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'New Zealand grown' mushrooms "hoodwinked" customers
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 3:56 pm | RNZ
Consumers are being warned that some exotic mushrooms being sold in supermarkets and high-end restaurants as 'New Zealand grown' are being actually imported from China, a local grower says. More >>
Major Awards for RNZ in New York Festival
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 1:31 pm | RNZ
RNZ has picked up three golds, two silvers and a bronze award for excellence at the prestigious New York Festivals Radio Awards announced in Manhattan this morning. (NZ time). More >>
Top military attache gets home detention over hidden camera
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 12:21 pm | RNZ
A top military attache has been sentenced to home detention after he tried to film his colleagues on the toilet in the New Zealand Embassy in Washington DC. More >>
Israel Folau fundraising campaign page shut down
Monday, 24 June 2019, 1:03 pm | RNZ
Sacked Wallabies star Israel Folau's GoFundMe page has been shut down and the funds will be returned to donors, the company says. More >>
Productive farming land dug up for housing
Monday, 24 June 2019, 11:33 am | RNZ
More than 200 produce growers in Auckland have closed up shop in the past decade as more rural land has been rezoned to residential to keep up with the demand for housing. More >>
Treaty of Waitangi proclamation of sovereignty for auction
Monday, 24 June 2019, 11:18 am | RNZ
What's believed to be the only copy of Governor William Hobson's original Treaty of Waitangi proclamation of sovereignty - is set to be auctioned and may fetch up to $20,000. More >>
Auckland university staff 'silenced' over far-right student
Monday, 24 June 2019, 11:16 am | RNZ
Staff at the University of Auckland say they were silenced by senior management after raising concerns about a student with extreme far-right views just days after the Christchurch terror attack. More >>
Claims rig company favouring foreign workers over NZers
Monday, 24 June 2019, 11:02 am | RNZ
A New Zealander who spent 18 years working in a senior position on oil rigs says he and others, were snubbed and foreign workers favoured for jobs in Taranaki. More >>
Mosque Attack Memorial: Call for national day of reflection
Monday, 24 June 2019, 10:33 am | RNZ
Hundreds of people from the Christchurch suburb of Hillmorton packed into the local high school hall last night for a memorial service for four of their own who died in the mosque shootings. More >>
World Refugee Day: Nothing to celebrate on Manus and Nauru
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 5:06 pm | RNZ
First Person - On this World Refugee Day people throughout the world, from all walks of life are standing beside refugees showing their solidarity and support for their right to live in freedom and safety, writes Manus Island refugee Shaminda Kanipathi ... More >>
Peters backs Boris Johnson for British PM
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 4:48 pm | RNZ
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters has given a glowing endorsement to UK prime ministerial candidate Boris Johnson. More >>
Girl allowed to play for 1st XV in school rugby tournament
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 4:40 pm | RNZ
A Hawke's Bay schoolgirl will get the chance to play with the boys after the backing of her teammates. More >>
Former refugees say current policy 'racist', must change
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 12:51 pm | RNZ
Last year, more than 70 million people were forced to flee their homes because of war, persecution and conflict - the highest number since the UN's refugee agency began. More >>
Community leader hopes Facebook currency will help transfers
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 10:08 am | RNZ
A Tongan community leader is hopeful Facebook's planned digital currency will help end long wait times for money being transferred between New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. More >>
PM defends handling of staffer's conflicts of interest
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 9:15 am | RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she's comfortable with the way her interim chief of staff's conflicts of interest were managed. More >>
Operation Burnham: Hit & Run author backtracks on key claim
Thursday, 20 June 2019, 9:07 am | RNZ
One of the authors of Hit & Run has backtracked from a key claim in the book, revealing he now believes armed insurgents were in a village attacked by New Zealand elite soldiers. More >>
Defence force staff stood down for inappropriate behaviour
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 4:26 pm | RNZ
Three Defence Force staff were stood down from their roles after the Ministry of Education reported inappropriate behaviour during a training course run by the military for high school students. More >>
Medicinal cannabis company Cannasouth has soft share debut
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 4:05 pm | RNZ
The company listed on the stock exchange this morning after selling $10 million worth of shares at 50 cents each. More >>
Stats NZ, phone companies to track people's movements
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 1:05 pm | RNZ
Stats NZ is partnering with cellphone companies to launch a new way of tracking people's movements every hour. More >>
Girl told she can't play for 1st XV in school rugby
Wednesday, 19 June 2019, 10:44 am | RNZ
An 11-year-old girl playing for her school's 1st XV rugby team has been told her team wouldn't get any points if she takes took the field in an upcoming tournament. More >>
