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'Very significant' rise in home insurance premiums revealed
4 Apr 2024Where premiums are up the most, where it's hardest to get quotes, and why it might be a sign of worse to come.
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ACC turns 50: A uniquely Kiwi scheme
4 Apr 2024While some say it is something to celebrate, others are calling for change.
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NZ rugby faces biggest turmoil since '80s - commentator
4 Apr 2024The Detail - "Super rugby in its hey-day yes, got massive crowds all the time and that has fallen away."
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To slay or not to slay? The translation woes of Gen Z at work
3 Apr 2024Some of the youngest workers say they're struggling with managers who don't understand them.
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The Aucklanders who refuse to use food scrap bins
4 Apr 2024Six months after green food waste bins were rolled out, some residents are putting them in the too hard basket.
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The Kiwis on Forbes' billionaire list
3 Apr 2024We've all heard of Peter Jackson and Graeme Hart, but a few lesser known names have appeared on the global rich list.
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What is going on with P Diddy?
Explainer: US hip hop star Sean Combs has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
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Young gymnasts have quit over leotards, sporting body says
3 Apr 2024Gymnasts' uniforms can be a "barrier" to women and girls competing - now they have a choice.
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Government targets school sickness absences
David Seymour says he has not made any firm decisions about changing the attendance rules system so parents can be given on-the-spot fines - yet.
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New Zealand's little-known history of segregation
2 Apr 2024Māori were blamed for the 1913 smallpox epidemic and confined to their villages. That was just the beginning of decades of restrictions.
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All Black legend fears for future of the game
2 Apr 2024Former All Black captain Tana Umaga wants to see crowds return to rugby.
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The disability ministry funding debacle
2 Apr 2024Service cuts from the disability ministry caused panic and stress. How did it all go wrong?
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Rubbing out the rainbow
The Detail - White paint over rainbow crossings and protests against rainbow story times have left LGBTQIA+ community and allies furious.
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Raising fowls for families hit by Cyclone Gabrielle
2 Apr 2024A chook rescued from the floodwaters of Cyclone Gabrielle is now part of a project to hatch chicks destined for cyclone-impacted families. Audio
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Where 'those sorts of people' were sent
1 Apr 2024'Lunatic asylums' were founded on ideas of paternalism, but they delivered decades of harm.
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Nui Stretch's two parallel careers in wood
1 Apr 2024Not content with simply playing the guitar, Nui Stretch spent more than a decade learning how to make them, finding out "what actually makes those things tick". Audio
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On-air Cyclone Gabrielle responses bear questioning
1 Apr 2024Mediawatch - The Cyclone Gabrielle emergency management response was not fit for purpose, a review has found - but one broadcaster who has criticised officials also downplayed the danger at the time.
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'We can do it!' - New Zealander of the Year Dr Jim Salinger on battling climate change
31 Mar 2024After nearly 50 years of climate science, Dr Jim Salinger has been recognised as New Zealander of the Year. He talks about taking achievable steps in response to global warming. Audio
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Cranky claims drown out facts in SailGP dolphin drama
31 Mar 2024There were howls of outrage when SailGP racing was cancelled by a dolphin sighting - but some critics were missing important context.
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Cream of the crop - A big scoop from Nelson farm
The search to build better milk sales than from producing whole milk powder has led a Nelson farming team to create award-winning ice cream. Audio
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'Really terrified': Author Stacy Gregg on writing the tale of her tūpuna
31 Mar 2024A no-nonsense message from her publisher spurred the author to write about her own whānau - and a cache of tapu military gold. Audio
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How to MP: Tips from a 'great parliamentarian'
31 Mar 2024A natural orator shares his advice on how to thrive in Parliament as he leaves the building after 16 years. Audio
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'I remember shaking with rage and anger' - author Viet Thanh Nguyen
31 Mar 2024Watching the film Apocalypse Now as a child, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen felt split in two - was he one of the Americans doing the killing or one of the Vietnamese being killed? Audio
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$1.50 for a coffee? The viral street 'cafe' run by a homeless man
31 Mar 2024Jon Low, known better by his customers and fans as Patchy, wants to build his coffee concept into "an empire to compete with Starbucks".
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