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The future of money is digital – but NZ needs a careful framework to prevent the pitfalls of cryptocurrency
Analysis - New Zealand's central bank is preparing for a future that includes the mainstream use of cryptocurrency.
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Week in Politics: Labour strikes back: Who's soft on crime now?
21 Jul 2023Analysis - "Soft on crime" taunts finally get a response from Labour, National's Christopher Luxon puts his foot in his mouth, and a poll shows Labour's support hasn't collapsed.
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Football Ferns' historic win scores another goal for all women's sport in NZ
21 Jul 2023Analysis: The opening match of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Auckland was a historic moment for women's sport in NZ - and not just because the Football Ferns upset highly ranked Norway.
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Tougher donation limits and funding fixes would make future NZ elections fairer for all
18 Jul 2023Analysis - Big donors are already pouring millions into New Zealand's 2023 election, but new proposals could make it harder for large donations to translate into political influence in future, Lisa…
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Bacteria in wild cockles and watercress put people at growing risk of serious illness
19 Jul 2023Analysis - Traditional harvesting sites, or mahinga kai, continue to be used throughout New Zealand to provide food and to share skills and cultural practices between families and generations.
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What to expect as the Football Ferns step into the World Cup spotlight
17 Jul 2023Explainer - The Football Ferns are hoping for better as they look to shake off indifferent form when the country hosts its biggest sporting event ever in a few days. RNZ takes a look at the star…
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Gloriavale plaintiffs left with 'deep scars', worked under 'punishing conditions', judge says
14 Jul 2023Long read - Raised to be meek and submissive in a world dominated by men, six former Gloriavale women have won an extraordinary legal victory they say vindicates their claims of labour exploitation.
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My Māmā's love for Matariki
14 Jul 2023First person - As the country marks the rising of Matariki, Te Ao Māori journalist Ella Stewart writes about her Māmā's adoration of this special time of year.
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More transparency would help build trust in NZ farmers, study finds
13 Jul 2023Opinion - At a time when urban communities want higher transparency, there are ways farmers could strengthen agriculture's social license to operate, researchers say.
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Global temperature rises - why we can expect a steep climb this year and next
12 Jul 2023Analysis - Every decade after the 1960s has been warmer than the one before and the 2010s were the warmest on record. But there can be a lot of variability from one year to the next, Kevin Trenberth w…
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NZ needs to consider what partnership with NATO really means
12 Jul 2023Analysis - As a "welcomed guest" at the latest NATO summit in Lithuania, PM Chris Hipkins had a front-row seat for debates such as Ukraine's membership and the ongoing threat of China, Alexander…
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NZ workplace safety stats 'abysmal'
10 Jul 2023Opinion - New Zealand has an abysmal record of work-related deaths. Yet the country's only postgraduate course in work health and safety is under review as part of a wider cost-cutting exercise at…
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How Norman Kirk still speaks to 21st century NZ
Analysis - Denis Welch asks us to consider whether or not Labour's lost leader(s) might yet help us find a better future, Richard Shaw writes.
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New Zealand prepares to embrace NATO
8 Jul 2023Analysis: Is NZ about to join 'NATO+'? That seems to be the effective endgame, if reports ahead of Chris Hipkins' attendance at the NATO summit in Lithuania are anything to go by, Geoffrey Miller writ…
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The death and rebirth of the country's longest-running column
9 Jul 2023The New Zealand Herald column Sideswipe ended in May after a 21-year run. Its creator tells Mediawatch about how it survived so long and what the revamped version looks like. Audio
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Mediawatch: Chris Luxon, the 'unknowable' man
9 Jul 2023Political reporters often say people need to get to know National leader Chris Luxon, despite being in the job for 18 months. Is it possible he's unknowable? Or is it time to retire the narrative? Audio
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The Week in Politics: Parties lock horns on gangs, health staff shortages
Analysis: Health workforce data shows the extent of the problem that this government and the next are facing, National and ACT reject a report which says the country can't arrest its way out of the…
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Can the FIFA World cup help level the playing field for all women footballers?
5 Jul 2023Opinion - There's little doubt the FIFA Women's World Cup will deliver spectacle and significant financial rewards, however the longer-term rewards are harder to predict, Julie E Brice and Holly…
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The Week in Politics: Success in Beijing, trouble at home
30 Jun 2023Analysis - While the PM succeeds in Beijing a ministerial scandal breaks out at home; Luxon is called out for trying to humiliate the acting PM and ageing RNZAF aircraft spark another controversy.
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Behind the handshakes, NZ walks an increasingly fine line with China
28 Jun 2023Analysis - Hipkins was wise to visit China now given the upcoming NATO summit and decision on joining AUKUS, Alexander Gillespie writes.
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The 3 questions NZ's university funding review must ask
28 Jun 2023Opinion - Yesterday's budget boost for universities has been welcomed, Nicola Gaston writes, but is it a bailout or a Band-Aid?
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The real issue in the wash up of the Super Rugby final
26 Jun 2023Opinion - Rugby is often a game of inches, so you're probably not going to win if you're giving up yards. The problem with the Super Rugby final was who was giving them up and when, writes Jamie Wall. Video
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The sun goes down on Elton John with a rhapsodic Glastonbury set
26 Jun 2023Review - The sun set on one of the greatest careers in British music history, as Elton John played the last UK show of his farewell tour at Glastonbury.
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National straddles two strategies as it prepares for nail-biter election
26 Jun 2023Power Play - In letting slip its election-night target of 45 percent this weekend, the National Party revealed some of its inner thinking around its campaign strategy.
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