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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 >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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