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-- Issue Three: 20 September 2019 --

Each week we share impactful stories from across our community of New Zealand media sites. These articles have been selected by analysing the types of journalism that matter most to Kiwi readers.

In this week's edition: misleading stats regarding Māui dolphins, a new tool to evaluate local candidates, Patrick Gower's documentary on marijuana reform, NZ history becomes compulsory, fraudulent carbon offsetting.

Below you will find some of the best investigations, analysis and opinion pieces that have resonated with local supporters of independent media. Let me know if you have any suggestions or feedback about our newsletter!
Alex Clark (Founder/ CEO)

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Cost of saving dolphins 'overstated' by 10 times

Are figures showing the financial impact of closing areas of sea to save Māui and Hector’s dolphins accurate? An economist who’s reviewed the calculations says they are over-estimated by 10 times.

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Your place, your vote: welcome to Policy Local

The candidate comparison super-tool is now live, making it easy to find out who is offering what in local elections from the top to the bottom of New Zealand. Here it is. Last time round, it was called "the stand-out success of the 2017 election".

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A fun but flawed weed documentary

Patrick Gower is good value when he's high. Not that I've ever, you know, got stoned with him. But in the second part of his documentary Patrick Gower on Weed, he does what you'd expect in a modern weed documentary and immerses himself - first with a doctor, then a member of the Auckland elite who's producing cannabis tea in California, and a "ganja yoga" group.

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Rua Kēnana and the teaching of history

The move to make the teaching of history compulsory, "will not produce lasting benefit unless history comes to be seen not as information to be learned and then set aside, but as a force that shapes identity and influences choices."

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Should you choose to offset your emissions, and where does the money go?

'Click here to offset your emissions.' It's an appealing, guilt-assuaging idea. But what does it really amount to? It’s proved difficult to keep track of where the money goes and how effective the projects are, leading to offset programmes being labelled everything from dodgy to downright fraudulent.

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