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Family Court changes have created more delays - review
The Family Court system is not fit for purpose, with the radical reforms of 2014 delivering few of the promised benefits and actually increasing delays, a review has found.
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Is vaping the answer to the ‘smoke-free by 2025’ campaign?
about 1 hour agoThe Detail: Is the government swapping one bad habit for another by encouraging smokers to move to vaping, as a way of curing their addiction?
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Politicians mistakenly agreed to ban magazines for all firearms
In the days following the Christchurch terror attacks, politicians rushing to pass new laws mistakenly agreed to ban magazines for all firearms.
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Hong Kong protest: 'Nearly two million' join demonstration
Nearly two million people have taken part in a mass protest in Hong Kong against a controversial extradition bill, organisers say.
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New Zealand
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Police name pilot who died in Coromandel crash
16 Jun 2019Police have named the man who died after a light plane crash in the Coromandel Peninsula on Friday as James Evans.
Sailors rescued after rigging damage to yacht
Magnitude 7 earthquake recorded in Kermadec Islands
Politics
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ACT Party re-launches itself with 'act for freedom' slogan
16 Jun 2019ACT Party leader David Seymour says he's confident he can win the Epsom seat in Auckland without the endorsement of National.
ACT Party members' bill would repeal parts of Human Rights Act
Oranga Tamariki uplift backlash taking its toll on social workers
Pacific
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Honiara water supplies again cut off by logging
1 minute agoWater supplies in the Solomon Islands capital continue to be affected by logging, with some of the city's water supply shut down for two days last week.
Cook Islands looks to join Samoa in censoring 'Rocket Man'
Vanuatu political rollercoaster continues with cabinet reshuffle
Sport
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Another title for NZ equestrian
less than a minute agoNew Zealand's world number one ranked eventer Tim Price has added another top trophy to the cabinet, winning the Luhmuhlen Horse Trials in Germany.
Black Ferns Sevens beaten in final, but take series
Marshall and Foran remain in Kiwis squad
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Louis Theroux: 'I’m just a three-dimensional person'
Incurably curious filmmaker Louis Theroux speaks to Noelle McCarthy about his "semi-fictional" onscreen self and the man who'll appear on an Auckland stage next January. Audio
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Review: Sportsman of the Year by Jan Hellriegel
about 1 hour agoOn her new album, Kiwi songwriter Jan Hellriegel serves up "suburban philosophy" with a candour that is totally refreshing, writes William Dart. Video, Audio
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Pacific reefs a 'barren underworld' due to coral bleaching
When NZ-based scuba diver Kristine Zipfel jumped into the ocean off Mo'orea she expected to open her eyes to life and colour – instead she found little life apart from seaweed.
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Smashing pumpkins: the dairy farmer turned seed-grower
Rangitikei farmer Tom Welch thinks he may be the only person in New Zealand producing pumpkin seeds commercially. Audio
RNZ Music
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New Music Dreams: Vampyr (1932)
1 minute agoWatch the 1932 horror film Vampyr here, while listening to Stephan Mathieu's updated electronic soundtrack on the radio! This event starts after the 11pm news, Sunday 16 June on RNZ Concert. Or watch the original here, anytime.
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Pick and Mix with Eva Radich
less than a minute agoThis week, Pick and Mix celebrates La Vie Parisienne in honour of Jacques Offenbach's 200th birthday. Listen on RNZ Concert from 12 noon.
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Hymns on Sunday: Trinity Sunday
30 minutes agoSing along to Holy, holy, holy, a hymn by New Zealand composer Jenny McLeod, and a contemporary setting of Charles Wesley's Love divine all loves excelling. Audio
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Live: Baloji at WOMAD 2019
Baloji is a Belgian / Congolese musician and vocalist whose name means 'sorcerer' in Swahili. His music packs a heady cocktail of futuristic funk, soul and rap. Here he is live at WOMAD Taranaki in March. Audio
In Depth
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Kim Dotcom and the seven-year itch
Seven years on from his arrest, the extradition battle between Kim Dotcom and the US reached NZ's Supreme Court this week. Kate Newton went to court to find out… Video
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Christchurch attacks: What security agencies are keeping us safe?
Insight - The minister responsible for New Zealand's spy agencies says it's 'surprising' the country doesn't have a strategy to prevent terrorist attacks. Audio
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Struck by lightning: 'It was like you'd shifted into the twilight zone'
The percussive boom of a bass speaker, then the crawling sensation of being covered in ants. Kate Newton meets a man who survived a lightning strike to tell the…
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Are NZ's intelligence agencies watching the right people?
Insight - Have NZ's security agencies been unfair in their use of their powers? In this two-part investigation, Phil Pennington asks if the agencies have been… Audio
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Opinion: Barrett to the Blues not the issue here
Super Rugby has bigger problems than where Beauden Barrett will end up next season, Hamish Bidwell writes.
A big week for the government - and nothing went wrong
Analysis: The government was on the move this week with troop withdrawals, military spending, law changes and the end of teacher strikes, writes Peter Wilson.
Does a council declaring climate emergency mean anything?
Declaring a climate emergency might be difficult to explain thoroughly, but it actually makes a lot of sense, Greg Roughan writes.
Opinion: The magnificent ten who all want Mrs May's job
Opinion - Ambition is one thing that thrives in the UK Conservative Party, and the scramble for the No 10 throne began before Mrs May's tears had dried David…