A new study linking lower nurse staffing on surgical wards with higher rates of post-operative deaths has raised urgent new questions about NZ’s settings.

Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants Water companies in the UK made more than £340m in revenue last year by pouring billions of litres of industrial and commercial wastewater into sewage treatment works that experts say are not designed to remove most chemicals, leaving pollutants to pass into rivers, seas and farmland. Water companies are required by law to take industrial wastewater and issue permits called “trade-effluent consents” that allow businesses to send it to sewage works, though water companies can refuse applications. Continue reading...

Modeling results show that an all-electric car and truck future is not only possible, but it could also save us trillions of dollars.

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National has an unhealthy obsession with beneficiaries’ urine. Freud and Lacan can help us to understand this compulsion to repeat.

The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.

The charity-owned childcare giant pays another $36m to its rich-lister founders.

New Zealand has joined a project to accelerate artificial intelligence warfighting capabilities that the United States calls "pivotal" and the "foundation" to winning battles.

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Hundreds took to the streets of Bogota to protest against the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Aotearoa is a country with enough for all of us to live good lives. But this election has shown us what happens when big money teams up with big politics at the expense of our communities, our environ...

National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".

National is promising to introduce random drug testing for those on the jobseeker benefit to ensure they're "ready for work".

This year’s General Election provides a crucial opportunity to elect representatives who will take a stand for justice and be accountable to us, the people. Voters can use their power to demonstrate t...

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Labour announced a policy on Sunday to make it mandatory for international touring artists to have a local support act when they play in New Zealand.