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PM's Fiji, Aus visits highlight differing climate change approaches
Monday, 24 February 2020, 10:41 am | RNZ
Climate change will be a hot topic in Jacinda Ardern's meeting with the Fijian PM this week, but an elephant in the room for her talk with the Australian PM. More >>
National considers reciprocal deportations for Australians
Monday, 24 February 2020, 10:32 am | RNZ
Opposition leader Simon Bridges says a National government will look at amending the law to allow Australians convicted of serious crimes in New Zealand to be deported. More >>
Coronavirus Travel Ban Likely To Be Extended, PM Says
Monday, 24 February 2020, 10:29 am | RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern anticipates cabinet ministers will decide to extend the ban on foreign travellers arriving from mainland China - which is due to expire tonight. (file photo) Passengers at Beijing Airport last month. Photo: AFP An initial ... More >>
Trucking boss Stan Semenoff says NZTA crackdown fuelled by a vendetta
Monday, 24 February 2020, 10:20 am | RNZ
Northland's biggest trucking operator has accused the Transport Agency of letting an employee wage a personal vendetta against him that's cost him millions of dollars. More >>
The City That Soaks Up Water - Can Auckland Cope?
Monday, 24 February 2020, 10:17 am | RNZ
Mangatangi Dam (Watercare’s largest dam), showing low water levels, in the Hunua Ranges. Photo: Supplied / Watercare Auckland's water use has gone through the roof this summer, breaking records of 560 million litres per day. This when there's been ... More >>
Coronavirus could cut Air New Zealand earnings by $35m-75m
Monday, 24 February 2020, 10:04 am | RNZ
The airline says it has been hit by reduced demand for travel to and from Asia and it expects a downturn in earnings. More >>
Who's in the running for New Zealander of the year 2020?
Friday, 21 February 2020, 11:18 am | RNZ
The 2020 New Zealander of the Year Award winner will be revealed tonight and the finalists are Peter Beck, Jane Harding, and Jennifer Ward-Lealand Te Atamira. More >>
Number of teens trying cannabis drops, new figures show
Friday, 21 February 2020, 11:01 am | RNZ
The number of 14 and 15 year olds who have tried cannabis has fallen by more than a quarter. More >>
Further changes to firearms bill likely before becoming law
Friday, 21 February 2020, 10:56 am | RNZ
The legislation setting up a firearms register and introducing tougher licensing controls is a step closer to becoming law, but negotiations with New Zealand First are still ongoing. More >>
Education Ministry announces changes to NCEA
Friday, 21 February 2020, 10:50 am | RNZ
The government has dropped controversial plans to let primary and intermediate school children sit NCEA literacy and numeracy tests. More >>
Doctors fear coronavirus will hit NZ at same time as winter flu season
Friday, 21 February 2020, 10:47 am | RNZ
Travel restrictions may delay coronavirus arriving in New Zealand until the winter flu season, further straining the health sector, a new report says. More >>
The New Organisation Helping Finance Environmental Action
Friday, 21 February 2020, 8:46 am | RNZ
As concerns about the risks of climate change ramp up, there are many ways that action is being taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the future. Photo: 123rf.com Some efforts are tangible - drive less, cycle more, shift towards ... More >>
Auckland Council tells govt it is 'strongly opposed' to its planned model for the housing crisis
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 1:00 pm | RNZ
The council is warning government officials of the risks of disastrous housing developments like some seen in the United Kingdom. More >>
Govt Department Spends Almost $100m On Contractors And Consultants In One Year
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 11:45 am | RNZ
A major government department has failed to rein in its spending on contractors and consultants. Photo: 123RF New figures show the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) spent almost $100 million this way in the last financial year, ... More >>
Fletcher Building Growing Impatient For Ihumātao Solution
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 11:34 am | RNZ
The owners of the disputed land at Ihumātao say for seven months they've halted development at the request of the Prime Minister, but that can't continue indefinitely. Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly Fletcher Building owns the land in South Auckland ... More >>
National Party Donations Case: 'I Am Now Being Painted As The Scapegoat' - Jami-Lee Ross
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 11:31 am | RNZ
Jami-Lee Ross is once again proclaiming his innocence, as he heads off to court next week - along with three others - to face Serious Fraud Office charges. Independent MP for Botany Jami-Lee Ross says he's now being painted as the scapegoat. Photo: ... More >>
Jacinda Ardern Tries To Soothe Virus Rift With China
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 11:28 am | RNZ
The Prime Minister has tried to relieve mounting pressure on China and New Zealand's bilateral relationship at a Chinese New Year Celebration at Parliament. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a Chinese New Year event. Photo: RNZ / Charlie Dreaver China's ... More >>
UN Special Rapporteur Calls On NZ For Bold Human-rights Approach To Housing Crisis
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 11:17 am | RNZ
A visiting United Nations representative has called the country's housing crisis a "significant human rights crisis" and says it is time the right to housing was wrenched from the hands of the private market. An aerial view of housing in Auckland. ... More >>
Coronavirus: Expert Warns More Flights Could Be Cancelled
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 11:07 am | RNZ
An industry analyst is predicting more international flights will be cancelled if the coronavirus and consumer uncertainty it has created is not contained. Air New Zealand, China Southern, Sichuan Airlines, Air China, Hainan Airlines, Singapore ... More >>
Meeting Over Wellington's Sewerage Upgrade Gets Heated
Thursday, 20 February 2020, 10:53 am | RNZ
Despite an urgent meeting about Wellington's ageing and leaking sewerage system it is still not clear when the problems are going to be fixed. Wellington Water CEO Colin Crampton apologised at the meeting. Photo: RNZ/ Michael Cropp The mayor and ... More >>
