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National minister heralds 'cremation day' for Treaty Principles Bill
National's Māori-Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka is welcoming the second reading of the Treaty Principles Bill as the ...
Science Daily17m
Mediterranean hunter gatherers navigated long-distance sea journeys well before the first farmers
Evidence shows that hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100 kilometers (km) of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago, a thousand years before the arrival of the ...
Treaty Principles Bill: Act’s David Seymour set to face bill’s demise without PM Christopher Luxon or deputy PM Winston Peters
Act’s bill has been a source of major tension during its time on Parliament’s books as critics consider it to be anti-Māori ...
New Scientist36m
Rereading the best sci-fi writers of all time: Larry Niven’s Ringworld
Larry Niven's Ringworld won him the Hugo and Nebula awards when it was published 55 years ago. As the New Scientist Book Club ...
Civil Eats38m
Bayer’s Effort to Block Roundup Lawsuits Kicks Into High Gear
The agrichemical giant Bayer is lobbying for state and federal laws that would give it legal immunity from claims that ...