RNZ - Latest News [Page 322]
Silver Ferns win Netball World Cup
Monday, 22 July 2019, 9:37 am | RNZ
The Silver Ferns have won their fifth Netball World Cup title after beating the Australian Diamonds 52-51 in the final in Liverpool . More >>
Crash closes Mt Victoria tunnel in both directions
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 4:50 pm | RNZ
A crash on Ruahine Street has closed Wellington's Mt Victoria tunnel in both directions this afternoon. More >>
Standoff with inmates at Christchurch prison resolved
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 4:10 pm | RNZ
A standoff with three inmates that shut down Christchurch Men's Prison for several hours has just been resolved. More >>
Measles outbreak: Call for national approach
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 3:49 pm | RNZ
Infectious disease experts have warned that a generation of New Zealanders are still vulnerable to contracting measles due to a lack of national approach. More >>
Boot camps for the unemployed set to double in size
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 10:31 am | RNZ
The boot camps run by the Defence Force and Ministry of Social Development will be doubled in size to 1600 students next year, 26 years after they were established. More >>
Billion Trees: Exotic trees being planted instead of natives
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 9:59 am | RNZ
A former New Zealander of the Year is taking a swing at the government's Billion Trees Programme, saying it's going off track. More >>
Immigration NZ's electronic visa system "laughable"
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 9:44 am | RNZ
Questions are being asked about Immigration New Zealand's practice of issuing electronic permanent resident visas while also insisting people carry a letter confirming they have those same visas. More >>
Jewish leaders donate $1m to mosque victims
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 9:33 am | RNZ
Jewish community leaders joined Muslim officials in Christchurch today [17 July], to hand over a million dollars raised in an American city for the victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks. More >>
Trades Hall bombing case re-opened, evidence released
Thursday, 18 July 2019, 9:15 am | RNZ
Detectives re-examining the 1984 Wellington Trades Hall Bombing have been collecting DNA samples from suspects. More >>
Teachers unions to take legal action against Novopay
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 3:40 pm | RNZ
Both of the teachers unions - NZEI and the PPTA - have confirmed they will be taking legal action against Novopay. More >>
New Gun City store in Christchurch angers residents
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 11:25 am | RNZ
New Gun City store in Christchurch angers residents: 'They should have at least informed us' More >>
Silver Ferns five from five at World Cup
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 11:18 am | RNZ
The Silver Ferns remain unbeaten at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool, beating Northern Ireland 77-28. More >>
First rural gun buyback event to be held today
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 10:58 am | RNZ
The first rural gun buyback event is happening later today in Waipu, a small town south of Whangarei. More >>
Soil turned on controversial Waimea Dam
Wednesday, 17 July 2019, 10:15 am | RNZ
After almost 20 years of planning and a "gruelling" process to keep the project on track, the Waimea Community Dam, one of the Tasman District's largest-ever projects, is now under way. More >>
Matatā residents to hear settlement's fate
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 5:01 pm | RNZ
Residents of a Bay of Plenty beach settlement at risk from deadly debris flows will this evening hear the latest offer to buy out their properties. More >>
Cook Strait ferries cancelled after ferry damages wharf
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 4:57 pm | RNZ
Several Cook Strait ferries had to be cancelled after a Bluebridge Ferry damaged a Picton wharf during docking this morning. More >>
Vegan 'anti-meat' stickers found in supermarkets
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 4:31 pm | RNZ
The meat industry says vegans, who are putting stickers on meat in supermarkets to deter people from buying them, are acting in a disturbing and illegal way. More >>
Black Caps welcome home ceremony not possible - NZ Cricket
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 4:29 pm | RNZ
New Zealand Cricket has said thanks, but no thanks to a welcome home ceremony for the Black Caps for now. More >>
DOC alert after penguins ignore police, return to sushi shop
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 10:26 am | RNZ
Department of Conservation rangers are on high alert for 'penguin call-outs' after they've been spotted waddling around Wellington. More >>
PM "utterly disagrees" with Trump attack on US congresswomen
Tuesday, 16 July 2019, 10:18 am | RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has condemned comments made by the US President attacking four Democratic congresswomen and says she utterly disagrees with him. More >>
