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National emergency response besieged: What have we learned?
The country's emergency response is besieged by inquiries, despite years of reviews and efforts to make laws that deliver.
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'This is how I roll': Luxon demotes Media Minister from Cabinet
24 Apr 2024Melissa Lee has been stripped of the Media portfolio, while Penny Simmonds has lost the Disability Issues role.
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Swipe card found in Antarctica 13 years after being lost in Wellington
24 Apr 2024The card ended up under two metres of ice, at the bottom of the ocean, 4000 kilometres away.
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Dengue cases expected to rise with climate change - medical advisor
24 Apr 2024There were 82 new cases were reported in Samoa in the two weeks to 14 April.
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Elation and concern after great spotted kiwi spotted in Golden Bay
24 Apr 2024A conservation worker reviewing camera footage for feral pigs did a "triple take" when the bird appeared on his screen.
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What's open on Anzac day and is there a surcharge?
23 Apr 2024A guide to what can and can't be open on the day.
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Why building owners were given extra time for quake strengthening
24 Apr 2024The Detail - The government has hit pause on strict new building regulations over earthquake strengthening.
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Kiwi Indians celebrate harvest and new year festivals
23 Apr 2024Diverse communities nationwide mark Sikh Baisakhi, Telugu Ugadi and Malayali Vishu.
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First changes to Resource Management Act revealed
23 Apr 2024Farming, mining and other industrial regulations are being scrapped and altered in a reformed RMA.
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'Significant shortcomings' in NZ's emergency management system - inquiry
23 Apr 2024The country is not ready to respond to large-scale disasters, a major report into last year's catastrophic storms says.
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Lobbying to form next Solomon Islands govt intensifies
24 Apr 2024At this stage, it is next to impossible to predict the final form of the coalition government because MPs are not legally bound to political parties.
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NZ rail's track of perpetual failure
23 Apr 2024The Detail - Rail looks to be on a dead-end track with no firm plans to replace the Cook Strait ferries, and a government preference for roads.
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Australian hospital staff plead with bite victims to stop bringing snakes to ED
23 Apr 2024Doctors have come face to face with some of the world's most venomous snakes captured by patients believing it will help.
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What to do, and not do, at an Anzac Day Dawn Service
23 Apr 2024Not sure what to do at the Dawn Service? We answer all the questions you were too embarrassed to ask.
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Air NZ increasing domestic fares hiked
Air New Zealand has announced changes for its short-haul flights, and a fare increase.
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El Niño on the way out, but La Niña will take time to surface - NIWA
22 Apr 2024El Niño, which has delivered a lack of rain in the east and cooler weather lately, is on the way out, NIWA says.
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Nearly 140 roles proposed to go at Customs and DIA
22 Apr 2024Nearly 140 roles are proposed to go at Customs and at the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), a larger number than PSA announced this afternoon.
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Pacific negotiators 'need to be more strategic' at UN plastic pollution meeting
22 Apr 2024Palau's chief negotiator shares her thoughts on the fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution.
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Why is trust in the media falling?
21 Apr 2024As another report shows another decline in New Zealanders' trust in the news, two editors sat down with Mediawatch to discuss the findings and what could be done to turn things around.
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Breaking barriers on sexual assault figures
22 Apr 2024The Detail - Two #MeToo campaigners are about to introduce a new reporting system for sexual assault survivors they hope will turn around shocking figures around this crime.
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The untold story of WWII’s last female spy, who died in NZ
21 Apr 2024Disguised as a 14-year-old soap seller, she went uncaptured despite harrowing experiences. Audio
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That's so last century - Fashion history in a library basement
22 Apr 2024The Detail - From harem pants to scandalous hemlines, Auckland Library's latest exhibition showcases what we wore in the 1950s through 1990s.
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'I picked up the pen' - How poetry helped save a NZ refugee's life
21 Apr 2024Abdul Samad Haidari became a refugee at the age of 10. His second book of poetry The Unsent Condolences was launched recently at Unity Books in Pōneke Wellington. Audio
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Choreographing intimacy in a post-#MeToo era
21 Apr 2024There's a "huge power imbalance" in the screen industry. Newly created roles are helping to keep actors safe. Audio
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Are floating cities the future of urban living?
A Dutch architect is harnessing the rising seas as the basis for an architectural revolution. He tells RNZ's Sunday Morning why it might just be the wave of the future. Audio
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NZ artists win big at prestigious awards
21 Apr 2024Mataaho Collective scoops Golden Lion at Venice Biennale in a huge weekend for art from Oceania. Audio
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Bright aurora light up Southern photographers
21 Apr 2024Two nights of bright aurora have had night photographers running for their cameras to capture the multicoloured skies.
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