Stories by Nina Fowler
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Covid-19 antiviral medications: What you need to know
More New Zealanders are getting free medicine that may help prevent serious sickness from Covid-19 but it is not available, or right, for everyone.
Sir Roger Hall: 'I owe everything to New Zealand'
He has delivered dozens of hit plays and just received a knighthood, but Sir Roger Hall says there's no secret formula but "putting your bum on the chair in the morning and working hard".
Recycling woes: 'We still have very large piles around the country'
As recycling centres deal with high summer volumes and a Chinese ban on taking plastics, people are realising recycling isn't the answer to the world's plastic pollution crisis.
'Mega mast' prompts biggest ever DOC 1080 drops
Forest and Bird is calling on the Department of Conservation to ramp up its responses to what's being called a mega mast, which could unleash a plague of predators on threatened native species.
Māori IT experts critical of digital divide
Income inequality and a lack of information are contributing to a digital divide in New Zealand, Māori IT experts say.
When a baby arrives
Three first-time mothers – and a long-time nurse with Plunket - share their experiences.
Our problem, not our grandchildren's
Campaigners say climate change is this generation's nuclear-free movement – a chance to define New Zealand’s place in the world.
Giving up gambling
Two young New Zealanders share their experiences with problem gambling.
It's in the game
The line between online gaming and gambling is blurring. Is it a problem?
Battling for a benefit
One young woman's story has opened the gates for complaints about WINZ. Is something broken as the agency makes massive changes?
Cracking down on loan sharks
There's no quick fix to problem debt, but some organisations are working towards a long-term solution.