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Ethnicity a factor in surgery waitlists for years

During Covid-19 Auckland medical professionals identified Māori and Pasifika were disproportionately waiting for surgery compared with other population groups and sought to fix it when operating theatres were back up and running after the 2020 lockdowns.

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What if all Māori went on the general roll

More than 442,000 people who are eligible to vote are not registered – a population larger than Hamilton, Rotorua and Tauranga combined. Many of them are from marginalised communities. Many are Māori. Aaron Smale runs the numbers

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Hipkins confirms Xi meeting as US-China tensions in spotlight

Top US diplomat meets Chinese leader, as details of our PM's own trip are released.

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Stuart Nash breached official information laws - Ombudsman

The former minister breached the Official Information Act by improperly withholding emails in which he discussed confidential Cabinet discussions with two of his political donors, Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier found.

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Govt consults on removing forestry from ETS

The Government is consulting on four options to amend the carbon market to better incentivise cutting climate pollution instead of offsetting it by planting trees.

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National could pay off teacher loans

The National Party hints at a repeat for student teachers of its incentives to attract more nurses, including some kind of bonding scheme and paying towards their student loans

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Southern Green Hydrogen poses $12b+ cost to society - report

Meridian Energy's proposed large green hydrogen electrolyser in Southland would raise power prices but have a relatively modest impact on climate pollution, a new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has found

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Does 'social cohesion' actually matter?

Trying to generate trust and consensus without substantive social change is a fool’s errand – history shows the disintegration of trust in the old order is essential to such change

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Inside a diabolical RNZ review

The strange case of paying to have your book eviscerated at RNZ

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Let’s move from ‘engagement’ to more of a ‘mārena’

Māori environmental experts correctly predicted the floods in Auckland earlier this year – we can't waste time arguing about who is right or who knows more, while climate change erodes the little we have left, says Aimee Matiu

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Cloud hangs over SailGP race

International sailing race in danger of losing local hapū’s support

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Where to next for a Kermadec ocean sanctuary?

It was announced to great fanfare in 2015, but years of negotiations have failed to secure an agreement over the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary.

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Wāhine on Water riding the wave

Often thought of as a "boys' club", more female lifeguards are learning how to drive inflatable rescue boats. Merryn Anderson finds out how a mentoring programme is providing a safe space for girls to learn the skill.

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Telling jokes about the weather

As part of a weekly showcase of future leaders and inspirational young New Zealanders from the Hyundai Pinnacle Programme, Simon Kay says while his path has been a bit longer than most, his goals are now firmly established around comedy | Content Partnership

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The recession you have when you’re not having a recession

While economists are expecting further contraction of the NZ economy this year, opinions vary as to how bad things could get.

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New environment group aims to shift dial on climate

Climate Shift campaign is a good start in calling for more government climate action but it pulls its punches on the Emissions Trading Scheme and air travel, says Pat Baskett

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An Ode for .. Whiney Luxon

Bard Billot on the bad mouthing Nats leader

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The Family Court’s motherhood problem

That judges and lawyers feel comfortable interfering in breastfeeding is emblematic of a larger cultural problem, writes Carrie Leonetti.

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The transition to an 'economy of enough'

Rather than a Productivity Commission, how about we have a Sufficiency Commission instead, asks Dr Catherine Knight, whose goal would be to meet our needs within biophysical limits?

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How to bake a better budget

Our local councils take too long to make what are often average decisions, and the public has fallen out of trust with the system, writes Mark Thomas

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The Week in Detail: Vapes, quakes, and scrap metal

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: The Mysteries of My Sister, by Barbara Else

A family saga in 10 instalments

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Long Read: Homeward Bound

By Veronika Meduna: Moriori await the final return to the Chatham Islands of human remains recovered from institutions around the world.

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Meng Foon resigns as Race Relations Commissioner over conflict of interest

Meng Foon has resigned as New Zealand's Race Relations Commissioner this afternoon, after failing to disclose a conflict of interest.

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Nash donor lobbied for high-wealth tax study exemption

A friend of the former minister asked to be excused from government research into high-wealth tax practices, saying it would distract from his role as the chair of an advisory council.

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