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Why Pike River families took control of media coverage
Mediawatch - The re-entry of the Pike River mine this week was an historic event but there were no media there. Mediawatch takes a look at some reasons why. Audio
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Papal audience: Māori King invites Pope Francis to New Zealand
32 minutes agoPope Francis has been invited to visit New Zealand by the Māori King, who attended a private audience with the Pope in the Vatican this weekend.
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PNG's PM announces resignation and 'handover'
6 minutes agoPapua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has announced that he is to resign after weeks of defections from his coalition government.
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Aus 100m sprint champ commits to running for NZ
6 minutes agoAthletics New Zealand has confirmed teenage sprint sensation Edward Osei-Nketia will run for this country.
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Environmental innovators backed by new mentorship scheme
5:48 pm todayA mentorship programme has been set up to help environmental innovators better overcome the challenges they face when making their ideas a reality. Video
Picton marina expansion worth $20m gets resource consent for 870 more berths
Defence Force warns of ongoing cost burden of old planes
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Public transport move for low-income groups welcomed but 'not enough'
3:38 pm todayThe Child Poverty Action Group is pleased the government intends to lower public transport costs for low-income households, but says the announcement does not go far enough.
Government launches service to help young people transition from state care to adulthood
Search on in public services to check if staff leaked paper on cannabis referendum
Pacific
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Case against Solomons PM thrown out of court
4:57 pm todayA court challenge to the validity of Manasseh Sogavare's election has been struck out by the chief justice.
Fiji crash report recommends mountain flying training
Appeal for info on 8th anniversary of Saipan girls' disappearance
Sport
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Scott McLaughlin joins exclusive club with latest Supercar win
6:16 pm todayNew Zealand Supercars champion Scott McLaughlin has joined an exclusive club of drivers with 10 or more race wins in a season after leading home a DJR Team Penske one-two at Winton in Victoria.
Australia's Smith blocks out jeers, warns of more runs to come
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Should magic mushrooms be reclassified as medicine?
Clinical trials have shown that hallucinogenic substances can help treat depression and addiction so it's time the American government funded more research into their medicinal potential, says Professor Matthew W. Johnson. Audio
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Dancing with elephants: how the US-China trade standoff affects NZ
The trade war between the United States and China really revved up this month – to the surprise most of the global economy. Bernard Hickey looks at what it means for us. Audio
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At the Movies: Top End Wedding
Charm is Australian film director Wayne Blair's stock in trade. His new romantic comedy Top End Wedding has a bicultural message under the laughs, says Simon Morris. Video, Audio
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Week in Politics: Speaker's rapist comment triggers fear and confusion
And what a week it was! Speaker Trevor Mallard set off a day of fear, chaos and confusion when he told Morning Report there could be a rapist in Parliament.
RNZ Music
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Pick and Mix with Eva Radich
2 minutes agoEva's mix today includes a 'seductively joyful' album by Madeleine Peyroux, some Prog Rock from Emerson, Lake & Palmer and winners from the Songlines Music Awards. Listen on RNZ Concert at 12 noon.
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Hymns on Sunday
29 minutes agoIn today's programme a Jewish cantor and a Methodist minister join forces, we've settings of Psalms 34 and 148, and there are hymns by New Zealanders Shirley Murray and David Burt. Audio
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Top NZ albums that are 25 this year
less than a minute agoFor NZ Music Month we're celebrating some of the enduring Kiwi albums that came out in 1994, including ones by Supergroove, Dave Dobbyn, The Mutton Birds, Strawpeople and Richard Nunns and Hirini Melbourne.
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LISTEN: Essential New Zealand Albums
3 minutes agoMusic critic Nick Bollinger has spent thousands of hours listening to hundreds of albums over many years. Here he talks about some of the very best records from Aotearoa.
In Depth
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Pharmac's secret list
Desperate patients are being left in the dark as to when Pharmac will fund medicines. Guyon Espiner asks why the drug-buying agency operates with such secrecy. Video
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Pharmac: The NZ Buyer's Club
Guyon Espiner reveals how lung cancer patients are buying cut-price drugs from India, as other Kiwis fundraise, petition and apply for clinical trials to access…
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Ministerial diaries: Who's doing the mahi in government?
Jacinda Ardern and Grant Robertson are leading from the front as the country's busiest ministers, according to new data released by the government - but where's…
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Joining the dots: What's really causing New Zealand's measles epidemics?
Researchers say an 'immunity gap' affecting an entire generation is what's allowing the disease to flourish. Kate Newton reports.
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Week in Politics: Fear and confusion after rape comments
Analysis - In a week that featured chaos and confusion after assertions a rapist was working at Parliament, there was also cooperation on climate, a big Budget…
Brexit: Theresa May surrenders to the inevitable
Opinion - Over three years Theresa May committed error after error in her handling of the negotiations to leave the European Union. Her mind set did not help…
Bad apples in the Parliament's barrel
Opinion - The report that has just revealed serious bullying, sexual harassment and even sexual assault in Parliament won't surprise anyone who has worked…
Opinion: In Aus polls are the loser, personality politics the winner
Australia's election shows again that people are more interested in who they can trust rather than what they will deliver, and that you can't rely on polls to…