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The Ministry of Education seems to prefer dumbing down assessment tests to taking the action required to improve learning. But there are community mechanisms school boards can use, says Dr Michael Johnston

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Mishmash to Mystics: New coach's offbeat journey

From apprentice to head coach of the Mystics, former detective sergeant Tia Winikerei is leading to a new beat. And she's grateful to a netball legend for guiding her towards coaching, Suzanne McFadden discovers.

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Care funding crises hit both ends of life

Government funding models are pushing companies providing care for both the young and the old into crisis mode; leaders warn staff shortages will force more facilities to close

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NZ fund's $6m exposure to bank collapse amplifies calls for local protection

Marlin Global holds shares that may now be worthless in the New York-based Signature Bank, shut down by US regulators as they try to prevent a widening bank crisis. Jonathan Milne reports.

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An incident in Browns Bay

Exploring the motive of a crime novel

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Govt seeks old permit holders to update 'large gaps' in petrol wells database

The Government wants to better understand the location and status of dozens of orphan wells on Crown land, some more than 100 years old.

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The real problem is consultants' influence, not their cost

Consultants are integral to policy development and delivery and though they make significant profits from public spending, they perform important work, write Associate Profs Russell Prince, Tom Baker and Nicolas Lewis

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Labour and National scrap it out to do very little

Labour has overtaken National as the party of doing nothing. Both leaders are now in a race to do as little as possible to rock the voter boat right through until the election in October.

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Wellington taxi drivers take company board to court

Drivers working for Wellington Combined Taxis say a policy was pushed through during the Covid-19 pandemic that forced them to subsidise the rest of the company.

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Swarbrick comes out swinging at Auckland Council budget cuts

Auckland Central MP Chlöe Swarbrick said a growing tide of disquiet with the proposed budget cuts to a range of Council services encouraged her to help people submit feedback

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Putting trees back into the urban jungle

Why do we need more tree cover in our urban environments? The Detail finds out.

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Trying to beat the sprinters she treats

When she's not treating the fastest athletes in the country as a physio, Livvy Wilson is trying to beat them - as one of our top sprinters. She tells Sarah Cowley Ross of her challenging path to get this far.

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Govt's new climate funding plan for Pacific

New Zealand is set to give some Pacific partners greater control over climate aid in a new, 'high-trust' model.

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Racist and sexist attacks won't drive Mahuta out of politics

Nanaia Mahuta says she became a “lightning rod" for detractors of Three Waters. She sat down with political editor Jo Moir to explain why she will always speak out against racist and sexist attacks she is subject to.

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Don't sell Auckland airport shares – there is an alternative

Auckland local government luminary Sir Barry Curtis says Wayne Brown and Auckland Council are taking a short-term and unnecessary action in pushing to sell the city's shares.

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We can't let the ball drop on diabetes

NZ is behind the world in funding a lifesaving diabetes technology. This is why it's so important Pharmac is finally taking the first steps to address this serious health inequity.

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Where are my horses?

Watch: One Hawkes Bay woman's anguish over the horses taken in Cyclone Gabrielle

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Our electric future

Watch video: In the third of our 10-part video series, The Way Forward, Rod Oram looks at big new ideas that can lead our response to climate change

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An ode for .. the Baron Luxon

Bard Billot on Baron Luxon and his philosophical lodestar

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The Detail's Long Read: At the Mercy of the Ice

At the Mercy of the Ice by Ellen Rykers: a story of dramatic survival on the Antarctic ice in the summer of 1972.

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The Week in Detail: Manosphere, Bloomfield, and supermarket shelves

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

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Truancy is more than a political soundbite

Political parties are falling over themselves to provide solutions to our truancy rates. Aaron Hendry explains why we need to move away from viewing schools as simply educational institutions - and how.

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Short Story: Banshee, by Hannah Field

The third in our series of four consecutive weekly short stories about cats

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Life in the red-stickered zone needn’t be quite this hard

Muriwai resident Vivienne Elizabeth shares her experience in the profoundly disempowering state of limbo of a red-stickered area.

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A special tribute for Tactix coach's beloved dad

The ball carriers at Tactix home games this season will remember those with melanoma - the first, coach Marianne Delaney-Hoshek's father, John. Merryn Anderson writes.

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