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In the shadow of a rainbow

Recent events in Auckland have resurfaced memories of when being gay was considered a neurotic personality disorder
contains discussion about sexual assault
Destiny Church protesters and counter protesters from the rainbow community outside the Gisborne library on 26 March 2024.

Our defence budget under scrutiny

Our cash-strapped, underfunded, overspent defence force is in line for a budget boost, and experts say it can't come soon enough
Te Kaha, its 179 crew and embarked Seasprite helicopter will be deployed for six months supporting Combined Task Force 150 (CTF150) maritime actions outside the Arabian Gulf, and conducting other operations involving military partners.

Submissions to GMO law change bill are closed, and experts are worried

Experts agree that advances to GMO technology means laws need to change. But just how those changes look is contentious.
Genetic modification is already in New Zealand, but the Gene Technology Bill would change how the technology is regulated.

Auckland's trash is another town's treasure

Ecogas is New Zealand's only plant of its kind processing food waste. Its co-founder says that's embarrassing. 
A truck delivering another load of food waste to Ecogas in Papakura

NZ's health leadership crisis

New health minister Simeon Brown is presiding over a list of resignations from high-ranking health officials
Health Minister Simeon Brown.

The Beehive doors are shut to the CTU

She says her government is delivering for workers, but Brooke Van Velden won't meet with the biggest worker organisation we have - the Council for Trade Unions
ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden

Dark questions over child video stars 

Strong parental control seems to be the key to keeping insta-famous and highly visible YouTube kids safe.
Woman's hand making photo of a little girl with a mobile phone. Selective focus on a mobile phone with a portrait of a girl. Made for social networks

Uneven maternity care across Aotearoa

Despite a model based on choice, New Zealanders options for birth are limited based on post code.
Pregnant women meeting at ante-natal class - stock photo

Geopolitical games in the South Pacific

As the US looks to be leaving the Pacific, and New Zealand is rowing with Kiribati and the Cook Islands, experts worry about Chinese influence 
"We'll remove it": Mark Brown said to China's Ambassador to the Pacific, Qian Bo, who told the media an affirming reference to Taiwan in the PIF 2024 communique "must be corrected".

Funding a good death

Why the palliative care sector feels under fire, under-funded and under pressure to allow assisted dying practitioners into its facilities
Stylised illustration of two people next to person in bed.

A step up in fake news

The president, the tech oligarchs, the media and AI - why we can expect a new wave of information you just can't trust
A portrait picture of Elon Musk photographed in Krakow, Poland on January 22nd, 2024 and X, former Twitter, logo are screened for illustration photo in Krakow, Poland on October 25, 2024. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto) (Photo by Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

NZ school system not making the grade 

As the 2025 schoolyear kicks off, a slew of problems for students, teachers and the government
Asian girls students writing test exams on paper for Admissions in high school with uniform student in row seat School classroom of Thailand,

Trump's memecoin drops in value, and critics aren't surprised

Memecoin operates in a decentralised, unregulated system. Critics say that's the point - and the problem. 
The $TRUMP meme crypto coin web page is displayed on a mobile screen in this photo illustration in Brussels, Belgium.

Chris Wood could be NZ's best footballer, ever

He's a Kiwi superstar in the Beautiful Game, but we don't talk enough about Chris Wood. That could be changing.
Nottingham Forest's New Zealand striker Chris Wood

The mammoth job of managing stranded whales

Euthanising a beached whale is an unpopular move. But sometimes trying to save it is worse.
Volunteers caring for a stranded whale

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