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The island where people's stories are paramount
5:00 AM.On Great Barrier Island the media landscape is bucking the national trend - it's flourishing Read more Audio
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On the fringes of the Gallipoli battlefield
5:00 AM.When our Gallipoli soldiers landed at the historically significant site they occasionally paused to admire the sunsets, birds and flowers; and to souvenir treasures Read more Audio
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Life-saving legislation that got out of kilter
5:00 AM.The government's hit pause on strict new building regulations over earthquake strengthening, and even its usual opponents are happy with the move Read more Audio
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NZ rail's track of perpetual failure
5:00 AM.KiwiRail's future could be veering more towards mothballs than mega-ferries, but the government's not sending out any hints Read more Audio
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New hope with new tech for abuse survivors
5:00 AM.New technology available to abuse victims aims to change the figures on unreported sexual assaults. Read more Audio
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That's so last century
5:00 AM.From harem pants to scandalous hemlines, Auckland Library's latest exhibition showcases what we wore in the 1950s through 1990s Read more Audio
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Wellington's ebb and flow of public servants
5:00 AM.The government's back-office public service job cuts are adding to Wellington's woes
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Pharmac and the keys to the drug cupboard
5:00 AM.Secret lists and capped budgets - how does Pharmac make its drug buying choices? Read more Audio
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Skin deep beauty and the pain that goes with it
5:00 AM.The beauty industry in New Zealand is a wild west devoid of regulation, and the price people are paying can take the form of scars, burns and infections. Read more Audio
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Traffic lights alone won't stop truancy
5:00 AM.Government fixes for truancy need to look at why kids aren't coming to school, rather than just shaming schools for their numbers. Read more Audio
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The brand new hospital that has no budget to operate
5:00 AM.The lights are on, the beds are ready, but no patients have stepped inside a brand new $320 million surgical hospital built on Auckland's North Shore. Read more Audio
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On the frontline of Victim Support
5:00 AM.A Victim Support worker on what it's like to support victims on their worst days. Read more Audio
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Winston goes to Washington
5:00 AM.New Zealand is edging away from our long-held Independent Foreign Policy and towards old allies, and navigating it all is an old hand. Read more Audio
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The heritage building hullabaloo
5:00 AM.The heritage building debate: A balance between saving our history and building our future. Read more Audio
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When it comes to rates bills, the only way is up
5:00 AM.Coming soon to an inbox or letterbox near you is something shocking - your next rates bill. Read more Audio
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When it's too expensive to measure poverty
5:00 AM.Two fact-finding projects on children and poverty are under attack by public service cost cutting. Read more Audio
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A GPS that could backfire on commuters
5:00 AM.The plan to get Kiwis moving - as long as it's along a motorway - has public transport experts fuming Read more Audio
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Cherry picking our healthy food labels
5:00 AM.Using the health star-rating for packaged food should be simple, but it's not Read more Audio
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Ruapehu's tourism future is complicated and confusing
5:00 AM.Snow season is fast approaching but the North Island's only commercial skiing mountain has an uncertain future Read more Audio
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Rugby drops the ball of sporting domination
5:00 AM.On the field and off, rugby is fighting to keep the game alive Read more Audio
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Rubbing out the rainbow
5:00 AM.The line between freedom of expression, and suppression of other people's freedoms Read more Audio
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The disability ministry's funding fiasco
5:00 AM.Service cuts from the disability ministry caused panic and stress. How did it all go wrong? Read more Audio
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Another chip in the China relationship
5:00 AM.China has been caught spying on us. Forty billion dollars in trade might explain why it took three years and the support of two friends to announce. Read more Audio
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Urgent rescue plan needed for India's Gloriavale branch
5:00 AM.The Gloriavale offshoot in India is home to Kiwi women and children. A former member of the sect says getting them out of there is urgent Read more Audio
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The language of economic doom
5:00 AM.Are fiscal holes a real issue, or an easy headline? Read more Audio