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Why you should write a will - now
There are some horror stories about the wreckage left behind when people die without leaving a will, but now something watertight is easier to draw up than ever before.
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The history of the world's greatest superhero
12 Jul 2025As the James Gunn version of Superman is released, we look at the history of a character that truly owns the word iconic.
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All Blacks vs France: Small bets, high hopes for Wellington test
11 Jul 2025There is no room for error when the All Blacks face French firepower in Wellington tomorrow night, and a long-time rugby journalist says fans would be smart to…
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A Kiwi company succeeding in Australia but battling Pharmac
10 Jul 2025There is a second life in single-use medical devices, but getting Pharmac on board with the money-saving venture has been a battle.
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Inside the courtroom in Australia's most gripping murder case in decades
The Erin Patterson case has gripped international audiences, in Australia's 'biggest crime story since the Azaria Chamberlain case' of the 80s.
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Meth, HIV and the spread of a crisis through the Pacific
With Fiji in the midst of an HIV outbreak, UNAIDS warns that other Pacific Islands countries have all the risk factors of a similar crisis.
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The red tape plaguing the medicinal cannabis market
New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to grow dope, but getting it to market is a regulatory nightmare.
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Nobel Peace Prize nominee uses tourism as a vessel for peace
5 Jul 2025Tourism can only happen when conflict ends - and that's been recognised with a Nobel Peace Prize nomination
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War zone extraction: High level negotiations, top secret contacts and friendly favours
Getting people out and home when they're trapped in a war zone is a dangerous and politically delicate task - here's how it's done.
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Fears extremist group could resurface in NZ as terror label dropped
The terrorist label has been dropped for the Proud Boys, but its ideology still lurks online in New Zealand.
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Kainga Ora cuts new developments as the housing crisis escalates
After a rebuild was cancelled, the former tenants of a social housing development in Auckland have seemingly 'disappeared'.
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The bill that's left people dazed, confused and angry
1 Jul 2025Is the Regulatory Standards Bill the key to better law making for the future, or a gigantic waste of time and an affront to democracy?
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The Detail: Kiwi journos tackling issue of distrust in NZ media
30 Jun 2025Rather than shrug helplessly over a lack of trust in media, two New Zealand journalists are rolling up their sleeves to tackle the issue.
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Gas costs keep rising, but so too do the number of new householders using it
27 Jun 2025New Zealand is running out of gas and prices are rising - but that hasn't stopped some households from hooking up.
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The Detail: The mishmash sports taking off in New Zealand
28 Jun 2025Two non-traditional sports - hobby horsing and pickleball - have gained popularity in recent years and Kiwis are joining in the fun.
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A speedbump, not a roadblock for Iran's nuclear programme
26 Jun 2025Information about Iran's nuclear programme is highly secretive, but experts say the bombings may not have been a huge setback
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The big 'but' in our slow economic recovery
As far as New Zealand's economic recovery goes, we're still crawling out of our deep recessionary hole - and we've just hit a global glitch
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Sir Graham Henry, herpes, and an award-winning ad
24 Jun 2025The former All Black coach beamed into the world's most prestigious ad awards to congratulate New Zealand ... sort of.
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'Nowhere to go' for more than 100,000 Kiwis
23 Jun 2025"[It] shift the mentality from homelessness being an individual problem caused by individuals to actually an understanding that homelessness is a collective responsibility," Hendry says.
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Ukraine's morale-boosting, tech-propelled battle wins
Innovation in warfare features in Ukraine's David and Goliath fight with Russia.
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Paving the way to NZ's future, using robots and kiwifruit leather
Dozens of innovators showed off their wares at Fieldays, offering solutions to problems - and a bit of hope.
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Funeral costs in the spotlight
Even funeral directors believe death could be done better, but how to achieve that is up for debate.
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WorkSafe's transformation from 'cop' to 'coach'
A decade after major overhauls to health and safety in New Zealand, WorkSafe is getting a reboot. Critics aren't convinced it will save lives.
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The hunt for ever decreasing numbers of moths and butterflies
14 Jun 2025"We lose them, they're gone forever": Lepidopterists fear our native species are on the wane.
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Shoe-shining days over for Fieldays, but tractor pull a main draw
13 Jun 2025At Fieldays, exhibitors from around the country - and the world - come to show off the latest farming innovations.
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A bold dream gets a cut as Predator Free 2050 Ltd is disestablished
12 Jun 2025Predator Free 2050 was hit by a budget blow, and now the 'moonshot' goal is under threat
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Harvard's bonfire could be NZ's foreign exchange
11 Jun 2025New Zealand universities are being urged to seize the day when it comes to America's turmoil over foreign students.
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How home owners can move the dial on climate change
10 Jun 2025It may seem that as an ordinary person, cutting emissions is too big a job. But homeowners have a large part to play.
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