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How to make sure your leftovers are safe to eat
1 Apr 2024Eating leftovers can be a great way to save money, diversify your cooking repertoire and reduce food waste. But how do you know they're still safe to eat?
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Hager: Spy system hosted by GCSB likely to be one used in capture-kill operations
28 Mar 2024Comment: The US spy system hosted by the GCSB appears to be a controversial intelligence system used in global capture-kill operations, writes Nicky Hager.
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Why the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has been delayed a third time
27 Mar 2024Analysis - The costliest inquiry in New Zealand's history has been delayed for the third time. David Cohen looks at why.
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What is happening with the housing market?
5 Apr 2024Analysis - First-home buyers are swooping in as more homes pop up for sale.
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How online health tools show accessibility is still an afterthought
27 Mar 2024Opinion - Accessibility in healthcare is often lacking or insufficient, both for staff and patients, Sally Britnell writes.
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Truancy presents delicate problems for govt
5 Apr 2024Analysis - The government's "things to do" list gets a hostile reception, moves to get more children attending school could affect every parent, and is the PM running NZ like a company?
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Tax cuts and a spoonful of sugar
29 Mar 2024Analysis - Nicola Willis is holding firm on tax cuts despite the economic outlook being worse than forecast and critics urging her to wait, writes Peter Wilson for The Week In Politics.
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We're in a recession - so what's the government's plan?
Analysis - If you live in New Zealand and you're feeling poorer, you're not imagining it, writes Grant Duncan.
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Fiscal bombs, Nazi comments and high-octane coverage for Peters
22 Mar 2024Analysis: The NZ First leader dropped a problem on his own government and then got into a bizarre row, Peter Wilson writes.
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Tailored treatments: How AI will change NZ healthcare
22 Mar 2024Analysis - Since the decoding of the human genome in 2003, we have entered the age of precision prevention, Arindam Basu writes.
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Why fast-tracking large infrastructure projects is bad news for biodiversity
19 Mar 2024Analysis - Leaders of 10 scientific societies that conduct biodiversity research in Aotearoa have called on the government to slow down the pace of reform, researchers say.
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Something felt 'off': How AI messed with our research
18 Mar 2024Analysis - What we found should temper enthusiasm for artificial responses over the words of humans.
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What we're watching: The Walk-In
18 Mar 2024The febrile post-Brexit environment and rise of neo Nazism in the UK is expertly captured in this taut series on TVNZ+. Graham Smith explains why it's worth a watch.
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Marley controversy takes centre stage at WOMAD day 2
Review - TE KAAHU showed off her musical delicacy, while Ziggy Marley's performance had an increased police presence and silent protesters in the crowds.
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Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen
21 Mar 2024Opinion - I was hopeful about the future. This is not what that future looks like. This is a massive step backwards into the past, Henrietta Bollinger writes.
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Homegrown festival: From Kiwi classics to TikTok trends
17 Mar 2024Review - Saturday night was a celebration of some of the best music Aotearoa New Zealand has to offer. And what a night it was, writes Pretoria Gordon.
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Week in Politics: Landlords and tenants, police and minister
Analysis - Interest deductibility for landlords a help for renters or a "cash handout"? The "insulting" police pay offer, and Luxon's uncomfortable press conference.
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Disclosure scheme for pharma payments 'falls short of best practice'
15 Mar 2024Analysis - Growing evidence shows industry payments to doctors play a key role in unethical pharmaceutical marketing. New Zealand's disclosure scheme fails to capture all companies and payment types…
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Terrorist's online history gives clues to preventing future atrocities
14 Mar 2024Analysis - Looking at the terrorists online and offline activities can give a more complete picture of the path to his attack, researchers say.
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WOMAD wraps up with humour and solidarity
18 Mar 2024Review - Utilising instruments from across the globe to make songs rooted in the folk music of Ukraine, DakhaBrakha had a dramatic stage presence, writes Elliott Childs.
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What the Greens knew, and what next for Darleen Tana
15 Mar 2024Analysis - The party finds itself embroiled in yet another political crisis. So who knew what and when, and what does it mean for the Green MP's future? Audio
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The Week in Politics: More controversy, more surprises
8 Mar 2024Analysis - Christopher Luxon gets a roasting, when is a tax not a tax, and there's another debacle, Peter Wilson writes.
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How can women have equity when we don't have pockets?
8 Mar 2024Does International Women's Day mean we can relax and reflect on progress? Yeah, nah, says Niki Bezzant.
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A royal dilemma as public curiosity over Kate grows
1 Mar 2024Analysis - The health problems of both the King and the Princess of Wales have raised questions around what Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace want the public to know.
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