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Budget 2025: The Teenagers Feeling Ignored By Government's Decisions
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 2:21 pm | RNZ
A group of youths grappling with some of the decisions made by the government expressed their concerns at a post-Budget chat hosted by the Child Poverty Action Group. More >>
Rabbits, Switch-Ups And Highway Robbery: Politicians, Economists React To Budget 25
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 2:18 pm | RNZ
Every politician, economist and their dog had their own nickname for the document dubbed the 'Growth Budget' by the government. More >>
Some Landlords, Tenants Unaware Of Healthy Homes Standards Despite Looming Deadline
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 2:12 pm | RNZ
All rental properties must comply with the Healthy Homes standards just weeks from now, including ventilation, heating and insulation. More >>
PNG's National Broadcaster Moves To Reintroduce Shortwave Radio For Nationwide Coverage By 2030
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 1:58 pm | RNZ
It is the national broadcaster's response to the government's goal of reaching 100 percent of the population - across "rugged mountains and scattered islands" - by 2030. More >>
Northern Mariana Islands: Endangered Mariana Crow Population Rebounds On Rota
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 1:56 pm | RNZ
The endangered Mariana Crow, known as "Aga" in Chamorro, is showing strong signs of recovery, with 70 breeding pairs now thriving in the wild on Rota. That figure represents approximately More >>
Detector Dog Iti Retires As New Zealand Reviews Its Dog Programme For Pacific Island Nations
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 1:52 pm | RNZ
The eight-year-old explosives detector has been sniffing out crime in the region as part of New Zealand Police Pacific Detector Dog Programme. More >>
Budget 2025: Who's Worse Off Under New KiwiSaver Changes?
Saturday, 24 May 2025, 1:49 pm | RNZ
The increase in contribution rates should make most savers better off - but it won't benefit everyone. More >>
Budget 2025: More Money For Journalists, Less For RNZ
Friday, 23 May 2025, 12:03 pm | RNZ
The government is putting more money into hiring local journalists, but cutting Radio New Zealand's budget. More >>
Deep Sea Mining Frontrunner Set To Sidestep UN Oversight , Pivots To US Route
Friday, 23 May 2025, 12:01 pm | RNZ
The Metals Company, which has been supported by Nauru and Tonga, has confirmed it won't apply for a mining licence through the International Seabed Authority. More >>
Legal Academic Says Samoa's Criminal Libel Law Should Go
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:59 am | RNZ
This comes after the president of the Journalists Association of Samoa and veteran Samoan journalist was charged under the Crimes Act on Sunday. More >>
Tonga Kava Committee Calls For More Support For Growers
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:58 am | RNZ
Kava farmers need more facilities and resources to improve production, according to the island's National Kava Committee chariman Fe'ilokitau Tevi. More >>
Michael Mayne Named Football Ferns Coach
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:56 am | RNZ
Michael Mayne has been confirmed as the Football Ferns' new head coach, becoming their first New Zealand-born coach in more than 20 years. More >>
New Plymouth Businesses Largely Support 'Investment Boost' Package
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:54 am | RNZ
The boost allows the deduction of 20 percent of the cost of new assets on top of normal depreciation. More >>
Budget 2025: 'Underperforming' Areas Cut To Pay For 'Seismic Shift' In Education
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:50 am | RNZ
The 2025 Budget puts the handbrake on annual growth in education spending, as past splurges on school buildings run out in the next few years. More >>
Why US Rugby Star Ilona Maher Is Unafraid To Take Up Space
Friday, 23 May 2025, 11:48 am | RNZ
One of the most influential figures in women's sport is in Auckland this week ahead of the USA Eagles' clash against the Black Ferns on Saturday. More >>
'Every Man And His Dog Is Coming': Samoan PM Warns Of Growing Geopolitical Interest In Pacific
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:47 pm | RNZ
Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says the geopolitical landscape in the Pacific "is becoming very contested". More >>
PNG government on track to remove GST on 13 essential items
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:44 pm | RNZ
Prime Minister James Marape has commended the Internal Revenue Commission for its efficiency in implementing government policy. More >>
Budget 2025: Pasifika Community Braces For Impact
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:43 pm | RNZ
Finance Minister Nicola Willis will deliver her second Budget on Thursday. She said it will be "about prioritising your taxpayer money carefully". More >>
Selwyn Huts Residents Make Impassioned Plea For Future Of Settlement
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:41 pm | RNZ
The council voted last year to enforce a managed retreat by 2039, pausing the process months later to allow for more consultation. More >>
Our Changing World: Dissecting The World’s Rarest Whale
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 1:38 pm | RNZ
It made international headlines last year. What does a scientific dissection of the world's rarest whale involve? More >>
