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Fake news didn't play a big role in NZ's 2023 election – but there was a rise in 'small lies'
15 Nov 2023The threat of disinformation on social media in the lead-up to New Zealand's 2023 election loomed large for the Electoral Commission and academics studying fake news.
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Workers have few protections if employer goes bust - fixing Companies Act would help
13 Nov 2023While the loss of money for any creditor is difficult, the double impact of losing wages as well as a job is particularly hard for employees, commercial law academic Trish Keeper writes.
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Why the search for the Loch Ness monster continues 90 years on
Analysis - Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday in 1933, when he spotted a strange sight.
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What will happen if the new government axes the clean car discount?
10 Nov 2023Analysis -With National, ACT and NZ First locked in coalition negotiations, various urgent and climate-related transport challenges hang in the balance.
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It's time to admit 'we're in an AI bubble'
8 Nov 2023Comment - Artificial Intelligence is the technology story of 2023. In the face of all of this burgeoning wave of hype and investment, I say - enjoy it while it lasts, writes Allyn Robins.
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Winston Peters back in the driver’s seat for coalition negotiations
6 Nov 2023Opinion - Here go again. As he was in 1996 and 2017, Peters is in the veto position, holding the "balance of responsibility" and central to forming a government, Richard Shaw writes.
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How Phar Lap's skin, bones and heart became 'holy relics'
Opinion - When the legendary Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup in 1930, he brought together strands of colonial history and mythology that are only now properly visible, Katie Pickles writes.
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The foreign affairs puzzle facing New Zealand's new government
7 Nov 2023Analysis - New Zealand's new government will need to hit the ground running on foreign affairs, Geoffrey Miller writes.
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Christopher Luxon gets the job as PM - and deal-making headache
Analysis - The margin is so thin that National will surely be pushed to seek a deal with New Zealand First.
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How Hamas aims to trap Israel in Gaza quagmire
4 Nov 2023Analysis - Hamas has prepared for a drawn-out war in the Gaza Strip and believes it will be able to force Israel to agree to a ceasefire, two sources close to the organisation's leadership say.
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Why people over 65 are better off in NZ than Australia if they want to work
25 Oct 2023Analysis - If Australia adopted NZ's approach, it could have an extra 500,000 willing workers, Peter Martin writes
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Will the ‘kōhanga reo generation’ transform politics in Aotearoa?
25 Oct 2023Analysis: The 2023 election saw a changing of the guard in Māori political representation with several verteran MPs losing their seats to members of the "kōhanga reo generation".
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'Claustrophobia', 'rowdy fans': Taking the Paris metro during the Rugby World Cup
24 Oct 2023First Person - How did one of the world's greatest transport systems fare during the Rugby World Cup? RNZ reporters Tiffany Salmond and Jogai Bhatt compare it to Auckland.
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Week in Politics: The 'multiple reasons' why Labour lost so badly
20 Oct 2023Analysis - Labour holds 35 seats in Parliament and of those only 17 are electorate seats. How could it lose so badly and give up so many seats to National?
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The Left's postmortem on Labour's defeat
17 Oct 2023Analysis - What are leftwing and progressive commentators saying about what went wrong and what Labour now needs to do?
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Whakaari/ White Island court case will change the level of accepted risk in NZ's tourism industry
4 Nov 2023Analysis - A court decision finding the owners of Whakaari / White Island guilty of breaching workplace safety laws could have implications for adventure tourism, Freya Higgins-Desbiolles and James…
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The Week in Politics: It all depends on Peters
3 Nov 2023Analysis: Final election results mean Christopher Luxon must reach an agreement with Winston Peters before he can form a government. It wasn't what he wanted, Peter Wilson writes.
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Power Play: Time to get down to business now wait for final vote count is over
3 Nov 2023The final hand is about to be dealt in the 2023 election, but it could still be some time before the players fully reveal their cards.
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Solving the climate adaptations that can make problems worse
1 Nov 2023Opinion - A global climate adaptation industry is sometimes imposing solutions that backfire at the cost of vulnerable communities, write Ritodhi Chakraborty and Claire Burgess.
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The Week in Politics: 'Eerie silence' surrounds coalition negotiations
27 Oct 2023Analysis - Coalition negotiations between National, ACT and NZ First are underway but next to nothing is known about them, and Winston Peters is called on to apologise for a "bizarre" tweet.
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NZ workplace rules will change again with each new government
30 Oct 2023Analysis - Whether you are a worker or an employer, the office or factory floor is likely to move under your feet over the next three years, researchers say.
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How a red card could ruin the Rugby World Cup final
28 Oct 2023Rules are central to the integrity of the game, but rugby union would be improved if sendings-off were reserved for genuinely bad actors, writes Clive Thompson.
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Kiwis deserve a 'right to repair' their own appliances
26 Oct 2023Opinion -There was a time when the family washing machine would last decades, but those days are long gone.
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NZ election 2023: Labour out, National in – either way, neoliberalism wins again
18 Oct 2023Opinion - Regardless of the election result, a form of austerity was always going to win, Toby Boraman writes.
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