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Old drugs, new tricks: From aspirin to statins – how repurposed meds can help fight cancers
Potential to repurpose familiar drugs rather than pour billions into new ones.

‘Debt-funded spending spree’: Economist from NZ’s largest bank aims at Labour’s Budgets
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‘They don’t do fire sales’ - Kāinga Ora sells house in top Auckland suburb for under $1m
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The complex battle against misinformation in NZ vaccination efforts
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Why passports could be on the way out - and other ways travel is innovating
Soon, every part of the check-in process for a flight could be digitised.

Inside the India-Pakistan conflict and what it means for NZ’s trade aspirations
The two countries have negotiated a ceasefire after weeks of tensions.
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Fast-tracking $280m film hub planned for Ayrburn
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Melissa Hoskins’ family aim to ‘move on’ for the children’s sake.

Kiwi Kara-France confirmed for UFC title shot
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At Australian Fashion Week 2025, Wynn Hamlyn stages a smart return
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Jesse Mulligan: This Grey Lynn osteria is still worth the wait five years later
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Deep tremor: 6.4 magnitude quake hits Tonga in seismic Ring of Fire
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US health secretary bathes in polluted creek on family outing
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Book of the day: Fire & Ice by Hazel Phillips - a compelling exploration of NZ’s oldest national park
Insightful account of human adventure in the Volcanic Plateau and its playgrounds.
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Ockham Book Awards: All the winners from local literature's biggest night
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Kiwi selected to help choose new Archbishop of Canterbury
Isaac Beach has been selected to help choose the next Archbishop of Canterbury

'Dangerous and direct threat': Urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing into Seymour's new bill
Seymour says the bill will help remove unnecessary red-tape and improve lives.

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