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Getting swept into a global recessionary vortex

New Zealand will inevitably be pulled into the world's economic gloom to some extent, but we have some cushioning in place
Trader Michael Capolino wears a Trump hat as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) ahead of the opening bell on November 6, 2024, in New York City. - Wall Street stocks surged in opening trading on Wall Street Wednesday after US voters sent Donald Trump back to the White House and delivered him a Republican Senate. Major indices were up 1.8 percent or more in the early going as hopes about expected tax cuts and regulatory easing more than offset worries about higher tariffs. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

The fuss over new infant formula rules

A two billion dollar industry faces new rules to protect new parents - and it's pushing back
family, parenthood and people concept - close up of father feeding little daughter with baby formula from bottle at home

Basic banking help for the vulnerable

A bank account is a passport to the economy, but some Kiwis can't get onboard. A new scheme aims to change that.
A man uses an ATM machine outside a branch of the Westpac bank in Sydney. Generic.

Faith, hope and chocolate eggs

The places where hot cross buns and Easter eggs are taking a back seat to deep-rooted traditions
Father Bishoy Mekhaiel (left) and Rabbi Dean Shapiro (right)

It's a matter of time before measles comes to NZ, and experts are worried

A measles outbreak in the US has already killed three. Just how worried should New Zealand be?
Nurse holding MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine vial in gloved hand with syringe. (Photo by SHERRY YATES YOUNG/SCIENCE PHOTO / SYO / Science Photo Library via AFP)

US cuts on Antarctic research could be a major blow for NZ

Uncertainty over Antarctic research funding is unnerving scientists, who say time is running out for climate change solutions on the ice
A wide shot of a lone small black-and-white penguin standing in the middle of a wide flat expanse of white sea ice with snow-covered mountains in the background, beneath a bluebird sky.

New Zealand's biggest-ever study on dementia reveals startling numbers

After knocking on more than 20,000 doors, New Zealand researchers have found high numbers of people who have dementia, but not the diagnosis
Memory loss, conceptual illustration. (Photo by VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE P / VHB / Science Photo Library via AFP)

New Zealand's estuaries 'in hot water'

A high rate of sedimentation means our estuaries are getting shallower, but the road to fixing the damage is a much deeper issue
Professor Karin Bryan is the recipient of a Marsden Fund grant to investigate these heat waves putting estuaries under threat.

A rocky road for the battle against road cones

The Government has declared a war on road cones, but the industry thinks it's the wrong approach to an issue they're already working on
Road cones lost now found by the conemobile

Trump's tariff turmoil and the cost for the world

Trump's tariffs crashed global markets and are causing fears of a trade war. What happens now is the 'trillion-dollar question'.
US President Donald Trump holds a chart titled 'Reciprocal Tariffs' during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, on 2 April 2025.

A haka, a political standoff, and the role of tikanga in Parliament

The Treaty Principles Bill is all but dead, but the fallout from a protest haka in Parliament has Te Pāti Māori MPs at odds with the Privileges Committee
Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipa-Clarke was among those to perform a haka, at Parliament, after the first reading of the Treaty Principles Bill, on 14 November, 2024.

'On every dimension, New Zealand is falling behind' when it comes to social cohesion

The results of a new report on social cohesion are so poor they even surprised the author. He says it's time we fix it, before it's too late.
Tired exhausted man, office worker, manager or freelancer, sitting at his desk, tired of working in a laptop, overworked, having a headache, closed his eyes, needs rest and break

The New Zealand institution heralding change

The New Zealand Herald is barely out of everyone else's headlines these days, but will readers notice the changes that are bubbling beneath the masthead
Auckland-based Canadian billionaire Jim Grenon is leading a move to dump the board of media company NZME.

New Zealand start-up aims to take space transport to new heights

Dawn Aerospace builds space planes and propulsion systems out of their Christchurch workshop. Their next goal is two trips to space, every day.
The Dawn Mk-II Aurora has all the qualities of an aircraft but with a rocket engine it can fly faster and higher than any jet.

Fixing the GP crisis

A crisis in primary health care is worsening and calls are increasing for some hospital funding to be diverted to GPs.
The private data of 18 Covid-19 patients was leaked.

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