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Mediawatch: Chris Luxon, the 'unknowable' man
9 Jul 2023Political reporters often say people need to get to know National leader Chris Luxon, despite being in the job for 18 months. Is it possible he's unknowable? Or is it time to retire the narrative? Audio
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The Week in Politics: Parties lock horns on gangs, health staff shortages
Analysis: Health workforce data shows the extent of the problem that this government and the next are facing, National and ACT reject a report which says the country can't arrest its way out of the…
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Can the FIFA World cup help level the playing field for all women footballers?
5 Jul 2023Opinion - There's little doubt the FIFA Women's World Cup will deliver spectacle and significant financial rewards, however the longer-term rewards are harder to predict, Julie E Brice and Holly…
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The Week in Politics: Success in Beijing, trouble at home
30 Jun 2023Analysis - While the PM succeeds in Beijing a ministerial scandal breaks out at home; Luxon is called out for trying to humiliate the acting PM and ageing RNZAF aircraft spark another controversy.
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Behind the handshakes, NZ walks an increasingly fine line with China
28 Jun 2023Analysis - Hipkins was wise to visit China now given the upcoming NATO summit and decision on joining AUKUS, Alexander Gillespie writes.
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The 3 questions NZ's university funding review must ask
28 Jun 2023Opinion - Yesterday's budget boost for universities has been welcomed, Nicola Gaston writes, but is it a bailout or a Band-Aid?
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The real issue in the wash up of the Super Rugby final
26 Jun 2023Opinion - Rugby is often a game of inches, so you're probably not going to win if you're giving up yards. The problem with the Super Rugby final was who was giving them up and when, writes Jamie Wall. Video
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The sun goes down on Elton John with a rhapsodic Glastonbury set
26 Jun 2023Review - The sun set on one of the greatest careers in British music history, as Elton John played the last UK show of his farewell tour at Glastonbury.
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National straddles two strategies as it prepares for nail-biter election
26 Jun 2023Power Play - In letting slip its election-night target of 45 percent this weekend, the National Party revealed some of its inner thinking around its campaign strategy.
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Week in Politics: National goes hard on law and order
25 Jun 2023Analysis - National pushes Labour on gangs and disorder as it settles on one of its primary campaign narratives, writes Peter Wilson in a look at the Week in Politics.
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Sorry prime minister, Joe Biden was right – Xi Jinping really is a ‘dictator’
23 Jun 2023Opinion - It's not every day that a NZ prime minister takes China's side in a disagreement between Washington and Beijing. But these are extraordinary times.
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Housing market drives inequality - why not tax houses?
Opinion - The Green Party made waves recently when it proposed to tax net wealth over $2 million for individuals and $4m for couples, Susan St John writes .
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Struggling universities put NZ's entire research strategy at risk
20 Jun 2023Opinion - While funding shortfalls and sweeping redundancies in the university wider research sector are now making headlines, the underlying problems have been evident for years, Nicola Gaston writes…
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Then and now: Lessons Mark Robinson took from his time as an All Black
16 Jun 2023The NZ Rugby chief executive isn't usually short of a word, but one question has him wondering: what was it like to be an All Black? Video
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Cutting fruit and veg GST not the best way to help - tax expert
17 Jun 2023Opinion - Rising food prices bring up debates on removing GST from fresh produce - but is this a good idea? And if not, what alternatives might there be to help people afford fruit and vegetables?
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Week in Politics: National and Labour go courting at Fieldays
16 Jun 2023Analysis - National would have had clear air for its agriculture policy if Christopher Luxon had not come down with a case of foot in mouth, writes Peter Wilson.
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Week in Politics: Chris Hipkins' worst week
9 Jun 2023Analysis - For a competent minister - and he has shown himself to be that - Michael Wood has got himself into a real muddle, writes Peter Wilson.
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How NZ's own law helped Australia win the Manuka Honey trademark war
5 Jun 2023Analysis - The mānuka honey trademark case shows how Aotearoa New Zealand's law lacks substantive protections for Māori intellectual property rights, writes David Jefferson.
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ACT preens as party in waiting ahead of Election 2023
6 Jun 2023Power Play - ACT Party leader David Seymour will be patting himself on the back after a sell-out annual conference in central Auckland this weekend.
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The Ben Roberts-Smith verdict shocked the military. Why didn't its leaders act sooner?
6 Jun 2023Analysis - The Ben Roberts-Smith verdict has reopened the wounds of a shameful period of Australian military history that demonstrates how the leadership of the ADF has failed, writes Mick Ryan.
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The war in Ukraine is escalating - and NZ won't escape the consequences
Opinion - Russia's war with Ukraine is now at a critical turning point. The relentless missile and drone strikes on the capital Kyiv may look like a sign of strength, but appearances can be deceiving.
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Week in Politics: Party members cop heat over problematic remarks and plans
Analysis - National pulls out of the bipartisan agreement on housing density and gets itself into a muddle over bilingual road signs, while the prescription fee saga rumbles on.
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Did 'wokeness' cancel Police Ten 7?
When TVNZ cancelled reality TV show Police Ten 7 earlier this year, it certainly rattled some law-and-order cages, Antje Deckert and Juan Marcellus Tauri write.
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Samoan Language Week: Preserving culture and a sense of belonging
5 Jun 2023Analysis - The theme for Samoan Language Week is, "Be proud of your language and grounded in your identity." Anric Sitanilei explores what this means, in both Gagana Samoa and English.
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