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Listener weekly quiz: April 30

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How FOMO played a part in motivating Treaty Principles Bill submissions

Submitters who killed Act’s Treaty Principles Bill deployed tactics shoppers know well.

Duncan Garner: When did our teens stop working and whose fault is it?

Thousands of young Kiwis are drifting -- and not in a good direction.

The Bigger Picture: They also served

Some 550 Kiwi nurses served overseas in World War I.

Anzac Day 2025: The concrete book, a POW’s legacy and a family’s surprising discovery

A diary kept by a serviceman in a German prison camp was discovered only after his death.

Anzac Day 2025: Grief cast in stone

NZ remembers its war dead with monuments that seem to bury the sadness in dates and names.

Anzac Day 25: Spoils of war - how the dining spots and dessert shops of WWII changed the way NZers eat

Food historian David Burton on the wartime influences that inspired his "foodie" father.

Danyl McLauchlan: Bussy being green?

Partners or Rivals? The strategic bind facing Act and the Greens.

From jeweller to literary gem: The remarkable career of Jenny Pattrick

The Denniston Rose author Jenny Pattrick is turning her attention to modern-day issues.

Listener weekly quiz: April 2

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NZ’s glaciers shrink and retreat at alarming rate

The number of glaciers that have vanished forever in half a century might come as a shock.

Oh my, godwits: Michele Hewitson on birdman Keith Woodley

Keith Woodley is “somewhat evangelical” about shorebirds. He explains why.

Our competing weather agencies may have put lives at risk, so can Niwa & MetService now play nicely?

Merging the two agencies may reduce confusion as dangerous storms grow more frequent.

NZ’s stolen children: Aaron Smale’s investigation into abuse in state care reaches the screen

The Stolen Children of Aotearoa documentary opens up space for other survivors to speak.

Listener weekly quiz: March 26

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Mapping the Motu: How a new book tells the story of the NZ Wars through Māori perspectives

The Māori history redefining our understanding of the NZ Wars.