NZ releases first quarter GDP data.

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Clean tech unleashed at a lab near you

A pilot plant near Tairawhiti will turn waste heat into electricity via an up-to-5km-high whirling plume of water vapour. Yup, 5km high. And that's just one of a number of ‘clean tech’ companies in New Zealand

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AUKUS is already trialling autonomous weapons systems – where is NZ's policy on next-generation warfare?

Defence Minister Andrew Little’s recent announcement that New Zealand would be “willing to explore” participation in military technology sharing – or “pillar two” – under the AUKUS security arrangement has already divided opinion.

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Time for women to fly in America's Cup

Will the inaugural women's America's Cup pave the way for female sailors to compete for the Auld Mug? Team NZ can see the path clearly, Suzanne McFadden discovers.

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Extending the term of parliament isn’t a terrible idea – it’s just one NZ has rejected twice already

Among a host of other recommendations, the Independent Electoral Review has proposed a referendum on extending the term of parliament to four years (from the current three). I’ll admit from the outset to being torn over the issue – the policy wonk in me says four, the election junkie says…

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NZ must sell smarter to young 'made in China' market

China will be part of our world for the foreseeable future. We may not like all that we see, but the better we know it, the better off we will be.

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The Week in Detail: Wallabies, AI, and the NZ Steel deal

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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NZ Post dropped service to quarter of world – and no one knew

NZ Post has, with little or no warning, stopped sending mail to 34 countries; there are another 21 that aren’t sending mail to us. There’s no indication if or when Kiwis are going to get full international postal services back

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Did 'wokeness' cancel Police Ten 7? New research suggests racial stereotyping was the real culprit

When TVNZ cancelled reality TV show Police Ten 7 earlier this year, it certainly rattled some law-and-order cages.

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India-NZ ties 'must move past cricket and curry'

The Government has faced further calls to ramp up diplomatic relations with India, as business figures and former diplomats warn against a one size fits all approach.

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