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The battle over Wellington's 'ugliest building', the Gordon Wilson Flats
31 Aug 2018The owner of the Gordon Wilson Flats wants to demolish the heritage-listed building. It hopes to end its long fight by capturing the building in virtual reality before knocking it down. Video
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Foetal alcohol: damaging baby brains
30 Aug 2018Insight - What's being done to identify the babies brain damaged when their mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy? Philippa Tolley reports. Audio
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Maraenui: The suburb swallowed by synthetics
27 Aug 2018In Napier's poorest suburb, empty lots replace state housing, unemployment dominates, and, each evening, synthetic cannabis joints light up as 'The Nui' falls into darkness.
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The life and death of David Cerven
26 Jul 2018At 21, David Cerven was shot dead by police in what many assumed was 'suicide by cop'. Susan Strongman traces his story of love, debt and despair all the way from Slovakia to the Auckland park where…
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Why renters won’t complain about landlords
9 Jul 2018Rotten floorboards, leaking showers, water running down internal walls: where do tenants turn when landlords fail them? Not the Tenancy Tribunal - in fact, often not anywhere. Kate Newton asks why.
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The suicides, sackings and stressed staff of Tauranga Hospital
31 May 2018A nurse leaves a suicide note addressed to his colleagues. Another kills himself after feeling mistreated at work. A third's death is under investigation. What's going on?
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Broken Bad: A country in the grip of meth
30 Apr 2018A baby survives on Milo. A woman has her teeth knocked out. A grandfather avoids his own home. This is daily life in a country teeming with methamphetamine.
