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Stinky, muddy, hot water - why the health of our estuaries is deteriorating
A high rate of sedimentation means our estuaries are getting shallower, but the road to fixing the damage is a much deeper issue.
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An unwinnable war on the great enemy - the road cone
11 Apr 2025The government has declared a war on road cones, but the traffic management industry thinks it's the wrong approach to an issue it's already working on.
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An escalating battle of reciprocal tariffs and the threat of a trade war
10 Apr 2025Trump's tariffs crashed global markets and are causing fears of a trade war. What happens now is the 'trillion-dollar question'.
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The haka that led to a serious political standoff with the powerful Privileges Committee
9 Apr 2025The Treaty Principles Bill is all but dead, but the fallout from a protest haka in Parliament has Te Pāti Māori MPs at odds with the Privileges Committee
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'On every dimension, NZ is falling behind': The struggle for 'social cohesion'
8 Apr 2025The results of a new report are so poor they even surprised the author.
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The New Zealand institution heralding change
7 Apr 2025The New Zealand Herald is barely out of everyone else's headlines these days, but will readers notice the changes that are bubbling beneath the masthead
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Inside a Christchurch factory building the next generation of space travel
5 Apr 2025Dawn Aerospace builds space planes and propulsion systems out of their Christchurch workshop. Their next goal is two trips to space, every day.
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The case for mending doctors
4 Apr 2025A crisis in primary health care is worsening and calls are increasing for some hospital funding to be diverted to GPs.
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Lack of supervision at the heart of NZ's drowning problem - coroner
2 Apr 2025With drowning numbers creeping up, a water safety expert explains why so many of these deaths are avoidable.
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The can of worms that is the Resource Management Act
1 Apr 2025Legislation designed to simplify the country's resource management laws has now become more complex than the multitude of statutes it originally replaced. So it's up for debate, again.
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Why one atheist thinks the government should keep tax exemptions for churches
31 Mar 2025Critics say that churches' exemption from paying income tax gives them an unfair competitive advantage. But one atheist says these tax laws are essential for a thriving society.
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Tinā is the perfect cinematic experience, but it's not the perfect film
29 Mar 2025At last New Zealand has another hit film on its hands, 10 years after the last big box office draw
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Top ref raises a red flag on abuse ahead of winter sport season
28 Mar 2025Rugby ref Ben O'Keefe knows what it's like to receive abuse and says if we don't tackle it, it'll drive children away from sport.
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Another pandemic could arrive any time, but our readiness is a mixed bag
27 Mar 2025The next pandemic could arrive at any time, but the government has ignored a Royal Commission of Inquiry report that could help it prepare.
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Good riddance to bad rubbish at a north Auckland tip
26 Mar 2025More than half of Auckland's rubbish gets dumped at one landfill, where waste is turned into energy to power homes and grow food.
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Festival failures prompt calls for shake-up in ticket rules
25 Mar 2025Forking out big bucks for music festivals is always a risk, but simple changes could make fans rest a little easier.
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In Delhi and D.C., Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters in their elements
24 Mar 2025Taking the train with Winston Peters and watching Christopher Luxon play cricket: what it's like traveling with a foreign trade delegation
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Excavating a historical waka, and the story that goes with it
22 Mar 2025The discovery of a waka buried on the coastline of Rēkohu - Chatham Islands has caused a century-old tension to resurface.
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The extreme physical toll of nine months in space
21 Mar 2025Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore are back the earth, but their bodies and minds may never catch up.
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'Bewildered' experts not on board for fisheries changes
20 Mar 2025The government wants to streamline regulations, but marine advocates worry the changes would make fishing less transparent and expedite destruction of the ocean.
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The rules of cussing in trademarks
19 Mar 2025With trademark applications surging, The Detail looks at what it takes to get a mark registered in New Zealand.
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The art of tiptoeing around Donald Trump
18 Mar 2025Former New Zealand ambassador to the US Tim Groser explains the tightrope walk of pleasing the US president.
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The film festival where the theme is fraud
17 Mar 2025Swindles, scams and deception take centre-stage at Wellington's highly specific documentary film festival.
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Six years on, new documentary honours mosque attack victims
15 Mar 2025Today marks six years since the Christchurch mosque attacks. One couple's new documentary honours the lives lost - and the lives changed as a result.
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The high price of saving money on free lunches
14 Mar 2025The school lunch debacle is causing an increasing clamour to rip it up and start again.
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Electricians fear the Right to Repair Bill could be deadly
13 Mar 2025The bill passed its first reading in Parliament last month, but one trade feels the amendment is a live wire.
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Why we want to be mates with Vietnam
12 Mar 2025New Zealand is after a trade slice of rapidly growing Vietnam, and a new agreement should strengthen those connections.
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Sound-wave technology could cool sauna-like apartments
11 Mar 2025New building products being tested at Auckland University may be the answer to restless summer nights in city apartments. Audio
