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Pharmac To Fund Injectable Form Of Letermovir
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 2:08 pm | RNZ
Pharmac’s Manager Pharmaceutical Funding Michaela Lion, says the decision to fund letermovir in injectable form follows Pharmac’s decision on 1 May this year to fund the treatment in tablet form. More >>
Explainer: What Are Physician Associates, And How Might They Change Health Care?
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 2:05 pm | RNZ
Coughs, colds, chest pains and respiratory illnesses are common, she says, as are injuries - especially fractures - and abdominal pain. More >>
Pacific Territories Face Major Population Declines By 2100, US Census Projects
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 2:01 pm | RNZ
The Census Bureau attributes the projected declines to falling birth rates and persistent outmigration, with more people leaving than moving into the territories since 2000. More >>
The Pacific's Water Security Challenge During A Searing El Niño
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 2:00 pm | RNZ
The current El Niño, which the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said is one of the strongest on record, is placing a huge strain on Pacific countries' water systems. More >>
New Zealand Gets Another 'Fossil Of The Day' Award At COP31 Climate Conference
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 1:56 pm | RNZ
Climate Action Network International (CAN), the NGO that hands out the awards, said New Zealand won for its "climate ambition" in dismantling its own climate commitments. More >>
'God It Hurt Us As A Country': Outgoing National MP On Luxon's Treaty Compromise
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 1:54 pm | RNZ
Outgoing National MP Vanessa Weenink says the compromise the National leader made around Treaty issues to his coalition partners cost the party and hurt the country. More >>
Long Weeks Of Waiting Ahead For Those Who Would Govern
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 1:52 pm | RNZ
Get set for weeks of government administration but no innovation, no big new appointments, no new spending, no big deals signed off. More >>
Out With The Old, In With The New: Parliament Begins Quiet Transition
Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 1:48 pm | RNZ
The 35 new MPs voted in on Saturday began arriving for inductions at Parliament on Monday, with one telling RNZ it was the best induction he'd ever done. More >>
'Coalition United': No-Confidence Motion Against Vanuatu PM Napat Withdrawn Before Vote
Monday, 9 November 2026, 4:42 pm | RNZ
The reasons listed in the motion included the unfair allocation of ministerial portfolios and alleged misuse of government investment funds. More >>
Marape Unveils 'No More Than Three Children' Policy To Manage PNG's High Birth Rate
Monday, 9 November 2026, 4:37 pm | RNZ
PNG's National Statistics Office said the country's total population has reached 10.18 million people, with an average annual population growth rate of 2.6 percent. More >>
Election Results: Was The Overhang Artificially Caused?
Monday, 9 November 2026, 4:35 pm | RNZ
On the preliminary results, the typical 120-seat Parliament is looking to swell by 11 MPs, with both National and Te Pāti Māori winning more electorate seats than their party vote entitles them to. More >>
How 399,000 Votes Could Cost Christopher Luxon His Majority
Monday, 9 November 2026, 4:32 pm | RNZ
Craig McCulloch Deputy Political Editor Analysis - National's Christopher Luxon has called it an "MMP special", but a shambles might be more appropriate. On the preliminary results, New Zealand is looking at a near-farcical 131-seat Parliament, ... More >>
Why Additional MPs May Cost Millions
Monday, 9 November 2026, 4:14 pm | RNZ
Geoff Plimmer, associate dean of research in the school of business and government at Victoria University agreed the additional cost was a drop in the bucket. More >>
Election Reminder: These Are Opportunity's Five Non-Negotiables For A Coalition
Monday, 9 November 2026, 3:57 pm | RNZ
Wong said the party's five bottom lines remained and were "very reasonable" and if party leaders could not meet it they would have to explain to the New Zealand public why they could not. More >>
Māori MPs From National, Labour, Greens, NZ First, ACT And Opportunity Set To Enter Parliament
Monday, 9 November 2026, 3:52 pm | RNZ
Fifth on the party list for Opportunity is Eden Skipper, a research assistant on alternative economic futures at the University of Canterbury, who will join his whanaunga Mananui Ramsden in Parliament. More >>
Regular IT Outages Impacting Patient Care, Surveys Find, But Minister Dismisses It As Political
Friday, 6 November 2026, 5:17 pm | RNZ
In the PSA survey, 77 percent of respondents said IT problems were affecting patient care, and 64 percent said they'd had more IT problems in the previous year than the year before. More >>
Fiji MP Says 'Either Way' Constitution Vote Will See Her Lose Her Job
Friday, 6 November 2026, 5:12 pm | RNZ
Government coalition parties NFP and SODELPA have now come out against the amendment bill, publicly calling out the prime minister for fast-tracking the process. More >>
First Tongan-American Elected To A State Senate Calls For New Leadership In US Politics
Friday, 6 November 2026, 5:06 pm | RNZ
Despite being considered a shoe-in for the seat, Fiefia, speaking to RNZ Pacific two days after his win, considered himself something of an underdog, at least at the beginning. More >>
Pacific Warns Of Debt Pressure As Commonwealth Looks To Strengthen Climate Finance
Friday, 6 November 2026, 4:56 pm | RNZ
Fiji's special envoy Ratu Inoke Kubuabola warned delegates that reliance on loans is adding to their debt pressure for climate-vulnerable nations like those in the Pacific. More >>
Labour's Chris Hipkins Is Quietly Confident Ahead Of Election Day
Friday, 6 November 2026, 4:36 pm | RNZ
National's saying, 'don't put it all at risk' and 'give us three more years', while Labour's saying, 'they've had their chance - give us another go'. More >>
