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Don’t just ban social media for under 16s – ban it for everyone

A puzzle piece with a map overlay displays the text "Government to Stop Council plan changes" along with the date "16 July 2023" and a small photo labeled "HON CHRIS BISHOP RMA Reform." The background is a green map pattern.

Why can’t we ever finish anything? A council planner at their wits’ end

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Fifty things I learned from nearly 80 hours of submissions on the Treaty principles bill

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith

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I can’t cope with shoppers reversing into mall carparks at this time of year

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The problem with productivity

Sebastiaan Bierema

A man in a suit is smiling and sitting in the foreground of the popular "This is fine" meme, which shows a room on fire with a speech bubble saying "This is fine.

New Zealand will fail its Paris Agreement climate change targets

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RIP special character protections, I always hated you

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Why does hardly anyone ever buy a house on Location Location Location NZ?

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Chris Bishop is the minister for abundance

From beach ball to Mayhem Ball: a week of concerts that didn’t make it to New Zealand