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Apple apologises after crushing backlash to iPad advertisement
Financial Times: Campaign depicted instruments and artistic tools being destroyed.
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Why the decision leaves the deal looking in need of a remix.
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New York Times: One family member wants more than her fair share. What to do?
'Positive conversations': Negotiations needed to allow kilometres of Matariki beach fires to return
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Stormy Daniels, echoing Trump’s style, pushes back at lawyer’s attacks
New York Times: Daniels resisted implication she had tried to shake down Trump.
Facebook NZ revenue flat at $9m as $157m goes to Ireland
Tech giant's local reported revenue remains tiny - and it paid just $1.3m in income tax.
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RFK Jr says a worm was in his brain. How does that happen?
New York Times: Everything you need to know (and wish you didn't) about brain parasites.
Baidu executive tells staff: ‘I’m not your mum’
Financial Times: PR boss at Chinese search giant warns she can ruin careers.
Keeping cash alive: Meet the man on a mission to keep paper money circulating
RBNZ director of cash and money Ian Woolford says Kiwis still want coins and notes.
'Exploited for political reasons': Mayor's angst at Auckland councillors' ‘personal trips’ to Taiwan
The "personal study trips" were funded by the Taiwanese Govt and weren't official.
Matthew Hooton: Labour needs a bolder leader than Hipkins
OPINION: As the Luxon Government fails, the Opposition needs someone who will step up.
Letters: David Seymour’s school lunch plan deserves support; law school dean’s tikanga comments cross the line
OPINION: 'If Seymour’s plan works, he should be applauded by all sides of politics.'
Kerry Davies: Axing key taskforce widens gender divide
OPINION: The loss of the taskforce is a blow for women.
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Police strategy to combat knife crime amid rising trend in Britain, Australia
Knife crime is an issue the Police Minister says he's monitoring closely.
'Kick in the guts': Tradies 'poaching' work from locals 'rife' amid slowdown
'A high volume of tradies [are] jumping in the ute and trying to grab some of the work'
Pharmacies investigated for allegedly giving unnecessary immunisations
At one pharmacy, elderly patients getting a flu shot were also given child vaccinations.
Can forests be more profitable than beef?
NYT: Ranches have ruled the Amazon for decades. Now, companies are selling something else.
The difficult truth about threesomes
“Threesomes may not be suitable for relationships that are not secure."
Market close: NZ sharemarket falls to nine-week low
The S&P/NZX 50 Index had its fifth fall in seven trading days.
Too scared to quit? An agency will do that for you
Financial Times: A simple-sounding but lucrative business model.
Ponsonby Rd shooting victim starred in TVNZ reality show
Production company mourns 'beautiful, kind and gentle person'.
Concrete stats show hard times for construction sector
Tight public sector spending cited as new data sheds light on building activity.
Is a meat-heavy diet the key to mental and physical wellbeing?
With Joe Rogan's help, a social media trend with staying power emerged from a 2018 book.
Kate MacNamara: Tony Blakely’s Covid advice and what it means for the inquiry he chairs
The chair of the Covid-19 inquiry advised government officials during the pandemic.
Just how dangerous is Europe’s rising far right?
New York Times: Anti-immigration parties with fascist roots are now mainstream.
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NZ manufacturer beat the odds to thrive with sales of $57m a year.
Bill Gates to sell $1.2 billion green megayacht – before it’s been delivered
Hydrogen-powered cruiser features 12 staterooms, two hot tubs and a submerged lounge.