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Waitaki teen unfazed by nappy taunts

As one of the youngest people running in the election, Ethan Reille is having to put up with some childish rhetoric.

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Hope and false hope for Alzheimer's sufferers

Scientists have worked out how brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease, but there's caution over starting the celebrations just yet.

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Luxon warns supporters election is no 'done deal'

The National Party leader spent a day touring the West Coast, talking up the tightness of the election and taking questions on public service cuts, reports Marc Daalder

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Personal and confidential: Performance Review for CM Luxon

How has Christopher Luxon the businessman adapted to political campaigning? Here's Luxon's party leadership assessed, in the style of an executive performance review.

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Cost of living is the No 1 issue 'with a bullet'; tackling it will win the election

Climate, crime, health and education? Fuggedaboutit. For voters, cost of living is bigger than Covid – hell, it's bigger than Jesus. So tackling inflation will win the election. Jonathan Milne investigates.

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Policies with teeth: where the parties stand on dental care

The political will to plug the dental gap in healthcare seems higher than ever – but will it be enough to get these dental policies over the line?

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But where are you really from?

A Chinese New Zealander's novel searches for identity in a country where whakapapa is foundational.

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Chrises, it's a crisis, so get cracking

Climate delay and climate defeatism are just the latest manifestations of out-and-out climate denial, and they’re both morally reprehensible, writes Sir Jonathon Porritt

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For Luxon it's better the devil you (claim not to) know

Although Luxon has already shown he is sufficiently desperate for power to contemplate a deal with NZ First, those dreaming he might work with the Greens are likely to be disappointed, writes Peter Dunne

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Nursing school fears extended purgatory

Regulatory approval for a new nursing diploma is proving hard to get, reports Andrew Bevin

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Tāmaki: When two tribes go to war

A knife-edge poll result in the previously rock-solid National seat of Tāmaki sets the scene for a debate with a distinct lack of camaraderie between the two allies of the right. Tim Murphy was in the room.

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Rolling back the red wave in Whangārei: 'I've got the strongest ground game'

Dr Shane Reti is quietly confident in Whangārei – but did 2020 show the country that the northern electorate can be anybody’s for the taking?

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Bishop may just knock over the Minister in Hutt South

In Hutt South, Chris Bishop won double National's nationwide vote in 2020 – so although Labour's Ginny Andersen looks likely to hold her seat, it could be tight, argues Liam Hehir.

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Vaping promises up in smoke

Vaping rates, particularly among young people, have rapidly risen. Our political parties are starting to take notice, but the next government must turn proposals into policies, says Prof Kelly Burrowes

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Businesses asked to prove honest dealings with politicians

As sacked minister Stuart Nash moves straight from Parliament into a lobbying role, there are moves to improve openness in corporate-government engagement. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Dramatic change pays off for world champ sprinter

She’s just 22, but new world champion Para athlete Danielle Aitchison is already giving back – hoping to give kids with disabilities what she missed out on. Suzanne McFadden writes.

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Bought out and sold down the river

The government subsidised pine on the East Coast for nearly 30 years. In that time huge tracts of that forestry have ended up in the hands of foreign companies with a track record of environmental damage. The latest in a series on the slow destruction of Tairāwhiti.

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Debates pull in audience despite TV decline

New polling shows televised leaders’ debates are still reaching many eligible voters despite the decline in those watching linear television, writes Jo Moir

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Bola and badass gullies: the science of East Coast erosion

Scientist Mike Marden has spent decades researching the East Coast's erosion and knows the local soils like few others – and he also knows things have to change. Aaron Smale continues a series on the slow destruction of Tairāwhiti.

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Politicians' fear of asking for sacrifices comes at a price

This is the dancing Cossacks election of a new era. We're being told we can delay building climate change resilience – but if we don’t act now, we will pay a much higher price later.

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Disability is this year's forgotten issue

Advocates say disability issues are at a "crossroads of regress" with neglect from political parties caught up in electioneering.

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The rock stars have arrived

The one about the house where a Prime Minister supposedly locked his deranged son in the basement.

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David Seymour tells what Act will use its 'stronger brew' to do

Greater cuts to the public service and a discussion on co-governance are near-enough to bottom lines for the Act Party, says its leader. Act will be National’s 'economic conscience'.

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Defining issues: 'I don’t think we have a rural divide, I really don't' – dairy farmer

From the big city to the farm, we measure the rural-urban divide

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Ministers agree loan to private investors to save Ruapehu ski field

There's concern at a Cabinet decision, in the shadow of election, to increase its lending to $50m and set up ski field for private ownership. Jonathan Milne reports.

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