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Why the cheapest thing since sliced bread is – sliced bread

The Prime Minister talks of bread and butter issues. But bakers warn that after nearly a decade in which they've held the price of a simple sliced loaf, prices are now rising. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Kiwi iron maiden beats world's best powerlifters

Evie Corrigan may be small, but she's a giant in world powerlifting - beating all-comers in a unique event in Sheffield. And she's inspiring teen mums as she goes, Aiden McLaughlin writes.

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It's right to hold regrets, but blame games are pointless after such a crisis

I regretted not calling a state of emergency earlier than I did during the Port Hills fire in 2017. Like Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown I too based my decision on the advice from those responding to the event.

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Fight over $28m high country lease hits High Court

Czech multi-millionaire enters legal wrangle with Crown over a supposed reserve

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Nursing Council prevents training school opening, despite workforce crisis

The classrooms at the Healthcare Academy of New Zealand are sitting empty and its owners blame red tape for a 12-month delay before it can open, writes Andrew Bevin.

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Win every book on the Ockham shortlist

The most incredible book giveaway contest of all times since the one we held last year

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Suicide should not be a crime

More countries are realising that punishing individuals doesn’t prevent them from acting on suicidal thoughts but simply puts them in greater distress. Shahirah Hamid reports.

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Macron's reckless diplomatic defiance

Instead of President Macron talking up the unity of the West while he was in China, he talked it down and has weakened Europe

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Anti-Aukus feeling growing at home

A public debate is needed before New Zealand moves ahead with any efforts to join the controversial security deal, groups say.

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Abuse in Care extension necessary to do the job right

The second extension of the Royal Commission's final report is to be welcomed but provides no reason to delay redress, which the Government agreed to implement over a year ago, writes Stephen Winter

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The price pain of supermarket shopping

Grocery bills are going up and up - is it possible to do your weekly shop without visiting the supermarket?

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Master Builders contract 'almost comical', lawyer says

A well-known building construction litigator believes the contract used by Master Builders strongly favours the builder and is urging prospective homebuilders to seek professional advice before signing.

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Expert urges Government to set up specialist mental health court

An urgent call three years ago for the Government to establish a specialised mental health court went unanswered, with one of the advocates saying things have further deteriorated

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An empty school and a policy half full

If an education policy drops in a school, and only three pupils are there to see it, did it make a sound? Tim Murphy watches the PM on a school holidays visit to the classroom.

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RIP Anne Perry, murderer turned author

On the passing of Anne Perry

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Te Ao has netball world at her fingertips

Growing up in Perth, Katie Te Ao always dreamed of playing netball in NZ. But she never expected the teen rival who lured her home would eventually become her Mystics midcourt team-mate, Suzanne McFadden discovers.

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Scientist pokes holes in water data

Mike Joy says two statistical methods used in a freshwater report are flawed

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Coal use plummets to 32-year low

Less coal was burned in the last three months of 2022 than in any quarter since December 1990.

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Kieran McAnulty’s four gaffes

Chris Hipkins has admitted the Government didn't communicate the reasons for its Three Waters reforms well enough – but new minister Kieran McAnulty's arguments also failed the watertightness test, argues Jonathan Milne.

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I'm pro-public sector, but health money wasted on empty offices shows problem

You don’t need a dollar sign to recognise satisfaction with public services, but you do need rigorous measures of those outcomes, writes Rob Campbell

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‘We need everything we can throw at this’: Can hydrogen drive decarbonisation?

With impending decarbonisation goals, could the world’s lightest molecule help us achieve those goals while also providing New Zealand with a fresh and lucrative export industry?

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Māori knowledge can help us combat climate change

Watch video: In part eight of our 10-part video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change

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Cycleways and their image problem

Critics call them "gold-plated cycleways", but as The Detail finds out, there's more to these infrastructure projects than meets the eye.

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Open Government head urges NZ to lead on transparency

As autocracies grow stronger, countries like New Zealand must stand up for open democracy, the head of a multilateral transparency initiative says.

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Protect yourself from side effects just by reading this article

Research shows that knowing about the nocebo effect – the 'evil twin' of the placebo effect – means you are less likely to experience negative side effects of drugs or treatments, says Dr Kate MacKrill

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