'Tone deaf': $200k for doco on Green MP Chlöe Swarbrick - NZ On Air under fire
NZ On Air blasted for awarding $200,000 to a doco about a sitting MP.
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'I try to encourage other wāhine to feel like they can wear whatever they want'.
RNZ-TVNZ merger: Why fix something that isn't broken?
OPINION: Perhaps it's time for a campaign to save RNZ and public broadcasting.
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Two years on, we reflect on a groundbreaking series about Pākehā attitudes.
When home is somebody else's tomb, jail's a step up
At age 13, Matty Paparoa broke into a tomb and slept on a concrete slab inside at night.
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Matty Paparoa had left gang life behind, but he couldn't outrun his past.
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After years of homelessness, former hip-hop star KD Lok is back in the spotlight.
Snoop Dogg to solitary: The very private grief that broke a budding hip-hop star
On the surface, Matty Paparoa's future looked bright. But the darkness was growing.
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Matty Paparoa started rapping seriously after he got out of jail.
Watch: Enemy of the State - Why Ahmed Zaoui knew it was time to go home
John Keir catches up with Zaoui and his team and reflects on the case's legacy.
Watch: Enemy of the State - The moment Ahmed Zaoui never thought would happen
One star witness makes all the difference in Zaoui's long fight for freedom.
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After five years - including time in prison - Ahmed Zaoui finally gets his day in court.
Watch: Enemy of the State - The trip to Europe that changed everything for Zaoui
Lawyer Deborah Manning went overseas to track down the only person who could save Zaoui.
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Ahmed Zaoui's lawyers were relieved - but concerned - when he finally got bail.
Watch: Enemy of the State - Ahmed Zaoui thought he would be safe in NZ. He was wrong
An Algerian fugitive asks for asylum in NZ, sparking a five-year security scandal.
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Ahmed Zaoui was a painful thorn in the side of the Labour Government.
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Ahmed Zaoui has opened up on life in solitary confinement in Paremoremo's D Block.
Watch: Enemy of the State - The surprising way prisoners treated 'terrorist' Zaoui
Being connected to Osama Bin Laden made Zaoui a hero inside Mt Eden Prison.
Watch: Enemy of the State - How the 'outski' interview changed Ahmed Zaoui's case
A throwaway comment in an interview led to big changes in the Ahmed Zaoui case.
Welcome Home! Refugee Ahmed Zaoui returns safely to Algeria
After years in exile, NZ's best-known refugee is back in Algeria.
'Deeply disturbed': TVNZ kept quiet about paedophile cameraman
Broadcaster prepared a statement about the employee but kept quiet when no one asked.
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The Brains Trust: 'In sickness and in health' - the love story of Warwick and Pummy
Episode 2: They are both 83, but Warwick Hickling is his wife Pummy's full-time carer.
The Brains Trust: 'An MRI scan could show if I'll get dementia. Do I want to find out?'
Episode 6: Mike Scott's father had dementia. Did that mean Mike's predisposed to it, too?
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Carolyne Meng-Yee and Mike Scott explain why dementia was a story that had to be told.
The Brains Trust: 'I think everyone could see my mum had dementia except me'
Episode 4: Rita Marx, 87, suffers from dementia, which is increasing among Māori.
The Brains Trust: 'She's my mum and I love her - but mentally there's very little there'
Episode 1: Deborah Pead says dementia has robbed her mother Anne of her personality.
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Part 6 of Waka, a six-part series, which traces the cultural revival of traditional craft.
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Part 4 of Waka, a six-part series which traces the cultural revival of traditional craft.
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Part 3 of Waka, a six-part series which traces the cultural revival of traditional craft.