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Sex self-identification debate a 'cesspool of harmful stereotypes'
8 Feb 2019A toxic debate rages over a law that will make it easier for gender diverse people to change the sex on their birth certificates. Susan Strongman enters the fray.
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Deported and destitute: Indian students say NZ failed them
31 Jan 2019Students who were kicked out of New Zealand say their lives are ruined, and that electioneering Labour MPs, including Jacinda Ardern, promised help but went silent after coming to power, writes Max…
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Ice Ice Naseby: Curling qualifiers put summer on ice
24 Jan 2019As Central Otago temperatures approached 30°C this week, Naseby forgot summer and focused on ice, as the World Curling Championships qualifiers transfixed the town.
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White Noise: Who is shaping Auckland’s future?
21 Jan 2019It's our most culturally diverse city, but older, wealthier, Pākehā people have the loudest voice when it comes to shaping Auckland's future. Kate Newton reports.
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Gail Maney case 'could be bigger' than Teina Pora's - investigator
18 Dec 2018He helped overturn Teina Pora's murder conviction. Now Tim McKinnel is investigating another potential wrongful conviction he believes could out-do even that case, Felicity Monk writes.
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Person with wrong sex on birth certificate feels 'like a fraud'
8 Feb 2019A gender non-binary person trying to correct the sex on their birth certificate has spent six months communicating with the Births, Deaths and Marriages office, with little success.
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Running dry: Can NZ thrive without irrigation?
The government has pulled its backing for big irrigation projects, but smaller ones are still getting financial support. For Insight, Eric Frykberg explores whether this middle path will be enough to… Audio
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Survival mode: Why some rural emergency services are under threat
Insight - Rural GPs and nurses are thin on the ground and as Tess Brunton reports the pressure on those trying to provide life saving emergency help is even more evident over the summer. Audio
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Together Alone: NZ's silent Pasifika mental health crisis
11 Dec 2018What do you do if your culture treats mental illness like a curse? Bury it deep. Indira Stewart reports on why so many Pasifika people suffer psychological distress - and why so few seek help.
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Youth justice: 'We need to do something for these people'
Insight - Is Oranga Tamariki succeeding in turning young lives around? Philippa Tolley investigates for Insight. Audio
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The beginning of the end for religious classes in schools?
7 Dec 2018A powerful secular group says schools' religious classes favour Christianity and divide children, and the government is turning its focus on the classes too. Will they survive?
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Flying the flag for cannabis law reform
4 Dec 2018With a referendum on legalising cannabis in the offing, a new group is trying to give the 'yes' campaign a respectable face. Can they push through change? Russell Brown reports.
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Frittering away - Why whitebait is in decline
2 Dec 2018Insight - With four out of the five whitebait species under threat or in decline, Teresa Cowie heads to the West Coast to find out if we have to give up on our springtime whitebait treat. Audio
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Wheels in motion for ride sharing revolution
Could we be on the cusp of a new way of living, can we stop global warming? Bernard Hickey literally puts his life on the line to highlight the ongoing growth of the sharing economy.
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Why we're ignoring climate change
30 Nov 2018It's a dark cloud hanging over our civilisation, but there's still a chance to act. So why do we all have our heads in the sand? Susan Strongman reports.
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HIV: The shame, stigma and progress
30 Nov 2018Half of Kiwi parents wouldn't want their child playing with an HIV-positive child. Ahead of World AIDS Day, Max Towle asks how much attitudes have changed.
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Difficult and dangerous - why truck drivers are quitting
Insight - The road freight industry is short of 2500 drivers as those pressured by tight deadlines and long hours quit, reports Tracy Neal. Audio
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The GM debate and its potential effects on agriculture
Insight - Should we back or block the genetically changed plants New Zealand scientists are growing? Charlie Dreaver reports. Audio
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The lifelong health hangover of teen drinking
23 Nov 2018Teen binge drinking is often brushed off as an experimental phase, but research shows it's setting up young people for serious problems later in life.
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Learning revolution or pathway to ignorance?
Insight - Secondary schools are divided over new methods of teaching and learning. RNZ's education correspondent John Gerritsen investigates the heated debate over how best to teach our teens. Audio
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Inside New Zealand’s unregulated sperm donor network
7 Nov 2018Why are women eschewing fertility clinics and looking for sperm donors online? And why are men donating to strangers they meet on Facebook? Amy Nelmes Bissett uncovers a world of hope and risk.
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The next pandemic: Are we ready?
Insight - November was the peak month of the 1918 pandemic that killed 9000 New Zealanders. One hundred years on, will we be able to deal with the next one? Audio
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Beyond the Beehive: 'Life for them is a day-by-day survival'
30 Oct 2018One Year On - How much have rises in accommodation supplements, the minimum wage and family tax credit payment rates helped people living in poverty? Video
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PNG to host APEC - but is it leaders before locals?
Insight - Johnny Blades looks at Papua New Guinea's road to hosting the APEC leaders' summit as it teeters on the verge of social breakdown. Audio
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