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Comment: The Government's methane announcement is the policy equivalent of a steaming cowpat on cross-partisan climate consensus.

Farmers off the hook on climate means rest of us pick up the slack

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Saturday’s rush of voters at libraries around the city sees a political confrontation and suggestion of attempted vote suppression.

Standoff over candidate’s protest at ‘late’ votes sparks police complaint

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 10h

NZ links to Five Eyes military technology could become tripwires if conflict breaks out, undermining our sovereignty

Network empire: how advanced military tech is reshaping Five Eyes

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 11h

Does the NZ First leader need to tweak his official bio on the ministerial page of the Beehive’s website – and on his party’s site – claiming he’s a former NZ Māori rugby representative?

‘Words matter’: A little play on words in Winston Peters’ CV

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 11h

The taste of alcohol on 'eager girl lips'

The Sunday Poem, by Jane Bloomfield

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Two not very able seamen head for the iceberg

The secret diary of .. the Coalition Titanic

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 12h

Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says the Waikato Regional Council proposal is an abuse of the RMA process and he's taking advice on his next moves, reports Andrew Bevin.

Council to notify massive Coromandel bottom trawl ban, picking fight with Govt

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 13h

Analysis: Newsroom projects that in 66 mayoral races, at least 31 communities have elected new mayors, with two more in the balance. Jonathan Milne reports.

Ratepayers rout mayors who imposed big rises

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 13h

The latest NielsenIQ BookScan bestseller list of NZ books, plus win the new novel by Airana Ngarewa.

This week's bestselling books, October 10

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 14h

Week in Review:
As AI tools like Midjourney churn out art, the core question remains: when the spark comes from prompts and past data, is it creation – or just clever theft?

AI 'art' – creative or counterfeit?

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 15h

Week in Review:
Comment from Auckland University: Vaccination levels have dipped well below the 95 percent necessary for herd immunity, exposing us to diseases we thought we’d consigned to history, writes Dr Heather Battles.

Open the door to measles, and it won't stop there

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 17h

Week in Review:
The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.

Govt to meet 9% of Jobseeker target by taking teens off benefit

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 17h

Week in Review:
Shane Reti funds science institute $42m to work with iwi to commercialise NZ's 80,000 indigenous species

Cannabinoid breakthrough recognised as science minister bankrolls Māori traditional knowledge

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From The Detail: The much-anticipated government announcement of a solution to soaring power prices has fallen well short of fundamental reform

The power plan without much of a plan

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 20h

Week in Review:
Michael Wood’s claims of serious safety deficiencies at Talley’s, and what influenced his statements, are dissected in the High Court

Former minister accused of telling ‘horror story’ about Talley’s

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Week in Review:
Opinion from the University of Otago: The latest Gender Attitudes Survey makes depressing reading for those concerned about gender equality

Our own 'war on woke' is well underway

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 21h

Week in Review:
Federated Farmers says a proposed increase in the level of Roundup residue in food risks incentivising poorer farming standards.

Food Safety swamped by thousands of objections, stalling glyphosate review

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 21h

Week in Review:
NZ's best book reviewer on a major biography of the caustic, abrasive, sarcastic and loveable Chris Knox.

Book of the Week: To Chris with love

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 22h

Week in Review:
Winston Peters says existing railway lines won't have capacity for more frequent CRL commuter trains and significantly intensified freight movements.

Port expansion set to spur big rail rollout across Northland, Auckland

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 22h

Week in Review:
Opinion from the University of Auckland: Govt's pig welfare amendment bill seeks to carve out an exception from the present law to specifically allow for otherwise unlawful regulations

Govt's pig welfare amendment bill is Orwellian doublethink

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 23h

The taste of alcohol on 'eager girl lips'

The Sunday Poem, by Jane Bloomfield

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 23h

Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says the Waikato Regional Council proposal is an abuse of the RMA process and he's taking advice on his next moves, reports Andrew Bevin.

Council to notify massive Coromandel bottom trawl ban, picking fight with Govt

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 23h

NZ links to Five Eyes military technology could become tripwires if conflict breaks out, undermining our sovereignty

Network empire: how advanced military tech is reshaping Five Eyes

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Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 1d

Mayors in Auckland and Christchurch easily win second terms, Andrew Little assumes the reins in Wellington and Queenstown sees a clear out.

Incumbent mayors ousted in south but voters go for Wayne and Phil, the sequel

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Analysis: Newsroom projects that in 66 mayoral races, at least 31 communities have elected new mayors, with two more in the balance. Jonathan Milne reports.

Ratepayers rout mayors who imposed big rises

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