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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 >>
Post To And From China Halted Amid Flight Suspensions Due To Coronavirus
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 10:08 am | RNZ
New Zealand Post has temporarily suspended all mail to and from China due to the coronavirus outbreak. File image Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller The delay is due to NZ Post's airline partners suspending flights into China. "Given the current ... More >>
Auditor-general Pans State Of Water Management In New Zealand
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 10:02 am | RNZ
The Auditor-General has exposed major gaps in the country's water management systems, and is calling for greater national leadership. The Auditor-General says there's no clear vision across local and central government for water management. Photo: ... More >>
NZQA Halts Enrolments For MIT Course After Marking Issues
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 9:52 am | RNZ
The New Zealand Qualifications Authority has stopped enrolments in a Manukau Institute of Technology course after discovering students were being marked too leniently. The MIT course had about 150-200 students last year and fewer than 60 were being ... More >>
'Tinder For Tourism' Platform Expanding To Help Build Workforce
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 9:47 am | RNZ
It's been described as 'Tinder for tourism' - and Go with Tourism is already reporting hundreds of successful matches less than a year since its soft launch. The tourism industry estimates it will need another 40,000 workers by 2025. Photo: 123RF Go with ... More >>
Coronavirus: Quarantine At Whangaparāoa Military Base Ends For First Group Of Evacuees
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 9:44 am | RNZ
More than 150 people quarantined at an Auckland naval base will leave today, two weeks after being evacuated from the coronavirus epicentre of Wuhan in central China. Fifty-nine foreigners, mainly from the Pacific Islands, will leave the Whangaparāoa ... More >>
'We Need To Apply Natural Justice' - PM On NZ First Foundation Investigation
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 9:36 am | RNZ
The Prime Minister will take no action against Deputy Prime Minister and New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, after confirmation of a Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller As the SFO prepares to prosecute four people over ... More >>
Schools In Samoa Closed As Storms Hit Much Of South Pacific
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 9:34 am | RNZ
Strong winds and swells as high as four metres are striking the low-lying coutries of Tokelau and Tuvalu, while schools in Samoa and American Samoa have been ordered closed amid heavy rain. Heavy rain in American Samoa on Monday. Photo: RNZ Pacific ... More >>
National Donations SFO Charge Details A Surprise - Bridges
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 12:59 pm | RNZ
National Party leader Simon Bridges says it came as a surprise to him that a Serious Fraud Office prosecution relates to two $100,000 donations to the party. Photo: RNZ /Dom Thomas Court documents obtained by RNZ show charges have been laid against four ... More >>
House Price Increases Break New Yearly Records, Regions Most Affected
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 11:24 am | RNZ
Housing markets across New Zealand have had their busiest January in four years, pushing REINZ's house price index to a record high. Invercargill. Photo: Invercargill City Council The Real Estate Institute's house price index - which measures the changing ... More >>
