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It's time to fix NZ's Sentencing Act, which lets too many young sex offenders avoid jail

Over the last 12 months, multiple young sex offenders have been given home detention for sexual assault. Time and time again, the argument has been that these men were too young to fully understand the consequences of what they were doing.

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Trademarks commissioner rejects Govt-backed bid to own 'mānuka honey'

The Government's $6m backing for Kiwi mānuka honey producers' legal case is all for nothing as trademark bid is defeated in critical local ruling. Jonathan Milne reports.

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Reserve Bank faces new inflation headwinds as immigration surges

This week's interest rates decision will be a tough one that may yet disappoint mortgaged homeowners and turn NZ back down the path to recession, writes Andrew Patterson.

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Govt offers NZ Steel $30m more in bonuses for bigger, faster emissions cuts

NZ Steel's next step is using hydrogen and natural gas to eliminate emissions in the first step of turning ironsands into steel, but the company says commercial deployment is at least decade away. Rod Oram reports.

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NZ's budget used a 'gender lens' for the first time – the result was a win for women

All the pre-budget talk of “bread and butter”, “no frills”, targeting and reprioritisation came with a sense of foreboding. History and research tell us that budgets in general – but particularly those hyper-focused on fiscal prudence – have different, often unequal impacts on women compared to men.

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NZ Police charge man over deadly Loafers Lodge hostel fire in Wellington

A man has been charged with two counts of arson over a fire at a hostel in Wellington, New Zealand, that killed at least six people.

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PGA Championship tee times and featured groups including Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm

The second major of the men’s golfing year takes place at Oak Hill

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Myanmar minister to NZ: 'Attention is good, action is a must'

Human rights minister in exile calls on NZ to do more about abuses committed by the military regime in his home country.

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NZ 'too small' for PwC-style tax rort

Despite the tax advice scandal rocking the Australian business community, experts say the symbiotic relationship between the big four accounting firms and the New Zealand Government is apparently no cause for concern.

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PGA Championship tee times and featured groups including Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm

The second major of the men’s golfing year takes place at Oak Hill

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Search and recovery resumes after NZ hostel fire

New Zealand police are treating a deadly hostel fire as suspicious as a grim search of the 92-room building resumes on Wednesday.

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NZ is finally making progress on child poverty – but a ‘no frills’ budget puts that at risk

Budget 2023 marks “half-time” for the Labour government’s long-term child poverty targets. It’s an ideal point in the ten-year project to take stock and see what’s worked and what hasn’t.

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Beyond the Soap Box: Where NZ doesn't pull its weight on the world stage

NZ has never come close to meeting its UN foreign aid targets, but with so many pressing issues at home this year, Stephen Knowles and John Crump examine whether we should care if we pull our weight on the world stage.

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Swear allegiance to NZ and our shared values – not to the King

Modernising citizenship oaths isn't a trojan horse for republicanism, it's about the meaningfulness of the pledge – as shown in Australia, writes Lianne Dalziel

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‘Smelt like poison’: Harrowing details from deadly NZ hostel blaze

Authorities have described a "confronting" scene at a Wellington hostel where at least six people died in a blaze early on Tuesday.

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‘Worst nightmare’: Six dead, many missing in NZ hostel blaze

Six people are confirmed dead and many more remain missing after a hostel went up in flames in New Zealand's capital overnight.

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Home support work in NZ is already insecure and underpaid – automation may only make it worse

The number of number of people aged 65 years or older living in New Zealand is likely to hit one million by 2028, according to the latest statistics – up from under 300,000 in 1980. Caring for this ageing population will become increasingly important.

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Looming closure of Villa Maria Estate worries employees

Employees concerned as wine brand's new owners look to outsource operations.

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Aping Aussie vaping

Aotearoa could benefit from adopting some of the latest Australian measures to crack down on vaping

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Three things I've learnt on the road to help us break the climate logjam

Dysfunctional political cultures, complacency and vested interests all hobble NZ in confronting the climate crisis. Empowering people is the most crucial way forward, and that means overhauling our democracy.

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Wealthy NZers offer to pay more tax – but Inland Revenue says no thanks

Expressing disappointment at the PM's reluctance to impose a capital gains tax, one of Labour's biggest donors Phillip Mills is a signatory to a new open letter offering to pay more tax. Jonathan Milne reports.

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NZ faces a third Fossil of the Day award

Will NZ be able to hold its head high at the global climate talks this year, Pat Baskett asks, or will our agricultural tardiness make us a contender for an unwanted award?

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Weight-loss company Jenny Craig on the brink of collapse

Weight loss giant Jenny Craig will continue its operations in Australia and NZ, despite announcing plans to shut corporate offices in the US.

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Why NZ should join Aukus Pillar II

Aukus agreement opens up possibilities for multilateral co-operation, and NZ involvement would help to provide a better deterrent to Chinese military development and potential escalation in the Pacific, argues Sukura Gregory

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NZ industry burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second – that has to reduce to meet our carbon targets

New Zealand burns the equivalent of 108 litres of petrol every second in coal and natural gas to generate heat for industrial processes. This burning of fossil fuels for industrial heat generates 28% of New Zealand’s energy-related emissions.

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