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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 >>
Taxpayers to help pay for new Auckland housing project
Monday, 26 March 2018, 9:56 am | RNZ
Housing Minister Phil Twyford yesterday unveiled the plan to build up to 4000 houses on roughly 30 hectares in Mt Albert . More >>
Lack of clarity around US tariff decisions - Trade Minister
Friday, 23 March 2018, 4:49 pm | RNZ
It's unclear what the flow-on effect will be for New Zealand of new United States' tariffs on Chinese imports, the Trade Minister says. More >>
Nigel Murray saga: DHB board member believes more money owed
Friday, 23 March 2018, 12:31 pm | RNZ
A Waikato District Health Board member believes the board's former and now disgraced chief executive owes them more money than first thought. More >>
Jones' Air NZ comments 'a step too far' - PM
Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 5:02 pm | RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has reined in New Zealand First minister Shane Jones after he called for the chairman of Air New Zealand to be sacked. More >>
Your vote - caught in the web
Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 4:56 pm | RNZ
As fears grow overseas over the way practitioners of political dark arts are embracing advanced digital technology, Insight looks at how social media, Facebook in particular, will play a greater role in political messaging in this year's election campaign. More >>
Explainer: Why you should care about Cambridge Analytica
Wednesday, 21 March 2018, 3:44 pm | RNZ
Facebook's shares has lost billions of dollars in value after something to do with data used by Cambridge Analytica. Confused? Here's what it means, and what could come next. More >>
Seed funding: Govt spends up on rural plant nursery
Thursday, 15 March 2018, 4:40 pm | RNZ
Bay of Plenty village Minginui is to get a funding boost of almost $6 million from the government's provincial growth fund. More >>
