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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 >>
RNZ bosses set the record straight over Hirschfeld, Curran..
Thursday, 5 April 2018, 11:30 am | RNZ
RNZ's chairman and chief executive have apologised to a select committee for misleading it over a meeting between its former head of news and the Communications Minister, saying they both feel "very foolish" over the error. More >>
Waitangi Tribunal's recommendations frequently ignored - UN
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 4:58 pm | RNZ
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has released a report which outlines its concerns for the human rights performance of New Zealand, and the inequities facing Māori in terms of their economic, social and cultural rights. More >>
Middlemore Hospital: Three more buildings of 'high concern'
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 3:03 pm | RNZ
The extent of the Counties Manukau District Health Board's building woes is even worse than first thought. More >>
50,000 NZ vehicles affected in airbag recall
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 2:54 pm | RNZ
The government has launched a compulsory recall of vehicles with Alpha-type Takata airbags - about 50,000. More >>
Immigration agents caught out over illegal rubber-stamping
Wednesday, 4 April 2018, 12:36 pm | RNZ
Immigration agents have been caught illegally rubber-stamping bulk applications made by unlicenced advisers overseas. More >>
Watch: Simon Bridges on Middlemore Hospital problems
Tuesday, 3 April 2018, 11:53 am | RNZ
National Party leader Simon Bridges is refusing to accept responsibility for infrastructure problems at Middlemore Hospital that came to light under its watch. More >>
NZ health system 'won't be fixed in one term'
Saturday, 31 March 2018, 3:50 pm | RNZ
New Zealand’s health system has been so badly neglected by the previous government it needs about $14 billion invested in infrastructure in the next 10 years, Health Minister David Clark says. More >>
DHB unable to take legal action over rotting buildings
Thursday, 29 March 2018, 5:08 pm | RNZ
South Auckland's district health board has been unable to take legal action to get money back in the case of three out of four of its rotting buildings. More >>
Spied-upon groups welcome wider Thompson + Clark inquiry
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 4:18 pm | RNZ
Two groups that say they were spied on by Thompson + Clark are welcoming the widening of an inquiry into the controversial security company to cover not one but two government agencies. More >>
Clare Curran won't resign over meeting with Carol Hirschfeld
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 12:31 pm | RNZ
Clare Curran says she has no intention of resigning as Broadcasting Minister, in the wake of the controversy of her meeting with the former RNZ head of news Carol Hirschfeld. More >>
Commissioner: Facebook not complying with the Privacy Act
Wednesday, 28 March 2018, 11:28 am | RNZ
He said Facebook refused to give a complainant access to personal information held on the accounts of several other users. More >>
RNZ shock also rocks government
Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 2:40 pm | RNZ
The effects of Carol Hirschfeld’s resignation from RNZ over an off-the-books meeting with the broadcasting minister go beyond the broadcaster itself. It comes as the minister was putting in place a system to fund broadcasting at arms’ length from ... More >>
Statement from RNZ Chair Richard Griffin & CE Paul Thompson
Tuesday, 27 March 2018, 10:28 am | Radio New Zealand
Today RNZ chief executive Paul Thompson accepted Carol Hirschfeld’s resignation from RNZ, effective immediately. More >>
'Supergrans' to take on oil industry
Monday, 26 March 2018, 12:25 pm | RNZ
Grandparents from around the country are joining priests, doctors, and scientists to protest at the annual oil and gas conference in Wellington, which starts today. More >>
KiwiBuild homes: Private sector needs help - Twyford
Monday, 26 March 2018, 10:51 am | RNZ
A new Auckland central housing project will take some of the pressure off the private sector, says Housing Minister Phil Twyford. More >>
Auckland housing plan nothing new - Bridges
Monday, 26 March 2018, 9:58 am | RNZ
National leader Simon Bridges says the government's announcement of thousands of new houses in Auckland is just a rebranding exercise. More >>
