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370,000 to be stung by Govt's stealth student loan change
The Government is lifting the repayment threshold.
How Orr’s departure from the RBNZ could benefit banks and lift the OCR
BNZ economist Stephen Toplis issues a warning.
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It was hoped a new company would provide a pathway for a trusted approach to negotiations.
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Gregor Paul: Why the ABs need to be worried about ‘B-team’ France
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Phil Gifford: The Super Rugby Pacific loss that stung the most
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Lifestyle
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I was trapped in a toxic female friendship – we constantly argued about clothes, money, and men
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The world has romanticised autism – the reality can be very different
Telegraph: Those whose lives are changed by their condition are being overlooked.
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Dame Theresa Gattung: Burned out and on the brink, here’s what kept her going
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‘You become the lie’: Art adviser opens up on $11m fraud
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‘Time to move on’: Kiwi writer’s moving play tackles silence around Sri Lanka’s past
An old mixtape rewinds history as a family is torn apart by civil war.
Isabella Rossellini: Model, actress, ethologist, Oscar nominee
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Scott Turow: Why I had to write a sequel to Presumed Innocent
Times: The prosecutor-turned-author was drawn to revisit his lead character Rusty Sabich.
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National
370,000 to be stung by Govt's stealth student loan change
The Government is lifting the repayment threshold.
How Orr’s departure from the RBNZ could benefit banks and lift the OCR
BNZ economist Stephen Toplis issues a warning.
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World
The populist v the billionaire: Bannon, Musk and the battle within Maga
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Editorial: Should the Black Caps boycott Afghanistan? How to send a stronger message
OPINION: NZ cricket bosses say Afghanistan's leaders would want them to ban play.
Ryan Peake’s journey from Rebels biker gang and prison to NZ Open champion
Golf champ and ex-Rebel bikie says troubled past has shaped him into the man he is today.
Entertainment
A haunting ending: The seven days Gene Hackman’s wife could no longer care for him
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Being George Clooney is harder than it looks
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Travel
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Kim Knight: My weekend with Waiheke's rude and entitled
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Crime
Ryan Peake’s journey from Rebels biker gang and prison to NZ Open champion
Golf champ and ex-Rebel bikie says troubled past has shaped him into the man he is today.
‘We’ve got a big problem': Meth use in NZ spikes to record high
Consumption doubled in the second half of 2024, according to wastewater testing.
Editorial: Lack of employer support for new citizens' arrest law should give Govt pause for thought
OPINION: Some of the Government's biggest business allies see problems with the new bill.
Education
The cost of a private school education: NZ’s most expensive & how much fees have jumped
A Herald analysis of 20 leading independent schools' fees.
New Zealand's oldest and most expensive private school is celebrating 175 years
The Herald took a look around the Canterbury institution with former student and current tour guide, 84-year-old Derek Banks. Video / Derek Banks
What does $56k-a-year get you? Inside NZ’s most expensive private school
Mike Thorpe gets a tour of Christ's College ahead of 175th anniversary events.
Health
‘Improving but significant work ahead’: Tairawhiti’s immunisation push
Tairawhiti achieved the highest ED efficiency, with 92.2% treated in six hours.
The world has romanticised autism – the reality can be very different
Telegraph: Those whose lives are changed by their condition are being overlooked.
Extreme ‘clean’ eating can tip healthy eaters into a danger zone
Disordered eating of nutritious but limited diets can be fuelled by social media.
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Opinion
Letters: Phil Goff’s sacking was petty politics
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Nadine Higgins: Navigating parental leave - financial tips for new parents
The financial fishhooks in parental leave policy.
Simon Wilson: Chlöe Swarbrick v Chris Bishop and the Investment Summit
OPINION: Will growth solve the nation's ills or does it depend on the kind of growth?
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