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The strange case of the first Māori author

David Ballantyne wrote the Great New Zealand Novel in 1968 but is seldom recognised as a Māori author published long before Hone Tuwhare and Witi Ihimaera

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Tax question hovers as Hipkins goes on

If Labour decides a wealth or capital gains tax is needed ahead of the next election, then Chris Hipkins can’t stay on as leader

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NZ should rethink stance on Japan’s nuclear wastewater

Regional leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in Rarotonga, but New Zealand has let them down with our response to Japan's dumping of nuclear wastewater in the ocean, writes Karly Burch

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Black Ferns, Red Roses, red cards and red faces

Rugby writer Adam Julian sums up the first Women's XV international tournament - and examines how the Black Ferns find themselves once again so far behind England

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Business is doing the heavy lifting to meet climate targets - it's time Govt steps up

A report says Climate Leaders Coalition members are all now working with suppliers and customers to reduce their scope 3 supply chain emissions, and Spark NZ's CEO says the incoming government must also step up to slow climate change.

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It’s not Luxon who needs to agree to a Treaty referendum, it’s Ngāpuhi

Act's proposal should go to David Seymour's own iwi first. You do not get good outcomes when one party, the Crown, tells another party how it’s going to be.

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‘Huge impact on the community’: Karekare left in the long-term dark

Uncertainty abounds on the west coast, where post-cyclone land instability puts whole communities in doubt despite council buyouts

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Fear and trauma from a world away

A Jewish and a Palestinian man both find they’ve been naïve in believing New Zealand to be a safe haven from hatred and abuse.

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Seeds planted for a Green win in Christchurch

The red wave of 2020 has receded, is a green one now on the way? David Williams investigates how the Greens have eaten Labour's lunch in the Christchurch.

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Christchurch council tiptoes over stadium funding

Christchurch City Council makes a belated plea for help to pay for its $683m stadium, Te Kaha

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NZ Post buying major parcel competitor

A complaint has already been fired off to ComCom against the purchase of PBT, reports Andrew Bevin

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In praise of the worst poet in NZ history

The sordid back pages of the Wellington Poetry Society are revealed

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Police around NZ drafted in to bring down court wait times in Auckland

Pressure to reduce the backlog of cases in Tāmaki Makaurau has seen police shift court preparation work to officers based in other regions.

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How a 'Rule of Two' could remove our barrier to better drug access

We need to address the unnecessary and wasteful Medsafe approval for tried and tested drugs by much bigger regulatory authorities abroad, argues Dr Eric Crampton

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In-person government negotiations slow going

There are no meetings in the diary between Winston Peters and David Seymour this week and some talks with National have moved to email and phone

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The most Māori in Parliament ever. Significant? Or so what?

The final election results last Friday moved the dial bringing in two more Te Paati Māori MPs and with that electing the highest number of number of Māori MPs in a parliamentary term

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Three Waters demise leaves towns high and dry

The change of government could put one flood-prone community’s water-infrastructure upgrade plans in jeopardy.

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Wesche in pursuit of precious centimetres

Top shot putter Maddi Wesche is on a mission to compete in the Paris Olympics - and take a sizeable contingent of family support with her

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A new legal current restores Māori rights for river mouths

One court ruled out customary rights for Māori over their river mouths if the waterways were 'navigable' but a higher court has reversed that for up to 1km up rivers from the coast, reports Tim Murphy

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Ka kite for Māori Health Authority?

All three of the parties who will form the next government have campaigned on disestablishing the Māori Health Authority. What does it even do, and what will happen if it's scrapped?

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WorkSafe issues notice to Auckland rail company

WorkSafe has issued Auckland One Rail an improvement notice after finding the known psychosocial risk to workers of viewing, experiencing, or hearing about on-track collisions was not being managed effectively

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What links the Mongrel Mob, te reo, Kim Kardashian and Luxon

On crime and equity, National's political slogans are the equivalent of Kim Kardashian's climate change contributions, writes Rob Campbell

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An ode for .. the ruling Throuple

Bard Billot on the first meeting of the Baron, the Toad and the Vamp

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Minor parties the big winners in final tally

The 2023 election is the story of a collapse for Labour but also underperformance for National, with three minor parties earning their best ever party vote results.

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Revealed: A startling secret of NZ’s nuclear free policy

Author and former anti-nuclear campaign leader Nicky Hager reveals that at the peak moment in NZ's standoff with the US over a proposed nuclear ship visit in 1985 a key Cabinet minister shared top secret papers with him

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