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Super Rugby Pacific, back and better than ever

Halfway through the season, Super Rugby has ditched expectations and crowds are taking notice
Len Ikitau of the Brumbies is tackled by Selestino Ravutaumada of the Drua during the Super Rugby Pacific Round 5 match between the Brumbies and the Fijian Drua at GIO Stadium in Canberra, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch / Photosport) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Parents on notice after a spate of drownings

With drowning numbers creeping up, a water safety expert explains why so many of these deaths are avoidable
Children learning to swim.

Reforming the reforms - the RMA is up for debate, again

Legislation designed to simplify the country's resource management laws has now become more complex than the multitude of statutes it originally replaced. So it's up for debate, again.
Chris Bishop

An atheist on why churches should remain tax-free

Critics say that churches' exemption from paying income tax gives them an unfair competitive advantage. But one atheist says these tax laws are essential for a thriving society.
The government is reviewing tax law that allows most churches, including Destiny Church, to be registered religious charities, giving them tax free status.

Tinā, the Samoan film that's a hit with palagi 

At last New Zealand has another hit film on its hands, 10 years after the last big box office draw.
Tinā has broken records for New Zealand's widest film release and currently sits at the top of the local box office.

New campaign aims to tackle rising sideline abuse in sport

Rugby ref Ben O'Keefe knows first-hand what it's like to receive abuse from spectators. He says if we don't tackle it, it will drive children away from sport.
Kids Sport Team Gathering. Children Play Sports. Boys in Sportswear Jersey Uniforms Having Shout Team. Youth Sports For Children. Youth Football Academy Background with Copy Space

Five years after the first big lockdown, is NZ ready for the next pandemic

The next pandemic could arrive at any time, but the government has ignored a Royal Commission of Inquiry report that could help it prepare
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media during a press conference at Parliament on April 05, 2020. New Zealand was placed in complete lockdown and a state of national emergency was declared on Thursday 26 March to stop the spread of COVID-19 across the country.

Good riddance to bad rubbish at a north Auckland tip

More than half of Auckland's rubbish gets dumped at one landfill, where waste is turned into energy to power homes and grow food.
Managing director of Waste Management, Evan Maehl (left), and chief engineer of Waste Management, Lawrence Smith (right)

Timeless Summer, endless debt

There's a call for laws to be introduced requiring ticket sellers for big events to hold punters' cash in trust, so we don't see a repeat of fans' money going down the drain in the wake of cancelled festivals
Music festival organisers don't have to sell through ticketing companies, but many choose to, and many venues require it.

In Delhi and D.C., Christopher Luxon and Winston Peters in their elements

Taking the train with Winston Peters and watching Christopher Luxon play cricket: what it's like traveling with a foreign trade delegation
Foreign Minister Winston Peters meets US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington DC on 19 March 2025.

Excavating a historical waka, and the story that goes with it

The discovery of a waka buried on the coastline of Rēkohu/ Chatham Islands has caused a century-old tension to resurface
The site where the waka was found.

The physical toll of nine months on the ISS

After nine months in space, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore splashed back down the earth. Their bodies and minds may never catch up.
In this still image taken from a NASA TV broadcast, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore (R) and Suni Williams hold a news conference from the International Space Station (ISS) on September 13, 2024. Wilmore and Williams, who arrived at the ISS aboard Boeing's Starliner, will return home with rival SpaceX in February 2025, NASA has said. (Photo by Handout / NASA TV / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA TV" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

'Bewildered' experts aren't on board for changes to fisheries management

The government wants to streamline regulations, but marine advocates worry the changes would make fishing less transparent and expedite destruction of the ocean 
RNZ/Reece Baker

What's in a name - trademarks in 2025

With trademark applications surging, The Detail looks at what it takes to get a mark registered in New Zealand.
This is the F#$%ing News: My Story by Paddy Gower book cover

The art of tiptoeing around Trump

In Donald Trump's firing line, foreign leaders decide whether to butter up or shout back
With a global trade war ramping up, global leaders decide how best to deal with US President Trump.

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