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Poverty and deprivation fuelling premature deaths in South Auckland - experts

Socio-economic hardship leading to premature deaths in South Auckland.

Border controls necessary until 85% vaccinated - study

8 per cent of NZ is vaccinated, we need at least 85 per cent to relax border controls.

The big factor the Govt must consider in immigration reset

The immigration debate shouldn't be limited to short-term thinking.

Brian Fallow: A chance to have your say on immigration

As Kiwis have left, migrants made up the balance - but has NZ got the numbers right?

Heritage protection the big issue in Wellington's housing debate

What strikes the right balance between protecting character and building more housing?

Cost to fix Wellington water revealed in report on leaky infrastructure

Leaked Wellington Water report shows the cost of water upgrades as population grows.

Changing face of NZ: One in four residents will be Asian by 2043

Stats NZ projections show the changing face of New Zealand.

New Zealanders are flooding home. Will old problems push them back out?

New York Times: More than 50,000 Kiwis have escaped the pandemic by moving back.

Bubble boost: Number of infected Australian travellers revealed

Data shows three people in eight months brought Covid-19 from Australia to New Zealand.

Six new Covid cases in MIQ, three results pending for close contacts of aircrew

No community cases connected to the Valentine's Day outbreak since February 28.

Fertility crisis: Falling sperm counts 'threaten human survival'

Sperm counts are on track to hit zero by 2045, a top reproductive epidemiologist says.

Children barred from school bus by 1904 law

Parents are driving kids to school because of a 1904 law barring them from school buses.

Liam Dann: 'Jaw-dropping' new data highlights housing challenge

Housing costs were rising before the pandemic property boom and new forecasts aren't good.

Wellington City's economy forecast to bounce back by 2022

Wellington's public sector is both the city's strength and its vulnerability economically.

Covid-19: US population slows

Smallest increase this and last century and smaller than at the height of the Spanish flu.

Fruit growers: Still too few Kiwi workers

NZ fruit growers continue to advocate for more RSE workers to be allowed into the country.