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Now we are five (million)
Next year, New Zealand's population will hit 5 million, but while our country has grown, how much has it changed? A team of RNZ journalists decided to find out.
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Conversations with Nico: Explaining Aotearoa's past to its future
18 Nov 2019Now We Are Five (Million) - Guyon Espiner and his daughter Nico kōrero on New Zealand's attitudes to Māori culture, language and history in his childhood compared to hers today.
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Forever home: Why immigrants choose New Zealand
15 Nov 2019Now We Are (Five) Million - Three in 10 people living here were born overseas. But why do they come, and can we continue to attract skilled migrants in the face of increased competition? Insight's… Audio
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New Zealand's dying towns
13 Nov 2019Now We Are Five (Million) - While the country's rising population is due to hit 5 million next year, Kawhia, and many small rural towns like it, are dying. Susan Strongman asks why.
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Poet's Corner
11 Nov 2019Now We Are Five (Million) - It's one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the country, and has been for 60 years. Yet stalwarts of the Hamilton suburb won't ever give up trying to improve the lot of 'The…
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Play time over: How Kiwi kids lost their freedom to roam
8 Nov 2019Now We Are Five (Million) - New Zealand's population is nearing five million, but are our growing numbers shrinking children's opportunities for independence? Insight's Teresa Cowie reports. Audio
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Who is the average Kiwi?
6 Nov 2019Now We Are Five (Million) - As New Zealand's population nears five million, our demographics have changed - but what about our perceptions of who the 'average' Kiwi is? Kate Newton reports. Video
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What climate change will mean for NZ's next generation
4 Nov 2019They Will Inherit the Earth - NZers born today will likely end up knowing this country as a place where homes are uninsurable, iconic landscapes are unrecognisable and mosquitos carry serious disease.
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Now we are five (million)
4 Nov 2019Next year, New Zealand's population will hit 5 million, but while our country has grown, how much has it changed? A team of RNZ journalists decided to find out.
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