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Financial mentors plead against softer lending regulations

The incoming National-led government plans to do away with parts of the Consumer Finance Act it believes are stifling access to credit, reports Andrew Bevin

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Three Waters assets to move to new council-owned companies

National wants to protect ratepayers from soaring bills by moving the drinking water, wastewater and some stormwater assets off council balance sheets – while avoiding compulsion or co-governance. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Pat Baskett: It's deadly, so why aren't we taking it seriously?

Heat kills more people than cold or floods, yet nothing in the new government’s policies suggest anything other than marginal commitment help keep the heat down, writes Pat Baskett

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An Ode to .. Mark 'make-up' Mitchell

Bard Billot on a blue-party boofhead

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Another DoC track bites the dust

Conservation advocate Gerry McSweeney is lamenting DoC’s abandonment of yet another walking track on the West Coast.

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Winston Peters flexes his muscles in a quiet week

Winston Peters achieved two things with his controversial social media post this week. He threw some meat to a cohort of voters that secured his return to Parliament and backed both National and Act’s leaders into a corner.

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The Week in Detail: Pasifika MPs, 95bFM, and comic books

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Short story: Stars of Hood Street, by Marama Salsano

"Yet another boozy Friday night on Hood Street in Kirikiriroa…"

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ChatGPT is not a passing fad, let's get it to work for us, not against us

Teachers should use ChatGPT and generative AI to develop critical literacy, partly to make students realise that algorithmic decision making isn’t necessarily objective, argues Jack Webster

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Long Read: The MethaneSAT saga

By Eloise Gibson: How did New Zealand come to invest 29 million dollars in a Bezos-backed methane satellite space plan than will not improve New Zealand’s methane estimates?

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Government grabs more power in Ruapehu liquidation

MBIE has bought up $13m ANZ debt and appointed receivers from Calibre Partners to advance a sale of the ski fields, reports Andrew Bevin.

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Works agency wins early skirmish in $440m court threat to Crown balance sheet

Incoming ministers will be watching closely as the new so-called 'Ministry of Works' defends the biggest single legal liability on Crown books, writes Jonathan Milne.

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Facing dry years without a dry year policy? Our electricity future is scary

National has committed to halt investigating hydro dry year buffering schemes in its first 100 days, but, asks Earl Bardsley, is it wise to terminate feasibility studies before their outcomes are known?

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Breaking the supermarket chilled logistics chokehold

Access to a cold transport network and warehousing is an expensive barrier to grocery competition

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Warning over looming water battle

National wants to 're-balance' the way freshwater’s managed

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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Elderly Māori hard-hit by rising costs as they refinance to help whānau

There's a call for government help for Māori and other communities worst affected by rising food prices and interest rates, reports Jonathan Milne.

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COP28 will be the most consequential UN climate talks yet

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN will play a leading role promoting the switch of food and agriculture practices from being a primary cause of the climate crisis to major solutions, reports Rod Oram

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New Govt could panel-beat legislation without writing it off

We can't have our core resource management laws flip-flopping with successive governments. National’s criticisms of the new laws could be addressed through amendments

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Smoke alarms in huts: Conservation Dept explains tech and safety imperatives

Backcountry huts to meet the same regulations as city buildings, reports David Williams

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Making the Planet less Lonely

Lonely Planet, 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?

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Linking mind and body better in health care

As we transition to a national health system under Te Whatu Ora, we need to empower health psychologists to focus on their mahi, rather than fight for their existence, argues David Lim

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Auckland Council ‘kicks the can down the road’ on Māori seats

A narrow victory for Māori ward sceptics on Auckland Council means the region is unlikely to see dedicated Māori seats on the governing body before 2028

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National must deliver on policy and grow party vote to win again

Labour’s defeat shows clearly that voters treat policy failure by governments harshly, writes Peter Dunne

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Rescuing a cross-party inquiry into 'humanity's most costly challenge'

There's a glimmer of hope that the NZ public's important climate adaptation submissions may escape the shredder and be considered in one of Parliament's most unusual inquiries. Jonathan Milne reports.

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