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Two new surveys show a dramatic shift in New Zealanders' drug use habits – and there has been a sharp discount in prices. 

Drugs are getting cheaper and easier to find in Aotearoa

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There are calls for New Zealand’s Family Violence Act to name economic harm as a standalone type of violence.

Financial forms of family violence affect one in seven of us – but the law is lagging

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My parents are finally getting divorced. So why do I feel like my stepdad's feelings are still my problem?

Help Me Hera: Should I cut contact with my ex-stepdad?

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But we have a solution within the current body of nursing students.

In a global nursing shortage, NZ’s reliance on overseas-trained staff is not sustainable

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'My mother became a single mother supporting two kids on her own and I started working at the age of 11 to help out.'

The cost of being: An ‘anti-capitalist’ barista and tutor renting in Wellington

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The bridge is a Wellington icon, but we must say goodbye. It's time to demolish it. 

Windbag: On the City to Sea Bridge and the power of letting go

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The sector is highly volatile, highly competitive and changing rapidly.

What can we really expect from an expanded mining industry?

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'We are counsellors, we are social workers, we are a lot of things to a lot of different people at different times'

Pacific profiles: Meet the Southside Aiga Midwives, who serve whānau in the heart of Māngere

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A new campaign is targeting ASB due to its Kiwisaver funds having investments into Motorola, a company that supplies Israel's military.  

Public pressure mounts for Kiwisaver funds to invest ethically 

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When the Toitū te Tiriti hīkoi hit Auckland, Aotearoa's most multicultural and (arguably) fashionable city rose to the occasion.

Toitū te Tiriti hīkoi fits: Savage style for seasoned steezers

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Dog of the month: Georgie, who would like The Spinoff to rank peanut butters

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New Zealander Tasha Black relays what it's like in post-revolution Bangladesh from an eight-hour traffic jam in Dhaka.

The slowest city in the world is on the brink of change

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On the most extraordinary human achievements you’ll never, ever notice, and possibly shouldn’t celebrate. 

The Nobel Prize in Not Beating Up Your Kids

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'Most regrettable purchase in the last year? A cricket bat at a charity auction – I was drunk and it seemed like a great idea at the time.'

The cost of being: A lawyer with two kids, a mortgage and a love of good meat

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The climate and human rights crises are indelibly intertwined

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How do I end this cycle of misery, once and for all? 

Help Me Hera: Why do I only befriend people nobody else can stand?

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'A couple months ago my card got refused because I was 12 cents short on a sub-$3 microwave mini pizza – that was pretty embarrassing.'

The cost of being: A disabled beneficiary who often has to spend bus money on food

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A public apology may be imminent, but redress and accountability still look to be a long way off.

For abuse in care survivors, an apology without action means nothing

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An in-depth examination of the causes, implications and potential cures for homelessness across the country.

Inside the urgent race to solve homelessness in Aotearoa

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David Hill is in his ninth decade. In a touching tribute to his late friend, he challenges some myths about 'old farts'.

On being undeniably, irretrievably old

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An interview with the acclaimed journalist ahead of his appearance in Aotearoa.

‘Everything is becoming a culture war’: Jon Ronson on conspiracies and cycleways

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'The best TV performance of the year is by an actor most British viewers won’t recognise, in a production that most won’t see.'

‘Deserves a Bafta’: After the Party premieres in the UK to five-star reviews 

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The new movie musical is undoubtedly a fun watch, but proof that bigger isn’t always better.

Review: The magic of Wicked and the curse of corporate greed

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Gang members say it will create more problems, but the government argues it's about improving public safety.

Will banning gang patches actually make New Zealand safer?

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It’s a shambles of our own making, but it’s still one we can turn around.

It’s not too late to halt the death spiral of New Zealand’s public health system

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The 'free ride' for gangs has ended, says the government. But it might not be that simple.

The gang patch ban is now in force. What’s going to happen?

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The bill's author reflects on what it means for the Samoan community.

New law gives up to 3,480 Samoan elders back their right to NZ citizenship

Months after Cyclone Gabrielle smashed Tairāwhiti, locals are still cleaning up the damage. The Side Eye travels to the erosion-prone region to meet the people asking hard questions about a plan for the future.

The Side Eye is a monthly non-fiction comic by Toby Morris, supported by NZ On Air. Read the rest of the series 

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After Cyclone Gabrielle, Tairāwhiti faces a universal question: when it comes to the environment, have we got the guts to choose long-term solutions over short-term fixes?<br />
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The Spinoff

SocietyJuly 28, 2023

The Side Eye: Deeper roots

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