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How to fix the confusing, dull Monaco Grand Prix?
Analysis: This year's race went from dull to borderline comical.
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Fourth time lucky? ACT's regulatory standards law may finally pass
26 May 2025This is the fourth time since 2006 a similar law has been proposed by the ACT Party during different governments.
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What we learnt as Raiders ended Warriors' NRL winning streak
26 May 2025Analysis - The 'Green Machine' have now accounted for their trans-Tasman rivals twice this season.
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Head knocks and ultra-violence: The viral dangers of Run It Straight
25 May 2025Opinion - Social media appeal and simplicity may be a large part of why the concerningly dangerous new tackling game Run It Straight has begun to capture…
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KiwiSaver at a crossroads: Another missed opportunity to fix NZ's retirement scheme
25 May 2025Analysis: Changes to KiwiSaver laid out in this year's Budget undermine what was already an underperforming scheme.
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How snails and oysters became luxury foods
23 May 2025Analysis - From a cheap source of protein to a luxury food, how did oysters and escargot become items of conspicuous consumption?
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Peace in Ukraine looks further away after Trump’s call with Putin
Analysis - Most observers believe there will be no peace unless America exerts maximum leverage.
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Why was the Privileges Committee so harsh on Te Pāti Māori MPs?
17 May 2025Analysis: Reactions and advice from Parliament's Clerk, Speaker and even the committee chair show it has recommended harsh punishments.
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Ukraine peace process going exactly how Moscow wants it
Analysis: In the end, it's the Kremlin's plan playing out, and there appears to be little the White House will do.
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Liam Lawson needs to show progress at Imola
16 May 2025Analysis - The pressure continues to mount for the Kiwi heading into the sixth round of the F1 World Championship.
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Analysis: NZ wars should be included in law change to expand Anzac day remembrance
15 May 2025The Anzac Day Amendment Bill is currently before Parliament.
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What we learnt from an unredacted government file
14 May 2025Analysis: What official documents should be shown to the public? It might depend on which part of government you ask.
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Prisoner voting ban highlights Parliament's unchecked power
Analysis - Reinstating a prisoner voting ban ignores court rulings and weakens one of New Zealand's few checks on Parliamentary power. Audio
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Three choices as insurance gets harder to buy
13 May 2025The industry has already signalled it is pulling out of some places in Aotearoa, leaving the government and homeowners to question what happens next.
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NZ Rugby's third financial loss in a row, explained
For the third year in a row, the game's governing body is in the red - so where's the money going, asks Jamie Wall.
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Moving towns: The complex realities of managed retreat
7 May 2025Analysis: Westport and Kumeū are among a growing number of places where drastic actions need to be considered.
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Why banning social media for NZers under 16 is a bad idea – and will affect adults too
Analysis: It's not clear that outright prohibition will achieve what is hoped for.
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Why an India-Pakistan hotline is vital to bring them back from the brink
7 May 2025Analysis - India and Pakistan are getting perilously close to a dangerous military confrontation.
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Pay equity move brings out two sides of the coalition
7 May 2025Analysis: ACT ministers were popping champagne after the sudden announcement, but National's were on the defensive, writes Jo Moir. Audio
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Locked up then locked out: How NZ's bank rules make life for ex-prisoners even harder
6 May 2025Analysis - There seem to be several things hindering ex-prisoners' access to banking.
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'Dreadful, deluded and doomed': Dutton's night of the living dead
4 May 2025Analysis: Australia has fired Peter Dutton into the sun, taking much of the Liberal Party and its future with him.
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Playing politics with AI: Why NZ needs rules about ‘fake’ images in election campaigns
1 May 2025Seeing is no longer believing in the age of images and videos generated by artificial intelligence.
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How the US 'war on woke' and women risks weakening its own military capability
2 May 2025Analysis - US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Women, Peace and Security initiative 'woke' and 'divisive'. But history shows soldiers of all stripes have served with honour.
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The Ukraine minerals deal is largely symbolic - but that's enough for Trump
2 May 2025Analysis - It provides both good news and optics, but is ultimately a forced deal with a complex future.
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Australian election on a knife edge, thanks to Donald Trump
Analysis - Nothing is certain in politics, and Labor could still lose the election as polls are known to get it wrong in Australia, writes Corin Dann. Audio
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Willis warns of a ‘tight’ budget to come, but NZ should be going for productivity, not austerity
30 Apr 2025Analysis - Finance Minister Nicola Willis has warned her 2025 "Growth Budget" will be "one of the tightest budgets in a decade".
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Aside from Anzac Day, NZ has been slow to remember military veterans
28 Apr 2025Expansion of the term 'veteran' will add 100,000 service people, without automatically changing existing entitlements.
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Debut album by There's A Tuesday is wildly impressive
27 Apr 2025The Sampler - The Christchurch band shows off some fantastic songwriting on Blush, local dub merchants Pitch Black release a collection of top-tier remixes and American indie folk band Beirut…
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