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Rolling with the punches: Fraught Hipkins trip buoyed by pastry
8 May 2023Power Play - Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will be travelling back to New Zealand feeling grateful for sausage rolls.
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Mind the gaps: TAIC report calls KiwiRail's 'first-class' audit regime into question
6 May 2023Analysis - The revelation that KiwiRail put a 13-year-old rubber expansion joint into a ferry engine does not back up claims it made on Thursday about the quality of its audit regimes, writes Phil…
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Week In Politics: Meka Whaitiri - why did she do it?
5 May 2023Analysis - The implications of Meka Whaitiri's defection and the big unanswered question: why? Meanwhile, National fires the opening shots in its tax attack with claims of a secret agenda.
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Comment: Meka Whaitiri owes voters and the Labour Party an explanation
5 May 2023Meka Whaitiri has insulted constituents and created a constitutional 'cluster' with her sudden and barely explained defection to Te Pāti Māori, writes Tim Watkin.
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AI could transform health care - but we must first face risk of algorithmic bias
4 May 2023Opinion - What do we need in Aotearoa New Zealand to ensure the safe implementation of AI in medical care?
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Industry carbon emissions have to reduce to meet our targets, experts say
3 May 2023Analysis - We burn the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol a second to generate heat for industrial processes, Timothy Walmsley and James Carson write.
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The lottery keeping families apart and holding New Zealand back
2 May 2023Opinion - The announcement that New Zealanders will soon have access to Australian citizenship after four years makes it more important than ever to make our own immigration settings fair, Elly…
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Parliament protest report shows NZ police have come a long way since 1981
2 May 2023Analysis - Practice and law must still improve, law professors Alexander Gillespie and Claire Breen write.
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Australians should be wary of scare stories about the Waitangi Tribunal
2 May 2023Opinion - After a furore in Australia over the powers New Zealand's Waitangi Tribunal holds, Massey University professor Michael Belgrave wants to set the facts straight.
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Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic?
Analysis - India's population has reached 1,425,775,850 people, surpassing China's population, according to UN estimates. The figures show challenges and possible benefits.
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Week in Politics: Australian citizenship, Green tensions and tax debates
28 Apr 2023Analysis: Australia's citizenship deal, the Green Party's Kerekere row drags on and evidence the wealthiest pay tax at a lower rate than the rest of us renews the capital gains tax debate.
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Proving wealthiest pay low tax rates is a good start - now comes the hard part
27 Apr 2023Analysis - New Zealand's 'one percent' pay lower tax rates than ordinary earners - just don't expect any big changes to tax policy in the near future, Craig Elliffe writes.
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Low-paying jobs more of a dead-end than a stepping stone - particularly if you're older
Analysis - The most recent rise in Aotearoa New Zealand's minimum wage as again put the spotlight on low-wage jobs, Alexander Plum and Kabir Dasgupta write.
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Decarbonising freight in NZ is possible - why aren't we doing it?
Analysis - The tools and technologies to decarbonise freight transportation in New Zealand are available now. The problem lies in their integration and the understanding of the trade-offs at stake…
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Factory disaster fails to lessen New Zealanders' reliance on fast fashion
25 Apr 2023Analysis - Fast fashion has gone from strength to strength, fuelled by the ongoing cost of living crisis, low wages and accessible cheap clothing, writes Mike Lee.
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Profits all about high demand and short supply
25 Apr 2023Opinion - Despite the latest inflation figures for New Zealand coming in slightly lower than expected by many economists, the rate remains stubbornly high.
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How Covid-19 lab leak hysteria could be straight from the Middle Ages
21 Apr 2023The Covid-19 "lab leak" story clearly isn't going away soon, and a report from Senate Republicans in the US this week has put it back in the spotlight.
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My week with ChatGPT: Can it schedule my life?
20 Apr 2023First person - What happens when you ask ChatGPT to schedule your life? RNZ's Krystal Gibbens experiments.
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Approach with caution: Why NZ should be wary of buying into the AUKUS security pact
19 Apr 2023Analysis - As the strategic rivalry between the United States and China intensifies, the invitation to discuss participation in the AUKUS security agreement presents New Zealand with a potentially…
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Keeping the complex story of Anzac Day relevant in the 21st century
24 Apr 2023Opinion: Historians know that the 'Anzac spirit' is a complex and ever-evolving idea, writes Katie Pickles.
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Week in Politics: Education, agriculture and MPs behaving badly
21 Apr 2023Analysis - Teachers underwhelmed by the government's cut class plan, farmers give National's agriculture policy a cautious tick and National election candidate quits after a "disgusting" social media…
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Hipkins visiting Brisbane and not Beijing reflects major shifts
19 Apr 2023Comment - This weekend's visit to Australia by Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks volumes about foreign policy changes underway and a slide towards military alignments, writes Geoff Miller.
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Compensating poorer countries for climate damage: How do we crunch the numbers?
Opinion - Extreme weather events are complex and working out exactly how much damage climate change caused is a tricky task, write climate science experts.
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The 'otherness' of Jacinda Ardern
17 Apr 2023Opinion - Jacinda Ardern is officially no longer an MP. But her novel leadership style probably saved the Labour Party from much longer in the political wilderness, writes Jennifer Curtin.