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Game changers: how soccer’s mega-money era was sparked by a little-known Belgian athlete
An obscure Belgian soccer player arguably made a bigger mark on the world game than stars such as Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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Some technologies use accelerated natural processes to capture carbon – but can they store it durably?
Investment in carbon removal technologies is rising rapidly, but some models overestimate how much carbon is captured because they don’t cover all Earth processes.
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Mowing the lawn: the colonial ghosts haunting our suburban ritual
In this extract from his newly published essay collection, the author traces the imperial British origins of a quintessential Kiwi chore.
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How the Great Pyramid of Giza has survived 4,500 years of Egyptian earthquakes
Key features of the famous monument defend it from earthquakes – but we can’t know if that’s what the builders had in mind.
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AI can design cities, but can it understand what matters to people? 10 ways to keep humans in control
Urban design depends heavily on human judgment and field-based understanding.
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Anzac Day 2026: how the poppy has endured as our symbol of war and remembrance
From real to cloth to plastic and now virtual, the poppy demonstrates how material objects become imbued with profound meaning over time.
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Whale strandings draw emotional responses. But repeated rescues can cause more harm
Timmy, the humpback whale repeatedly restranding in shallow waters in the Baltic Sea, has reignited a heated debate about when to intervene, and when not to.
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Luxon lives on as leader. Public perception is a tougher challenge
Research shows the most effective leaders are good listeners and aware of their own biases. Above all, people must believe they are ‘one of us’.
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Government updates official branding to highlight English over te reo Māori
Source: Radio New Zealand The government’s redesigned branding places “New Zealand Government” in bold above “Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa”, reversing the previous order. Supplied / Screenshot The government has updated its official branding to give greater prominence to English over te reo Māori, following a directive from new Public Service Minister Paul Goldsmith. The Public…