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We call this star cluster Matariki – but the Seven Sisters myth is told all over the world, in startlingly similar fashion. Could it be our oldest story?

A strange, wondrous and disquieting journey on a spaceship crewed by giants. What?

Five years ago the government announced its ‘broader outcomes’ procurement strategy as a way of adding social, economic, environmental and cultural goals into the criteria guiding the billions of dollars of taxpayer money it spends on stuff each year. So Nikki Mandow was surprised this week to get a press release…

To assume our continued destruction of the planet’s life-supporting systems could lead to any other outcome than collapse is irrational. But, as writes Catherine Knight, the prospect of a 'great unravelling' does present an opportunity.

The US is sending cluster bombs to Ukraine in a move it hopes will shorten the war – how do they work, and why has the move prompted an uproar from human rights workers?

As with cluster munitions, which the US is sending to Ukraine, the international community has prohibited the use of chemical weapons. There was an outcry over their use in Syria – why, asks Treasa Dunworth, is this situation different?

Supermarkets form strong geographic monopolies that make competition difficult

Ameliaranne Ekenasio is the 14th captain to lead the Silver Ferns at a Netball World Cup. Suzanne McFadden tracks down the rest, and speaks to those who won.

The US Supreme Court v Harvard University decision is a backwards step for racial equality and has echoes of our own treatment of Māori students, writes Lianne Dalziel