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What next?: Saudi sheep abattoir construction complete
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 3:27 pm | RNZ
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) is waiting for approval from the Saudi government before it ships an abattoir to a wealthy Saudi businessman. More >>
Government in crisis mode ahead of Budget - Bridges
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 3:12 pm | RNZ
The government is in crisis mode as it tries to lower expectations ahead of next month's Budget, National leader Simon Bridges says. More >>
Health Minister considers future of DHB chair
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 2:55 pm | RNZ
The Health Minister has written to the chair of the troubled Counties Manukau District Health Board about his position. More >>
Storm aftermath: What you need to know
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 12:41 pm | RNZ
Tens of thousands of Auckland homes and businesses are without power after a storm battered the city overnight. Here's the essential information, region by region. More >>
Nurses protest pay, conditions at Middlemore
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 4:56 pm | RNZ
About 200 nurses have been protesting in the rain at Auckland's Middlemore Hospital over pay and work conditions. More >>
Local govt treatment a key concern for Māori - Davis
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 1:26 pm | RNZ
Frustration over dealing with local government is emerging as a common theme for Māori, Minister for Crown/Māori Relations Kelvin Davis says. More >>
Minister puts controversial profiling programme on hold
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 1:19 pm | RNZ
Immigration New Zealand had been running a pilot data modelling programme in the past 18 months, targeting overstayers by using data such as age and gender to identify troublemakers. More >>
PM hints of further public underfunding revelations
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 9:46 am | RNZ
The government is going to drip feed stories of public sector underfunding by the previous government in the run-up to next month's Budget, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has indicated. More >>
'It's at breaking point' - nurses begin protest action
Monday, 9 April 2018, 3:12 pm | RNZ
A group of nurses took to the streets of Wellington today to rally public support for their 'health-needs-nursing' campaign to raise wages. More >>
Doctors blame under-funding for DHB blowouts
Monday, 9 April 2018, 3:03 pm | RNZ
Senior doctors are blaming underfunding and poor decisions for the district health boards' deficit blowout. More >>
New Green co-leader targets homelessness, health funding
Monday, 9 April 2018, 10:45 am | RNZ
New Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson plans to be a loud voice on the party's grassroots connections who want attention for their issues in the community, she says. More >>
Facebook reveals NZers data accessed by Cambridge Analytica
Monday, 9 April 2018, 10:24 am | RNZ
Nearly 64,000 New Zealanders are estimated to have had their data collected and used by Cambridge Analytica, Facebook says. More >>
Calls for medical cannabis trials on children
Friday, 6 April 2018, 4:25 pm | RNZ
Trials of medical cannabis for children with behavioural disorders are urgently needed, a paediatrician says. More >>
EPA head insists he did not mislead MPs
Friday, 6 April 2018, 12:52 pm | RNZ
The head of the Environmental Protection Authority returned to Parliament today insisting he had not misled MPs about ministers interfering in the removal of the authority's controversial chief scientist. More >>
NZ sixth on medal table after Games day one
Friday, 6 April 2018, 12:46 pm | RNZ
After the first day of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, New Zealand sits at sixth on the medal table. More >>
ECE: Govt looks to turn tide away from privatised education
Friday, 6 April 2018, 12:07 pm | RNZ
The government has warned the early childhood sector it could step in to limit the detrimental effects of competition and it wants to turn the tide away from privatised education. More >>
Confirmation overstayers deported using profiling programme
Friday, 6 April 2018, 10:29 am | RNZ
A profiling programme labelled racist by critics has already been used to deport overstayers deemed to be "high priority", Immigration New Zealand has confirmed. More >>
INZ using data system to predict likely troublemakers
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 3:12 pm | RNZ
Overstayers could be on a fast track to deportation if they belong to a demographic group identified as being a burden on the country. More >>
Politicians seek different narratives at RNZ hearing
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 3:00 pm | RNZ
Both sides of Parliament were looking for a smoking gun in RNZ's comments at today's select committee hearing, but only found a steaming water-pistol, writes Andrew Geddis . More >>
Medicinal Cannabis Bill prompts calls for broader allowances
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 2:54 pm | RNZ
MPs have been urged today to provide wider legal protection for medicinal cannabis use than is currently proposed. More >>
