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Fifty years of Planet-wide adventure
The book that was for many years a travellers’ bible turns 50 this year. But with instant information available anywhere, how will Lonely Planet keep up?
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The power of comic books
The power and potential of comic books is being realised with a new project at Auckland University.
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Radio's 'media cockroach' needs rescuing
Once the juggernaut of student radio, Auckland's 95bFM is resorting to a fundraising concert to try to clear debt in an age when every commercial station is struggling for funds.
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Pacific flavour gone from the Beehive
Political representation from the Pasifika community has been lost in an ocean of white faces and blue suits. Does it matter?
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The Week in Detail: West Coast's blue flip and hazing rituals
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: There and back again
By Kate Evans: Humans have been puzzling over the mysteries of animal migration and navigation for centuries.
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A culture worth keeping?
20 Oct 2023Hazing rituals at Otago University are getting more extreme, with even those all in favour of the student culture asking if they've gone too far.
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Damien O'Connor's shock loss in West Coast-Tasman
Few pundits flagged the West Coast, birthplace of the Labour Party, to be part of the big blue swing this election.
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Israel v Hamas: The war without end
18 Oct 2023Why do experts have very little hope for a peaceful solution in the Middle East?
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The election aftermath and the unanswered questions
There's a lot we still don't know after election day. Here are the answers to those lingering questions from Saturday night.
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Covid: Still here, still deadly
It's the unwelcome guest that no one wants to talk about – Covid-19 may be below the radar now, but it hasn't gone away and is likely to claim 1,000 Kiwi lives this year.
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The Week in Detail: From Warkworth to walkways
15 Oct 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: Is film criticism a blessing or a curse?
By Tony Stamp: The art of criticism is being threatened by a new wave of social media-savvy disruptors.
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The election workers counting for democracy
13 Oct 2023From preparations that begin two years out, to a double vote count after the polls close, our elections are a massive logistical exercise.
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Impasse over oceanfront walkway
12 Oct 2023It's one of the most unique and beautiful short walkways in the country, but time has expired on the gentlemen's agreement that let the public through.
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From the sea to the sky
Sir Russell Coutts has leased his SailGP manufacturing factory to Rocket Lab – and his specialist carbon composite workers are part of the deal.
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'Dismantle it and start again': New Zealand's immigration muddle
10 Oct 2023Self-serving, messy, and directionless. With record numbers pouring into the country, our immigration policies are under the microscope – and they don't stand up to scrutiny.
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The invisible killer
9 Oct 2023Air pollution is the invisible killer behind one in every 10 deaths in New Zealand. There's no safe level of it, but it's an easy issue to ignore.
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The Week in Detail: El Niño, The Voice, and community gardens
7 Oct 2023The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.
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Long Read: Tairāwhiti's Trauma
7 Oct 2023By Aaron Smale: On the slow destruction and devastating impact of the pine industry on Tairāwhiti.
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A garden for soul food
When living space is tight, a community garden gives residents a place to breathe.
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Hope and false hope for Alzheimer's sufferers
Scientists have worked out how brain cells die in Alzheimer's disease, but there's caution over starting the celebrations just yet.
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What's at stake for disabled people in Election 2023
4 Oct 2023Few parties have policies on disability issues this election. How can disabled people ensure their voices are heard?
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The tiny proposal causing Australia so much angst
3 Oct 2023It's just a "moderate, tiny proposal" over indigenous representation, but Australia's The Voice referendum has caused huge uproar.
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