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Book of the Week: Of course Māori got here first

A reissued 1938 classic smashes racist notions that Māori were not the first people to settle Aotearoa

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Migrants and change of government drive sharp forecast rise in house prices

The nascent return of first home buyers is set to be snuffed out by 'horribly unaffordable' house prices. Jonathan Milne reports.

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The real election winners and losers

The last three years of single party majority government were an aberration, and as business-as-usual resumes many on the left will lament Labour’s failure to govern decisively, writes Peter Dunne

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Shadow of COP28 climate summit looms over Pacific Islands Forum

NZ's representatives at the leaders' meeting in Cook Islands will be somewhat hamstrung by the lack of a new government.

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Why are we waiting?

A long wait for special votes, lengthy coalition negotiations – is our MMP electoral system slow and cumbersome, or fair and democratic?

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University underfunding is compounded by their greater corporatisation

The university sector has many pressing issues but it looks unlikely the incoming government is going to give it any priority, which is a problem because universities are the drivers of significant social and economic change, writes Ananish Chaudhury

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Auckland Transport reaches for the growing Northwest

A new express route aims to ease the growing demand for transport in the Northwest

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The rise and rise of women's sport

Almost a third more Kiwi eyeballs were glued to women’s sport in the past year, proving the worth of hosting three World Cups in NZ. But how do sports maintain the momentum? Suzanne McFadden reports.

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Fast-growing Kowtow and other high-end brands defy cost of living crisis

Despite the high cost of living cutting into consumers' disposable income, a boutique clothing company has managed to expand into Australia as it eyes greater growth across the Tasman

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The strange case of the first Māori author

David Ballantyne wrote the Great New Zealand Novel in 1968 but is seldom recognised as a Māori author published long before Hone Tuwhare and Witi Ihimaera

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Why we should learn Queensland floods lesson, if we can't learn our own

The Operation Queenslander approach born from the 2011 floods in Australia could help with the rebuilding, recovery and reconnection of disaster-affected communities here.

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Tax question hovers as Hipkins goes on

If Labour decides a wealth or capital gains tax is needed ahead of the next election, then Chris Hipkins can’t stay on as leader

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NZ should rethink stance on Japan’s nuclear wastewater

Regional leaders meet at the Pacific Islands Forum this week in Rarotonga, but New Zealand has let them down with our response to Japan's dumping of nuclear wastewater in the ocean, writes Karly Burch

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Black Ferns, Red Roses, red cards and red faces

Rugby writer Adam Julian sums up the first Women's XV international tournament - and examines how the Black Ferns find themselves once again so far behind England

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Police around NZ drafted in to bring down court wait times in Auckland

Pressure to reduce the backlog of cases in Tāmaki Makaurau has seen police shift court preparation work to officers based in other regions.

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It’s not Luxon who needs to agree to a Treaty referendum, it’s Ngāpuhi

Act's proposal should go to David Seymour's own iwi first. You do not get good outcomes when one party, the Crown, tells another party how it’s going to be.

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Fear and trauma from a world away

A Jewish and a Palestinian man both find they’ve been naïve in believing New Zealand to be a safe haven from hatred and abuse.

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NZ Post buying major parcel competitor

A complaint has already been fired off to ComCom against the purchase of PBT, reports Andrew Bevin

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Business is doing the heavy lifting to meet climate targets - it's time Govt steps up

A report says Climate Leaders Coalition members are all now working with suppliers and customers to reduce their scope 3 supply chain emissions, and Spark NZ's CEO says the incoming government must also step up to slow climate change.

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In praise of the worst poet in NZ history

The sordid back pages of the Wellington Poetry Society are revealed

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‘Huge impact on the community’: Karekare left in the long-term dark

Uncertainty abounds on the west coast, where post-cyclone land instability puts whole communities in doubt despite council buyouts

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Seeds planted for a Green win in Christchurch

The red wave of 2020 has receded, is a green one now on the way? David Williams investigates how the Greens have eaten Labour's lunch in the Christchurch.

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How a 'Rule of Two' could remove our barrier to better drug access

We need to address the unnecessary and wasteful Medsafe approval for tried and tested drugs by much bigger regulatory authorities abroad, argues Dr Eric Crampton

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Christchurch council tiptoes over stadium funding

Christchurch City Council makes a belated plea for help to pay for its $683m stadium, Te Kaha

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In-person government negotiations slow going

There are no meetings in the diary between Winston Peters and David Seymour this week and some talks with National have moved to email and phone

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