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The Listener weekly quiz: November 20
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The Bigger Picture: Waiata over the bridge
Hīkoi mō te Tiri in opposition to the Treaty Principles Bill.
Is NZ’s charity clothing donation model broken?
Charities face surprising clothing shortage amidst billions of dollars of wardrobe waste.
Listener weekly quiz: November 6
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Unsustainable: The rise of greenwashing in New Zealand - and why we need tougher rules
We're awash in green claims, so what can be done to ensure they stack up?
The bold new regenerative tourism project taking NZ youth on a journey of hope
A new and innovative global approach to indigenous tourism lifts young NZ voices.
Why economies fail: Stark lessons for NZ from a 2024 Nobel Prize winner
Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu’s theories on why economies fail should make Kiwis nervous.
Cobb & Co toiletries? The eccentric branding and quirky ads of yesteryear
Nostalgia alert: A look back to the bizarre, the bold, the brave and bigoted ads of 1974.
Should we finally ditch Guy Fawkes?
Is an event that causes fires, injures the unwary and terrifies pets past its useby date?
Listener’s weekly quiz: October 30
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Intensive farming in the cold Deep South could damage the image of our biggest industry
But farmer groups are opposing rule changes to safeguard the welfare of cows.
The Hewitson Profile: Giving all kids a chance
The Chief Children’s Commissioner has shown a willingness to speak out.
The Kiwi connection: Why women of Manawatū set up the Polish Army League
Their mission was to support Polish servicemen.
80 years on, what Polish refugee children taught New Zealand
Our earlier immigration policies raise questions about how today's refugees are received.
Kiwi poet Jeffrey Paparoa Holman explores a distant relative’s admiration of Hitler
Holman painstaking pieces together his great-aunt’s questionable actions in Nazi Germany.
Listener’s October viewing guide: What’s new to watch for Labour Weekend and beyond
The best television across free to air and streaming platforms in October.
Listener weekly quiz: October 22
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NZ’s levels of workplace bullying are startlingly high. Do we need stronger laws?
Bullying and harassment costs Aotearoa billions each year - and destroys lives.
New Zealand’s worst migration maritime disaster remembered: They drank the blood of the dead
HMNZS Manawanui sank off Upolu without loss of life, unlike NZ's worst maritime disaster.
Listener weekly quiz: October 16
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Aged care crisis: Means test minefield
Should the state pay the health costs associated with residential care?
Aged care crisis: Too few beds, rising costs and a failing health system
Rest home crisis means New Zealand is no place to grow old.
World-famous Dunedin Study points to ways to slow down ageing
Dunedin is now an epicentre of ageing science, with followers from around the globe.
Listener weekly quiz: October 9
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City of the future: The good life in a new-look Wellington
Harvard Graduate School of Design students reimagine Wellington for a greener future.
A dream of a forever home on a gusty peak doesn’t quite go to plan
Who were we – that young couple? It’s hard to say reliably what characteristics defined us
When silence isn’t golden: The case for 'active bystanding' to make public transport safer
Movements to encourage NZers to become 'active bystanders' are gathering pace.
Listener weekly quiz: October 2
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Do we now regret the work-from-home revolution?
Covid prompted a change to the way we work, but was it for the better?
What it’s like to be: Told at 60 you have Alzheimer’s disease
Dementia advocate on life after a young onset diagnosis: You have to keep on living life.