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The most Māori in Parliament ever. Significant? Or so what?

The final election results last Friday moved the dial bringing in two more Te Paati Māori MPs and with that electing the highest number of number of Māori MPs in a parliamentary term

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Three Waters demise leaves towns high and dry

The change of government could put one flood-prone community’s water-infrastructure upgrade plans in jeopardy.

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Wesche in pursuit of precious centimetres

Top shot putter Maddi Wesche is on a mission to compete in the Paris Olympics - and take a sizeable contingent of family support with her

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A new legal current restores Māori rights for river mouths

One court ruled out customary rights for Māori over their river mouths if the waterways were 'navigable' but a higher court has reversed that for up to 1km up rivers from the coast, reports Tim Murphy

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Ka kite for Māori Health Authority?

All three of the parties who will form the next government have campaigned on disestablishing the Māori Health Authority. What does it even do, and what will happen if it's scrapped?

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WorkSafe issues notice to Auckland rail company

WorkSafe has issued Auckland One Rail an improvement notice after finding the known psychosocial risk to workers of viewing, experiencing, or hearing about on-track collisions was not being managed effectively

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What links the Mongrel Mob, te reo, Kim Kardashian and Luxon

On crime and equity, National's political slogans are the equivalent of Kim Kardashian's climate change contributions, writes Rob Campbell

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An ode for .. the ruling Throuple

Bard Billot on the first meeting of the Baron, the Toad and the Vamp

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Minor parties the big winners in final tally

The 2023 election is the story of a collapse for Labour but also underperformance for National, with three minor parties earning their best ever party vote results.

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Winner of the 2023 Sargeson Prize

Anna Woods has won the $10,000 Sargeson Prize for her story "Pig Hunting", described by judge Vincent O'Sullivan as "a story that joins that small but essential group of New Zealand stories that attend to women in the isolation of farming or the bush"

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The Week in Detail: Supie, 15-minute cities, and gang crackdowns

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

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The Black Ferns postie who set the rugby world on fire

Black Fern Rochelle Martin has broken glass ceilings in both fire fighting and rugby, as a three-time World Cup champion. She's recognised as one of the pioneers of women's rugby in the new book, Our Game Makers.

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Revealed: A startling secret of NZ’s nuclear free policy

Author and former anti-nuclear campaign leader Nicky Hager reveals that at the peak moment in NZ's standoff with the US over a proposed nuclear ship visit in 1985 a key Cabinet minister shared top secret papers with him

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Long Read: The straight and narrow

By Bill Morris: Ploughing—the epitome of the colonial ‘civilising’ of land—is as fundamental to this country’s history as war and rugby. Perhaps it’s not surprising that we make a sport out of it.

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Safe Labour voters and Māori undo the red team

Labour has failed to win any extra seats in the special votes. The biggest messages of no confidence in its thumping have come from Auckland and Māori.

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Luxon gets the government he didn't want

Christopher Luxon will need Winston Peters to form a government and is promising negotiations will 'take as long as they take' to secure good agreements.

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Family's case over forest worker's death fails

A rare private health and safety prosecution over the death of a young Ngāti Porou forestry worker has been dismissed by the court.

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Putting the boot into water woes

The drawn-out process of improving water quality in Otago is coinciding with tough times for agriculture sparking a warning that new rules could tip some family farms over the edge

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Liquidator could sue reneged Supie investor

Investigations will reveal whether there's legal recourse for defaulting on a $3m commitment. 'Let them sue the investor and get the money,' says corporate lawyer Barry Brown. Jonathan Milne reports.

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This week's bestselling books

The latest Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list, described by Steve Braunias

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NZ needs to avoid becoming dumping ground of world's inferior products

The right to repair is necessary to address waste management and overconsumption, and would support a circular economy where resources remain in use for as long as possible

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Luxon is about to inflict reputational damage with oil and gas exploration

PM-elect is about to make the same mistake as the British PM, Rishi Sunak, who has delayed the phase-out of fossil-fuelled cars, and the phase-in of heat pumps and insulation programmes, argues Rod Oram

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Race relations among most divisive issues in election - poll

More of those surveyed in a recent poll opposed Māori wards, co-governance and the Māori Health Authority than supported them. Bilingual road signs barely squeaked through to a positive net rating.

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Supie's sidelined, so what's next?

The failure of a plucky online grocery competitor has left a big question: if Supie can't break through the supermarket duopoly, who or what can?

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Hobson’s Pledge email drive against 'divisive' marine protections

Plans for the Hauraki Gulf have attracted a range of criticisms – with environmentalists cautioning they don’t go far enough and others upset at rule exceptions for tangata whenua

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