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NZF Foundation spent $130k on company run by Winston Peters' lawyer
Tens of thousands in donor's funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
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Fewer people expect house prices to rise - ASB survey
Expectations that the housing market upswing would continue through the year have been dashed by the economic fallout from Covid-19.
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Tip-toeing around China
The Detail - Aggressively expanding, and sensitive to diplomatic slights, China is making sure a good crisis is not going to waste.
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Live Covid-19 updates: $960m in loans to small businesses
16 minutes agoNearly a billion dollars in cashflow loans has been paid out to small businesses hit by the economic fallout of Covid-19. Follow our blog for the latest.
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Covid-19: What happened in NZ and around the world on 26 May
26 May 2020No new cases of Covid-19 were reported, the government funded vaccine research, Dr Bloomfield was confident of contact tracing, and Tourism Holdings cut 140 jobs.
Covid-19 unemployment pay 'real kick in the gut', beneficiaries say
New restaurant forges ahead with opening
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Children and teachers taking time to adjust to school again
26 May 2020Excited but exhausted - that's how students are finding returning to the classroom a week after the lockdown.
Minister welcomes 'robust feedback' on app from sight impaired
Live: Covid-19 updates in New Zealand and around the world on 26 May
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National, Greens decry Labour's 'unfair' benefit for new jobseekers
26 May 2020It's not often the Greens and National see eye to eye on welfare, but both are critical of the government's new relief payment for some unemployed.
New Zealand 2020 election timeline: What happens and when this election year
National Party MPs contradict each other over diversity in front bench
Business
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Foreign potato dumping ban urged as cheap spuds threaten jobs
Potatoes New Zealand is asking the government to ban heavily discounted frozen potato fries from arriving in the country.
Millennium & Copthorne Hotels cuts hundreds of jobs during Covid-19 pandemic
Wine growers hope harvest fortunes will remain golden
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Pandemic has exposed neoliberalism's flaws, says economist
A Nobel Prize-winning economist says the disempowering reign of neoliberalism has exposed the US to the worst ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio
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Under Cover with Nadia Reid and Reb Fountain
Watch Kiwi musicians Nadia Reid and Reb Fountain meet up to play covers of each other’s songs, and have a good old yarn. It’s part of new Creative New Zealand-funded series Under Cover: Artists in Isolation in Conversation.
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'We are now in the next normal'
Otago University professor Sara Walton shares her thoughts on the future of business in New Zealand. Audio
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Taranaki farmers see potential in quinoa
A sheep and beef farm in Taranaki is successfully growing quinoa and the NZ Quinoa Company is now selling this versatile little seed in New Zealand supermarkets, owner Kate Dunlop says. Audio
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Covid-19 unemployment payment: 'real kick in the gut'
16 minutes agoBeneficiaries are angry the government is treating them differently to people who have lost their jobs because of the pandemic.
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New restaurant forges ahead with opening
19 minutes agoCovid-19 restrictions have seen scores of restaurants around the country close their doors for good, but one is going ahead with its plans to open for the first… Audio
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An election year timeline
26 May 2020Here's what will happen and when in the lead-up to the 19 September general election - and after it.
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National, Greens decry Labour's 'unfair' benefit for new jobseekers
26 May 2020It's not often the Greens and National see eye to eye on welfare, but both are critical of the government's new relief payment for some unemployed.
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WATCH: Under Cover with Nadia Reid and Reb Fountain
less than a minute agoKiwi musicians Nadia Reid and Reb Fountain meet up to play covers of each other’s songs, and have a good old yarn. It’s part of new Creative New Zealand-funded series Under Cover: Artists in Isolation in Conversation.
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NZ Music Month 2020: Fresh Music Daily
less than a minute agoThe RNZ Music team is celebrating NZ Music Month with Fresh Music Daily - new music from a different Kiwi artist every day.
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The Sampler: new music reviewed
Nick Bollinger discusses a concept album about intimacy from Perfume Genius; story-songs with deep Balkan roots from Damir Imamovic; and the Afro-futurist jazz of Shabaka and the Ancestors. Audio
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Playlist: NZ Concertos
1 minute agoNZ Music Month is all about supporting local artists. Enjoy this impressive playlist of music by our own composers, recorded for you by RNZ Concert.
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NZF Foundation spent $130k on company run by Winston Peters' lawyer
Tens of thousands in donor's funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the…
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Collateral Damage: The cost of fighting Covid-19
A student survives on potatoes and onion. A business owner loses her life savings. A minimum wage worker racks up debt. RNZ reporters and photographers…
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Lessons from lockdown: The changes we'll keep
Lockdown has been an extended period of reflection for many of us. RNZ captured 'door-traits' of New Zealanders during a unique moment in history and asked…
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Foundation donations not named on NZ First electoral return
New Zealand First has once again opted not to name any donations from the mysterious foundation bankrolling the party on its electoral return.
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Opinion: Two-tier welfare payments betray Labour's traditions
In the age of Covid-19 we are Jacinda's team of five million - except for some, Sue Bradford writes.
Is consolidation really the solution to our media's problems?
Opinion - The media sector has gone from being one of New Zealand's most powerful and profitable, to the unimaginable humbling we see today but should we be…
Tonight we celebrate, but the party mood won't last long
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