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Is Shane Jones right about Indonesian coal?
2 Oct 2024Analysis - Resources Minister Shane Jones loves talking about Indonesian coal, but do his claims stack up?
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How floating solar panels could help solve NZ's energy crisis
24 Sep 2024Analysis - Placing solar panels on wastewater ponds could tackle two problems at once: high power prices and algal growth, Faith Jeremiah writes.
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Peters and Clark united on UN failings
23 Sep 2024Analysis - Winston Peters and Helen Clark disagree more often than not lately, but on this they're united. Audio
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Why sentencing reforms in NZ will annoy judges and clog the courts
23 Sep 2024Analysis - The Luxon government surely has little sense of irony, writes Kris Gledhill.
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Jimmy Carter at 100 - the American president who just keeps going and going
29 Sep 2024Analysis - Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived US president, and as he turns 100 years old this week, it turns out he was also pretty much the last of his kind.
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Wellington train woes: Confusion rife during industrial action
22 Sep 2024First person - By Friday, commuters like me were getting more used to randomness. But here, on the Friday evening platform, it reached a new level, Phil Pennington writes.
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XEC: The rapidly spreading new Covid-19 variant
Analysis - A new Covid-19 variant is spreading rapidly and could soon become the dominant variant around the globe, experts say.
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Laurie Anderson pays tribute to an aviation pioneer on Amelia
24 Sep 2024The legendary avant-garde artist's latest release is a musical retelling of Amelia Earhart's final flight.
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Review: Passage du Desir by Johnny Blue Skies
22 Sep 2024Elliott Childs finds Sturgill Simpson's first release under a pseudonym to be more of a progression than a reinvention.
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What provocative pizza ads reveal about shifting religious attitudes
22 Sep 2024Where do lines of acceptability or offensiveness get drawn?
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I'm losing my job, can I pull out of purchasing a house? - Ask Susan
RNZ's money correspondent Susan Edmunds answers your questions.
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Why the case for higher speed limits is fatally flawed
Analysis - Proponents argue even marginal time savings for some drivers justify the changes, Timothy Welch writes, but at what cost?
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Why can’t the All Blacks close out test matches?
22 Sep 2024Bledisloe I gave us the now very familiar story of this All Black side, writes Jamie Wall. How can they fix it? Video
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'Crime wave' puts government's target in doubt
20 Sep 2024Analysis - Crime throws the government's reduction target into doubt and Labour's Chris Hipkins has to deal with a bad poll.
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Are kiwi and moa really immigrants from Australia?
17 Sep 2024New research putting forward the claim is contentious .
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Labour is talking about a wealth tax again - What does that mean?
11 Sep 2024Analysis - Labour Party leader Chris Hipkins recently revealed the party is looking once again at its tax policy, including a possible wealth tax or a "capital income tax".
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What's the verdict on Fred again..'s latest?
15 Sep 2024Review: While Ten Days does uplift the spirit, it may not be the game-changer some anticipated. Video
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Are New Zealanders really 'sick and tired' of cycleways?
Analysis - The transport minister's claim is not backed up by the facts, a survey shows.
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Okay Kaya explores Norwegian roots with quirky new record
15 Sep 2024Review: Okay Kaya continues to captivate with her eclectic and introspective new album, Oh My God - That's So Me. Video
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Could 'slow tourism' be the answer to an overtourism backlash?
10 Sep 2024Analysis - Overtourism isn't just about too many people in one place. It's also about how people travel, Amy Ermann writes.
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The Week in Politics: Seymour's dragon soon to be unleashed
13 Sep 2024Analysis - David Seymour's Treaty Principles Bill is a step closer to Parliament, and Chris Hipkins' hints his party could go into the next election with a radical tax policy.
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What’s the answer? All Blacks can’t get it going when it counts
8 Sep 2024Analysis - Another loss sees the All Blacks slump to three defeats in their last four games, Jamie Wall tries to understand why.
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Is New Zealand ready for the next big space race?
Analysis - Space has rapidly become more hostile for geopolitical reasons, but what are the threats, and what is New Zealand doing to assess them?
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The ozone hole will keep opening for decades. Here's why it matters
8 Sep 2024At this time of year, as the sun rises over Antarctica, a "hole" opens in Earth's ozone layer - with big impacts for NZ.
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