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Tailored treatments: How AI will change NZ healthcare
22 Mar 2024Analysis - Since the decoding of the human genome in 2003, we have entered the age of precision prevention, Arindam Basu writes.
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Why fast-tracking large infrastructure projects is bad news for biodiversity
19 Mar 2024Analysis - Leaders of 10 scientific societies that conduct biodiversity research in Aotearoa have called on the government to slow down the pace of reform, researchers say.
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Something felt 'off': How AI messed with our research
18 Mar 2024Analysis - What we found should temper enthusiasm for artificial responses over the words of humans.
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What we're watching: The Walk-In
18 Mar 2024The febrile post-Brexit environment and rise of neo Nazism in the UK is expertly captured in this taut series on TVNZ+. Graham Smith explains why it's worth a watch.
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Marley controversy takes centre stage at WOMAD day 2
Review - TE KAAHU showed off her musical delicacy, while Ziggy Marley's performance had an increased police presence and silent protesters in the crowds.
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Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen
21 Mar 2024Opinion - I was hopeful about the future. This is not what that future looks like. This is a massive step backwards into the past, Henrietta Bollinger writes.
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Homegrown festival: From Kiwi classics to TikTok trends
17 Mar 2024Review - Saturday night was a celebration of some of the best music Aotearoa New Zealand has to offer. And what a night it was, writes Pretoria Gordon.
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Week in Politics: Landlords and tenants, police and minister
Analysis - Interest deductibility for landlords a help for renters or a "cash handout"? The "insulting" police pay offer, and Luxon's uncomfortable press conference.
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Disclosure scheme for pharma payments 'falls short of best practice'
15 Mar 2024Analysis - Growing evidence shows industry payments to doctors play a key role in unethical pharmaceutical marketing. New Zealand's disclosure scheme fails to capture all companies and payment types…
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Terrorist's online history gives clues to preventing future atrocities
14 Mar 2024Analysis - Looking at the terrorists online and offline activities can give a more complete picture of the path to his attack, researchers say.
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WOMAD wraps up with humour and solidarity
18 Mar 2024Review - Utilising instruments from across the globe to make songs rooted in the folk music of Ukraine, DakhaBrakha had a dramatic stage presence, writes Elliott Childs.
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What the Greens knew, and what next for Darleen Tana
15 Mar 2024Analysis - The party finds itself embroiled in yet another political crisis. So who knew what and when, and what does it mean for the Green MP's future? Audio
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The Week in Politics: More controversy, more surprises
8 Mar 2024Analysis - Christopher Luxon gets a roasting, when is a tax not a tax, and there's another debacle, Peter Wilson writes.
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How can women have equity when we don't have pockets?
8 Mar 2024Does International Women's Day mean we can relax and reflect on progress? Yeah, nah, says Niki Bezzant.
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A royal dilemma as public curiosity over Kate grows
1 Mar 2024Analysis - The health problems of both the King and the Princess of Wales have raised questions around what Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace want the public to know.
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Week in Politics: Angry debate on 'the bill that kills'
1 Mar 2024Analysis - What we learnt as the government pushed two controversial bills through Parliament under urgency.
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Fast and loose? Coalition's urgency makes for riskier lawmaking
12 Mar 2024Analysis - Christopher Luxon's unapologetic response when asked about his government's use of urgency suggests they may continue to push laws through without the usual checks and balances. Audio
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Lots of flips, no flops: P!nk charms the crowd at Eden Park
9 Mar 2024Review - P!nk got the party started at Auckland's Eden Park on Friday night, and her Kiwi fans were there for it, writes Evie Orpe.
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How state care fails NZ's most vulnerable young people
1 Mar 2024Analysis - Care and protection residences are increasingly used as a solution for young people with complex needs. What needs to change?
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The end of Newshub: Slippery slope gets steeper for NZ journalism and democracy
Opinion - If journalism in Western democracies has been on a roller coaster of late, in Aotearoa this week it threatened to come right off the rails.
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Unintended consequences of vaccine mandates must inform future pandemic policy
Analysis - Now the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic is over, we have the luxury of being able to reflect on what worked well and what did not, researchers say.
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Luxon's criticisms of spending come back to bite
1 Mar 2024Analysis - National's Tama Potaka could have been mistaken for giving advice to his own leader when he told Newshub on Friday morning "the New Zealand taxpayer is not a free ATM card".
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Covid-19: A pandemic that will not go away
27 Feb 2024Analysis - February 28 marks four years since Covid-19 was first reported in Aotearoa New Zealand. Many of us are probably surprised this virus is still causing a pandemic.
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Luxon, at last, does his own thing, for his own party
23 Feb 2024Analysis - Christopher Luxon comes out from under the shadow of his coalition partners, and the sudden death of Efeso Collins brings Parliament to a standstill, Peter Wilson writes.
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