The Canterbury preserves company wants to spray wastewater - which contains cleaning chemicals - onto a neighbouring DOC reserve. It's a stark difference to the way the company deals with wastewater at its French plant.

The Barkers jam maker is already in trouble with its neighbours over stinky wastewater ponds, and now it wants to dump the waste onto DOC land

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Between State of Origin coming to Auckland and rule changes allowing Kiwis to play, NRL strengthens its foothold on a New Zealand audience

Mate against mate, state against state - but exported. Why Auckland will host Australian rugby league's premier event next year.

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After another wild week of weather, The Detail looks at the surge in declarations of states of emergency, and whether we risk 'crying wolf'

Once-in-a-hundred-year storms are coming thick and fast, and the number of states of emergency declared across the country has skyrocketed

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Unemployment is at its highest level in more than a decade, but one expert offers a silver lining, saying that could actually be a sign of early economic growth

New Zealand's unemployment rate is the highest in a decade, but a leading economist is cautiously optimistic about the country's economic outlook

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Too many grapes, international headwinds and a dramatic drop in drinkers is proving problematic for our wine producers

Perfect growing conditions for grapes at a time when demand for wine is dropping is likely to result in more fruit left on the vine again this harvest

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It hasn't been ratified yet but the terms of New Zealand's free trade deal with India have been agreed on, even though the details are somewhat mysterious

Workers, wine, and building new alliances - what New Zealand and India get from our free trade deal

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It's not so much what's in the recommendations as how they were put together that's concerning some in the medical and nutrition worlds

New dietary guidelines from the US have upended the traditional food pyramid, moving protein into the spotlight - but some of the maths doesn't add up

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What started as an experiment has become a global phenomenon. MAFS is a ratings powerhouse and one of the world's most argued-about shows.

Former New Zealand cricket star turned Australian love expert John Aiken talks love, scandals and the show that changed reality TV

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