• Graduates in a battle over job wars
    Mar 13 2026

    The unemployment rate for young people is three times higher than the national average - leaving new graduates in despair

    Three years minimum to set them up for a better career - and then new graduates discover there's nothing out there for them, thanks to our soaring jobless numbers

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    21 mins
  • Uncertainty over the fuel that drives our economy
    Mar 12 2026

    There are so many factors feeding into see-sawing petrol prices that predicting a landing price at the pump has become impossible

    It doesn't matter where we get our oil from - in a globally connected world, New Zealand is at the mercy of wildly fluctuating prices as long as the Iran conflict continues

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    23 mins
  • As Covid hits again, New Zealand confronts its pandemic past
    Mar 11 2026

    Six years after New Zealand moved into its first lockdown, the final inquiry report examines lockdowns, mandates and the cost of the pandemic -and another Covid surge sweeps the country

    A deadly Covid wave returns, just as New Zealand gets its final pandemic report card

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    22 mins
  • Athletics out of hibernation
    Mar 10 2026

    New Zealand track and field athletes have achieved on the world scene for decades - but now there's a new strength and diversity not seen since the 1990s

    Sam Ruthe has set the world alight with his speed but he's far from the only Kiwi track and field athlete making waves right now

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    23 mins
  • The price of instant gratification
    Mar 9 2026

    One million Kiwis use a Buy Now Pay Later scheme, but not everyone is convinced the regulations governing them are adequate to protect users from harm

    Financial watchdogs want the rules about Buy Now Pay Later schemes strengthened, saying the last tweak didn't work

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    23 mins
  • Landmark case could force rewrite of emissions strategy
    Mar 8 2026

    The once quiet workhorse of climate policy, the humble tree, is now headline material, fuelling political fights and finding itself at the very root of a legal battle over our climate future

    Two environmental groups are taking the Government to court over the country's second Emissions Reduction Plan and its 'risky' reliance on trees. The verdict won't just interpret the law but will test the country's climate ambition.

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    23 mins
  • The great property breakup
    Mar 6 2026

    New Zealanders finally seem to be dialling down their obsession with owning houses to create wealth

    New Zealand's love affair with property could be in the break-up stage, with no shortage of houses and investors turning to the share market

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    24 mins
  • Iran, Israel, and 'the great Satan'
    Mar 5 2026

    A week after the US and Israel struck Iran, The Detail looks at what really led to the war, how Tehran hit back, and the political storm brewing at home

    A week after the US and Israel struck Iran, The Detail looks at what really led to the war, how Tehran hit back, and the political storm brewing at home

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    24 mins