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Warning after Wellington harbour fat, sewage contamination
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 10:56 am | RNZ
Wellington Waste Water is warning people not to put cooking fat down their kitchen sinks, after a blockage contaminated the harbour. More >>
Motorists, MTI support ban on less safe car imports
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 10:41 am | RNZ
A proposal to ban some used car models from being imported into New Zealand is being welcomed by the Motor Industry Association, which says Japan's scraps are being sent here for waste disposal. More >>
21 month prison sentence for sharing mosque shooting video
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 10:22 am | RNZ
A Christchurch man who admitted redistributing the livestream video of the mosque killings has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. More >>
Auckland measles cases rise to 115
Monday, 17 June 2019, 5:08 pm | RNZ
The number of measles cases in Auckland has risen by seven since Friday, and now stands at 115. More >>
Are intelligence agencies watching the right people?
Monday, 17 June 2019, 3:55 pm | RNZ
Insight - New Zealanders who feel they've done nothing wrong have found themselves under surveillance by the state and say they've been left nervous. Meanwhile, some voicing far-right views seem to have been ignored. Are our agencies watching the ... More >>
Slow visa processing 'hurting employers'
Monday, 17 June 2019, 3:42 pm | RNZ
As employers grapple with visa delays, Immigration New Zealand is blaming its slow processing times on unforeseen demand. More >>
Steven Adams won't play for Tall Blacks
Monday, 17 June 2019, 3:32 pm | RNZ
NBA basketball star Steven Adams won't be playing for the Tall Blacks at this year's World Cup in China. More >>
Op Burnham Inquiry: GCSB failed to hand emails to IGIS
Monday, 17 June 2019, 3:28 pm | RNZ
The country's spy agencies failed to provide more than 100,000 internal emails to an inquiry into controversial New Zealand operations in Afghanistan. More >>
ANZ boss departs under cloud
Monday, 17 June 2019, 12:54 pm | RNZ
The head of ANZ bank's local operation has left after an investigation into his expenses. More >>
NZDF's Hercules planes all grounded for maintenance, faults
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 5:26 pm | RNZ
All New Zealand's Hercules C-130s have been grounded because of the need for maintenance or other faults. More >>
Climate emergencies: Councils warned to proceed with care
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 4:13 pm | RNZ
While Auckland City Council has become the latest to declare a climate emergency , four councils who have already made similar declarations are grappling with how to turn words into action. More >>
Dotcom extradition hearing: 'Possession' of files
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 4:03 pm | RNZ
Whether or not Kim Dotcom's file-sharing Megaupload ever properly possessed users' files - and therefore criminally breached copyright - has come in for heated debate in the Supreme Court. More >>
Megaupload extradition: Finn Batato finally appoints lawyer
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 11:56 am | RNZ
One of the men facing extradition alongside Kim Dotcom has finally gained a lawyer - who suggested to the Supreme Court that his client had been unfairly swept up in the case. More >>
Five Eyes made information requests after Budget hack claim
Thursday, 13 June 2019, 11:52 am | RNZ
The country's spy agency, the GCSB, says three requests for information and offers of assistance were made by Five Eyes countries in the wake of the so-called hack of Treasury. More >>
Housing Minister says unpublished meeting 'not a secret'
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 5:21 pm | RNZ
Housing Minister Phil Twyford says an error from his office meant a meeting with another minister and the Auckland mayor was not included in his publicly released diaries. More >>
Coral bleaching and the perilous forecast for Pacific reefs
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 4:41 pm | RNZ
When Kristine Zipfel jumped into the sea off Mo'orea, she expected to open her eyes to an underwater world teeming with life and colour. More >>
Taking climate change seriously without being alarmist
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 4:29 pm | RNZ
Practical action rather than symbolic statements is what's needed to tackle the climate crisis, Prof Bronwyn Hayward says. More >>
Fungal disease claims life of seventh kākāpō
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 11:37 am | RNZ
Nora 1-A was just over 100 days old and was the sickest of the kākāpō being treated at the New Zealand Centre Conservation Medicine at Auckland Zoo. More >>
Mosque victims spend 19,500 hours in hospital, 3000 in ICU
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 10:18 am | RNZ
Listen duration 4:17 Click a link to play audio (or right-click to download) in either MP3 format or in OGG format . More >>
Wanaka midwives group rejects DHB claims over office birth
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 10:08 am | RNZ
A Wanaka midwives support group have rejected Southern DHB's claims a woman who gave birth on an office floor had access to a procedure room in a medical centre next door. More >>
