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Plans to cap climate pollution from new buildings

Both residential and commercial new builds would be subject to proposed regulations of climate pollution in the construction and operation of buildings.

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Labour's assumption – a mistake it won't make again

The Labour Party assumed Meka Whaitiri was on their team for the October election and by the time a colleague asked, she’d already decided to jump ship, writes political editor Jo Moir.

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PM pulls out of toasting Chinese business

Hipkins has withdrawn as guest speaker at a gala dinner next week hosted by a business group founded by ex-National MP and Chinese spy school lecturer Jian Yang and presented by a major Chinese liquor brand.

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'I have spoken my truth': Whaitiri quits Labour for Te Pāti Māori

Labour minister Meka Whaitiri says she has taken the difficult but “right decision” to cross the floor to join Te Pāti Māori in a shock move five months out from the election.

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Meka Whaitiri jumps to Te Pāti Māori – its first big-name election candidate

And party president extends invitation to minister Mahuta: 'If Nanaia feels there's something awry with the way she was treated, she knows what she can do.'

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Hong Kong's unacceptable genius

Part three of our special report on Hong Kong writing

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Inside the Government's school lunches programme

Ka Ora, Ka Ako was launched in 2019 to help families facing food insecurity - is it doing its job?

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Goliath News Corp is wounded but challenges remain

In one of the world’s most tightly held media industries, one smaller voice struck a blow for freedom of expression, writes Alexandra Wake

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Chinese memorial opening defies harassment campaign

The arrival on the West Coast of gold miners from China more than 160 years ago has been marked at an event at Ross marred by one man’s antics.

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The Deep Dive: Fixing Auckland's transport problem

Traffic gridlock in Auckland is an endless source of frustration for commuters and costs the city billions of dollars in lost productivity. So how did we become so reliant on cars? And is there a way out?

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Where is she now? Linda Vagana

She was one of the most feared Silver Ferns defenders, but with the biggest heart. Linda Vagana talks to Suzanne McFadden about her netball career with two countries, working to rebuild the Samoan game and getting more Kiwi kids reading.

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UAE minister pushes for NZ trade deal

As talks on a Gulf-wide deal drag out, one country suggests a bilateral approach could bear fruit.

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Environmentalists criticise ‘all carrot, no stick’ fishing transformation plan

A group dominated by fishing firms and the Ministry for Primary Industries has come up with a sustainability transformation plan short on environmental specifics and timelines, and long on what sounds to some experts as awfully like a modified status quo.

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Freshwater management through radical collaboration

Climate action and a sustainable water future are two sides of the same coin – and local communities and indigenous peoples hold the key, says Lianne Dalziel

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Crisis-hit Conservation Dept considers closures, offloads

A $300m deferred maintenance backlog is forcing officials to consider drastic measures, writes David Williams.

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Ministers consider whether community services card 'fit for purpose'

Carmel Sepuloni and Grant Robertson are both open to changing the thresholds for community service cardholders, which currently penalise people trying to save for their retirement.

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An Aotearoa drug policy for the 21st Century

It’s time to overhaul NZ's outdated and harmful drug laws in favour of a health-based, Te Tiriti-aligned approach that not only reduces harm but saves tax money and police time, argue Dr Rose Crossin and Professor Joe Boden.

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Top physicist calls for gender funding quotas

The Government is committed to pumping more into science – who it goes to can make a difference.

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How 'digital twins' will revolutionise health

The concept for engineering systems has been around for years, and the same principles can be applied to human health, explains Distinguished Prof Peter Hunter

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Rod Oram: Anxiety into action

‘Anxiety into action’ is the theme of this 10th and last episode in our Newsroom video series The Way Forward about the ways we are tackling the climate crisis in Aotearoa.

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Price of life: Govt to value safer and faster journeys nearly three times more

The NZ Transport Agency has quietly hiked the value it places on a human life to $12.5 million, in a far-reaching decision that resets how much government will pay for road and rail infrastructure, and much more. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Not enough evidence to justify ban on streaming in schools

Given the mixed nature of international evidence and relative lack of NZ-specific evidence, it should be up to schools to decide whether to separate pupils by attainment, argues Benjamin Macintyre

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Tax: What's fair and what's next

Tax is inherently values-based - what one person thinks is fair could be unfair to someone else. Is that why changing the system is so hard?

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When journalists are targets, we all suffer

Autocrats know that controlling the media is the first step in controlling the population. It’s why journalists are increasingly in the firing line, writes Professor Peter Greste.

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Pleas for deeper look into KiwiRail failure

Widespread disruption for Wellington rail users look set to ease, but questions remain over whether it was caused by KiwiRail incompetence or a symptom of wider industry dysfunction.

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