Great for netball fans, maybe not so great for players - it's unlikely they'll be hit in the pocket after a new deal with free to air TV was signed this week

New Zealanders will be able to watch the 2026 netball premiership live and free to air for the first time in 18 years, but there are many unanswered questions over the TVNZ deal

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When one of our smallest ministries is shredded in the name of saving taxpayer dollars, critics say it feels like cultural vandalism

A world class website documenting New Zealand's history could be allowed to wither and die with cuts confirmed at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

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The government's suite of amendments to electoral law haven't gone down well, but that's not stopping them from pushing ahead with the changes…

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Rights groups are concerned a government spotlight on terror laws will see protest, freedom of speech and advocacy endangered

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More funding's been announced to train up domestic violence support workers, but turning our horrific figures around is expected to take generations

There's one call to police every four minutes about domestic violence, but it's just the tip of the country's crisis…

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Proponents of offal-eating point out that it's just polite to use every part of a beast we've killed .... it's really the least we can do

It's cheap, it's nutritious, it's full of protein - so why are we still steering away from eating every part of the animal, including offal

One of Hannah Miller Childs' go-to bar snacks is chicken hearts.

"A bit of mustard, you can eat it with a toothpick," she says.

You could also chop it up, add it into mince and make it a full nutritious meal.

Adding offal to mince in government school lunches last week hit the headlines because parents hadn't been warned it was coming…

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Youth Parliament is there to give aspiring politicians a taste of a future career, but after three decades the value of the event is in question

A former politician says change is needed to the Youth Parliament system if it's to stay relevant.

MP-turned political commentator Peter Dunne says the scheme isn't just "a rag-tag collection of young people coming together for a couple of days to play at being MPs," but if the event is going to be taken seriously, more consistency is required around its processes.

That's not the case at the moment, in everything from how the teens are selected to the quality of the mentorship they're getting.

The tri-annual event usually passes under the media radar, but this year's event was overshadowed by what a handful of Youth MPs said was censorship of their speeches.…

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Laws over international deep sea mining are being thrashed out at a meeting in Jamaica, but the process has so far taken over a decade and we don't even have a draft set of rules

A tiny Pacific nation that stands to make millions from a deal over deep sea mining in international waters may have found a way around the rules it signed up to
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The Refugee Family Support Category is supposed to allow refugees to reunite with family. Instead, it's a waiting game which could take another decade to clear.

It could take 10 years to clear a refugee visa waiting queue - but those applicants have already been waiting for seven years, and some have families in danger…

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Henare vs Kaipara: Legacy, loyalty and the fight for Māori representation in the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election

Two Māori heavyweights battle it out in a pivotal political contest for the Tāmaki Makaurau seat after the death last month of Takutai Tarsh Kemp
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