Articles by Philip Rucker, Chris Mooney
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National
Wellington Councillor Ray Chung slams Council over gender conference
Friday, 17 May 2024, 10:54AMA gender conference scheduled to take place in Wellington on Saturday looks set to go ahead after Te Papa, which manages...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Making Our Health System Amount To A Can Of Beans
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 10:37AM“The problem with health is that it is run by health.” According to Ian Powell, the former boss of the union representing...
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Technology
Apple previews eye-tracking for iPhone, iPad, anti-car-sickness dots
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 2:50PMApple has marked Global Accessibility Awareness Day by releasing a slew of new accessibility features - including a new AI-powered...
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National
Attempts to cancel Wellington Gender conference set to fail
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 12:04PMAttempts to cancel a gender conference in Wellington on Saturday look set to fail amidst a flurry of activity by supporters...
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Crime
Vicious assault: Young victim targeted in New Lynn McDonald’s attack
Monday, 13 May 2024, 1:57PMA young man has been targeted in a brutal daytime attack at a McDonald’s restaurant in West Auckland, bashed in a four-on-one...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Willis Not About To Deliver Her Own 'Black Budget'
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 9:15AMIn the end, it all comes down to taxes. This Government has promised to cut New Zealanders’ income tax, and that is precisely...
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National
Shocking video: Wrong-way motorway driver crashes into elderly couple
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 12:58PMShocking video has emerged of the moment a car driven by an alleged drink driver careered the wrong way down a Dunedin motorway,...
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National
Golriz Ghahraman court case: Judicial Conduct Commissioner refers Judge Pecotic to Chief Judge over potential conflict
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 11:44AMAfter a complaint about Judge Maria Pecotic and her role in a March hearing involving disgraced former Green MP Golriz Ghahraman,...
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World
Recording of Trump's conversation exposes plan to buy the silence of Playboy model
Friday, 3 May 2024, 4:13PMNEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in the hush money trial of Donald Trump heard a recording Thursday of him discussing with his then-lawyer...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: On Watching the NYPD Enter Columbia University
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 10:45AMIt is such a small world. There was I, seated in front of a television set in suburban Auckland, watching the NYPD clear...
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Business
Revealed: The most complained-about telco
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 3:55PMA free dispute-resolution service says there is a “new normal” of high complaints against phone and broadband providers. The...
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Politics
Christchurch Call pressured its advisory network not to release critical reports of member countries
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 1:12PMYesterday Prime Minister Luxon ended his post Cabinet press conference by addressing the question about whether the government...
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Business
Netflix reveals viewership for some of its biggest shows
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:28PMNetflix has just reported its biggest quarter ever - on the back of its ongoing password-sharing crackdown and punters absorbing...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Collision Course
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 11:47AMIt was the cry that rang through the streets of Petrograd (St Petersburg) in the autumn of 1917: “All power to the soviets!”...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Saving The World From Climate Change, One Judgement At A Time
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:24AMNo doubt the European Court of Human Rights is congratulating itself on striking an important judicial blow against Climate...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Making Choices
Friday, 5 April 2024, 12:27PM“It's all about choices” is how Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni defines the substance of political partisanship in New...
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World
Obama, Clinton and Hollywood big names help Biden raise a record $25 million for his reelection
Friday, 29 March 2024, 4:17PMBarack Obama, Bill Clinton and some of Hollywood’s biggest stars teamed up Thursday night to deliver a rousing New York embrace...
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Sport
The best sport to watch this weekend
Friday, 29 March 2024, 2:09PMChris Rattue ranks the top sporting events to watch over the next few days. 4) Caitlin Clark, Monday 8am - Sky Basketball’s...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: God’s Own Country
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 8:15AMGloriavale docuseries Escaping Utopia, like Mr Bates v The Post Office, looks set to generate considerable upheaval. The...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: If Not The USA & Europe – Then Who?
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 8:54AMWang Yi’s visit to New Zealand is not accidental. The Chinese Foreign Minister came here in response to New Zealand’s all-too-evident...
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National
NZDF appeals Covid mandate decision to Supreme Court
Friday, 15 March 2024, 3:54PMThe NZDF has filed an appeal to the Supreme Court with a view to overturning the recent Court of Appeal decision which upheld...
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National
Watch: New twist in poisoned sparrows case, expert backs Daily Bread bakery claims
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 4:31PMWarning: This story may be distressing for some readers. A pest management expert says the poisoned sparrows found outside...
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National
Golriz Ghahraman court case: details of prior working relationship with judge emerges
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 12:01PMDetails are emerging of a prior working relationship between former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman and Judge Maria Pecotic,...
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National
Parliamentary Question Time triggers three agency leak investigation
Thursday, 14 March 2024, 11:16AMQuestions raised in Parliament during Question Time on February 20 have triggered investigations in three Government departments...