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Top 10 stories of the month - February 2017

12:46 pm on 28 February 2017

In case you missed out the first time ...

 

1 - FOUR PHOTOS THAT SHOW HOW NEW ZEALAND IS CHANGING

Bulldozed Farmland in Albany Photo: Chris Corson-Scott

Photographer Chris Corson-Scott shares what these locations say about our environment.

 

2 - SEVEN THINGS WE LEARNED FROM MAX KEY’S WOMAN’S DAY INTERVIEW

Photo: Unknown

He’s a slippery fish but someone finally caught him. Here's what we now know.

 

3 - THE PENCILSWORD: MORE PRISONS, MORE PROBLEMS

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Don't snooze on politicians' promises of more cops and prison beds. The cost is higher than you realise, says Toby Morris.

 

4 - WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’VE GOT NO HOME

Rents are rising faster than wages in Auckland in Wellington, putting the squeeze on anyone looking for a new flat. Photo: CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Jared Kelly / Flickr

With rents rising and incomes not keeping up, it’s getting desperate out there.

 

5 - WAITANGI DAY: PROTEST IS BETTER THAN A PROPAGANDA HOLIDAY

On February 6, 1840, two documents were signed at Waitangi. Photo: Unknown

We asked writers who walk between the Māori and Pākehā worlds to give us their views on the place of the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand.

 

6 - VALENTINE’S DAY GUIDE TO WHAT NOT TO BUY

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With a relationship comes great responsibilities and one of these responsibilities is always buying the perfect gift.  You can’t get it right every time and no one wants to be another “it’s-the-thought-that-counts” statistic.

 

7 - CHRISTCHURCH’S PORT HILLS FIRE IN PICTURES

John Campbell speaks to the the McKenzie family whose house survived the fire, but property was destroyed Photo: RNZ / Brad White

 

8 - THIS CANNABIS PRODUCT WON’T EVEN GET YOU HIGH, SO WHY IS IT ILLEGAL?

The mother of a girl suffering from severe seizures wants her daughter to have access to a cannabis derived medicine. Photo: AFP

In Australia, CBD has recently been scheduled as a prescription-only medicine, as long as it contains a total cannabinoid content of 2 percent or less. But in New Zealand, the Ministry of Health considers CBD to be covered by the Misuse of Drugs Act.

 

9 - OUR PICKS FROM THE FRINGE FESTIVALS

Photo: Supplied

Seven shows from near and far.

 

10 - PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE POLITICS OF TRUMP

A diverse crowd gathered to protest Trump's presidency. Photo: Luke McPake / The Wireless

We asked people at the No Ban, No Wall rally in Auckland why they protest.