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Scrapping Callaghan Innovation is a necessary reset. But what comes next? We need to move beyond the theoretical benefits of innovation to actually delivering it.

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The dream of a winter Christmas is well and truly alive in some parts of New Zealand this summer.

There are fears a government policy change will prevent more councils from rolling out food scraps collection.