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Co-founders of Flying Fetu, Grace Iwashita-Taylor and Lana Lopesi. (Image: Tina Tiller)

When writers festivals make you feel like a token Pasifika, you create something new

This weekend's inaugural Flying Fetu festival is an event that Moana writers shouldn’t miss.
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By Sela Jane Hopgood | 3rd November, 2022
Pacific communities editor
Photo: Timotei

The Friday Poem: ‘Saga’ by Hannah Mettner

A new poem from Wellington poet Hannah Mettner.
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By Hannah Mettner | 29th July, 2022
Guest writer
Shooting survivor Wasseim Alsati, left, with journalist Patrick Gower in Christchurch (Photo: Patrick Gower: On Hate/supplied)

Review: Patrick Gower: On Hate puts the focus where it should be – on the victims

The documentary about the mosque shootings served as a reminder of the incredible strength of those left behind.
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By Anjum Rahman | 31st August, 2021
Contributing writer
(Getty Images)

The Bulletin: Supermarket duopoly laid bare, faces forced competition

Supermarket duopoly laid bare, one industrial action ends while another restarts, and window closing for quarantine-free travel from Australia.
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By Alex Braae | 30th July, 2021
Staff Writer
Image: Getty Images/Toby Morris

The Australian Poem: Uncovered, by Omar Sakr

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By Omar Sakr | 22nd April, 2021
Guest writer
raspberry cheesecake

The Friday Poem: how to cook cheesecake on a bbq by Paula Harris

A new poem from Paula Harris.
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By Paula Harris | 21st August, 2020
Guest writer
William the Conqueror and Glen Innes houses. (Photo: Unknown artist/Hannah Peters)
Opinion

Why William the Conqueror is partly to blame for our housing problems

What does our housing market have to do with the 800-year-old British feudal land system?
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By Dan Heyworth | 4th August, 2020
Guest writer
Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter, Southland. (Photo: Creative Commons)

Environment, energy, jobs: The massive impact of the Tiwai Point closure

What does the closure of New Zealand's only aluminium smelter mean for the economy and the environment?
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By Michael Andrew | 9th July, 2020
Guest writer
Whakamana Cannabis Museum co-founder Abe Gray

The founder of a failed cannabis museum sounds a warning for similar startups

Cannabis legalisation could present a valuable opportunity for small businesses and startups looking to be part of a growing global industry. But will stigma around cannabis use stand in the way?
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By Shabnam Dastgheib | 16th March, 2020
Guest writer
The four leading contenders in the race for the Democratic party presidential nomination – Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg (Getty Images)

What are the Iowa caucuses and why do they matter?

It's finally time for voting in the race to challenge US President Donald Trump later in the year. Here's how it works.
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By Korey Te Hira | 3rd February, 2020
Guest writer
New co-leader of The Outdoors Party Sue Grey (via Youtube)

Outdoors Party reckons it can ride an anti-1080 wave to parliament in 2020

A fringe political party is hoping for better returns in 2020 after adding a high profile independent lawyer to the leadership team.
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By Alex Braae | 11th January, 2020
Staff Writer
Grant Robertson at the Labour Party annual conference in Whanganui. (Photo: RNZ / Yvette McCullough)

The Bulletin: Time right to borrow and spend, says Robertson

Robertson signals big borrowing to boost infrastructure, discarded e-scooters spark concern, and a big week coming for Auckland’s port. 
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By Alex Braae | 2nd December, 2019
Staff Writer
An ambulance with a campaign message scrawled on the front (Facebook – Ambulance Professionals First)

The Bulletin: Paramedics call for full govt funding

Poorly paid paramedics call for full government funding, Andrew Little signs off more surveillance warrants, and Christchurch accused links to far-right confirmed.
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By Alex Braae | 28th March, 2019
Staff Writer
A street in Kawerau, which is seeing rapidly rising house prices (Wendy Brandon)

The Bulletin: High house prices a small town issue now

Latest QV figures show huge house price rises in smaller towns, new study shows terrible bottom trawling impact, and nurses give natural disaster warning.
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By Alex Braae | 7th March, 2019
Staff Writer
State housing in the Hutt Valley (Radio NZ: Alexander Robertson)

The Bulletin: Social housing list balloons amid heavy demand

Social housing list balloons amid heavy demand, bizarre development in NZ-China relations takes in former PM, and another species of foreign fruit fly found.
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By Alex Braae | 20th February, 2019
Staff Writer
Formidable reporter, wry commentator, dear friend: a tribute to Rob Hosking

Formidable reporter, wry commentator, dear friend: a tribute to Rob Hosking

David Cohen remembers a man admired and loved by his colleagues in the media, in politics, and beyond.
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By David Cohen | 23rd January, 2019
Guest writer
Aaron Hopa, right, with his close friend Todd Blackadder, after a game on the 1997 All Black tour to the United Kingdom. (Photo: Tracey Frame’s personal collection)

When a chief dies: the Aaron Hopa story

When Gordonton's Aaron Hopa died in a tragic diving accident off Whangamatā on December 8, 1998, he left a legacy shaped by rugby, whānau, and aroha. Ben Stanley tells the story of the greatest All Black you never knew.
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By Ben Stanley | 8th December, 2018
Guest writer
Liam Fox geeks out on analysing the crumb structure of each loaf, always striving to improve (Photos: Malcolm Campbell)

Movers and bakers: Fort Greene and the mission to create the perfect sandwich

As they prepared to move to a bigger space, Auckland artisan bakers Fort Greene paused to reflect on the glorious potential held within two pieces of bread.
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By Leisha Jones | 16th September, 2018
Guest writer
Catherine Woulfe’s first child was born four years ago

C-sections can cause infertility. Mine did

For a select few women, this could be the difference between a baby, and not. I'll say it again: c-sections can cause infertility.
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By Catherine Woulfe | 13th August, 2018
Contributing writer
Former Jehovah’s Witness Debbie Oakley, aged seven

Silent lambs: Child sexual abuse and the Jehovah’s Witnesses

Jehovah’s Witnesses are on a quest to save the ‘wicked’ from damnation. For victims of sexual abuse within the organisation, however, that quest has seen perpetrators shielded from justice
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By Amy Parsons-King | 23rd July, 2018
Guest writer

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