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Melanie Reid is at the inquest.
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Auckland won’t complete big busway in PM and minister’s electorates
A link for a critical east Auckland busway doesn’t make the cut in Mayor Wayne Brown’s plan, with four rail crossings in Takanini getting priority
Jones’ undeclared dinner had two more mining industry attendees
Shane Jones’ ministerial diary will be updated to include a dinner with mining interests revealed in a Newsroom story
The politics behind pending health appointment
Comment: ‘An outsider planted inside’ the health system is likely to assume one of its top roles
East Coast mayors hold out hope for Budget as rebuild bills mount
East Coast mayors are confident their region remains a priority, despite the Government’s focus on building new roads elsewhere
Humboldt’s gift: what a Prussian aristocrat can teach us about education
Opinion: Our education system has lost sight of its core purpose
Treatment hopes dashed for MS sufferers
A drug that can halt the effects of multiple sclerosis was funded by Pharmac but cannot be administered because some hospitals say they are under-resourced
Cricket’s pilgrimage: Go north, young woman
Otago batter Olivia Gain is far from Dunedin, in Yorkshire, using the NZ winter months to sharpen her game for what lies ahead
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Where the ‘woke’ word fits in a history of racism
Opinion: The current appropriation of the term ‘woke’ by the political right is a diminishment of the struggle of African-American people – and any people of colour who feel they need to be watchful
No need to shock with a fake crisis
Opinion: The cold weather and spikes in power demand have been well handled by the electricity system
The return of .. Raw Politics
Newsroom’s weekly politics podcast is back for a second season – with (newish) political editor Laura Walters, Tim Murphy & Marc Daalder
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Restored: the Newsroom story the Crown and court didn’t want you to see – ‘Two wrongs don’t make a right’
Finally, after a three-year legal fight, Newsroom can again show you the sad tale of four young children who were victims of a ‘reverse uplift’
Restored story: Kelvin Davis to Oranga Tamariki: ‘Please explain’
This story reappears today after a three-year legal fight by Newsroom to overturn a High Court injunction on our coverage of this reverse uplift case.
Restored story: Oranga Tamariki’s new wave of trauma
A Newsroom documentary revealed a disturbing Oranga Tamariki child uplift case – but was banned from publication for three years by a High Court order.
A Kiwi mermaid in Paris, 100 years ago
The heartbreaking story of Gwitha Shand at the 1924 Olympics has gone largely untold – until Suzanne McFadden dived into the Kiwi swimmer’s diary
Back in Black: Aldora’s year gets even better
Once a hat-trick hero, big prop Aldora Itunu is back in the Black Ferns squad after three years, for the start of the Pacific series
Black Ferns Sevens: The greatest team of all
Adam Julian wonders if the Black Ferns Sevens are New Zealand’s most successful female sports team – and whether they leave the men behind too
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The Crown versus Māori Children
Essay: If the Crown harms children, how do you hold it accountable? Analysis by Aaron Smale in light of the Waitangi Tribunal court decision.
National returned $200,000 donation day after Newsroom story
National returned its second-largest donation due to links to a migrant hostel investigation that subsequently found no breaches
An Ode to .. Julie Anne Genter
Bard Billot on the Green barbarian
Fire and Emergency payroll plan scrapped after spending $29m
After three years and millions of dollars, Fire and Emergency’s payroll replacement project is back to square one