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‘We’ll slaughter the bastards’ – how Bob Jones and the New Zealand Party changed politics in 1984

With New Zealand’s 11th election under the MMP proportional system due in November, it’s easy to take the influence of minor parties for granted. But just over 40 years ago, things were very different.

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‘We can have beautiful things!’ Why Auckland’s City Rail Link is about much more than trains

After nearly a decade and with a budget of NZ$5.493 billion, expectations for Auckland’s City Rail Link are high ahead of its September 13 opening.

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Gondwana really was a supercontinent. And it helped kick-start life on Earth

Some 550 million years ago, the Earth looked very different to what it does today. The Southern Hemisphere was dominated by an enormous, single continent known as Gondwana.

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Ancient teeth reveal the Ice Age origins of the world’s 4th most common addictive drug

Humans everywhere use mind-altering substances, from stimulants and narcotics to hallucinogens. Yet surprisingly little is known about how some psychoactive drugs were first discovered and incorporated into daily life.

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Democracy meatballs: why IKEA is the place for Swedes abroad to vote

For most Australians and New Zealanders, IKEA is where you go for a BILLY bookcase, Swedish meatballs and a trolley full of purchases you never intended to make.

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Moving houses can be especially stressful for kids. Here’s how to support them during a relocation

As cost-of-living pressures increase and the rental crisis worsens, many families are moving houses more often.

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Worried your pet might catch bird flu? Here’s what you can do

As a veterinarian who studies infectious diseases in cats, I’ve been repeatedly asked whether Australia’s outbreak of the H5 bird flu poses a risk to pets. The short answer is yes.

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Receipts, memes and supermarket shelves: how Iranians are documenting the economic cost of war online

What does economic pressure on Iran look like? On social media, people are documenting it one receipt at a time.

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5 great 9/11 novels grapple with grief, trauma and the ‘American dream’

For 25 years, stories told about the 9/11 terror attacks have grappled with questions of truth, reality and bearing witness to trauma.

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Why health insurance cuts for the over-65s won’t swamp public hospitals after all

The controversy surrounding the federal government’s plan to scrap extra private health insurance rebates for the over-65s continues. Not everyone agrees on the impact of the higher premiums, whether that’s the number of people set to cancel their cover or the impact on the public health system.

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An invisible AI watermark is coming to your messages. Your relationships may pay the price

Imagine a manager sends a thoughtful message to one of her hard-working employees after a particularly exhausting week in the office. The message communicates personal warmth, but when the recipient discovers it was generated by AI, it somehow feels less genuine.

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From drought to floods in North Africa: What could the super El Niño do next?

Morocco spent most of the last decade drying out. Between 2019 and 2024, the country recorded six consecutive years of below-average rainfall, the longest on record. The 2023-24 hydrological year was the driest in more than six decades, with a national total of just 106.4 mm.

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Grieving lost body function: What psychology teaches us about our chronic illness journeys

Body changes can raise disturbing feelings, such as looking in a mirror and seeing a reflection that may feel spiritually empty, unproductive, ugly or weak.

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E1: the illegal settlement at the heart of the UK’s West Bank trade ban

Israel has been building settlements in the occupied West Bank for decades. But Britain’s new ban on the import of settlement goods comes in a response to a major escalation in construction over the past four years, which an International Court of Justice advisory opinion in 2024 concluded is illegal…

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Fatigue in teenage girls linked to heavy periods and lifestyle – not iron deficiency

Fatigue is common among teenage girls and can have a substantial impact on their everyday life, including school attendance and social functioning.

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Streaming now: Kashmiri film ‘Saffron Kingdom’ offers a rare insider perspective

Saffron Kingdom is a rare and special film about Kashmir, created by a Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh. Although the film was released in 2024 (Daffodil Studios), there was only one Canadian screening, in October 2025, meaning it was a hard film to see. That’s changed with its recent release on…

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Why France’s illustrious history of cheesemaking is full of holes

The famous words of General de Gaulle – “How can you govern a country where there are 246 varieties of cheese?” – show just how closely regional identities are linked to a country’s cheesemaking heritage that seems to be rooted in ancient history. And yet this is both true and…

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Africa’s rocks hold ancient stories. We need better ways to document and protect them

From the Vredefort Dome in South Africa (the world’s oldest and largest known meteorite-impact structure) to the volcanic lakes of the Great Rift Valley in Kenya, Africa’s landscapes hold some of Earth’s oldest stories. Morocco’s M’Goun Unesco Global Geopark records more than 200 million years of geological history, while Tanzania’s…

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Fewer than 2% of Africans who need hearing aids have them, but new solutions offer hope

Hearing loss affects more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. Close to 80% live in low - and middle - income countries, where hearing care is out of reach for most. In Africa, an estimated 136 million people live with hearing loss, a figure expected to more than double to 337…

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More than just a healthcare issue: the hidden barriers facing pregnant women with disabilities in Lagos

Pregnancy and childbirth remain dangerous for many women globally. Complications such as severe bleeding and hypertensive disorders can become life-threatening, particularly when timely and appropriate healthcare is unavailable.

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Pisa results: what they tell us about reading standards in Welsh schools – and what they don’t

School pupils in Wales are falling behind in reading according to the latest international data.

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Pig farm vs power station: South African court tells state-owned Eskom to clean up its pollution

About 74% of South Africa’s electricity is generated by coal-fired power stations owned by the state-owned electricity provider, Eskom.

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Virtually trying on clothes using AI can help cut fast-fashion waste, study reveals

Renting clothing used to be restricted to a wedding suit or prom dress, but the options are growing and becoming more popular.

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Call My Agent! The Movie: why this much-loved French TV series fails as a film

Full disclosure: I have been a fan of Call My Agent! since 2015, when I saw the first two episodes at a small festival in Brides-les-bains, a spa town in the French Alps. The event was organised by agent-turned-producer Dominique Besnehard, who was showing the episodes ahead of their first…

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How cash-in-hand businesses can get stuck in the informal economy

Around 10% of the UK economy operates off the books. That means billions of pounds worth of cash-in-hand payments that never get taxed.

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