Fluoride exposure linked to lower IQ in children, meta-analysis reveals
"A 5-point decrease in average IQ could nearly double the number of people classified as intellectually disabled."
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BlackRock bails on climate group amid conservative pressure and legal challenges
The Donald Trump effect?
NZ weighs sharing criminal records with Five Eyes nations
NZ does not require its partners to disclose who else they share travellers' information with.
‘Cold violence’: Hidden elder abuse in New Zealand’s Chinese community
“It’s like they see you but act as if they don’t.”
Meta’s new hate speech rules allow anti-LGBTQ rhetoric
Is Meta "giving the green light" to hate?
Treaty Principles Bill: Over 300,000 submissions received
Summarised by Centrist Over 300,000 submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill were received, shattering records....
Nelson officer’s accused killer granted name suppression extension
The judge cited risks to a fair trial.
New Zealand consul-general among evacuees in Los Angeles wildfires
The consulate staff remain safe and operational remotely.
Meta pivots on fact-checking: ‘Too much harmless content gets censored’
A “return to that fundamental commitment to free expression.”
Simeon Brown wants to get rid of rules that ‘hold back’ Auckland
“Rules and regulations often become the thing which blocks so much stuff..."
NZ election inquiry: submissions on voter fairness and electoral reform
"When the public service brushes these things aside, we just feel like there’s political bias at play."
