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No open-pit mines on Coromandel Forest Park, despite confusing fast-track listing
Confusing language led to an 'appalling' misrepresentation of a controversial Coromandel gold mine listed on the fast-track ...
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How Greater Christchurch can continue to grow sustainably
Opinion: The planning framework developed with so much foresight nearly 25 years ago has stood us in good stead – until now, with the Government's fast-track legislation, writes Lianne Dalziel ...
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‘Round the clock’ hazards monitoring at risk from funding gap
Barely five years after it was first launched, a service to monitor earthquakes, tsunami, and other natural hazards at all hours is in jeopardy, writes ...
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Major freshwater u-turn ‘snuck in’ to unrelated bill
Following industry group pleas, changes to keystone freshwater policy were recommended without ever seeing public scrutiny.
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Power companies’ spending on new renewables fell off a cliff
New figures bolster the claim spending on new renewable electricity projects by Meridian, Mercury and Genesis collapsed after they were listed ...
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Online abuse of women leaders: Don’t scroll on by
Opinion: We should join Finance Minister Nicola Willis’ call to action to ‘belittle the trolls’ and tell them to ‘stuff off’ ...
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Raw Politics: Luxon’s wealthy, get over it
This week on the Raw Politics podcast: the PM declares himself wealthy and sorted, Darleen should say goodbye even though she's Green, plus a bad retweet.
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A 1st XV of rugby’s finest
Chelsea Semple of Waikato makes a break during the Farah Palmer Cup final between Waikato and Canterbury in Hamilton. Photo: Getty Images LockerRoom in association with Waikato won the Farah Palmer ...
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Shockwaves felt in Dunedin Hospital after bombshell announcement
Consultant anesthetist Claire Ireland says she was was shocked and appalled by the ministerial announcement. Photo: David Williams Regular leaks in Dunedin Hospital’s operating theatres are bad enough ...
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Fears of privatisation by stealth in an overwhelmed healthcare system
As more and more healthcare becomes private, experts worry about increasing inequality in New Zealand Photo: Getty Images More signs are emerging of New Zealanders turning to private healthcare as the ...
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What’s next for Lebanon and the Middle East?
A new war in Lebanon has begun, but a dual focus on sub- and trans-national dynamics is required to understand what might come next in the Middle East. Starting with the trans-national matters. On ...
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One for the language lovers
Inspired by a dictionary’s survey of its online followers, The Detail gathers three professional word-workers to nominate the best and worst of language and the traps of faux erudition, cliche, neuron ...