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Public warned as misinformation threatens Covid-19 response
The government has sounded a strong warning after revealing people linked to the Mt Roskill church cluster were sceptical about the seriousness of the pandemic.
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Dad told 'use your brain' after texting defendant, Crown says
about 1 hour agoA jury has been told the president of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club suspected his phone was bugged, and fretted about being arrested eight months before a major police bust.
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Poverty requires same urgency as Covid - Wellington City Mission
40 minutes agoWellington City Missioner Murray Edridge says the pandemic has exposed gaping inequalities that already existed and made them bigger.
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Wildlife in 'catastrophic decline' due to human destruction - scientists
31 minutes agoWildlife populations have fallen by more than two-thirds in less than 50 years, according to a major report by the conservation group WWF.
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Authorities silent over Invercargill house explosion
5:37 pm todayEmergency services are refusing to say what caused an explosion at an Invercargill home yesterday and police won't say why they're investigating a fire that's not considered suspicious.
One dead after crash on State Highway 3
Police appeal for witnesses after weekend shooting in Manawatū
Covid-19
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Covid-19 ensures rocky ride for Super Fund
The NZ Superannuation Fund's annual return has been battered amid market volatility and the economic impact of the pandemic.
Four new cases of Covid-19: two linked to Auckland August cluster, two imported
Cash-strapped education sector facing widespread job losses
Business
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Air NZ grounds Boeing 777 fleet due to Covid-19 impact on travel
12:17 pm todayAir New Zealand has grounded its Boeing 777 fleet until at least September 2021, saying recovery of the international network post-Covid-19 is looking to be slower than initially thought.
Real estate firms ordered to pay millions for price fixing
Sky posts loss after business writedown
Pacific
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Former Vanuatu PM to stand trial in November
The former prime minister of Vanuatu, Charlot Salwai, is to stand trial on 23 November.
PNG's Ok Tedi mine given extended life-line
Dire outlook for Norfolk Island tourism with flights cut
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How one iwi's treaty settlement is lifting up its people
The Detail looks at how Ngāti Whātua is using its treaty settlement it to lift the health and welfare of its people. Audio
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Breastfeeding hormone makes new fathers better dads
A major new study out of the University of Otago shows that fathers of newborn babies can be forgiven for feeling a little hormonal. Audio
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Science, deception, and the war on vaccines
Andrew Wakefield falsely linked the MMR vaccine with autism 22 years ago and the repercussions are still being felt today. Journalist Brian Deer helped uncover the scandal and has written a book about it. Audio
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Sikh temple volunteers step up
Voices - When it comes to mobilising helping hands at the South Auckland Takanini Sikh Gurdwara, there's no dearth of volunteers. Audio
In Case You Missed It
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Time for PM to step in over minister's handling of prison concerns
18 minutes agoOpinion - The prime minister should intervene over concerns arising from the inability of the corrections minister and senior staff to come clean on what's been…
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An introduction to 'The Outliers'
5:58 pm today'The Outliers', as we're calling them, are the small parties also striving for a place in Parliament - an array of colourful characters with starkly different… Video
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'We are really frightened about being Māori at the university'
4:01 pm todayMāori academics alleging structural racism at the University of Waikato have received support from around the country since speaking out, but two professors…
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Churches with links to US blamed for spreading Covid-19 misinformation
1:45 pm todayA Pacific leader says false information has been spread by some members of churches that have links to conservative evangelical or pentecostal churches in the…
RNZ Music
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Diggy Dupé: "I'm not just sharing my story, I'm sharing my family's story"
Music 101's Tony Stamp visited the rapper at his family home to talk about balancing music with a 9-5 job, and representing the central Auckland Pacific Island community. Video, Audio
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Fur Patrol launch fundraising campaign to release Pet on vinyl
1 minute agoChart topping Kiwi rock band Fur Patrol have launched a PledgeMe campaign to raise up to $20,000 to release their debut album Pet on vinyl.
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INTERVIEW: The Rolling Stones on the Goats Head Soup re-issue
Keith Richards says Goats Head Soup was the result of Mick Jagger and him working separately on songs and then putting the album together. "It was an interesting album to make." Video, Audio
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Playlist: For love of the ... viola
1 minute agoSlightly larger than a violin, the viola has a warm and sometimes melancholy sound. Make your own playlist of recordings from around the country, by RNZ Concert.
In Depth
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'We were always taught to look after each other' - what Pasifika families' unpaid work means to NZ
For many Pasifika serving their communities is a natural calling, but their contribution to New Zealand though volunteering and unpaid work is not fully… Video
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Prolonged confinement of prisoners could prompt legal action against Corrections
Corrections admits it has opened itself up to the possibility of legal action as it may have broken the law by confining women to their cells for more than 23…
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'Punitive culture' at NZ's largest women's prison - review
New Zealand's largest women's prison has a "punitive culture" where guards are too quick to resort to force and women's health needs go unmet because of a lack…
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Inmate organised bar tab for Mt Eden prison guards
An imprisoned gang member organised a bar tab for Corrections guards drinking at a pub after hours, in an attempt to corrupt them.
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Comment & Analysis
Time for PM to step in over minister's handling of prison concerns
Opinion - The prime minister should intervene over concerns arising from the inability of the corrections minister and senior staff to come clean on what's been…
Labour's tax rise: a half-measure with not much payoff
Opinion - Labour's tax increases will be ineffective - but that's not the point of them, Liam Hehir writes.
Labour's tax plan framing both clever and cynical
Power Play - Call it what you want - canny politics or a left-wing betrayal - Labour's tax plan is far from transformational. Even National could barely muster…
Ghost of history haunts vapid - but stunning - video game
Ghost of Tsushima gets its history wrong and fails in its homage to Akira Kurosawa by not grappling with his films in a meaningful way. But it's still one of…