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Data sovereignty: New global guidelines for indigenous health
12 Nov 2017A Waikato University professor has helped develop a global guideline for researchers using health data, saying such data has often been used by colonial states against indigenous groups in the past.
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Back to the future?
25 Oct 2017Opinion - Is the new Cabinet just more of the same? Take a closer look before deriding it, David Slack suggests.
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Detainees get short shrift from Australian media
25 Oct 2017Analysis - Facing deportation from Australia? Best hope your son's a footy star if you want a sympathetic run in the local press, Phil Pennington writes.
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Labour-NZ First govt: How did it get to this?
21 Oct 2017Opinion - The Labour-New Zealand First minority government may seem bizarre, but it's simply the next stage on our MMP journey, Claire Robinson writes.
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Pay equity deal hits rest homes: 'We just can't make it work'
2 Oct 2017Rest home providers claim that the knock-on effects from the aged care workers pay equity settlement could lead to job cuts, and closures - with smaller rest homes in smaller centres the hardest hit. Audio
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'Rain begins with a single drop': Saudi women celebrate end of driving ban
28 Sep 2017Some Saudi Arabian women are already taking to the roads, even though licences will not be issued for nine months. Audio
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Celebrations are great, but 'time for our women to be paid'
28 Sep 2017A victory event for the Black Ferns is being held in Auckland today, but former players say celebrations alone aren't enough. Audio
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Kiwi companies pledge to hire 'no qualification' staff
27 Sep 2017More than 100 companies are promising to hire more people who have skills but no formal qualifications. Audio
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Net-zero buildings: 'They are just pleasant places to be'
26 Sep 2017Energy efficient buildings are good for the environment and save money, but they can also help workers be more productive, the Green Building Council says. Audio
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A tenuous grasp on inequality
22 Sep 2017Opinion - There's an increasing push among voters to address inequality, but so far none of the parties show a full understanding of it, Max Rashbrooke writes.
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After dirty politics, a clean policy fight
22 Sep 2017Opinion - After the scandal-rich elections of 2011 and 2014, it's refreshing to finally have a campaign that's all about policy, Grant Duncan writes.
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Instinct, not policy, still winning at the ballot
21 Sep 2017Opinion - After seven weeks of policy debate, the right face at the right time could still be all it takes to change the government, Finlay Macdonald writes.
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Why the NZ history we're teaching matters
20 Sep 2017Opinion - History teaching methods have come a long way, but old approaches, and subject matter, are still too common, writes Jim Hay-Mackenzie.
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Sprinting to the polls: Suffrage Day's 124th anniversary
19 Sep 2017Opinion - Women literally raced each other to the polling booths after they won the right to vote, writes Charlotte MacDonald.
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Reel talk: Where are all the women in NZ film?
Insight - It's 124 years since Kiwi women won the right to vote, but workplace gender equality isn't here yet. Gaylene Preston and Miranda Harcourt join Megan Whelan. Audio
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Law's glass ceiling exposed by numbers
15 Sep 2017Women make up about a quarter of partners at New Zealand's 11 biggest law firms, despite outnumbering male graduates since the 1990s.
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How can we best improve R&D - tax breaks or grants?
7 Sep 2017Opinion - NZ has a poor research and development record, but there's an effective way for incoming government to help lift the performance, writes Phil O'Reilly.
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NZ's women referees face 'grass ceiling'
5 Sep 2017The Black Ferns' win has sparked huge debate over whether top women players get a fair go financially. What about the referees?
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Wider frequencies: Analysing this year's all-women Silver Scrolls
25 Aug 2017Opinion - The fact we're talking about the historic all-women Silver Scroll shortlist shows how far we've got to go, writes Jessie Moss.
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TV show accused of mocking Pacific Island names
24 Aug 2017A video on Australian TV that appears to be ridiculing Pacific Island names has been described on social media as offensive and encouraging casual racism.
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Sisters slay the Silver Scrolls
24 Aug 2017For the first time in the 52-year-old New Zealand songwriting award's history, all of its finalists are female artists.
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Turei's exit no fairytale ending
10 Aug 2017Opinion - The Greens' Metiria Turei was a knight in shining armour for the disenfranchised, but the story ended too soon, Toby Morris suggests.
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Toby & Toby on... Jacindamania and the Greens
8 Aug 2017Opinion - After years in the doldrums, Labour's riding high. But could a support party in chaos make newly-enthusiastic voters green about the gills? Toby Manhire and Toby Morris investigate.
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BANG! Episode 2: Sex and Sensibility
In episode two of RNZ's podcast about sex, we explore how teens deal with sexual issues, while famous New Zealanders travel back in time to deliver sex advice to their teen selves.
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