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After 12 years of painstaking restoration, a 160-year-old icon of Ōtautahi is finally open to stargazers once more. 

The ‘miracle’ survival story of Christchurch’s ‘munched’ telescope

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In times of difficulty, people have always found less powerful groups on whom to blame all of society's problems. 

The Side Eye: The trans tipping point

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My most regrettable purchase in the last 12 months? Clothes I never wear.

The cost of being: A 21-year-old flatting in Auckland

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We're paying 40% more for milk, cheese and eggs – and that's just the beginning. 

How much cheaper are groceries in Australia than New Zealand, really?

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Let's use Tusiata Avia’s '250th anniversary of James Cook’s arrival in New Zealand' as an example.

How to read a poem

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It may not be as fashionable as it used to be, but people are still buying military gear – if Sir Peter Jackson doesn't get to it first.

Soldiering on: Inside New Zealand’s last army surplus stores

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Co-governance is not another name for a masked intruder slipping into your home to steal what's yours. 

The prospect of co-governance sparks deep, irrational fears

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India's trains tell many stories – not least those of class and power. 

The Sunday Essay: I grew up riding trains across India

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From the Big Bang to Cyclone Gabrielle, everyone just needs to calm the f down.

Hot takes through the ages from Mike Hosking and Kate Hawkesby

Hosking and Hawkesby – hot takes through the ages

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A celebration of Joanah Ngan-Woo's World Cup-winning left hand.

I can’t stop thinking about The Hand

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Open banking would do much more for New Zealand’s bank customers than the vague threat of a loss of social licence ever could.

Banks really don’t need a social licence to operate. Open banking could change that

What is a social licence and why is it that banks absolutely do not need one?

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Elisa Rivera is learning to find the beauty in the balance of cultures within her whānau.

Embracing the inbetween cultures of my Puerto Rican, Pākehā, Māori family

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We checked the health and economic data to see how NZ did over the whole pandemic against the USA, UK, Australia and more.

A report card: Eight charts that show how New Zealand managed the pandemic

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A new paper confirming the link between CTE and repetitive head injuries should be a watershed moment for sport… right?

Sport’s ‘Big Tobacco = lung cancer’ moment

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One of our most entertaining writers is back with a play about female bots. <br />
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How do you design the perfect woman?

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A story of innocence lost in Hamilton, 1973.

Fifty years of silence

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Why are we so bad at talking about wealth inequality?

The Side Eye’s Two New Zealands: The Table

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It can be hard to get back on your bike after a bruising, but it's worth it.

Feel the fear and cycle anyway

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Our failure belongs to my husband and me. We have failed to create life.

A letter to our biggest failure

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The government's plan to get 50,000 people off jobseeker support by 2030 has had a rocky start.

20,000 more on jobseeker benefits than this time last year

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Student advocates are calling for 'drastic measures' to force the university to take their concerns seriously.

Auckland uni students threaten rent strike over rising accommodation fees

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A new novel set in Wellington is a narrative of grief, and an ode to beautiful food writing. 

A love letter to Wellington: when i open the shop by romesh dissanayake, reviewed

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The government has made it well known it expects departments to cut roles. We break down the numbers as they currently stand.

An updated tally of the public sector job cuts

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Of course I wind down my window at the lights to profess my love to the strangers in the black De Tomaso Pantera. And of course they accommodate me with amused grins.

Confessions of an unlikely petrolhead

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I was one of hundreds of people who lost my government job this week. Here's exactly how it played out.

What it’s like to be made redundant by the Ministry of Education

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They pressured me to have children, and I had two. Now they won't lift a finger. 

Help Me Hera: My parents won’t help out with my kids

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Job cut proposals from the Ministry of Education and Oranga Tamariki added another 1000 roles to the public service job loss tally.

Over 3,000 public service jobs now proposed to go

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Mild headache? School. Severe headache? Home. Don't know how to read your kid's mind? That's your problem.

How to tell if your child is well enough to go to school or is in fact sick

, Dr Wiles has a message for anyone who has tested negative for the coronavirus: you’re not off the hook yet.

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, Siouxsie Wiles explains why testing negative for Covid-19 doesn’t make you immune to the social distancing rules.

Siouxsie Wiles: tested negative for Covid-19? You've still got to follow the rules  | The Spinoff

Watch Siouxsie’s previous 60 Seconds video 

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Dr Wiles has a message for anyone who has tested negative for Covid-19: you're not off the hook yet.

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Siouxsie Wiles: Tested negative? You still have to follow the rules

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Siouxsie Wiles: Tested negative? You still have to follow the rules

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