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Who ate all New Zealand's pies?
How most of NZ's meat goes offshore, driving up local prices.
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Luxon's targets adrift: ED times deteriorate, Jobseeker numbers climb
12 Mar 2026Law and order targets are being met, but wait times in emergency departments are getting further from the mark.
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Where New Zealand's apples and avocados are going
11 Mar 2026The world is eating our lunch, as nearly nine out of 10 apples go offshore.
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Tech entrepreneur donating hundreds of thousands to political parties
11 Mar 2026Brian Cartmell, a Queenstown-based expat American, has given big donations to ACT, National, NZ First and the Opportunity party.
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Three Kiwi staples that almost entirely end up offshore
9 Mar 2026The world at our breakfast table: We're so good at producing some daily staples that 95% are exported.
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Why New Zealand is lagging on rooftop solar - despite falling costs
3 Mar 2026It is one of the cheapest ways to cut power bills - yet documents reveal the government shelved a subsidy. Audio
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Official advice about rare disorder 'incredibly damaging'
5 Mar 2026Doctors are divided over treatment for a rare disorder, but some living with it say the official advice is misleading.
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Youth motocross in focus as Coroner orders joint inquest
16 Feb 2026The deaths of four young riders over two years will be examined together, with the inquest expected to place the safety of the sport under scrutiny.
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What went wrong at New Zealand Cricket?
12 Feb 2026In a flurry of open dispute, NZ Cricket lost its chief executive. But still, none of the disagreements have been resolved.
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Are we stuck in a 'crisis and response' pattern?
30 Jan 2026Experts say the bill for disasters will only continue to rise unless we make changes.
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How poo-detecting dogs can help native birds flourish
9 Jan 2026Kiwi have started to hatch on Waiheke Island and may thrive with the help of special detection dogs helping eliminate the last of the island's pests.
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Integrity probe into Yachting NZ drags into second year
23 Dec 2025The Sport Integrity Commission's first major investigation, triggered by dozens of complaints about Yachting NZ, remains unfinished a year on.
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Feral cat trapping could get easier
17 Dec 2025The paperwork currently required to legally trap feral cats could be replaced with a simpler online system, after criticism from hunters.
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'Rock and a hard place': Inside the forced move from gas
11 Dec 2025Behind the nation's energy crisis are businesses quietly fighting to survive - many feel they have nothing but bad options. Audio
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Tom Phillips' gun licence revoked months before disappearance
11 Dec 2025New information outlines a key moment in the Marokopa timeline, but leaves major gaps unanswered.
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ACC's financial squeeze: The human toll
9 Dec 2025People like father Jacob Hamlin and his family have wound up in hardship as the agency pushes more people off long-term claims to get costs under control.
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NZ Cricket chief 'on leave' as spat escalates
9 Dec 2025Scott Weenink is said to be in a "state of purgatory" with former greats dismayed over a "campaign to see the CEO removed". Audio
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New Zealand Olympic bosses weigh up major merger
2 Dec 2025For decades, New Zealand has had two organisations doing the work of one Olympic movement. Now the NZ Olympic Committee and Paralympics NZ are asking if that still makes sense.
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NZ Cricket boss 'fighting for survival'
27 Nov 2025Scott Weenink's future as chief executive is under threat amid an bitter power struggle over a proposed T20 league.
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The one thing hard-core conservationists and farmers agree on
A predator that feeds on native species and spreads disease among livestock is a target for all.
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How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite the law
25 Nov 2025A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the industry's wishlist, including giving it access to draft laws. Audio
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Why are there so few rules for biodiversity-damaging cats?
22 Nov 2025The government seems uninterested in the problem, but there are many different people desperate to get cats under control - including a National Party MP.
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'Stone cold killer' feral cats officially designated predators
20 Nov 2025After initially suggesting feral cats stay out of the Predator Free plan, the government has done a U-turn, announcing they are now a target.
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Luxon's 'broken promise' on feral cats
19 Nov 2025The omission of feral cats from the country's Predator Free plan has perplexed conservationists. Audio
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How the fuel of 'last resort' became New Zealand's first choice
18 Nov 2025It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
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The 'bloodbath' left by millions of feral cats
17 Nov 2025They're 'killing machines', wiping out native species. So why is it so hard to fight back against feral cats?
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NZ plummets 50 places in global tobacco control ranking
An anti-vaping group calls the ranking an "international disgrace". Audio
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Inside the uneasy truce between Dame Noeline Taurua and Netball NZ
6 Nov 2025After 51 bruising days, Dame Noeline Taurua was reinstated as Silver Ferns coach. But the uneasy truce with Netball NZ is already under strain amid renewed legal tensions and mistrust.
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