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The hunt for ever decreasing numbers of moths and butterflies
"We lose them, they're gone forever": Lepidopterists fear our native species are on the wane.
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Shoe-shining days over for Fieldays, but tractor pull a main draw
13 Jun 2025At Fieldays, exhibitors from around the country - and the world - come to show off the latest farming innovations.
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A bold dream gets a cut as Predator Free 2050 Ltd is disestablished
12 Jun 2025Predator Free 2050 was hit by a budget blow, and now the 'moonshot' goal is under threat
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Harvard's bonfire could be NZ's foreign exchange
11 Jun 2025New Zealand universities are being urged to seize the day when it comes to America's turmoil over foreign students.
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How home owners can move the dial on climate change
10 Jun 2025It may seem that as an ordinary person, cutting emissions is too big a job. But homeowners have a large part to play.
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Cutting superannuation costs amid political landmines
Some describe it as "uranium wrapped in barbed wire", but means testing for benefits is creeping into our lives.
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A Kiwi dream goes global - Synthony's symphony of success
7 Jun 2025A marriage of bass drops and bow strings, Synthony strikes a chord from Christchurch to Calgary.
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Science sector sounds alarm over funding shake-up
6 Jun 2025The science sector, once hailed for its agility and ingenuity, is now grappling with a crisis of confidence.
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A life in the shadows for thousands of New Zealand-born children
5 Jun 2025For the undocumented, NZ-born children of overstayers, life ends when they turn 18.
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Should young people have access to social media?
4 Jun 2025The push to get under-16-year-olds off social media is a cause that's united some high-powered women from all walks of life.
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The disruptor that's sent diamond prices tumbling
Lab-grown diamonds, indistinguishable from the mined kind, are flooding onto the market at a tenth of the price .
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Questions over online gambling law changes
30 May 2025Gambling regulation is moving to take online operators into account, but there are doubts as to how effective it will be.
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Regional airlines hanging on in a high-risk business
The small plane routes that keep our country connected are becoming increasingly fragile links.
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Underground storage and overhead doubts for carbon capture
28 May 2025Climate fix, or fossil fuel lifeline - the truth behind the country's first carbon capture and storage project
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Performance with a purpose - Trump on South Africa
27 May 2025Donald Trump's claims of a white genocide in South Africa betray the influence of his billionaire expat friends, including Elon Musk
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Beware of the zero rates rise promise
26 May 2025Local councils have more effect on our daily lives than policies from the Beehive. But more than half of eligible voters fail to have their say on who represents them.
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The end to Andor, but Star Wars products keep rolling out
24 May 2025The end to spin off stories from 1977's first Star Wars movie looks like being a galaxy far, far away
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Shock headlines on suicide rates not what they seem
23 May 2025A global report ranks New Zealand as the worst for youth suicide rates, but researchers say the numbers are wrong.
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Legal moves to swim, fish and drink safely
22 May 2025A precedent-setting High Court case could be the key to a better attitude towards cleaning up our waterways
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The growing drug use problem affecting all corners of the country
21 May 2025With meth use on the rise, one former addict shares her brutal story and remarkable recovery.
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The urgent case for financial literacy in Kiwi classrooms
20 May 2025Why trial and error isn't the best way to learn financial literacy, and how a new curriculum could help.
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Why NZR boss is optimistic despite $19.5m loss
19 May 2025The Detail's Amanda Gillies talks to NZ Rugby's chief executive Mark Robinson about crowds, international fixtures, financial turmoil and personal strain
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Studying AI without being a bot
17 May 2025When it comes to studying how bots affect human behaviour, there are other ways to do it than pretending to be one of those bots.
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Which numbers in the Budget are 'real'?
16 May 2025The language of the Budget sometimes takes a professional to decode. The Detail takes a look at what's real and what's nominal.
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The confusing blitz of the pay equity bill
15 May 2025The government's shock and awe approach to changing the legislation has fanned the flames of anger.
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Wild weather gives a boost to the energy generation sector
On top of a turbine in the windy city, The Detail learns why too much wind isn't a good thing.
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Smokefree 2025 goal all but up in smoke
13 May 2025More than 80,000 smokers need to quit their habit before the end of the year to meet the goal. "We are not heading in the right direction fast enough."
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Training reform too much, too fast for some vocations
12 May 2025Changes made in haste in vocational education are being met with dismay by sectors that feel left out of it
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