LockerRoom Ahead of a new international women's rugby tournament, Adam Julian rates a team of the best opponents the Black Ferns have faced. When WXVI hits New Zealand shores in less than a fortnight the Black Ferns will face the same opponents they tamed in the finals of the Rugby World Cup in three consecutive weekends. Arguably this assignment will be tougher with a new team, France and England hellbent on revenge after narrow losses and an improved Wales. In All Blacks history, much is known about distinguished opposition.

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First published OCT 10, 2023 Updated 45 minutes ago Election 2023 The final finance debate of the election campaign was another fiery clash between Grant Robertson and Nicola Willis over government spending and National's tax plan Nicola Willis and Grant Robertson went head-to-head for one last debate in Wellington on Monday evening. The Post finance debate, moderated by Luke Malpass and Andrea Vance, canvassed tax policy, climate change, infrastructure, education and more. The exchanges over the respective parties' tax plans were the most heated, though Robertson and Willis butted heads multiple times throughout the debate.

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First published OCT 10, 2023 Updated 45 minutes ago is a senior political reporter based in Wellington who covers climate change, health, energy and violent extremism. Twitter: @marcdaalder. Show more Election 2023 In the end, everyone loses when campaigns devolve into mudslinging, with voters tuning out and candidates getting elected on the basis of being the least disliked Analysis:  The verdicts of a coterie of independent economists and the investment bank Go

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First published OCT 10, 2023 Updated 46 minutes ago Māori issues Chris Hipkins says co-governance is a 'red herring' given it means different things to different people The Labour leader has accused National of holding a 'really radical' view of co-governance that would end a long track record of successful initiatives under successive governments. Last week National's Māori Development spokesperson, Tama Potaka, along with other political parties, provided a definition of co-governance to Newsroom.

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ReadingRoom The terrible tragedy of two deer hunters killed by a helicopter rotor blade   Johnny Cumming and my uncle Frank Erceg were the first fatalities in the venison export industry in New Zealand. At 10.20am on Tuesday, June 1, 1965, the two men were struck by the rotor blade of a Bell 47G-2 in the Mātukituki Valley west of Wānaka while dragging deer carcasses to the helicopter. They both died instantly. The chopper was engaged in uplifting the deer carcasses from tussock-covered mountainous slopes, where it was almost impossible to rest in a secure level attitude with the rotor stopped.

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First published OCT 10, 2023 Updated 45 minutes ago Election 2023 Political ads focusing on the gains you'll get from voting are more persuasive than ads that focus on the losses you'll incur if you don't vote Opinion: What do you have to gain this election? Maybe the better question is: what do you have to lose? You may have asked yourself these questions in the lead up to this election. If you did, you're not alone. Armies of political advertisers, candidates, and campaigners have been asking too.

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First published OCT 10, 2023 Updated 45 minutes ago Foreign Affairs Is it not time, after nearly 125 years, to provide constitutional security for the representation of Australia's First Peoples? On October 14, the day polls close for New Zealand's general election, Australians will vote in a referendum. Succeed or fail, it will be an historic moment. The question facing Australian voters is: A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

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First published OCT 10, 2023 Updated 19 minutes ago Podcast: The Detail The Detail  is told that immigration policy in this country has been 'a political football and a bug's muddle' for the past 10 to 20 years, and it needs to be dismantled and rebuilt from the ground up It's not perfect, but the  Green List fast track scheme  for skilled migrant workers is highlighted as one of the few things that work for Immigration New Zealand. Most of the rest of it has to go, says immigration lawyer Aaron Martin.

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First published OCT 10, 2023 Updated 45 minutes ago Election 2023 In this week's episode of , we talk to Labour's Finance Minister Grant Robertson about the cost of living, tax, climate change adaptation, and student-focused issues This series is made by politics students and aims to inform viewers about their potential representatives this election. Answers have been condensed for brevity. Click here to watch the full interview. The New Zealand Productivity Commission says workers in NZ work longer hours for less reward than workers in most other OECD countries.

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First published OCT 10, 2023 Updated 46 minutes ago Auckland-based business reporter specialises in property, aged care, logistics and markets. Show more Business Difficulty securing cash needed to commercialise technology led to Avalia's liquidation The inability to get further funding has led to the shareholders of hepatitis B, cancer and Covid-19 vaccine business Avalia Immunotherapies liquidating the venture.

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Election 2023 Luxon's lazy southern pitch National's leader can't state one specific policy for Christchurch or Canterbury, beyond a bridge and a road You know an election's tight when pledges flow from politicians. Take 2017, when Jacinda Ardern announced a $300 million capital fund for Christchurch – more than the $120 million National promised for the city's costly (and still not built) stadium, and on top of $100 million earmarked for a greater Christchurch transport system, including (the as yet unbuilt) commuter rail from Rolleston to the central city.

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First published OCT 9, 2023 Updated 46 minutes ago ReadingRoom Rugby great Dan Carter on something the All Blacks need right now: resilience   During the process of writing The Art of Winning I celebrated my 40th birthday. It's a milestone, a moment that certainly warrants celebrating. These occasions need to be recognised. But it also requires something else: time to allow it to sink in. Given that I was a recently retired rugby player, at a time in life when many people in the workforce contemplate mid-career changes, I had some worries that I hope might sound familiar to anyone reading who has gone through this: Man, I'm 40 now.

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First published OCT 9, 2023 Updated 44 minutes ago Foreign Affairs What does Hamas hope to achieve by attacking Israel? Stephen Hoadley looks at which actors stand to gain most, and lose most, from the conflict. Comment: Hamas' invasion of Israel is likely to be viewed with anger by those who support Israel and who advocate rules-based diplomacy to resolve Middle East conflicts, with approbation by those who support the Palestinian struggle against Israel and the West by any tactics necessary, and with bewilderment by those unfamiliar with the complexities of the Middle East.

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First published OCT 9, 2023 Updated 46 minutes ago Election 2023 Claims criminals aren't being treated harshly enough by the courts have led to a number of policies around sentencing. In the third and final part of Newsroom's series on law and order during this election experts give their views on plans to shake up sentencing, rights of victims and policies on rehabilitation  Proponents of harsher sentences for criminals claim those who offend have their rights put ahead of the rights of their victims.

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First published OCT 9, 2023 Updated 46 minutes ago Andrew Patterson Andrew Patterson is Newsroom's Markets Editor and has worked for decades as a financial journalist, radio presenter and editor with Australia's ABC, Radio Live and NBR. Show more 'We are watching to see if something breaks.' The concern expressed by Fidelity International applies not just to surging bond yields but to fuel prices and inflation, as the world watches and worries. An 8 percent slide in the price of oil last week looks set to be short-lived following dramatic events over the weekend in the Middle East.

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First published OCT 8, 2023 Updated 21 minutes ago International Hamas has launched its biggest attack on Israel in 50 years – and Israel has already begun retaliating in what it has described as 'war' Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has condemned Hamas' "terror attacks" on Israel, after the Palestinian Islamist group killed hundreds of people and took hostages in Israeli towns.  More than 250 people have been killed in Israel after the surprise attack with many hostages taken, while more than 230 people in Gaza have been killed in retaliatory strikes.

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First published OCT 8, 2023 Updated 1 hour ago Election 2023 If there's one politician who can move seamlessly from an upmarket women's clothing store to a dimly-lit bar with a dozen televisions blasting the horse racing, to a famers market, it's David Seymour. Emma Hatton reports on his 24 hours in Hastings. Act Party leader David Seymour covered a lot of ground over the weekend, getting his steps in as the countdown clock to election day ticks louder. Landing at Hawkes Bay airport he jumped into a media conference about his party's latest crime policy push, "a dollar a day to keep creeps off the streets".

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ReadingRoom A short story about a National Party candidate lost in a storm with the ghost of Liberalism past   They welcomed me with open arms even though they knew I was a signed up paid up and vocal member of the Labour Party when I was younger. Much younger, in my teens and twenties. But this is a desired stage of political awareness, as Churchill supposedly said, before we develop mature conservative brains and allow them to overwhelm our childish socialist hearts. Through my thirties I let politics drift, not interested in it at all, not that I would tell that to the National Party.

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First published OCT 7, 2023 Updated 42 minutes ago Podcast: The Detail Every weekday,  The Detail  makes sense of the big news stories. This week, what an El Niño really means, the fraught referendum over the ditch on indigenous representation and determination, this election's forgotten disability issues, the inch-by-inch journey to solve the Alzheimer's puzzle, and the leafy haven offered by community gardens. Whakarongo mai to any episodes you might have missed.   A New Zealand summer with potential cold snaps and lots of rain, coupled with sun and hot, record-breaking temperatures.

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LockerRoom After a string of false starts, champion Kiwi triathlete Dr Hannah Berry will finally race in the Ironman world champs in Kona next weekend. She tells about the stressful injury that put a stick in her spokes.   For 14 weeks, Dr Hannah Berry couldn't run. Wasn't allowed to. As she'd 'hobbled' to the finish of Ironman NZ in March, the second woman to cross the line, she noticed a nagging pain in her hip. But she brushed it off as one of those inevitable aches that go hand-in-hand with a 3.

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Election 2023 Candidates in the contest for Auckland Central are vying for the student vote to take them over the line A rally for lower rent in student accommodations became another stop on the campaign trail for Auckland Central candidates on Friday afternoon. Student activists under the banner of Students for Fair Rent are lobbying the University of Auckland to reduce ever-increasing rents at its halls of residence. READ MORE: * National and Labour eye up Auckland Central * A tale of two electorates The group hosted several political hopefuls at an on-campus rally where they hoped to pass a petition of more than 1000 signatures along to vice-chancellor Dawn Freshwater.

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First published OCT 6, 2023 Updated 45 minutes ago Election 2023 Christopher Luxon took on the All Blacks and lost on Friday morning. The early morning World Cup game wiped half the crowd expected for his New Plymouth stump speech, but those who came were all ears for the National leader. Analysis: Christopher Luxon worked the lounge at the Jean Sandal retirement village on Friday to the point his staff had to nearly drag him out. Someone in the kitchen was either making a joke or missed the nationally broadcast memo that sausage rolls are a favourite of the other Chris when serving them for morning tea – either way they seemed to be popular with the residents.

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First published OCT 6, 2023 Updated 47 minutes ago Auckland-based business reporter specialises in property, aged care, logistics and markets. Show more Māori issues The New Zealand Geographic Board is starting public consultation to call the town Waimarino The New Zealand Geographic Board has allowed for a review to revert the name of National Park back to Waimarino, which was changed after a shipment of mail went missing 100 years a

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Election 2023 With eight days left until election day you're forgiven for wanting the campaign to come to a close. TVNZ's multi-party debate on Thursday night shows candidates may be feeling the same way.   'Gentlemen, let's get into it.'  The term gentlemen may have been a bit kind of moderator Jack Tame, with it not taking long for the sniping to start.  'Look, it's been a long campaign and I can understand a lot of people may feel over it,' Act leader David Seymour began his answer to the question: why are the values of your party in the best interests of New Zealand?  READ MORE: *  The first big leaders' debate, bar the PM *  Campaign chairs get claws out over debate Questions about coalitions came within the first five minutes with NZ First leader Winston Peters and Seymour asked if they trusted one another to be a stable coalition partner.

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First published OCT 6, 2023 Updated 44 minutes ago Dr Chris Eichbaum Adjunct Professor Chris Eichbaum is in the Wellington School of Business and Government at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington and is a senior associate in its Institute for Governance and Policy Studies. Show more Election 2023 Leaders must understand the constitutional bargain, and governments' obligations under it. Chris Eichbaum argues Christopher Luxon could do with a dose of John McCain-style leadership and integrity.

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First published OCT 6, 2023 Updated 44 minutes ago Holly Bennett The founder and kaitūhono ariki of kaupapa Māori lobbying firm Awhi, Holly Bennett (Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Pikiao) is based in Tāmaki Makaurau. Show more Social Issues Benefit sanctions like those announced by National, and limiting benefit entitlement as announced by NZ First, do nothing more than supercharge the shame of recipients Opinion: When I first set up my lobbying firm, Awhi , I ha

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Education Political parties are united about increasing our research and development capabilities to help our international competitiveness. So why are science election policies fragmented or non-existent? Opinion:  Five years ago, the Labour Government set an audacious target of raising the total amount of research, science and innovation funding from 1.3 percent of gross domestic product to 2 percent by 2028. 'This is expected to help build a high-skill, knowledge-based and more productive economy,' it said.

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