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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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What it's like to be a high school teacher in New Zealand

Tens of thousands of secondary teachers have walked off the job this year in a fight for better pay and conditions. Just how bad is it?

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Inside a diabolical RNZ review

The strange case of paying to have your book eviscerated at RNZ

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Behind the story: Mr Lyttle Meets Mr Big

When all other avenues have failed, Mr Big stings can help the police ensnare their suspect - but can their use be justified?

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New Zealand’s RNZ apologises for ‘pro-Kremlin garbage’ on Ukraine

Public broadcaster undertaking an audit after stories on Ukraine published on its website found to have been edited.

Al Jazeera

Media shooting itself in the foot

Comment: RNZ is struggling to control the damage after a rogue journalist started changing international news agency copy without any oversight. Mark Jennings looks at the impact this and other recent misjudgments by news organisations will have on trust in the media.

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Preparing for the big quake on the Alpine Fault

New research on the South Island's Alpine Fault is helping communities prepare for the next big quake.

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New Zealand public broadcaster ‘gutted’ after Ukraine stories edited to include ‘pro-Kremlin garbage’

More than 16 ‘inappropriately edited’ stories found after hundreds reviewed

The Independent UK

New Zealand public radio apologizes for publishing 'pro-Kremlin garbage' after wire stories altered

The head of New Zealand’s public radio station has apologized for publishing “pro-Kremlin garbage” on its website after more than a dozen wire stories on the Ukraine war were found to have been altered

The Independent UK

Radio New Zealand employee placed on leave amid investigation into pro-Russia editing of Ukraine reports

National broadcaster says thousands of articles will be reviewed after pro-Kremlin phrasing added to at least 16 Ukraine war reports

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand’s state broadcaster launches investigation over ‘pro-Russia’ stories

‘RNZ is investigating how a story on the Ukraine conflict on its website was changed to reflect a pro-Russian view,’ the broadcaster said

The Independent UK

The Week in Detail: Bilingual signs, starving universities, and vulnerable men

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

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Long Read: How Mike Wahrlich became 'the juggler'

By David Cohen: The death of Mike 'the juggler' Wahrlich in the Loafers Lodge fire prompts Cohen to examine Mike's past.

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Radio New Zealand investigates Russia-friendly editing of Ukraine articles

At least four wire articles published by national broadcaster had been edited to add pro-Kremlin phrasing

The Guardian - AU

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Raw Politics: A race relations muddle and housing feud

This week on the Raw Politics podcast: National struggles to deal with race relations and Labour and National fall out over housing density - plus the risk of a caucus breakdown for Act.

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Brown calls for councillor loyalty – and media to stay away

Members of the press being turned away from the door distracted from the announcement of asset sales and inflation-pegged rates in Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown’s final budget proposal

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The Week in Detail: India, mānuka and 'greedflation'

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

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Loafers Lodge and the lessons for higher density housing

In the push to get more people living in higher density housing, have our fire and building regulations been left behind?

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New Zealand police say hostel fire that killed 6 was arson, launch homicide investigation

New Zealand police say they believe a fire that killed at least six people in a Wellington hostel was arson and launched a homicide investigation

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Wellington hostel fire rescue could have been hampered by broken ladder truck

Firefighters confronted by people screaming at them to "save their mates" on the top floor did not have a second truck.

Al Jazeera

Six dead after fire engulfs hostel in Wellington, New Zealand

The cause of the fire is not known, but emergency services are treating the incident as suspicious.

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Gore Mayor stares down council mutineers

An extraordinary meeting of the Gore council aimed at getting the mayor to resign or cutting him from council committees was a fizzer, with none of those actions advanced and much talk of moving forward together in the 'Gore Way'

WEKU

A fire at a New Zealand hostel kills at least 6 people, the prime minister says

A fire ripped through a hostel in New Zealand's capital overnight, killing at least six people and forcing others to flee the four-story building in their pajamas.

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Six bodies located after Wellington hostel blaze

Six bodies have been located - but not recovered - after a major fire in a Wellington hostel overnight

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Council staff 'extremely unprofessional' towards Gore Mayor Ben Bell at times, board chair says

The effort to oust Gore Mayor Ben Bell is "ridiculous", Mataura Community Board chair Nicky Coats says.

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