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The world is beginning to tire of Trump’s whiplash leadership
7 Mar 2025Analysis - One day, President Donald Trump imposed a punishing tariff regime against Canada and Mexico. The next, he froze auto duties for a month.
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How Trump changed the world in a month
23 Feb 2025Analysis - Donald Trump spent the first month of his second term dismantling the global system the United States spent the past 80 years building, writes CNN's Stephen Collinson.
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Would owning the rights to our face and voice reduce deepfake's harm?
21 Feb 2025Analysis - Not that long ago, the term "deepfake" wasn't in most people's vocabularies. Now, it is not only commonplace but is also the focus of intense legal scrutiny around the world.
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Farming coops can get a bad environmental rap, but they can also be a force for good
28 Feb 2025Large-scale sustainable transformation rests on finding ways to orchestrate the efforts of many individuals and organisations towards a common goal, writes Stefan Korber.
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Governments enjoy 'executive paradise' - longer terms won't change that
5 Mar 2025The question of a four-year term is once again enjoying a moment in the sun.
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Review: Bird is a 'staggeringly brilliant blend of Ken Loach and a Grimm fairy tale'
23 Feb 2025Writer-director Andrea Arnold is a one-off. She seems to be rooted in British urban realism - films like Fish Tank and this week's Bird.
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Trump is not putting America first - he is hastening its decline
Has any nation squandered its diplomatic capital and supplicated itself before its far weaker enemies as rapidly and brazenly as Donald Trump's America? Video
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What’s the difference between burnout and depression?
Analysis: If your summer holiday already feels like a distant memory, you're not alone.
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What was the 'mineral deal' that caused chaos in the White House?
1 Mar 2025Analysis - Underlying the angry exchanges were differences between Trump and the Ukrainian government over the deal that Zelensky was scheduled to sign.
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NZ's barriers to economic growth
28 Feb 2025Analysis - Short-term thinking, political concentration and policy flip-flops all reduce economic growth, writes Kate Nicholls.
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Analysis: Peters walks a 'tricky' diplomatic line in Beijing
27 Feb 2025RNZ's Corin Dann is in Beijing, following Foreign Minister Winston Peters as he meets with Chinese officials.
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It feels like there's been more plane crashes: Here's the truth
Analysis - Dramatic images of several prominent aircraft crashes in the US might make it seem like the skies are becoming more dangerous - but a look at the statistics suggests the skies are about as…
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Three days' grace for Andrew Bayly raises more questions
24 Feb 2025Analysis: National MP Andrew Bayly has got off lightly being allowed to resign as a minister - escaping the harsher sentence of being sacked by the Prime Minister.
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Loss of forests brought new birds to NZ during the last Ice Age – we’re witnessing a similar process now
19 Feb 2025When people arrived on the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand and began to turn the land to their needs, they set in motion great changes.
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Online violence and misogyny on the rise - NZ needs tougher response
18 Feb 2025The Human Rights commission's claim the Code of Practice for Online Safety and Harms was not fit for purpose apparently drew a sharp legal response from the agencies, which argued the commission…
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What young vapers think about the law
17 Feb 2025The in-depth survey of 20 young people aimed to find out whether or not they wanted tighter vaping regulation to phase out nicotine.
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The Sampler: What to listen to this week
16 Feb 2025Irish singer Julie Dawson goes synth-pop and local slowcore band Soda Boyz take the scenic route.
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How a war on 'woke banking' could backfire on NZ
Analysis: NZ First's "woke banking" bill - takes aim at efforts to build sustainability concepts into investment practices, Martien Lubberink writes.
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With billions in ‘profit’ exempt from tax, changes to NZ’s charity rules are long overdue
19 Feb 2025The profit made on every breakfast bowl of weet-bix is tax exempt, giving the church-owned Sanitarium Health Food Company an advantage over other breakfast food companies. But this could be about to…
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What a 'Tradwife' on Married at First Sight tells us about a growing trend
17 Feb 2025Why is being a tradwife growing in popularity, and how has it become so marketable?
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NZ faces dilemma as Trump demands more defence spending
Analysis: Everywhere Trump's "eye of Sauron" lands, ructions follow - Gaza, Ukraine, Europe. Next up, will it be this side of the world? Audio
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'Ghost guns': NZ yet to act on three big legal gaps
17 Feb 2025'Ghost guns' created with 3D-printers are already posing a significant challenge in overseas jurisdictions, and it's an issue New Zealand can not ignore.
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As new charter schools open, we still know too little about how they worked last time
14 Feb 2025The evidence is mixed, according to an evaluation of eight charter schools undertaken for the Ministry of Education.
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Trump's bid for economic self-sufficiency harder than it seems, history shows
In a global market that relies on international trade, is it possible to be totally self-sufficient?
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