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When are the Rugby World Cup warm-ups and Rugby Championship matches?

There's plenty of rugby to be played before the World Cup starts in September

Wales Online

Northern Explorer a captivating rail ride through heart of New Zealand (no Wi-Fi needed)

On a bright, clear fall morning, the train from Wellington to Auckland clatters away from the rail station precisely as scheduled at 7:55. The temperature hovers coolly in the mid-50s, not at all cold, and quite typical for a Southern Hemisphere fall morning.

Tribune News Service

Tesla Cybertruck Spotted In New Zealand, Possibly For Final Winter Testing

This isn’t the first time Tesla has gone through cold-weather testing, with a previous session held sometime in May on the company’s proving grounds in Alaska.

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Recession politics the latest NZ Labour blow

New Zealand's governing Labour party is trapped in a mire of blunders and bad news, the biggest of which might be the technical recession confirmed last week.

AAP

Ashes rivalry is as alive as ever. But when it comes to the economics of cricket, India is in the box seat

The first test of the 2023 Ashes is well underway at Edgbaston in Birmingham, featuring England’s aggressive “Bazball” style of play (named after New Zealand-born coach Brendan “Baz” McCullum) and a surprise early declaration by the hosts at the end of the first day. This invited an Australian fightback inspired…

The Conversation

NZ PM Hipkins to meet Chinese president Xi

A New Zealand delegation of political and business leaders will depart for China on Sunday, with Prime Minister Chris Hipkins to meet with President Xi Jinping.

AAP

Starved of funds and vision, struggling universities put NZ’s entire research strategy at risk

The crisis in Aotearoa New Zealand’s university and wider research sector did not happen overnight. While funding shortfalls and sweeping redundancies are now making headlines, the underlying problems have been evident for years.

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An update from our CEO on how technology powers The Conversation

As a reader of The Conversation you might be surprised to know that our technology platform, which was designed and built in Australia, powers all of The Conversation’s eight international editions; Australia New Zealand, UK, US, Africa, France, Canada, Indonesia and Spain.

The Conversation

Southern Green Hydrogen poses $12b+ cost to society - report

Meridian Energy's proposed large green hydrogen electrolyser in Southland would raise power prices but have a relatively modest impact on climate pollution, a new report from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment has found

Newsroom.co.nz

New series to explore the case of NI student who became 'UK’s most prolific catfish'

The young criminal used fake profiles to befriend hundreds of victims stretching across the world as far as America and New Zealand

Belfast Live

Michigan man vowed mass killing at East Lansing synagogue, FBI says

DETROIT — FBI agents Friday arrested an Upper Peninsula man accused of threatening a mass killing at an East Lansing synagogue on the fifth anniversary of an attack that killed 51 people in New Zealand.

Tribune News Service

Home invasions and roadblocks: New Zealand on alert as ‘seal silly season’ begins

Public notice issued to watch out for the flippered creatures as they start to leave their breeding colonies and venture out into New Zealand

The Guardian - AU

Who is Taine Plumtree, the Scarlets' exciting transfer target sure to interest Warren Gatland

Taine Plumtree is a player the Scarlets are targeting

Wales Online

How to bake a better budget

Our local councils take too long to make what are often average decisions, and the public has fallen out of trust with the system, writes Mark Thomas

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The transition to an 'economy of enough'

Rather than a Productivity Commission, how about we have a Sufficiency Commission instead, asks Dr Catherine Knight, whose goal would be to meet our needs within biophysical limits?

The Independent UK

Zane Tetevano reflects on ‘scary episode’ after suffering a stroke

The New Zealand international was rushed to hospital after collapsing during a Rhinos training session.

Wales Online

The return of Mark Jones, the Wales star who went around the world to become the best coach possible

Mark Jones is confident Wales U20s can make an impact in South Africa this summer

The Independent UK

Jason Robinson urges England to take hope from unlikely 2007 World Cup run

England finished runners-up in 2007, despite losing 36-0 to South Africa in the pool stage.

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Meng Foon resigns as Race Relations Commissioner over conflict of interest

Meng Foon has resigned as New Zealand's Race Relations Commissioner this afternoon, after failing to disclose a conflict of interest.

AAP

Brumbies head to enemy territory in Super Rugby quest

The Brumbies have headed to New Zealand for their Super Rugby Pacific semi-final against the Chiefs and will remain there should they reach the final.

The Conversation

Seismology at light speed: how fibre-optic telecommunications cables deliver a close-up view of NZ's Alpine Fault

Aotearoa New Zealand experiences frequent earthquakes, including destructive ones such as those that struck Christchurch in 2010 and 2011, and near Kaikōura in 2018.

The Conversation

Cutting GST on fresh produce won’t help those most in need – a targeted approach works better

Food prices are rising at the fastest rate in almost four decades, with fruit and vegetables up more than 22% in the past year. As often happens during a cost of living crisis, there have been calls to remove the goods and services tax (GST) from fresh produce.

Newsroom.co.nz

There has to be a better way to measure a recession

Did NZ really dip into recession this year? Not until unemployment starts to rise ... that's the measure that affects real people. Jonathan Milne reports.

Newsroom.co.nz

No, no, no, no, and no! National's disastrous emissions policy

National's agricultural emissions policy is a sham and contains one of the most damaging of all declarations of climate denial

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This week's (historically important) bestselling books

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

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