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Live updates: Wellington trains cancelled by derailment
Wednesday, 3 July 2019, 9:14 am | RNZ
Wellington rail commuters face major disruption this morning after a freight train was derailed just outside Wellington station last night. More >>
GCSB and SIS: one email relating to far-right killer Breivik
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 5:02 pm | RNZ
The New Zealand spy agencies have released a single email referring to the far-right Norway killer Anders Breivik. More >>
DHBs report shows funding, population woes - senior doctors
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 4:07 pm | RNZ
The Auditor-General's latest report into DHBs points to years of underinvestment combined with an ageing and increasingly impoverished population, senior doctors' union head Ian Powell says. More >>
16yo admits to charge of possessing mosque shooting footage
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 3:50 pm | RNZ
The youngest person to be charged with distributing video of the Christchurch mosque shootings has admitted to a lesser charge of possessing the film. More >>
Demands for clarity on donations from Islamic groups
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 10:09 am | RNZ
One of the people who helped save lives during the mosque shootings says some national Islamic bodies have not been upfront about money donated for the victims of the attack. More >>
From Pittsburgh to NZ: almost $1m for shooting victims
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 10:06 am | RNZ
A Jewish organisation in the American city of Pittsburgh has raised almost $1 million for the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings. More >>
'High-level talks' net Lord of the Rings TV filming for NZ
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 10:02 am | RNZ
Amazon needed reassurance after the Christchurch terrorist attacks that New Zealand was still a safe place to film the world's most expensive television series. More >>
Basin Reserve stand finally being strengthened
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 9:53 am | RNZ
The historic Museum Stand at Wellington's Basin Reserve is finally being strengthened after it was deemed earthquake-prone and closed in 2012. More >>
Northland, Bay of Islands on Lonely Planet top 10 list
Tuesday, 2 July 2019, 9:43 am | RNZ
The Bay of Islands and Northland have been named by travel guide Lonely Planet as one of the best places to visit in the Asia Pacific region. More >>
Construction industry deaths at a 10 year high
Monday, 1 July 2019, 1:05 pm | RNZ
Eleven people have died while working in the construction sector so far this year, the most of any full calendar year since 2009, when 19 people died. More >>
Oranga Tamariki: 'Nothing short of a revolution will do'
Monday, 1 July 2019, 10:51 am | RNZ
Oranga Tamariki is set to see the biggest shake-up since its inception in 2017, as The Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Legislation Act comes into full force today. More >>
Wellington bus network troubles blamed on city's challenges
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 4:43 pm | RNZ
Wellington's Regional Council is blaming a perfect storm of new operators, buses, routes, driver shortages and design failures for the shambolic introduction of new bus services a year ago. More >>
Video: PM reveals first substantive Cabinet reshuffle
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 4:31 pm | RNZ
Changes in Jacinda Ardern's first major Cabinet reshuffle today largely focused on housing, with a trio of ministers led by Megan Woods to take over the portfolio. More >>
Budget breach report: Treasury head 'clumsy', unreasonable
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 10:22 am | RNZ
Outgoing Treasury secretary Gabriel Makhlouf was "clumsy", unreasonable and fell "well short" of expectations in his handling of the Budget data breach, a government report has found. More >>
Pike River: Police backed on emergence of 'black box' data
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 10:06 am | RNZ
The Pike River Recovery Agency CEO is supporting police in the face of criticism after the existence of crucial 'black box' data was confirmed. More >>
No pain relief at fourth Lumsden maternity emergency birth
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 9:48 am | RNZ
Pain relief was unavailable for the fourth birth in Lumsden since the town's maternity centre was downgraded, even as a Select Committee considered a petition for full birthing services. More >>
5000 evacuated after PNG volcano erupts
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 9:42 am | RNZ
More than 5000 people have been evacuated after Mt Ulawun in Papua New Guinea's West New Britain province erupted yesterday. More >>
'Red flags' raised about US ambassador to NZ during vetting
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 9:40 am | RNZ
Red flags were raised about US ambassador to New Zealand Scott Brown during vetting for positions in the Trump administration, US media report. More >>
End of Life Choice Bill passes second reading
Thursday, 27 June 2019, 9:35 am | RNZ
Despite predictions it would go down to the wire, the End of Life Choice Bill passed its second reading last night. More >>
World's indigenous people gather in New Zealand
Wednesday, 26 June 2019, 4:49 pm | RNZ
More than a thousand people from the Pacific and across the globe are in Hamilton for the Native American Indigenous Study Association (NAISA) conference at the University of Waikato. More >>
