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![Tracey Barnett: Repeat after me - being gay is okay](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Tracey Barnett: Repeat after me - being gay is okay
Stir caused by opera character's sexual identity shows society still mired in paranoia.
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Insurance industry facing a climate of fear
Floods, hurricanes, droughts - will climate change mean more wild weather ahead? That's a risk the insurance industry is taking very seriously, reports Peter Huck.
![Ross Meurant: The case for decriminalisation](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Ross Meurant: The case for decriminalisation
Society needs to look at a different approach to the drug problem.
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Kronic use to be curtailed: Govt
A planned crackdown on "cannabinoid" substances will severely curtail the use of controversial synthetic cannabis product Kronic, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne says.
![Paul Thomas: Scandal a hotter topic than boring drugs war](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Paul Thomas: Scandal a hotter topic than boring drugs war
Misbehaving politician part of trivia captivating Washington at expense of more important issues.
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Govt won't revisit copyright law
The Government will not revisit a controversial law that allows internet providers to disconnect users for alleged copyright infringements, despite a UN report that said internet access was a human right.
![UN criticises NZ's three-strike piracy law](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
UN criticises NZ's three-strike piracy law
The United Nations has declared internet access a human right and criticised "three strikes" laws like that in New Zealand.
![Phil O'Reilly: NZ needs to pace itself over climate change negotiations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Phil O'Reilly: NZ needs to pace itself over climate change negotiations
It's foolish to rush into further commitments on cutting carbon emissions, writes Phil O'Reilly
![Review: Alienware M14x](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Review: Alienware M14x
Having crafted up the world's first gaming netbook (the M11x), Dell subsidiary Alienware has opted to strike out for the middle ground with the slightly larger M14x.
![Hotel insecticide used in NZ](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Hotel insecticide used in NZ
An insecticide implicated in a Kiwi tourist's death could be harming NZ workers, the Green Party claims.