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NZ Medical Council’s COVID actions look like a historical overreach | CENTRIST

And media bosses wonder why no one trusts “The News” anymore? | CENTRIST

Ruminating on ruminants: NZ pours $13.5m into methane vaccine for gassy livestock | CENTRIST

How a simulation revealed the hidden force behind political polarisation | CENTRIST

Richard Prebble’s Waitangi Tribunal appointment sparks criticism, but what about the existing bias? | CENTRIST

Nearly half of Gen Z voters in the US have lied about voting preferences, poll shows | CENTRIST

World Bank loses $41b in climate money amid calls for trillions to be paid to low and middle income countries  | CENTRIST

Debate over foreshore and seabed rights divides iwi, lawyers, and Hobson’s Pledge | CENTRIST

Coroner finds ‘pervasive deficits’ in Oranga Tamariki’s handling of Napier baby’s case | CENTRIST

New Zealand to allow builders to self-certify under streamlined consent plan | CENTRIST

Ngāti Porou engineer behind BMW’s colour-changing cars speaks on her groundbreaking tech | CENTRIST

Mike King under fire for calling alcohol a ‘solution’ to mental health struggles | CENTRIST

Australians distrust government and won’t accept lockdowns and vaccine mandates again, COVID inquiry finds | CENTRIST

Christchurch leads NZ with sanctions against firms tied to Israeli settlements | CENTRIST

More media jobs lost across major outlets | CENTRIST

Canadian province considers protecting professionals' freedom of expression | CENTRIST

Online child extortion: Why parents shouldn’t judge victims | CENTRIST

Plants absorb more CO2 than thought | CENTRIST

Assisted dying abuses spark debate in Canada, admits advocacy group | CENTRIST

US mother sues AI firm and Google over teen’s suicide | CENTRIST

Gen Z: ‘Snowflakes’ or just unprepared for the workplace? | CENTRIST

Study links cannabis use to epigenetic changes, shedding light on potential health impacts | CENTRIST

The UK’s Met Office’s idea of an ‘extreme’ temperature is 20.4°C  | CENTRIST

Florida Health issues new COVID booster guidance, recommends against mRNA vaccines for most | CENTRIST

Tougher emergency housing policies take effect | CENTRIST

David Seymour on the new Public Service directive: “Need, not race”  | CENTRIST

Transport Minister weakens emissions standards | CENTRIST

Health Minister Shane Reti puts an end to free healthcare  based on ethnicity in Hawke’s Bay | CENTRIST

Government confirms RMA reforms  | CENTRIST

Tomato juice, trans rights, and unexpected outcomes | CENTRIST

UCSF researchers identify major driver behind COVID and long COVID | CENTRIST

IRD giving thousands of taxpayers' details to social media platforms for ad campaigns | CENTRIST

New Zealand's drug scene is a booming "golden nugget" for international crime gangs | CENTRIST

Gang patch ban may make it illegal to wear patches in your own home | CENTRIST

Context matters: Meta deems "from the river to the sea" not hate speech | CENTRIST

Government delays releasing guidance on puberty blockers  | CENTRIST

Posie Parker juice thrower sought discharge without a conviction, but instead received a conviction without penalty | CENTRIST

US man indicted for AI streaming fraud, accused of stealing millions in royalties | CENTRIST

Cyclists are Wellington’s new elite | CENTRIST

Muriel Newman on co-governance's new target: local government | CENTRIST

Damien Grant questions the limits of banks’ virtue signalling | CENTRIST

Support among elected council members for Luxon’s ‘back to basics’ approach to local government  | CENTRIST

Family First: “Disturbing” data in latest assisted dying report | CENTRIST

New Zealand's supermarkets face increased scrutiny as profit margins grow on non-fresh food | CENTRIST

Elon Musk’s X scores a win in lawsuit against California's content-moderation law | CENTRIST

Critics say benefit to ratepayers of Watercare’s secret $20m deal with iwi ‘murky at best’ | CENTRIST

Missing something in your diet? You're not alone: Study suggests billions have inadequate micronutrients | CENTRIST

The responsibilities, and liabilities, of school boards | CENTRIST

The new Māori Queen: Kuini Ngā Wai hono i te pō, 27, to succeed her father Kiingi Tuheitia as Māori monarch | CENTRIST

New research shows that New Zealand universities have a problem with academic freedom | CENTRIST

Radio New Zealand should stick to their knitting because what they’re doing isn’t working | CENTRIST

Professional babysitters pushing up prices  | CENTRIST

Jeffrey Tucker: Mark Zuckerberg’s admission that Facebook censored content for the Biden Administration has many wondering why now?  | CENTRIST

China's foreign interference among threats highlighted in new SIS report | CENTRIST

FDA approves new Novavax COVID vaccine without clinical trials, critics raise concerns | CENTRIST

The rollercoaster ride of skyrocketing food prices is slowing down, but don't get too excited just yet  | CENTRIST

Is the United Nations a unifier or divider of nations? | CENTRIST

Elon Musk warns: ‘Censorship of X is a certainty’ if Kamala Harris wins | CENTRIST

Criticism of Māori wards raises questions on fairness and historical narratives | CENTRIST

New Zealand’s education crisis: A stark divide in student outcomes | CENTRIST

Rogernomics: The transformation of New Zealand’s establishment | CENTRIST

Grant Duncan on the concept of ‘sovereignty’ | CENTRIST

Study suggests potential link between COVID vaccines and excess mortality in Europe | CENTRIST

TVNZ seeks new revenue streams in a tough market | CENTRIST

How tax havens are costing Europe billions in lost revenue | CENTRIST

Brash criticises Hipkins' stance on Māori sovereignty and Treaty of Waitangi | CENTRIST

Māori King Tūheitia’s funeral arrangements begin, successor to be crowned | CENTRIST

Green Party in turmoil over MP Darleen Tana’s legal battle | CENTRIST

Child poverty report highlights dilemma of increasing benefit dependency | CENTRIST

WHO declares Mpox a global emergency despite extremely low death rate | CENTRIST

Asylum claims surge as New Zealand tightens immigration rules | CENTRIST

AI-powered 'brain pacemaker' halves Parkinson's symptoms in groundbreaking trial | CENTRIST

Environmentalism’s dark side | CENTRIST

Fluoride levels linked to lower IQ in children | CENTRIST

What’s behind the surge of support for Donald Trump among Kiwis? | CENTRIST

Shane Jones calls for review of Waitangi Tribunal's mandate | CENTRIST

HIde: ‘The UN and WHO statements align perfectly with the advocates for paedophilia’ | CENTRIST

Couple speaks out: ‘reverse uplift’ case not as it seems | CENTRIST

NZDF veteran told to seek police check from the Taliban for firearm licence renewal | CENTRIST

Luxon drops ‘truth bombs’ at Local Government conference, calls for return to basics | CENTRIST

‘Ridiculously high’ power prices threaten New Zealand manufacturers, warns Shane Jones | CENTRIST

Fisheries Minister labels judge ‘Communist’ in heated seafood lobby meeting | CENTRIST

WHO official clarifies: Mpox is not another COVID-19, lockdowns not expected | CENTRIST

Māori men bear brunt of police bias, new report reveals | CENTRIST

Banking oligopoly dodges bullet as radical reform gets shelved | CENTRIST

Massive rise in drink drivers avoiding conviction | CENTRIST

Self-represented litigants to be eligible for costs awards from September | CENTRIST

Is New Zealand on the verge of a constitutional showdown? | CENTRIST

Surge in 5-year-olds with low speaking skills concerns teachers | CENTRIST

Jordan Peterson’s ongoing free speech battle | CENTRIST

Google’s newsroom reaches deal with California lawmakers to fund journalism | CENTRIST

McCoskrie: New appointees to the HRC aren't too popular | CENTRIST

Kim Dotcom extradition signed after nearly 13 years of legal battles | CENTRIST

Williams says Seymour's treaty principles bill is 'courageous', but who will support him? | CENTRIST

What you need to know about open banking in New Zealand | CENTRIST

Inquiry reveals potential bank collusion affecting farmers' access to capital | CENTRIST

Ramped up roadside drug testing will have challenges | CENTRIST

Study: COVID vaccine effective in reducing COVID outcomes in UK adolescents and children; heart inflammation observed only in vaccinated | CENTRIST

Rural postal service cuts raises concern as communities face limited access | CENTRIST

WHO Declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as new strain spreads | CENTRIST

AUKUS debate: Is New Zealand’s foreign policy being swayed by foreign interests? | CENTRIST

Could spray foam insulation in New Zealand homes impact mortgage approval? | CENTRIST

Government to remove home address requirement for company directors in major Companies Act reform | CENTRIST

Luxon and Albanese tackle defence and trade in first Leaders' meeting | CENTRIST

DEI litmus tests must end to reclaim academic freedom | CENTRIST

UK schools to teach students to spot fake news following nationwide riots | CENTRIST

Don Brash defends Hobson's Pledge ad, dismisses racism claims | CENTRIST

Government tightens sanctions on beneficiaries with new traffic light system | CENTRIST

The rise of ‘trusted messengers’ and the danger of blind compliance | CENTRIST

Record coral growth on Great Barrier Reef ignored by mainstream media | CENTRIST

GARM 'Advertising Cartel' dissolves in the face of legal pressure from X and Rumble | CENTRIST

The National Party’s ability to address the housing crisis may determine its political future | CENTRIST

Study: How sex, marriage, race, and education shape 18 years of life expectancy | CENTRIST

Vitamin D deficiency linked to higher risk of dental cavities in older adults | CENTRIST

Popular herbal supplements linked to liver damage | CENTRIST

Government unveils water infrastructure overhaul | CENTRIST

MAJOR NZ CLIMATE AGENCY STORY: National minister misled?  | CENTRIST

Government confirms no military involvement in youth offender boot camp | CENTRIST

UK MPs demand profitable social media giants be held accountable for riots | CENTRIST

Could a compound found in Manuka honey be promoting cancer? | CENTRIST

Youth hit hard by rising unemployment ahead of Reserve Bank OCR decision | CENTRIST

Caveat emptor: Buyers spend up to $10,000 on subpar building reports prompting growing calls for regulation | CENTRIST

Children's Minister calls Oranga Tamariki a 'Cash Cow,' PSA demands retraction | CENTRIST

South Korea EV explosion sparks warnings and safety fears | CENTRIST

The XX vs XY controversy in women's boxing | CENTRIST

Don Brash critiques John Key's call for caution in race relations | CENTRIST

Mayors sound off on the future of Māori wards: Abolish them or put them up to a referendum? | CENTRIST

Chinese humanoid robots raise concerns in US over national security risks | CENTRIST

New compound shows promise against drug-resistant bacteria | CENTRIST

Michael Bassett: Family failures vs state care in New Zealand's underclass | CENTRIST

Farming confidence at all-time low due to cost and price pressures | CENTRIST

AI-created editorials: What was the Herald thinking? | CENTRIST

David Carter on Parliamentary debate: “Let's settle down, debate the issues, not attack the people” | CENTRIST

Are green energy activists walking the talk? | CENTRIST

National Party faces challenge to move beyond Key-era legacy | CENTRIST

Government invests $20m to revamp maths education in NZ primary schools | CENTRIST

Air New Zealand abandons 2030 climate targets: “It's just always the case, that aviation was extremely difficult” | CENTRIST

Simeon Brown blasts Local Government NZ for pushing a woke agenda over core services | CENTRIST

Can ACC handle the potential Abuse in Care compensation demands? | CENTRIST

SenateSHJ's Collapse: Bryce Edwards calls for stricter lobbying regulations and exposes conflicts of interest | CENTRIST

Graham Adams on Chlöe Swarbrick's crash course in disaster management as Green Party co-leader | CENTRIST

Free Speech Union challenges Police ‘hate crime’ and ‘hate speech’ training over political bias concerns | CENTRIST

Health NZ ends use of race-based patient priority tool | CENTRIST

New Zealand universities consider free speech policies  | CENTRIST

US professor wins USD$2.4m settlement after DEI criticism | CENTRIST

Climate change or poor infrastructure to be blamed for Port Waikato coastal erosion? | CENTRIST

Ipsos 2024 Equalities Index: Kiwis' views on inequality and discrimination | CENTRIST

Eyes in the sky! How drones are revolutionising emergency response times but also privacy concerns  | CENTRIST

What is ‘surveillance capitalism’?  | CENTRIST

Why political donations in New Zealand have tripled | CENTRIST

Gray on the failure of Health NZ and Māori Health Authority: “Well funded, well-intentioned, but poorly structured and executed” | CENTRIST

More Greens in the clink? Judge tells activists who threw soup on Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' to be "prepared… to go to prison"  | CENTRIST

Climate policy will make fruit and veg expensive, warn NZ greenhouse growers | CENTRIST

Net-zero ambitions hit major roadblocks in Europe, UK, and US | CENTRIST

Even Comrade Martyn says Darleen Tana should be booted!  | CENTRIST

Coyne to the NZ Government: “Get the gods out of geology!” | CENTRIST

World's media report horrific headlines about NZ | CENTRIST

Does Disney's dramatic decline reflect growing public opposition to Woke activism? | CENTRIST

Reality Bites! From slackers to squares: What Data Tells Us About Gen X Nowadays | CENTRIST

"The shortest wait is the safest wait": New Health Commissioner prioritises reducing wait times and improving efficiency in health system | CENTRIST

The CrowdStrike incident doesn't predict CBDC failures | CENTRIST

“Trust me, I’m a doctor and climate change is real”: Doctors now enlisted to spread environmental fear | CENTRIST

Japanese scientists confirm COVID shots linked to fatal heart failure | CENTRIST

Why do so many 'progressive' causes today seem to enjoy such robust support from authorities? | CENTRIST

Government investigation into John Tamihere’s “fiefdom” | CENTRIST

Big companies quietly ditch Woke like a bad smell: The decline of corporate social activism in 2024 | CENTRIST

The Reserve Bank of NZ is looking at launching a digital currency | CENTRIST

Study Links COVID social distancing to increased newborn mortality and preterm births | CENTRIST

DEI in the crosshairs after Trump assassination attempt? DHS forced to defend female agents after embarrassing shortcomings on display | CENTRIST

Government reviews NZ gun reforms | CENTRIST

Winston Peters risks skirmish with France by urging Pacific Islands Forum to address New Caledonia crisis | CENTRIST

Watch out Greens: UK climate activist gets 5 years in the clink for obstructing traffic | CENTRIST

CO2 levels rise creating unexpected greening in world’s drylands | CENTRIST

Curbing puberty blockers not linked to suicide increase, review finds | CENTRIST

Vaccines: The world's best studied products? Apparently not anymore! | CENTRIST

Iwi collective locked out of land for over a century | CENTRIST

Tonga volcano: The real culprit behind global warming, not cow burps or jets | CENTRIST

Dunedin councillor faces censure over Māori comments | CENTRIST

Toby Rogers: “Proper science often dies when it makes an unholy alliance with the state” | CENTRIST

Carbs vs fats vs protein: Which one triggers more insulin? | CENTRIST

Luxon “very open” to AUKUS II and will name and shame China over espionage | CENTRIST

Identity politics and extremism: David Seymour weighs in on Trump's assassination attempt | CENTRIST

Is Pride week losing steam with schools?  | CENTRIST

US courts overturn COVID mandates in a nationwide legal trend | CENTRIST

Watch the pennies and the ZZZZs take care of themselves: Saving small amounts boosts sleep and well-being, study finds | CENTRIST

Fact-checking the fact-checkers: PragerU exposes NewsGuard’s campaign against conservative media | CENTRIST

Dissemination or disinformation? The impact of AI on NZ news visibility and reliability | CENTRIST

Are health and safety laws threatening Kiwi school trips? | CENTRIST

“F*** off! Print that!”: Tamihere responds as investigation into Waipareira political donations referred to Charities Registration Board | CENTRIST

Kiwi youth have some of the highest rates of screen use in the world and now some experts are calling for new screen time limits in schools to protect student health | CENTRIST

Opposition rises against "Soviet style media bill" | CENTRIST

Should Ministers be compelled by the Waitangi Tribunal? | CENTRIST

Are idle hands the Devil’s playground? New Zealanders cite unemployment as one of the top crime drivers | CENTRIST

Experts offer 5 reasons New Zealand should slow down on raising speed limits.  Centrist offers a contrary perspective. | CENTRIST

Ministry overreach? Country Kindy threatened with shutdown for not jumping through enough cultural hoops | CENTRIST

Welsh government proposes to outlaw politicians lying by 2026 | CENTRIST

New book looks at how voters fell out of love with Jacinda Ardern | CENTRIST

“New Zealand is a racist country”: The Treaty of Waitangi and the loss of national unity | CENTRIST

Shane Jones talks candidly about the state of iwi Crown relations regarding Treaty consultations | CENTRIST

Farrar: Government is “stupid” to back Labour’s Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill | CENTRIST

Rodney Hide raises serious concerns regarding sex education aimed at teenage students | CENTRIST

Lynch: Paul Goldsmith's Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill threatens to “devastate” local news | CENTRIST

Scientists claim new illnesses emerging years later is lasting impact of COVID | CENTRIST

Free Speech Union’s Jonathan Ayling pens “A long letter, but an important one” as OIA reveals deep opposition to free speech in NZ universities | CENTRIST

The “Green New Scam” climate alarmism agenda is finally falling apart | CENTRIST

Study: Hundreds of retracted scientific research papers are not marked as such and are still available through major research databases to be cited | CENTRIST

“I don't think I said that”: Tucker Carlson dismantles Australian journalists attempting to link conservative reporter to racist theories and being a Putin toady | CENTRIST

New Zealand's most extensive and costly, multi-year Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care submits final report | CENTRIST

What is the measure of a man’s mana? Rachael Evans on the challenge of integrating Māori Tikanga into New Zealand's legal system | CENTRIST

National Party announces plan to “restore law and order” including return of the Three Strikes law | CENTRIST

Oxford Professor Carl Heneghan highlights damning points from Kansas AG's lawsuit against Pfizer | CENTRIST

‘Disgusting’, ‘retarded’, ‘gaslighting’: Winston Peters on fire as he blasts mainstream media and government over handling of COVID response | CENTRIST

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink: How government psychological manipulation became the norm | CENTRIST

The politicisation of Māori data in furthering a separatist agenda | CENTRIST

Economist explains the political and money motives behind the climate catastrophe narrative | CENTRIST

More than a billion Muslims can’t be wrong! Study finds fasting enhances cancer-fighting abilities of natural killer cells | CENTRIST

Let’s be honest: Resource management is always political regardless of who makes the decisions | CENTRIST

From fossil fuel to cold fusion: Big Tech bets on innovations in power to meet AI’s soaring energy demands | CENTRIST

Hollywood, here I come! Jacinda Ardern backs US doco, raising questions about NZ Film Commission's taxpayer-funded project | CENTRIST

Manurewa Marae complaints surfaced during 2022 local council elections | CENTRIST

Kāpiti Coast residents demand council reject sea level rise report using “cherry-picked” data | CENTRIST

US state of Kansas delivers COVID twister: sues Pfizer over  vaccine claims | CENTRIST

Forget AUKUS - NZ central to global data sharing of millions of traveller records through shadowy Migration 5 program | CENTRIST

Get yer stuff and get out! Some say proposed bill threatens housing security for renters | CENTRIST

The Platform’s Michael Laws slams Jacinda Ardern's new role | CENTRIST

The ultimate Green hypocrisy? Cycleway carpark ban catches Greens trying to use retailers customer parking spaces for convenience | CENTRIST

Post ‘em if you got ‘em: US Surgeon General calls for tobacco style warning labels on social media to combat teen mental health crisis | CENTRIST

Generation X are the first generation to face higher cancer rates than their parents | CENTRIST

The corporate culture wars are giving rise to a new wave of anti-woke shareholders challenging ESG initiatives | CENTRIST

Bureaucrats are undermining democratically-elected councillors in local government | CENTRIST

New Zealand MPs consider banning social media for children under 16 | CENTRIST

New normal? Post-COVID surge in global illnesses as “immunity debt” takes toll | CENTRIST

Why are young European men shifting to the right? | CENTRIST

House sales at risk due to finance delays, say brokers, as banks deny processing issues | CENTRIST

Half of hospitals' critical IT hardware outdated and urgent investment needed to address "tech debt", government warned | CENTRIST

Environmentalists face “inconvenient truths” including having to listen to people you disagree with and being realistic | CENTRIST

Blue skies are back! Airline industry soars back to profitability after COVID turbulence | CENTRIST

Geology expert says there are ways New Zealand can mine for minerals morally | CENTRIST

Te Pāti Māori scandal erupts as allegations of corruption and misconduct shake the party | CENTRIST

Jones faces down backlash over Fast-track bill protests | CENTRIST

No way to sugar coat this: Common sugar substitute Xylitol linked to increased risk of blood clots | CENTRIST

Haimona Gray on the 'Car-koi' and how media perpetuate low expectations | CENTRIST

Public Service Commission to investigate Te Pāti Māori illegal data use allegations | CENTRIST

High excess death rates persist in the West post-pandemic despite vaccines and measures: BMJ Study | CENTRIST

Did Ardern squander NZ’s chance to ‘influence the world’ and is the current government doing the same? | CENTRIST

Electoral law breaches, whistleblowers, corruption and fraud: Te Pāti Māori under scrutiny over mounting allegations | CENTRIST

Canadian class action lawsuit alleges illegal push for COVID vaccines by governments | CENTRIST

Rawiri Waititi’s gift to a government poised to win against anarchy | CENTRIST

Does a new study show tattoos increase blood cancer risk – or is it the lifestyle of tattooed people that is to blame?  | CENTRIST

Is the news media deliberately ignoring stories which contradict Carbon Net Zero ‘hysteria’?  | CENTRIST

New study reveals masks ineffective after first Omicron wave, potentially increase risk for children | CENTRIST

Budget 2024: $14b tax cuts and key benefits for families | CENTRIST

There may have been a leak of Google’s search algorithm documentation - but Google is keeping schtum about it | CENTRIST

Deadly quiet: Electric vehicles twice as likely to hit pedestrians as petrol vehicles, study finds | CENTRIST

Want youth to be happier, healthier? Limit their social media use, study finds | CENTRIST

The Māori Wards Bill explained | CENTRIST

Get taxpayer cash for your documentary - so long as you use it to attack the ‘far right’ | CENTRIST

Office of Māori Crown Relations in funding crisis, unable to pay bills and support customary rights claims | CENTRIST

Why won’t the NZ Transport Agency release information about two public-private partnerships used to build highways?  | CENTRIST

Trans sports controversy and backlash as drag queens kick off Paris Olympics | CENTRIST

American tech workers up-skilling in AI to stay employable | CENTRIST

Cronyism? Conflict of interest? Edwards says I Am Hope charity is far too close to National | CENTRIST

NZ First introduces bill to safeguard freedom of speech in public venues | CENTRIST

Dr Bryce Edwards on NZ's ethnic identity wars and Parliament's toxic political climate | CENTRIST

Study links COVID vaccines to increased mortality across multiple countries | CENTRIST

Hartwich: China's “bullyboy tactics” against NZ likely to backfire | CENTRIST

Think our economy is in the loo now? Economists suggest you may not only be right, but it may be worse than you think | CENTRIST

Haimona Gray: Attempting to cancel events usually backfires - giving one’s rivals free publicity | CENTRIST

Is there too little or too much concern about NZ’s sovereignty under the incoming global Pandemic Treaty? | CENTRIST

Professor Michael Baker and other experts urging NZ to prepare for bird flu following Australia's first human H5N1 case | CENTRIST

Karen Chhour: “All I’m asking is for Oranga Tamariki to make sure that we’re putting safety and wellbeing first. Everything else must come second to that” | CENTRIST

Māori population approaches 1 million, at 17% of total NZ population | CENTRIST

Cambridge prof calls out activists masquerading as climate scientists | CENTRIST

Rodney Hide calls for return to Judeo-Christian beliefs, calls climate, gender and vaccination policies “tyrannical and evil” | CENTRIST

Ex-CDC director reveals 'significant side effects' of COVID vaccines have made some ‘quite ill’ | CENTRIST

French New Caledonia Riots: The French Left's support of ethnic independence abroad, but not at home | CENTRIST

Taxpayers’ Union denounces Council's move to exclude conservative councillor from budget hearings based on advice from LGNZ | CENTRIST

Young plumber's death from Pfizer vaccine side effect could have been prevented, coroner finds | CENTRIST

COVID subcommittee hears there is no scientific evidence supporting six-feet social distancing | CENTRIST

Ministers attack Waitangi Tribunal’s “increasingly activist” approach | CENTRIST

Gary Judd KC on why the Court of Appeal should have ruled against Waitangi Tribunal's summons of Minister Karen Chhour | CENTRIST

“You don’t say?!”: Study shows school cellphone bans have huge benefits | CENTRIST

Pfizer says yes to paying up to $250m USD for lawsuits over its heartburn drug Zantac | CENTRIST

Peru’s government has classified LGBTQ+ people as mentally ill, for controversial reasons | CENTRIST

Who is winning the AI war to answer the world’s questions? | CENTRIST

AI has multiple uses in surgery, Auckland Uni research finds | CENTRIST

Science just ain’t what it used to be: Multiple research journals closing because of fake news deluge | CENTRIST

Weaponising race: How the Left lit the fuse and the Right can’t find the extinguisher - Newman calls for colour blindness in the public sector | CENTRIST

1News offers explainer about Fast-Track Approvals Bill | CENTRIST

Good Times Gone: The “Great Un-Wokening” has companies shying away from social issues | CENTRIST

The Spider’s Web: NZ's infrastructure deficit and the (risky) temptation of China’s Belt and Road Initiative | CENTRIST

90% of US adults over 20 at risk of developing heart disease, alarming new study shows | CENTRIST

Claim that Berkeley Earth data shows sun’s orientation to blame for climate change, not CO2 | CENTRIST

Court of Appeal overturns High Court decision on Children’s Minister Karen Chhour | CENTRIST

The influence of Michael Johnston on government's education policy | CENTRIST

Fast-track Law could be moving too fast for New Zealand’s own good | CENTRIST

A COVID Inquiry conflict of interest? Chair Tony Blakely's direct role during the pandemic raises concerns that the government is marking its own homework | CENTRIST

Journalist Steve Braunias on the Liz Gunn trial | CENTRIST

Edwards: “The public can’t have total faith in the electoral process” | CENTRIST

“You couldn’t GIVE it away”: Study shows bleak response to free newspaper subscriptions  | CENTRIST

AstraZeneca cites oversupply from competitors for global recall of COVID vaccine after admitting side effect concerns  | CENTRIST

New chart shows NZ’s COVID deaths begin to exceed Oceania rates, with MSM radio silent | CENTRIST

Fool me once… Study finds many healthcare workers feel vaccine mandates do more harm than good | CENTRIST

COVID blew apart the theory of the “Overton window” | CENTRIST

Increasing violence towards children worsens while Waitangi Tribunal resists making Oranga Tamariki “colour-blind" and "child-centric” | CENTRIST

Hosking on Qatari rugby: “Sport and politics should never be mixed” | CENTRIST

Steven Joyce calls for breaking up the “fat” and “cosy” banking oligopoly | CENTRIST

British MPs question government funding for disinformation ratings agency | CENTRIST

Family First: Oranga Tamariki v parents who believe in biology | CENTRIST

Reporter claims motherhood conference a “campaign to explode the population” by the Far Right | CENTRIST

Poll shows 67% support for cellphone ban in schools | CENTRIST

Maiki Sherman responds to criticism of poll coverage | CENTRIST

Edwards complains Paula Bennett’s “partisan activity” means she’s unfit to chair Pharmac board | CENTRIST

Seinfeld, at 70, says 'PC crap' is ruining comedy | CENTRIST

New treaty means UK would have to hand 20% of vaccines to WHO during next pandemic | CENTRIST

OIA reveals Ardern government talked about joining AUKUS alliance despite public denial | CENTRIST

Is NZ’s least popular mayor right-wing or a write-off? | CENTRIST

NZ needs a ‘hard landing’ to cool down inflation - Claims and counter-claims arise | CENTRIST

Smart watches may be the same as smuggling cell phones into class, some worry as phone ban begins | CENTRIST

Despite a successful petition, Tauranga may be denied vote on its Māori ward for years | CENTRIST

Chinese flexing in Antarctica worries Western democracies | CENTRIST

“Shame on me”: Grant signals a major sea-change on puberty blockers and hormone treatments for youth | CENTRIST

Snowflake Vic Uni students melt down at thought of heated debate on free speech | CENTRIST

Tech Era's Impact: Cursive writing decline tied to IQ drop | CENTRIST

Errr? Kia ora?: International doctors struggle with “code-switching” | CENTRIST

Transforming lessons identified into lessons learned is the main lesson in effective emergency preparedness  | CENTRIST

EDs face unprecedented strain with record adult visits, but why?  | CENTRIST

Rumble CEO tells NZ Government to go “pound sand” after receiving a request to censor FreeNZ | CENTRIST

Cass Review findings challenges drumbeat messaging around youth gender treatments | CENTRIST

Oranga Tamariki suggests a significant decrease in the number of children in care is proof its policies are succeeding, but is that the whole story?   | CENTRIST

What's Next? A step up or bust for Jacinda Ardern’s Christchurch Call?    | CENTRIST

Anthony Willy's take on censorship | CENTRIST

Simon Anderson: Why filming politicians in public matters | CENTRIST

The erosion of values in education has set a generation adrift | CENTRIST

Family First sounds the alarm over 25% increase in abortions since decriminalisation | CENTRIST

Otago University faces alumni backlash over Grant Robertson appointment | CENTRIST

The long shadow of the $55m so-called Public Interest Journalism Fund | CENTRIST

Media release: Reporter becomes the news | CENTRIST

New Zealand, like the rest of the Western world, is in the grip of populism as anti-establishment sentiment rises | CENTRIST

Operation Camperdown has NZ Police join global crackdown on LabHost cybercrime network | CENTRIST

Chris Bishop accused of “gaslighting” public as National is dogged by transparency and accountability concerns regarding Fast Track Approvals Bill  | CENTRIST

A tale of two (apparently conflicting) surveys regarding public support for gender identity services | CENTRIST

Waitangi Tribunal summons to minister makes David Seymour “deeply fearful for them” | CENTRIST

Eat the Rich: Study finds NZ tax system favours bottom half | CENTRIST

Don Brash: Facebook's deletion of posts “political interference” | CENTRIST

Urgent need for long-term climate research funding in New Zealand | CENTRIST

Respirator expert's 2020 open letter on the uselessness of  masks against COVID  still resonates worldwide years later  | CENTRIST

England launches review of transgender “treatment” after report  suggests evidence built on “shaky foundation” | CENTRIST

EU Study: Plug-in hybrids emit 3.5X more pollution than reported | CENTRIST

Should the government intervene in the media meltdown?  | CENTRIST

Google to limit access to California news sites amid dispute over paying publishers | CENTRIST

Dr Muriel Newman critiques race-based privilege included in the Fast-track Approvals Bill  | CENTRIST

US college athletics association effectively bans transgender athletes from competing in women's sports  | CENTRIST

Ivermectin trials researching their use as COVID treatment appear designed to fail  | CENTRIST

Confidential CDC reports reveal adverse events linked to COVID vaccines include seizures, miscarriages, and more  | CENTRIST

Global study debunks sea-level rise alarmism as islands expand despite climate fears | CENTRIST

Emotionally manipulative tactics used to influence kids through trendy political causes | CENTRIST

What's behind the decline in media trust? | CENTRIST

Luxon's leadership echoes Key - minus the popularity  | CENTRIST

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