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Ka kite for Māori Health Authority?
5:00 AM.The clock is about to be wound back on Labour's Māori health initiative despite pleas that it should be given more time to prove its worth. Read more Audio
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Long Read: The straight and narrow
5:00 AM.By Bill Morris: Ploughing-the epitome of the colonial 'civilising' of land-is as fundamental to this country's history as war and rugby. Perhaps it's not surprising that we make a sport out of it. Read more Audio
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Supie's sidelined, so what's next?
5:00 AM.Introducing more competition into the grocery sector will be one of the first, and trickiest, tasks facing the new government. Read more Audio
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Convenient cities become conspiracy targets
5:00 AM.How did a vision to make cities more liveable become twisted into a totalitarian dystopia? Read more Audio
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Gang crackdown about to rev up
5:00 AM.The new government is vowing to take a hard line with gang members, including those with tattoos showing gang affiliations. Read more Audio
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Maturing beauty expectations
5:00 AM.Grey hair and wrinkles are finally becoming something to celebrate. Read more Audio
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When gaming leaves the couch
5:00 AM.Esports players say their sport is more than just time on the couch with a joystick – we have a national team, and it’s heading to global games at the end of the year. Read more Audio
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Long Read: The MethaneSAT saga
5:00 AM.By Eloise Gibson: How did New Zealand come to invest $29 million in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan? Read more Audio
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Fifty years of Planet-wide adventure
5:00 AM.The book that was for many years a travellers’ bible turns 50 this year. But with instant information available anywhere, how will Lonely Planet keep up? Read more Audio
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The power of comic books
5:00 AM.The power and potential of comic books is being realised with a new project at Auckland University. Read more Audio
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Radio's 'media cockroach' needs rescuing
5:00 AM.Once the juggernaut of student radio, Auckland's 95bFM is resorting to a fundraising concert to try to clear debt in an age when every commercial station is struggling for funds. Read more Audio
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Pacific flavour gone from the Beehive
5:00 AM.Political representation from the Pasifika community has been lost in an ocean of white faces and blue suits. Does it matter? Read more Audio
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Long Read: There and back again
5:00 AM.By Kate Evans: Humans have been puzzling over the mysteries of animal migration and navigation for centuries. Read more Audio
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A culture worth keeping?
5:00 AM.Hazing rituals at Otago University are getting more extreme, with even those all in favour of the student culture asking if they've gone too far. Read more Audio
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Damien O'Connor's shock loss in West Coast-Tasman
5:00 AM.Few pundits flagged the West Coast, birthplace of the Labour Party, to be part of the big blue swing this election. Read more Audio
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Israel v Hamas: The war without end
5:00 AM.Why do experts have very little hope for a peaceful solution in the Middle East? Read more Audio
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The election aftermath and the unanswered questions
5:00 AM.There's a lot we still don't know after election day. Here are the answers to those lingering questions from Saturday night. Read more Audio
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Covid: Still here, still deadly
5:00 AM.It's the unwelcome guest that no one wants to talk about – Covid-19 may be below the radar now, but it hasn't gone away and is likely to claim 1,000 Kiwi lives this year. Read more Audio
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Long Read: Is film criticism a blessing or a curse?
5:00 AM.By Tony Stamp: The art of criticism is being threatened by a new wave of social media-savvy disruptors. Read more Audio
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The election workers counting for democracy
5:00 AM.From preparations that begin two years out, to a double vote count after the polls close, our elections are a massive logistical exercise. Read more Audio
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Impasse over oceanfront walkway
5:00 AM.It's one of the most unique and beautiful short walkways in the country, but time has expired on the gentlemen's agreement that let the public through. Read more Audio
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From the sea to the sky
5:00 AM.Sir Russell Coutts has leased his SailGP manufacturing factory to Rocket Lab – and his specialist carbon composite workers are part of the deal. Read more Audio
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'Dismantle it and start again': New Zealand's immigration muddle
5:00 AM.Self-serving, messy, and directionless. With record numbers pouring into the country, our immigration policies are under the microscope – and they don't stand up to scrutiny. Read more Audio
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The invisible killer
5:00 AM.Air pollution is the invisible killer behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand. There's no safe level of it, but it's an easy issue to ignore. Read more Audio
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Long Read: Tairāwhiti's Trauma
5:00 AM.By Aaron Smale: On the slow destruction and devastating impact of the pine industry on Tairāwhiti. Read more Audio