Articles by Nathan Morton and Chris Knox
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Science
Hikurangi Subduction Zone: The burning question about NZ's biggest quake-maker
Sunday, 19 May 2024, 2:16PMIt’s thought to be capable of unleashing an earthquake and tsunami large enough to kill tens of thousands and cause nearly...
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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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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
Winter jump in deaths expected: what's most likely to kill this year?
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 2:44PMIt’s called the “winter bump” - a seasonal spike in sickness when more Kiwis die than at any other time of the year. Now,...
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National
More chilly mornings to come after Auckland's coldest weekend of the year
Sunday, 5 May 2024, 2:45PMAuckland just had its coldest night in six months, amid cool and dry weather that forecasters say Kiwis are likely to see...
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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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National
Weather: El Niño to deliver NZ parting shot with colder-than-average May
Monday, 29 April 2024, 4:23PMForecasters are picking a dry and mild May for New Zealand – but not before a patch of wet weather later this week. Sunny...
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National
Goodbye El Niño, hello La Niña? What to expect from winter and beyond
Monday, 22 April 2024, 8:03AMForecasting agencies have called time on the El Nino of 2023-24. So what can Kiwis expect from the winter ahead of us? Jamie...
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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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National
NZ is being soaked by another atmospheric river - what are they?
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 1:51PMThey’ve powered some of our biggest deluges in recent years and caused disastrous floods: so what are “atmospheric rivers”...
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National
'Atmospheric river' may bring more than a month's rain in three days
Monday, 8 April 2024, 8:13AMAn inbound “atmospheric river” may deliver parts of the South Island’s West Coast one to two times their monthly rainfall...
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National
Scientists, staff call on minister to intervene in Callaghan Innovation restructure
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 1:08PMStaff at one of New Zealand’s largest research organisations have called on Judith Collins to step in over a wave of job...
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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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National
She was given a year to live - then this Kiwi-made cancer therapy saved her life
Monday, 1 April 2024, 1:03PMA groundbreaking, home-grown cancer therapy trial just hit another milestone and there are hopes to bring it to Kiwis, writes...
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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...