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Powerless progress: Turbines or mining? Taranaki energy plans collide

Offshore wind turbines could power much of the future, but the government isn't on board.

Powerless progress: NZ energy woes continue as winter starts to bite

NZ doesn't have electricity to burn - and it's hurting households as well as industry.

Listener weekly quiz: June 9

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Eyewitness doubts continue to haunt Scott Watson case 25 years after conviction

Eyewitnesses to solve crimes is a standard policing procedure, but how reliable are they?

Feats of clay: New book pays tribute to a supreme collector and the items he gifted Te Papa

The collection of Walter Cook reflects the evolution of design from 1880 to the 1970s.

No DNA, no CCTV, no chance: The 50-year hunt for what really happened to Mona Blades

Reassessing evidence in the Mona Blades case and the orange Datsun that led NZ astray.

Still hustling: Student volunteer army commander Sam Johnson’s next chapter

Warning! Sitting next to Sam Johnson may inspire volunteering

Pacific Rally sailors turn citizen scientists to help save the sea

Race across the Pacific doubles as mission to protect marine biodiversity.

Listener weekly quiz: May 28

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B416: The high-profile group backing a social media ban for under-16s

Behind-the-scenes with those battling to keep kids safe from online harm.

Book of the day: The Compulsion in Us by Tina Makereti

The dualities, paradoxes and sadness at the heart of a Māori-Pākehā writer’s life exposed.

Whare into the future: The émigré architect who championed Māori housing

A rediscovered box of papers has thrown light on the work of émigré Gerhard Rosenberg.

Listener weekly quiz: May 7

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From Aitutaki to algebra: Teaching maths through culture — now without government help

Educators on why a Pacific-focused maths programme is losing funds, but not support.

NZ Music Month: Music-loving Gen Z/Millennials pick their top Kiwi songs

NZers have always been great songsmiths, something shared across generations.

NZ Music Month: Why these are the country’s best songs

From Now Is The Hour to What Was That, the songs that speak to our national identity.

Listener weekly quiz: April 30

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How FOMO played a part in motivating Treaty Principles Bill submissions

Submitters who killed Act’s Treaty Principles Bill deployed tactics shoppers know well.