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This Sunday, hundreds of kites will be flown from the summit of Puketāpapa Manu in Auckland. Some will be so big that they ...

Imagine all the wealth in NZ as a ten-storey apartment building. Imagine half of NZ crammed in a tiny corner of the bottom ...

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To truly reduce suicide rates, we need to think beyond rehashed policies that paper over the cracks in our system.

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Andrew Jeffries might be the most influential New Zealander in the global music industry you’ve never heard of. For many ...