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Facing the hard facts of an awful fire
22 May 2023The 'worst nightmare' fatal fire at a Wellington hostel raises big questions about our emergency services - and the care for the marginalised of our communities.
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Crown Solicitor under investigation over workplace culture allegations
5 May 2023Multiple complaints have been raised about the culture at the office of Hamilton's Crown Solicitor, RNZ understands.
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Stay and risk the whare, or go and lose the whenua that's left
1 May 2023Māori suffered generational loss of great swathes of their land to confiscation. Now they face advancing waters from climate change, with few easy answers.
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An unauthorised sex video sparked a woman's years-long fight for support
3 May 2023Hazel fought to get recognition of the trauma an intimate film on a pornography site caused her. She has finally won her precedent-setting case against ACC.
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'Now I know' - Planning for parenthood with endometriosis
24 Apr 2023Faced with a stressful deadline on trying for children, Charlie Dreaver has decided on what's best for her, and her partner.
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'Treated like a uterus' - Woman's surgery delayed due to child-free decision
22 Apr 2023Despite her pain, Caitlin was asked to wait for endometriosis surgery, because she didn't want children.
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The 'up and down journey' of facing a future without children
21 Apr 2023Sometimes, Natasha Harris feels totally fine about the possibility of not having children, other times "it's really quite hard".
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'My body wasn't cut out for carrying babies'
20 Apr 2023At 31, Miriama Kamo was initially "appalled" at advice she should have children "very soon". Now, she understands why.
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'I'm not ready now': The diagnosis that changed everything
18 Apr 2023After a decade of not knowing for sure what was wrong with her, Ruby Rowe finally had a diagnosis. It opened a whole new chapter of uncertainty in her life.
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How emissions targets are ignored in Auckland transport plans
12 Apr 2023One council plan says transport emissions must come down by 50 percent. Other council plans make those cuts impossible.
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What makes our buses so bad
11 Apr 2023There's plenty of blame to share around - including for ourselves, the public.
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Mortuary workers exposed to potentially dangerous amounts of formaldehyde
11 Apr 2023The country's largest funeral home operator says it can't give staff individual exposure results but acknowledges formaldehyde levels were higher than recommended at some sites.
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Bus 'reliability' statistics that are anything but reliable
8 Apr 2023My bus showed up 34 percent of the time when it was supposed to. Why do official statistics say it's 98 percent punctual?
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Who owns our buses?
6 Apr 2023The worst bus routes for cancellations in Auckland are operated by a bus company that's owned by a US private equity firm.
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Why bus drivers keep quitting
5 Apr 2023It's not unusual for drivers to work 14 hour days at little better than the minimum wage.
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Auckland's least reliable bus routes revealed
5 Apr 2023See how your bus route ranks for regular cancellations.
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Wellington's least reliable bus routes revealed
6 Apr 2023See how your bus route ranks for regular cancellations.
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Cancelled: Hundreds of ghost buses every day
6 Apr 2023An RNZ investigation reveals the extraordinary scale of disruption bus commuters encounter every day.
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'Why are we hiding?' - Lobbyist's letter to colleagues calling for change
28 Mar 2023A lobbyist has written to industry peers arguing "there's no accountability to the public" in what they do.
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The unseen, unchecked industry in lobbying the powerful
25 Mar 2023When a big corporate is alarmed about possible law changes, it asks its well-connected lobbyist to intervene. A text message exchange between a Cabinet Minister and his lobbyist "mate" follows.
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How lobbyists throw their weight around for corporate clients
23 Mar 2023'Section 61 C needs to be deleted': The former minister telling Beehive staff to change legislation for his clients.
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What you didn't see the day the protest was cleared
3 Mar 2023It's a year since the illegal occupation at Parliament was cleared by police. If you thought you'd seen it all from that chaotic day, you should think again.
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Watch: How the Parliament protest exploded
20 Mar 2023New footage from the front lines of a shocking day in New Zealand's history.
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The day flames licked Parliament's lawn
28 Feb 2023A new RNZ documentary shows the Parliament protests as they've never been seen before.
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