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Looking beyond Aussie and China for trade wins

The citizenship announcement in the late hours of Friday night left some New Zealand officials with the impression the Australian government was trying to quietly bury it. Now that it has finally been put to rest it means New Zealand can focus its diplomatic energy elsewhere.

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Aukus angst catches eye in election year

Could public debate over New Zealand's potential role in a polarising security deal reach similar levels to the Iraq War or the TPP trade deal?

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Anzac Day: Stories of war, loss, peace and discovery

Very few WWII veterans remain, but Auckland Museum says if anything, there's been a surge of interest in looking at our war-time history.

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Changing South: Ōtautahi Christchurch: the water city?

In February 2023, Cyclone Gabrielle dumped up to 500mm of rain on the north of NZ, with devastating effects. Frank Film set out to investigate what would happen if a similar amount of rain fell on Ōtautahi Christchurch.

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Touch rugby sisterhood wins recognition

A first of its kind all-girls touch rugby programme in Christchurch has won national accolades and kept hundreds of girls in the game, Merryn Anderson writes.

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Rob Campbell: When regular electioneering seems trivial

No polls, no focus groups, no donor obligations. Rob Campbell is party to a discussion weighing up whether Parliament is the right place to advance honestly-held causes.

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Surging food prices a risk to managing down inflation

Shares in The Warehouse Group slumped to a new low in the face of recession fears, but there are hopes the Red Shed's increased grocery sales will give Kiwi more competitive food prices. Andrew Patterson reports.

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Nuclear test veterans seek recognition

More than 500 sailors on New Zealand navy ships were exposed to tests of hydrogen bombs in the late 1950s. Aaron Smale spoke to one ahead of Anzac Day.

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Kawerau leads small councils' fight against new amalgamations

The Infrastructure Commission and a Government-commissioned review into local government have both raised questions about how smaller districts can remain viable. Jonathan Milne reports.

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A fitting tribute

CK Stead remembers Barry Humphries

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Read my lips: No new major taxes, Govt must live within its means

PM Chris Hipkins' economic focus will not be on extracting more tax from wealthy ageing moguls, but increasing productivity from young workers

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What’s up with the tracks, DoC?

"It's as if DoC's simply given up." Neglected, overgrown and hazardous walking and biking tracks are raising concerns on the West Coast.

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The Week in Detail: Cycleways, cancelled ferries, and FIFA

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Nelly’s taking care of Black Ferns business

The world champion Black Ferns have a new manager - with a winning pedigree. And Nelly Strickland can't wait to turn coach Allan Bunting's brainwaves into reality for the team. Suzanne McFadden reports.

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Short story: All gone, by Kirsty Gunn

"I kind of feel up to here with multiculturalism": the most disturbing short story to ever appear in ReadingRoom

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The days of politely begging for better Kiwi rights in Oz are over

New Zealanders living in Australia are celebrating a historic win after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the biggest improvement in the rights of Kiwis living across the ditch in more than two decades.

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The Detail's Long Read: This Little Piggy Went to Europe

By Gregor Thomson: the rags-to-riches story of the kunekune pig, New Zealand’s cutest ambassador.

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UK Foreign Secretary coordinates war response from NZ situation room

New Zealand has an indirect but potentially significant strategic and political interest in Sudan’s unfolding conflict, as its oil tankers pass through the Red Sea. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Raw Politics: Votes in kids’ grades; National’s shame

On this week's Raw Politics video and podcast: Why the flurry of activity by the Government on school achievement and education reforms? And how does National ever get control over its scandal-prone candidate list?

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Chaos on the Cook Strait

Getting across the Cook Strait has been a logistical challenge over the past few months. The Detail looks at why the ferries have become so unreliable.

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias (plus massive book giveaway)

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‘It looks like everyone is leaving’: How police failed at Parliament

Intelligence warnings went unheeded, no response plan was made and only a handful of police were available to monitor and manage the first day of the Parliament protest.

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Government considers funding child UN complainants

Advocates for children's rights say access to legal aid and beefed-up systems back home are necessary to make new UN obligations anything more than a tick-box exercise

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The planet burns on a bonfire of farming regulations

Many are rising to the challenges of making all our economic activities climate compatible in ways that also restore our natural environment. But the main bodies in the dairy and meat industries are draggers, rather than drivers, of that vital work, argues Rod Oram.

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Three Waters: The little town that said 'no' to a $2.4m no-strings windfall

When local authorities are under financial strain by the Government's own admission, Waimate is the only council in the country to stand on its principles and refuse the Three Waters sweetener. Jonathan Milne reports.

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