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FestPAC 2024: 'Fight against the extinction of Pacific people'
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:37 pm | RNZ
A community elder from Guam says the Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture event is about more than "revitalising cultures". More >>
Auckland City Mission Cook-Off: 'Not Everyone Has The Ability To Cook A Simple Meal'
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:33 pm | RNZ
Auckland City Mission invited 150 guests experiencing homelessness or food insecurity to a three-course meal cooked by celebrity chefs and business leaders. More >>
Eden Park Operators Urge Fast-track Process For More Stadium Events
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:30 pm | RNZ
Allowing events to be fast-tracked under proposed laws could 'streamline' the Auckland stadium's consultation with its neighbours, operators say. More >>
A Timeline Of The Search For Missing Marokopa Man Tom Phillips And Family
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:22 pm | RNZ
Tom Phillips and his three children have been missing since December 2021. Here's what we know so far. More >>
Project Makeover: The Unhinged Mobile Game Ads Flooding Social Media
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:19 pm | RNZ
Seen the ads of a stinky girl covered in mud? Chances are you've heard of Project Makeover. More >>
Lots Of Solar, But Nowhere To Store It: What NZ Could Learn From Australia
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:13 pm | RNZ
With battery prices falling, clean energy experts in New Zealand say there is an opportunity to install both solar and batteries at once to take pressure off the electrical grid during peak times. More >>
New Caledonia: After Macron’s Dissolution, What Happens To The Controversial Constitutional Amendment?
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 2:45 pm | RNZ
The French Constitution says all pending bills left unvoted by the Lower House are cancelled because the dissolution signifies the end of the legislature and therefore of the current ordinary session. More >>
Oil And Gas Drilling Changes Include Loss Of Community Consultation
Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 2:39 pm | RNZ
The proposed law change would introduce a way to obtain a drilling permit without having to tender for it. More >>
The Porirua Hairdresser Taking TikTok By Storm
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 4:58 pm | RNZ
Porirua-based Jasmine Lupo is a social media sensation, with videos of her hair transformations racking up over 35 million views on TikTok. More >>
Derek Jarman's Cottage As His Final Work Of Art
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 4:49 pm | RNZ
Coinciding with a survey of Jarman’s work in Auckland & Wellington, in a book for Thames and Hudson British photographer Gilbert McCarragher has opened the door on the previously closed off cottage. This tiny house & sculpture garden have been described ... More >>
The Three Key Factors To Heating Your Home And Saving Money
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 4:39 pm | RNZ
There are three big factors in making homes warm in winter - here's how to get them working properly and keep your power bill down. More >>
How To Get $521 From The Government
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 4:36 pm | RNZ
About a million of us probably miss out on this "free money" every year, which get paid directly into your KiwiSaver account. More >>
Squatter Falls Three Storeys In Derelict Wellington Building Stairwell
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 4:30 pm | RNZ
The person fell through a collapsed stairwell and they're now undergoing treatment at Wellington Hospital. More >>
The Jobs That Get Paid More Than They Used To
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 4:25 pm | RNZ
Workers in financial and insurance services - and electricity, gas, water and waste services - are now paid significantly more compared to the average wage than they used to be, data shows. More >>
100-year-old Milk Powder Found At Ernest Shackleton's Antarctica Hut
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 4:02 pm | RNZ
But how did it end up there in the first place? More >>
Fact Checking Artificial Intelligence
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 3:20 pm | RNZ
Start honing your critical thinking skills unless you want to swallow some pretty random information from generative Artificial Intelligence. More >>
Braille Surtitles For NZ Opera's Le comte Ory Season 'Life-changing'
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:34 pm | RNZ
A blind person who was the first braille reader to test the technology said surtitles will make a huge difference for blind and low-vision audience members. More >>
Who Are New Zealand's Richest Siblings, Zuru Owners Mat And Nick Mowbray?
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:31 pm | RNZ
They're the richest siblings in New Zealand, so what do we know about the Mowbrays? More >>
'It's Impossible' - Long Waits For Licence Tests As Demand Skyrockets
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:18 pm | RNZ
People living in some areas are waiting more than four months to sit a full or restricted driving test. More >>
Winter Illness Puts Dent In School Attendance As Officials Mull Social Media Campaign
Monday, 10 June 2024, 2:14 pm | RNZ
Only a fraction of pupils met the government benchmark for attendance in all four terms of 2023, new figures reveal. More >>
