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'I Smelt It, I Felt It': Porirua Council Acts In Hope Of Stopping Sewage Overflows
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 7:40 pm | RNZ
Residents have complained of a horrible smell, visible sewage and toilet paper spilling out to sea for years. More >>
RATs, Vaccines And Treatments, The Budget For Covid: What You Need To Know
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 7:36 pm | RNZ
Explainer - Here's what we know about the government's Covid plans for the next four years. More >>
Rare Shortjaw Kōkopu Released In Auckland's Waitākere Ranges To Protect Population
Thursday, 6 June 2024, 7:34 pm | RNZ
It began with seven adult kōkopu caught in 2019 - today, 1000 of their offspring were released in a bid to save their population. More >>
Aid Starts To Arrive For PNG Landslide Disaster Victims
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 6:13 pm | RNZ
The International Organisation for Migration says 7847 people in the area had been affected by the landslide while around 1650 had been displaced. More >>
Boomers, farmers - who's doing well, despite the recession?
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 6:11 pm | RNZ
Families are feeling the squeeze, retailers and construction firms are suffering, but is anyone not under pressure? More >>
Hawkes Bay Fishing Crews Catching 'Masses' Of Porcupinefish
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 6:07 pm | RNZ
In what's being described as an odd side effect of Cyclone Gabrielle, fishing crews in Hawkes Bay are catching hundreds of kilos of porcupinefish. More >>
Antarctica New Zealand Board To Consider Scott Base Redevelopment Project Options
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 6:02 pm | RNZ
The future of a troubled redevelopment project is being mulled by Antarctica New Zealand's board after expected costs snowballed to almost $500 million. More >>
David Seymour 'A Political Idiot' For Pursuing Treaty Principles Bill, Tuku Morgan Says
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 5:58 pm | RNZ
Waikato-Tainui leader Tukoroirangi Morgan takes aim at the ACT Party's Treaty Principles Bill, predicting "protest action never seen in the history of this country" if it proceeds. More >>
Number Of Front-Line Police From Budget Boost An Illusion - Police Association
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 5:55 pm | RNZ
The government's Budget funding for 500 new front-line officers will actually result in only 300 extra cops on the beat, the Police Association says. More >>
Supreme Court Rules Minister Was Wrong To Cancel Passport Over Islamic State Fears
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 5:52 pm | RNZ
The Supreme Court has declared the then National-led government broke the law in 2016 when it cancelled a woman's passport on national security grounds. More >>
How To Cut Back On Household Food Waste
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 5:48 pm | RNZ
Uneaten food could cost your household around $1500 a year. Food waste champion Kaitlin Dawson explains how to save on waste. More >>
More Than Half Of Synlait Milk's Suppliers Want To Quit
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:46 pm | RNZ
Embattled dairy company Synlait Milk has confirmed that more than half of its suppliers want to quit, its earnings outlook has been downgraded, and it's scrapped the sale of an asset. More >>
Sir Peter Beck: Ambitions Interplanetary And Down-to-Earth
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:44 pm | RNZ
Newly knighted Sir Peter Beck still has a couple more things he would like to achieve before his time on Earth is up. More >>
What The 1989 Tiananmen Crackdown Means For Chinese Youth In New Zealand
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:40 pm | RNZ
In New Zealand, young Chinese are exposed to more information about the 1989 protests than they would likely come across in China. Consequently, some are calling for casualties of the crackdown to be remembered. More >>
Our Souls Travel At 3kph: Nick Hunt On Travel Writing And Epiphanies
Tuesday, 4 June 2024, 4:35 pm | RNZ
Travel writer Nick Hunt talks about his journey on foot between London and Istanbul, and the revelations it brought on his return. More >>
Yachting NZ ordered to reconsider its Olympic selections in a rare rebuke
Monday, 3 June 2024, 2:45 pm | RNZ
The Sports Tribunal has taken the rare step, ruling the national body relied on "errors of fact" More >>
Tonga Forum Leaders Meeting Accommodation Concern
Monday, 3 June 2024, 2:43 pm | RNZ
There are concerns in Tonga whether a housing development planned to provide accommodation for people attending the Pacific Islands Forum leaders summit in August will be completed in time. More >>
Budget 2024: Disappointment Over Broken Promise To Fund More Mental Health Specialists
Monday, 3 June 2024, 2:40 pm | RNZ
Psychiatrists are disappointed they won't get the 13 additional psychiatry registrar places National had committed to. More >>
Why Chinese Migrants Change Their Names When They Emigrate
Monday, 3 June 2024, 2:38 pm | RNZ
Reporter Ke-Xin went through five names before coming back to her original one. More >>
Did We Have To Have The Interest Rate Pain?
Monday, 3 June 2024, 2:35 pm | RNZ
Interest rates went up to get inflation down. But are there other ways this could be achieved? More >>
