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Canterbury DHB confirms part of new hospital will not open due to lack of funds
A Canterbury Māori health leader is outraged the region's deficit-laden DHB has built a new emergency care unit for children but cannot afford to staff it.
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Two new cases in NZ, one from community
about 1 hour agoTwo new cases of Covid-19 have been identified in New Zealand today, one in managed isolation and one in the community, Auckland Regional Public Health Service director William Rainger says. Video
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Internet users need to be savvy about political memes - expert
13 minutes agoAn expert in political satire says memes can be an incredibly powerful tool to add to debate, but internet users need to be savvy about where they come from and what kind of message they're pushing. Audio
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Live Covid-19 updates: Vaccines will not be compulsory - Hipkins
about 2 hours agoHealth Minister Chris Hipkins says rumours that a Covid-19 vaccine will be compulsory for New Zealanders are the result of deliberate misinformation through social media.
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Man who severed woman's finger over drug debt jailed
12:24 pm todayA man who kidnapped and severed a woman's finger because of a drug debt in Wellington has been sent to prison.
Students want more NCEA changes: Lockdown 'just pulled away all the motivation'
Yachties concerned new Cook Strait ferries could end racing in Wellington's inner harbour
Covid-19
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Fewer Covid-19 patients die when given steroids, study shows
6:42 am todayThere would be 20 percent fewer deaths from Covid-19 if steroids were part of standard care for critically ill patients, according to a new study.
Covid-19: What happened in New Zealand on 2 September
UK study reveals higher risk from Covid-19 for pregnant women
Business
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Top executive at Air New Zealand resigns
9:37 am todayAir New Zealand's chief commercial and customer officer has resigned from the role due to the airline's current domestic status amid the pandemic.
Metlifecare gets new takeover offer, but chair calls on shareholders to reject it
SkyCity reports 60% drop in normalised profit
Pacific
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Four teams to vie for American Samoa's governorship
7 minutes agoFour teams will vie to become governor and lieutenant governor in American Samoa's November general election.
Better education on strokes needed in NZ Pacific communities
E-commerce skills aimed at Pasifika women entrepreneurs
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The fromager of Featherston
It was an office cooking challenge that first got Paul Broughton "stuck on the cheese thing". Now he runs the Remutaka Pass Creamery and C'est Cheese shop. Audio, Gallery
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WATCH: Going Home
Loading Docs 2020 - To celebrate the adventurous life of her late Uncle Clive, Ashley learns to fly.
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Drawing insight from an artist's invisible battle
Suzie Harris shares the challenges of going through the mental health system, coping with mental distress and self-harm and what it means to come out the other side. Audio
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Acts of charity in Alert Level 3
Voices - Blood donors like Lovedeep Sharma didn't back down during Auckland's recent lockdown. Audio
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Top executive at Air New Zealand resigns
13 minutes agoAir New Zealand's chief commercial and customer officer has resigned from the role due to the airline's current domestic status amid the pandemic.
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Cosmic signal rattles Earth after 7 billion years
Researchers say colliding black holes produced a single entity with a mass 142 times that of our Sun.
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Academics demand racism within University of Waikato be dealt with
11:56 am todayAllegations of casual and structural racism within the University of Waikato have been met with resounding silence from the university's leaders, Professor of…
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'Disappointing' - Children's units at new Christchurch Hospital can't be staffed
11:39 am todayNew services to improve emergency and acute care of children at Christchurch Hospital will not open because there is no money to staff them.
RNZ Music
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WATCH: Julia Deans live at The Shelter
less than a minute agoEnjoy an intimate show with the one and only Julia Deans, at a ‘secret’ Christchurch music venue.
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New in Podcast Classics
Your new classical podcast for September is Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto played by Louis Lortie with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Audio
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Would I Lie To You? - 90s star (Charles and) Eddie returns to music
Eddie Chacon, one half of 90s duo Charles and Eddie, talks about Pleasure, Joy and Happiness a subtle and celestial album made with Solange and Frank Ocean's producer. Video, Audio
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Playlist: Spring to Life
less than a minute agoMake your own playlist to celebrate Spring with music by Vivaldi, Beethoven and many more, all recorded by RNZ Concert.
In Depth
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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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When a relative falls down a conspiracy theory rabbit hole
How does it feel to watch family members become obsessed with Bill Gates, microchips and 5G - and is there anything you can do to help them?
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I was filmed in a Kmart changing cubicle
When a stranger videoed Veronica Schmidt undressed in a changing room, the store's staff refused to call police. Here she writes about what it took to finally…
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Stone appeals murder convictions 30 years after deaths
A man labelled one of New Zealand's most notorious killers has lodged an appeal against the murders featured in hit podcast Gone Fishing.
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