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Govt 'open minded' on paying rates for schools, hospitals, conservation land

Local government leaders welcome official work on new tools to address 'funding crisis' for councils, ahead of the coming month's independent review. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Internal Affairs and Gambling Commission face legal action over pokie relocations

An anti-pokie advocacy group will argue more than a dozen pokie venues that relocated since 2013 should have been forced to give up at least half of the machines they originally had.

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Pawson battered, broken but unbowed

Veteran cyclist Penny Pawson recovers from the ravages of injury to set a world record on the track

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A China tightrope reaching beyond the horizon

The golden days of NZ's relationship with the Asian superpower are over - and we need to get used to the new, more fraught reality.

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The perpetual myth of perpetual growth

Just as the architects of our current economic system designed the system around perpetual growth, we can redesign the economy around delivering wellbeing to all, within planetary limits, writes Dr Catherine Knight

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Germany’s heating plan: from green dream to red alarm

Germany has had one of the world’s most ambitious energy and climate policies but with high inflation rates, a sluggish economy, and the Ukraine war, it's not be the time for ambitious, costly and utopian policies

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Ruapehu skiers to decide fate of mountain

The value assigned to each life pass holder means they are kingmakers in upcoming vote.

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Backpacker bank accounts hit by anti-money laundering rules

Working holiday visa holders have to jump through hoops to get a bank account because of anti-money laundering provisions which even the Reserve Bank say aren't necessary.

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Climate-unsavvy biz owners stranded alongside assets

Experts warn transition to a low-carbon economy is do or die.

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When our brain takes an educated guess

Carrie Leonetti examines a phenomenon that allows people to accurately observe a basketball game, but not the gorilla that wanders through it – and what that means for the justice system.

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'They get sold a dream': When big returns don't eventuate

Suspected investment scams are on the rise and authorities are worried some of our most vulnerable communities are falling victim to them.

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Tina Turner: The blues, the resilience and the legacy

Tina Turner’s death reinvigorates the need for public acknowledgement of the black roots of rock ‘n’ roll, writes Dr Kirsten Zemke.

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Dominion Books closes

Steve Braunias on the end of a second-hand bookstore era in Herne Bay

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Water polo star's childhood tricks pay off

One of NZ's top water polo players, Bernadette Doyle's childhood enthusiasm hasn't waned, helping her team to the World Cup super final.

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The wallabies threatening a national park

Wallabies are hopping closer to one of our most precious national parks. Have we got the tools to stop them in their tracks?

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Tiwai smelter sees path to remain until 2039

In a letter to the Government late last year, New Zealand's only aluminium smelter said it believed it could operate for another 15 years beyond its current 2024 closure date.

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The coast is under threat

A climate researcher on the future of coastal housing (there is no future)

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Bipartisan politics up in smoke as election looms

There are few “grown-up” moments between National and Labour in recent political history other than the 2021 bipartisan housing accord. But as political editor Jo Moir writes, it only took a whiff of a tightly contested election to unravel it.

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Democracy behind closed doors

Shining a light on the degree to which southern councils exclude the public from their deliberations shows some are much shyer than others.

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Housing: a public policy disaster for 30 years

A major social housing conference this week heard that all parts of the system need a long term vision and goals, but that the crisis has been decades in the making and won’t be turned around quickly.

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'Pacific aspiration is not an appendage': Mahuta pushes Pacific-Asia ties in Korea

As Asian interest in the Pacific ramps up, the foreign minister says a South Korea summit is a chance for NZ to reiterate the importance of the Pacific voice in geopolitical discussions.

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Projected 400 flooded Auckland households may not be allowed to return

Newsroom has learned the number of properties being considered for managed retreat after the Auckland anniversary weekend floods – but neither the council nor insurers is willing to pick up the final bill. Jonathan Milne reports.

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The China Tightrope: War on our doorstep?

An edited extract from The China Tightrope, a new book on the NZ-China relationship, on what a conflict involving China might look like - and what that would mean for Aotearoa.

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Let's not fool ourselves with our eyes open on the climate

“Believing” in sustainability and making others believe you are doing something is not the same as solving the issues, writes Rob Campbell

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NZ Steel and transitioning to a low-carbon economy

We have been told of what to expect in terms of emissions reduction and meeting our 2050 emissions reduction targets, but what about the financial return, asks Basil Sharp?

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