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Gumboot Friday $24m contract process 'unusual, inconsistent': auditor-general
Officials were "put in a difficult position" by a coalition deal to fund Mike King's initiative, the auditor-general has found. "The analysis appeared designed to retrospectively justify an outcome."
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'You've got to know when you've got enough' - Millionaire on giving wealth away
14 Sep 2024"The more you give, the more will come back to you," says Ranjna Patel. Audio
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'I just keep going' - The ED doctor who beat racism
14 Sep 2024Inia Raumati pushed through racist barriers to become a doctor. He's been a military medic. Now, he's searching for his limit by running repeated ultramarathons around the world.
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Olivia Podmore's mum gives evidence in landmark court battle with government sport agency
13 Sep 2024The mother of the talented track cyclist, who died in 2021, says having the independent representation an athletes' union could provide would have made a difference for her daughter.
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How the 'Briscoes Bloke' is making millions - even in a recession
13 Sep 2024He owns over 75% of a company that posted record half year sales of $372 million in the middle of an economic downturn that's clobbered the retail industry.
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Trump dominates a debate he wasn't on stage for
3 Oct 2024In the debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, the same two words were at the top of each candidate's list.
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Casey Costello's tobacco tax cut plan hits major snag
2 Oct 2024The product she said could help 7000 people quit smoking has been pulled off shelves.
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Why can't we get mortgage terms like the US?
26 Sep 2024In America, 30-year fixed interest mortgages with low break fees are common. Why don't we get those deals here?
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'Bone-crushingly tired': A mother's raw story of struggle
28 Sep 2024First person: The reality of surviving with a child who has a syndrome without a name - and the astonishing discovery of vast differences in care. Audio
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'Time has arrived for a capital gains tax', ANZ boss says
25 Sep 2024A tax change would be "politically extremely courageous", but fair, the head of the country's largest bank says.
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Why NZ's rich pay so much less tax than in similar countries
20 Sep 2024Well-off Kiwis are paying less tax than they would in Australia, Canada, the US or the United Kingdom.
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Can you get rich without owning property?
17 Sep 2024Brooke Roberts leads a $500m investment platform. She believes if you have $5 to invest, you should have the same choices.
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Politically charged document minister tried to hide revealed
26 Aug 2024Casey Costello denied it existed. Now she says she does not know who wrote - or even how she got - a tobacco policy document sent to officials. Audio
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'Of course he misbehaves': Defence of detained autistic man
20 Aug 2024A man detained in care for 18 years is "bored out of his mind" causing him to misbehave, his lawyer told a Supreme Court hearing.
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Fonterra accused of greenwashing to impress big foreign buyers
19 Aug 2024The dairy giant has talked up its 'regenerative farming' credentials. But critics say the claims are bogus. Audio
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Seymour's plan for tipping millions of dollars into Pharmac - and Big Pharma
The Act Party minister is plotting a huge expansion of the state-run drug buying agency, despite being a proponent of small government. Audio
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No body, no forensic evidence: Is a murder case about to be upended?
11 Aug 2024For 27 years, Gail Maney has protested her innocence. The Court of Appeal is about to hear some major concessions from the Crown in her case. Audio
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Six charts that show how much faster Olympians are today
Zoe Hobbs runs fast enough to come first at every Olympics until 1964. A gold medal time in the 100m freestyle in 1996 wouldn't get you out of the heats now. Here's how much things have changed.
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'Why didn't the NZ crew go at the gun?': Woeful Kiwis get sympathy cheers in Paris
7 Aug 2024The confusion was almost immediate. Foreign media were puzzled. Why were the Kiwis so bad?
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Trump's word explosion on the debate stage
12 Sep 2024Analysis: By sheer weight of words, Donald Trump dominated the US presidential debate. But was he outflanked? Here's what the numbers show.
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Quitting a 'phenomenally well-paying' job to start an empire
11 Sep 2024Carmen Vicelich borrowed against the family home to build business making millions out of the "new oil".
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A Kiwi billionaire on charity, tax ... and clean toilets
10 Sep 2024Why Bruce Plested is so interested in the cleanliness of the toilets at the branch offices of his multinational company.
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Olympians to give evidence in court battle
10 Sep 2024The long-running battle with High Performance Sport NZ could have implications beyond sport.
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The billionaire who backs a wealth tax
9 Sep 2024Mainfreight co-founder Bruce Plested is up for paying more tax, but says the rich fear governments will "squander" it. Audio
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