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Coronavirus: Green light for Christchurch memorial service, Pasifika Festival
Wednesday, 11 March 2020, 9:56 am | RNZ
Health officials are advising that because there is no wider community spread of Covid-19 public events can go ahead, but with strong health measures in place. More >>
PFAS contamination: Ministry stands by advice despite new report in Australia
Monday, 9 March 2020, 11:37 am | RNZ
New Zealand's health advice on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that contaminate many waterways is based on an Australian health panel's advice. More >>
Cycling on footpaths may be allowed under planned rule changes
Monday, 9 March 2020, 11:16 am | RNZ
The government wants feedback on whether to change the rules to allow people to ride bikes on the footpath. More >>
Coronavirus: Air NZ boss takes pay cut, suspends earnings forecast, amid uncertainty
Monday, 9 March 2020, 11:13 am | RNZ
Air New Zealand has scrapped its financial forecasts for the current year and its chief executive is taking a pay cut because of the uncertainty caused by Covid-19. More >>
Child abduction cases: court may take risk of harm to mother into account
Monday, 9 March 2020, 11:01 am | RNZ
The Court of Appeal is considering argument that international abduction rulings should take into account whether a mother is at risk of serious harm. More >>
Covid-19: NZ must ramp up containment, professor says
Monday, 9 March 2020, 10:06 am | RNZ
The Prime Minister says there is no evidence of sustained community transmission of the virus in New Zealand, as a health specialist says containment measures should be ramped up. More >>
NZ First election policy: Winston Peters highlights immigration, provincial growth fund, tax
Friday, 6 March 2020, 2:36 pm | RNZ
New Zealand First leader Winston Peters has named his first bottomline for any post-election coalition talks - the provincial growth fund in its current form. More >>
Coronavirus: National MP criticised for encouraging panic buying
Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:16 am | RNZ
National MP David Bennett has faced heavy criticism for saying people should be panic buying in the face of the Covid-19 coronavirus. More >>
Jami-Lee Ross in Parliament links National donations to Communist Party
Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:11 am | RNZ
Rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross has used the legal protection of Parliament to accuse his former National Party of receiving "large amounts of foreign donations" linked to the Chinese Communist Party. More >>
Ignored By The State - How Muslim Women Tried To Warn Of Impending Danger
Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:04 am | RNZ
Listen to the full Insight documentary Click a link to play audio (or right-click to download) in MP3 format. In February last year, a man messaged a Muslim women’s Facebook group threatening to burn the Qur'an outside their mosque. Aliya Denzeison, ... More >>
Gun reforms: Government split over second phase of legislation
Friday, 6 March 2020, 9:46 am | RNZ
The government remains divided over the second tranche of gun reforms and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters cannot say when an agreement might be reached. More >>
NZX falls following US interest rate cut
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:57 am | RNZ
The local sharemarket has shrugged off fears about the coronavirus after a surprise interest rate cut in the United States spooked investors and sent shares sliding. More >>
Coronavirus: Air NZ cuts more flights
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:53 am | RNZ
Air New Zealand is making further cuts to domestic, trans-Tasman, and Asian services to counter the impact of Covid-19. More >>
Analysts surprised by size of drop in dairy price
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:51 am | RNZ
The 1.2 percent drop in prices at last night's Global Dairy Trade auction was less than what many analysts thought it would be. More >>
'Timing is right': Fonterra chairperson John Monaghan stepping down
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:40 am | RNZ
John Monaghan will not seek re-election at the end of this year, after 11 years with the dairy co-operative. More >>
Covid-19 cases: Silent transmission could already be happening - expert
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:35 am | RNZ
An infectious disease specialist says more people with coronavirus could already be in the community and might be silently transmitting the disease. More >>
Third coronavirus case confirmed in New Zealand
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:30 am | RNZ
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says it is not of the partner of the Auckland woman who tested positive on Tuesday. More >>
Coronavirus: Jacinda Ardern says 'too early to tell wider impacts' on economy
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:25 am | RNZ
The government insists it has everything in place needed to limit the economic damage caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, and to support workers and businesses bearing the brunt. More >>
Winston Peters wades into Australia-New Zealand debate on deportation
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:08 am | RNZ
Former and future Australian prime ministers would not treat New Zealand in the way the current regime is over deportation, says the deputy prime minister. More >>
Abortion Legislation Bill passes second reading
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 10:52 am | RNZ
Abortion reform has cleared another hurdle, passing its second reading in Parliament tonight by 81 votes to 39. More >>
