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12 finalists in KiwiNet awards

There are 12 finalists for the KiwiNet awards.

New city schools won't have sports fields

Exclusive: A new type of school without playing fields is being proposed for urban areas.

Drone pics lead to 3D Scott Base model

Hundreds of images taken from the air have helped to recreate NZ base at Antarctica.

Report slams Kiwi mental health services

Report claims mental health service users feel the system is dismissive and dehumanising.

'Largest pay increase in NZ history'

The Government's low-paid carer deal will benefit 55,000 workers and cost $2 billion.

AT looks at streamlining 'terrible process'

Auckland Transport is looking at simplifying how it loads student discounts on Hop Cards.

Disobedient teacher broke all the rules

Welby Ings believes teachers need to disobey rules to help students believe in themselves.

'Student cheated three times and passed'

A former MIT lecturer said he resigned in protest when the student was not disciplined.

Kiwi scientists can improve world's GPS

Kiwi scientists say New Zealand technology can improve the accuracy of GPS.

Try to save your rage for big stage

COMMENT: This week I am cranky; spicy, radishy, salty, swashbuckling. Here's a quick and dirty summary of a few of the arguments I have had.

NZ study probes rugby brain health legacy

Kiwi scientists have published another study exploring links between concussions suffered while playing rugby and long-term impacts on brain function.

Have a merry different Christmas

New Zealand Christmas dinner is not just about ham and turkey, but kimchi, lechon and tequila too, a Massey University sociologist says.

Daughter, mum, dad graduate together

Parents are usually sitting proudly in the audience ad they watch their children graduate from University, but it's less often that they watch on as they graduate themselves.

AUT celebrates leading NZ fashion designer

Adrienne Winkelmann started her own business and beat cancer, but her proudest moment is being awarded an honorary doctorate from AUT.

Career-ending injury leads to new career

Dancer Kimiora Grey suffered a career-ending knee injury but is now turning that into a career in physiotherapy.

3 sisters graduating with same degree

Cambodian sisters credit Pasifika education qualification for connecting them to their own cultural roots.

More NZ cash for science mega-project

New Zealand is pumping more cash into the world's most ambitious science and IT project, bringing its investment in the gigantic Square Kilometre Array to more than $2 million.

Early start for followers of fashion

At 2.30 this morning Aneeqah Jacobs got out of bed, showered, dressed, made breakfast and painstakingly applied her makeup.