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Comm Games Day 2: NZ swimmers stacking up the medals
3+ hour, 5+ min ago (1185+ words) LockerRoom in association with “This medal is 20 years,” a tearful Hazel Ouwehand said, a “heavy” bronze around her neck – her first international swimming medal of any hue. The lanky 50m butterfly sprinter – who also works fulltime as an Auckland accountant – made…...
NZ sleepwalking into a digital Strait of Hormuz
8+ hour, 21+ min ago (359+ words) Expert opinion from University of Auckland - Waipapa Taumata Rau This policy amounts to a form of privatisation. These services are almost always provided by giant global platforms such as Microsoft and Amazon. This expansion has been accompanied by the rapid…...
Australia's diplomatic blitz across the Pacific
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (817+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Australia has been on an extraordinary diplomatic frenzy across the Pacific over the past year – and especially over the past month – as the result of mounting concerns over China’s growing interest in the region. Both Australia…...
Why Parliament's 'bad guy' playbook fails women
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (836+ words) Expert opinion from Victoria University Wellington - Te Herenga Waka Comment: Stuart Nash’s text to former National minister Chris Finlayson exemplifies the perpetuation of two barriers that keep women out of parliamentary politics: men’s networks and their misogynistic chatter, and the…...
Newsroom daily quiz, Friday 24 July
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (69+ words) Newsroom Got a good quiz question? Send Newsroom your questions. Newsroom exists because of readers like you. Help us deliver trusted, independent journalism that serves all New Zealanders. Support our work with a donation today. Test your smarts with our…...
Resource management rewrite risks shifting billions in environmental costs to councils
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (505+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Comment: For a Government that has repeatedly promised enduring and stable resource management reform, the Environment Select Committee’s recommended changes to the Natural Environment Bill and Planning Bill will take us in precisely the opposite direction....
Reopened Auckland tracks draw the crowds
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (946+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google Before Auckland’s Waitakere Ranges were closed because of kauri dieback disease – and closed again during a year of fierce storms and slips – there were 239km of walkable tracks there. The ranges are huge, blanketing the west of…...
This week's bestselling books - July 24
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (709+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google 1 One Last Question, Prime Minister by Barry Soper (HarperCollins, $39.99) 2 The Valley by Asher Emanuel (Bridget Williams Books, $39.99) One of the best books of the year, in which the author follows two petty criminals on their endless…...
Grandparents fund private school fees amid record wealth transfer
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (86+ words) Newsroom Personal Wealth in association with Private schools are being bankrolled by grandparents as a record generational wealth transfer hits its stride and younger generations grapple with rising costs. The Bank of Grandma and Grandad is joining the ranks of…...
After 970 days in power, the ghost of Labour still consumes the Govt
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (1451+ words) Prefer Newsroom on Google There’s an ancient saying – take your pick whether it’s Greek or Chinese – that holds ‘He who blames others has a long way to go on his journey, he who blames himself is halfway there, he who…...