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Bold picks for Ockham NZ Book Awards’ short list

The Ockham NZ Books Awards short list is out. Who's in the running for the big prizes?

Listener weekly quiz: March 5

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Listener weekly quiz: February 26

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Paradise Lost: How short-term thinking, top-down governance and weak economic policies squandered NZ’s potential

Danyl McLauchlan on what's gone wrong and what needs to change to make things better.

Listener weekly quiz: February 19

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Last orders? The crisis in New Zealand’s wine industry

NZ wine producers: "There's never been a tougher time to be in the wine business."

Listener weekly quiz: February 12

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Rehabilitation advocates on why tough-on-crime policies won’t cut reoffending

Tipping the scales II: How restorative justice works for each side.

NZ’s first avian flu scare puts the spotlight on disposal of diseased birds

NZ scientists are part of a research project into how birds might suffer.

The twilight of NZ journalism? Google, Big Tech and breaking news

With Big Tech blocking a rescue plan for NZ media, who will hold the powerful to account?

Listener weekly quiz: January 22

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Stretched to the limit: The anguish of families waiting on disability funding

"Louise Upston has put a full stop on hope in our family. It feels like a sentence.”

Listener weekly quiz: January 15

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The alarming surge in Kiwi grandparents raising young children

Instead of slowing down, many older NZers find themselves quite literally holding the baby

Creative Kiwis: From mousetraps to mind-bending inventions

Much-vaunted kiwi ingenuity, which gave us jandals and jelly tips, is still hard at work.

Listener weekly quiz: January 8

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