Articles by Kate Sullivan, CNN
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Audio
Kate Hall: The rise of repair cafes in Aotearoa
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 12:35PMRepair Cafes have become increasingly popular across the country, 233 of them popping up in the last twelve months. What...
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Science
Dogs can match some words with objects, study suggests
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 1:55PMCNN- Dogs can understand that certain words refer to specific objects, according to a recent study, suggesting that they...
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World
Dachshunds under threat as Germany proposes ban on breeding
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 4:28PMCNN- Germany’s beloved sausage dog, the dachshund, could be under threat in the country, its national kennel club said Wednesday,...
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World
Cuba sees rare protests amid power cuts and food shortages
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 1:36PMCNN- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has said that his government is willing to engage with protesters after hundreds of...
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Audio
Former US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is interested in buying TikTok
Friday, 15 March 2024, 4:46PMFormer Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Thursday he’s assembling a team of investors to make a bid to buy TikTok. This...
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Science
Scientists discover 100 potential new deep-sea species, including mystery creature
Tuesday, 12 March 2024, 3:20PMCNN- Marine researchers on a mission to record life hidden in the world’s oceans have reported they found about 100 potential...
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Science
Oldest ‘dead’ galaxy spied by Webb may cause astronomers to revise their understanding of the early universe
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 2:10PMCNN- Astronomers have spotted the oldest “dead” galaxy ever observed while studying the cosmos with the James Webb Space...
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World
French Senate votes to enshrine abortion rights in constitution
Thursday, 29 February 2024, 2:50PMCNN- France is one step closer to enshrining abortion rights in its constitution after French senators overwhelmingly endorsed...
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National
Kate MacNamara: Can the Government unseat the chair of the Covid-19 inquiry - and at what cost?
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 2:37PMThe new Government has begun the process of broadening the remit for the Covid-19 Royal Commission Inquiry. On February 8,...
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Science
The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ is rapidly melting. Scientists now have evidence for when it started and why
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 1:38PMCNN- Scientists have looked back in time to reconstruct the past life of Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” — nicknamed because...
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National
Kate MacNamara: Three Waters execs paid out $355k each after just 10 months work
Thursday, 22 February 2024, 11:44AMTwo of the government’s water reform chief executives have taken redundancy payouts of $355,000 apiece, while a third has...
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Science
Great white sighting may reveal a ‘holy grail’ of shark science
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 3:54PMCNN- Drone footage shot off the coast of Southern California may have revealed the first ever glimpse of a newborn great...
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Politics
Mind the gap: gender pay reporting likely to fall through the cracks
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 1:52PMA plan to reduce the pay gap between men and women has stalled and appears likely to be diluted or cancelled. A mandatory...
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Science
The moon has entered a new epoch, scientists say
Monday, 15 January 2024, 3:33PMCNN- For thousands of years, the moon inspired humans from afar, but the bright beacon in Earth’s night sky — located more...
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National
Water regulator’s $47,577 Canada trip touches a nerve in Christchurch
Monday, 1 January 2024, 9:53AMTaumata Arowai, the water services regulator, spent $47,577 to send four staff to Canada last year, to help develop an exemptions...
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National
The Public Purse: How successive Prime Ministers have spent from a little slush fund known as “Emerging Priorities”
Monday, 18 December 2023, 2:20PMThe Prime Minister’s Emerging Priorities Fund is a handy little pot of money that New Zealand leaders have tapped for decades. It’s...
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Science
Life may have everything it needs to exist on Saturn’s moon Enceladus
Sunday, 17 December 2023, 3:25PMCNN— Scientists have long viewed Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which harbors an ocean beneath its thick, icy shell, as one of...
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National
Analysis: The uses and abuses of Regulatory Impact Analyses
Friday, 15 December 2023, 2:37PMThe new Government has lifted the requirement for “regulatory impact analyses” in instances where it will “solely repeal...
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National
‘Totally inappropriate’: $5100 of public money spent on retirement gifts for DoC boss
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 3:44PMThe Department of Conservation spent $5,159 on two farewell gifts for outgoing boss Lou Sanson documents released this year...
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National
Eating its words: National backtracks on Māori language bonuses for public servants
Monday, 4 December 2023, 2:48PMZB Plus has confirmed that three more of the government’s core public agencies – the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of...
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World
Climate summit host UAE planned to use the event to make oil deals, leaked notes suggest
Tuesday, 28 November 2023, 1:40PMCNN— The United Arab Emirates’ team organizing the COP28 climate talks that begin this week was planning to use its position...
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National
Consultants’ bill nearing $2m for cost-cutting work at the Department of Conservation
Monday, 27 November 2023, 2:33PMThe cash-strapped Department of Conservation (DoC) has moved to “phase two” of a cost-cutting review and restructure that...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: It's time to turn off the early alarm
Friday, 24 November 2023, 7:37AMSo, this is my last day – not just for the year but for good. It’s time for me to turn off the early alarm. I’ve been so...
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Opinion
Kate Hawkesby: Nicola Willis looks like the most mature of them all
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 8:31AMSo has the anticipation of this government been greater than the event itself? Will it be under whelming when we finally...