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Hipkins digs deep to show his softer side on Sunday

Labour’s election-year congress this weekend is all about Chris Hipkins, from an announcement in an area closest to his heart to a speech explaining what makes him tick

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Seismic strengthening is a critical opportunity to green our buildings

Retrofitting existing buildings can be significantly more carbon-friendly than demolishing and rebuilding. And earthquake strengthening is essential to keep people safe. NZ has an opportunity to look at the two together.

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How police contacted Cyclone Gabrielle's uncontactable

Police relied heavily on phone, social media and the internet for most of the uncontactable, while in-person visits were only needed for 2 percent of those initially registered as missing.

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Wide impact of court's liquor licensing decision

Many local authorities without Auckland Council’s resources have dropped their policies or diluted them significantly to avoid costly legal battles, writes Melissa-Jade Gregan

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This is the biggest house sale loss – but worse is to come as interest rates rise

Today's Reserve Bank rates decision is heralded by economists as its most important since Covid. An anticipated OCR hike will put new pressure on mortgaged homeowners in election year. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Auckland's anti-flooding plan now 'on steroids'

Houses may have to be removed, waterways opened up and new rules passed as part of an ambitious $1 billion plan to sort Auckland's flood-prone neighbourhoods within six years

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Police watchdog could get greater powers as officials look at law

The IPCA chair's call to be excluded from the threat of judicial review is turned down, but justice officials are to scope wider changes, reports Emma Hatton.

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Auckland's new tool to fight the bus driver shortage

Safety barriers on Auckland buses could soon be part of a wide-ranging approach to attract bus drivers to Auckland and ‘rebuild’ the public transport system

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Is it inflation, or are businesses just greedy?

Greedflation: It's the latest buzzword in economics – is it behind soaring company profits?

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Behind the scenes of Wellington's rail turmoil

Staffing schedules forced Metlink to cut services on two of Wellington's three busiest lines in early May, even though they weren't subject to speed restrictions.

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Where is she now? Wendy Sharpe

Football Ferns legend Wendy Sharpe still holds scoring records set three decades ago. A trailblazing mum-athlete, the double international is passing on her football wisdom to a new generation.

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Nana's seashells, by Sonya Wilson

A love story told with seashells

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A thought experiment, 1939: will a Nazi Europe buy our lamb?

How might things have gone had we looked to the ideology of tax cuts to defeat fascism in WWII, asks Nicholas Agar?

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Homeless women living in cars, public transport and hospital waiting rooms

Homeless women have been largely ignored by Government plans because they don’t fit our usual view of people living on the streets.

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Govt's green bank buys into sand mining alternative

Kayasand wants to prove it can produce concrete-grade sand from recycled building materials.

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How bankers are buying into the tech dream

In the third of our four-part podcast series, Emile Donovan talks to Head of Technology Industries, BNZ, Tim Wixon about betting on the future, and how to help companies with big dreams get out into the universe.

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Call for Pacific security forum as US signs new deal

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Portrait of the novelist as a young athlete

Sport is damaging the health of our peak performance female athletes

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Polarising carbon capture tech back on NZ radar

The energy sector wants Government to urgently introduce regulations enabling carbon capture and storage in New Zealand, as a way to cut CO2 emissions. But as Nikki Mandow finds out, others have very different opinions.

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Preparing for the winter illness wave

Winter illness season is upon us. Can the health system cope with the inevitable increase in demand that comes with it?

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Violence perpetrators are basically con artists

Police, prosecutors, and judges are too often conned into thinking victims are the 'real' perpetrators, that they are overreacting, or brought the abuse on themselves, argues former criminal defence lawyer Carrie Leonetti

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Report card for netball's top league

After a closely-fought ANZ Premiership regular season, three teams remain to contest the trophy. Merryn Anderson takes a look at how they got there, who missed out - and why.

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Fringe economics, like homeopathy, needs a dose of reality

Many government-employed economists don't have the training to spot the economic equivalent of homeopathy. Policymaking would be better if they could, say Dr Eric Crampton and Dr Dennis Wesselbaum

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Dolphin investigation: SailGP responded by email

Skippers and race controllers weren’t interviewed as part of a Department of Conservation investigation into March’s SailGP race

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Trademarks commissioner rejects Govt-backed bid to own 'mānuka honey'

The Government's $6m backing for Kiwi mānuka honey producers' legal case is all for nothing as trademark bid is defeated in critical local ruling. Jonathan Milne reports.

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