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A snapshot of New Year's Eve from around New Zealand
1 Jan 2017We asked people at party spots around the country to reflect on the best and worst of 2016 – and what they’re hoping for from 2017.
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Car Seat Headrest on making one of the best albums of the year
29 Dec 2016The main idea was simple: Make an archetypal rock record, but with a personal touch.
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Turned away in a crisis
29 Dec 2016New Zealand's suicide rate spiked again last year and those on the frontline - parents, friends and health workers - say more help is needed to prevent deaths.
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Weekly Reading: The best longreads all in one place
23 Dec 2016On Teen Vogue, sexual assault in ballet, and the virtual reality hangover.
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This poet flips the script on being racially-profiled by Customs
22 Dec 2016We thought Mohamed Hassan’s poem was so good, we made a video with him.
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'I’d never let the cancer be my defining factor'
22 Dec 2016A year on from delivering a high school leavers speech that went viral, Jake Bailey talks to us about surviving cancer.
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Passengers tries to sell a horror movie as a love story
22 Dec 2016Passengers is the new sci-fi blockbuster with a twist but, writes Katie Parker, it’s not as advertised.
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The Real Santas of New Zealand
22 Dec 2016Some people do good stuff all year round. We talk to a few of them.
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Diary of a Most Days Feminist
20 Dec 2016Deputy Prime Minister Paula Bennett has revealed that she is a feminist “most days”. And isn’t that enough?
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What's going on? with Lucy Zee: Christmas lights on Auckland's Franklin Rd
20 Dec 2016Tinder dates, youths and many, many Santas. So lit.
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The Pencilsword: She'll have the fish
20 Dec 2016Don't let anyone order for you at dinner, or in politics.
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How a man in the woods survived Kaikōura’s 7.8 earthquake
19 Dec 2016Pete lives in a hut in the hills above Kaikōura. In the aftermath of last month's earthquake, we went to find him.
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‘Tomorrow, I am going to leave my homeland’
16 Dec 2016As the evacuation of Aleppo begins, journalist Emma Beals shares accounts from sources and friends in the besieged city.
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Gender isn’t the real issue
16 Dec 2016Vet Erin Dowler weighs in on the debate surrounding sexism in the industry.
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Weekly Reading: The best longreads all in one place
16 Dec 2016This week: a neo-Nazi murder trial, Russian hacking, Drake's thirst and the optimism of Chance the Rapper.
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Let the gains begin: Steroid users tell us why they juice
15 Dec 2016More and more young men are turning to steroids to bulk up, but is it worth the risks?
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What happens now? One month after the earthquake
14 Dec 2016Questions, uncertainty and trying to feel normal when there’s been such huge upheaval.
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