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Why doesn't Japan cancel the Tokyo Olympic Games?
The Tokyo Olympics are now just over two months away and calls to ditch the Games in the face of the pandemic are getting louder by the day.
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Dozens barred: Australian flight arrives half empty from India
The first repatriation flight from New Delhi has landed in Darwin following the end of the federal government's controversial ban on travel from India.
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Recap: Super Rugby trans-Tasman: Crusaders v Brumbies
6 minutes agoAfter winning the Aotearoa competition, the Crusaders have held on to beat the Brumbies, 31-29, in their first Super Rugby trans-Tasman 2021 clash in Christchurch. Review a live blog from Jamie Wall h…
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Lockdown a trial for bookseller/ author: 'No customers means no material'
about 2 hours agoAfter a 116-day lockdown, "Scotland's grumpiest bookseller" was desperate to see his customers - even the rude ones. Audio
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Newborn baby critically hurt, police investigate 'unexplained' injuries
15 May 2021Police are investigating after a new-born baby girl in Hamilton was left with critical injuries earlier this week.
Another man facing Dilworth School abuse charges dies
Eagle Brewing owner apologises over 'unacceptable' comments
Covid-19
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Delay child vaccinations and share jabs with Covax, WHO says
Wealthier nations should postpone plans to give children and teenagers Covid-19 vaccines and instead donate supplies to low-income countries, the head of the World Health Organisation (WHO) says.
Fourth Covid-19 death in Fiji
Covid-19 update: No new cases, one historical case in MIQ
Business
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Manufacturing sector activity continues to expand
14 May 2021The BNZ-Business New Zealand Performance of Manufacturing Index for April was 58.4 points, down 5.2 points from March, but well into expansion.
Default KiwiSaver scheme changes will leave members better off, government says
Warehouse Group posts third quarter sales up 35 percent
Pacific
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In brief: News from around the Pacific
15 May 2021Fiji records a new Covid-19 case; Two new coronavirus cases in the CNMI; Vanuatu orders AstraZeneca doses, and more.
Identity, language, culture: Flavour of the month, and then what?
Decision on fresh elections in Samoa due Monday
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NZ Live: Mara TK
Singer and songwriter Mara TK plays tracks from his debut solo album Bad Meditation. Video, Audio
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Nurturing soil as a living tāonga
Dr Jessica Hutchings gives us a tour of the maara kai (food garden) on her Kaitoke lifestyle block. Audio
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Mental health tips for farmers
Waikato share-milker Sam Owen is getting "brutally honest" about his struggles with depression to help out other young farmers. Audio
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Helping children come to terms with grief
Dr Maysoon Salama lost her son Atta Elayyan in the Al Noor mosque attack in Christchurch a little over two years ago. Her storybook Aya and the Butterfly was written for Atta's daughter and for other children dealing with loss. Audio
In Case You Missed It
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First blood for New Zealand in trans-Tasman Super Rugby
15 May 2021The Highlanders trounced Australian champions the Queensland Reds 40-19 before the Hurricanes beat the NSW Waratahs 64-48 in a Sydney try-fest as New Zealand…
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'Perhaps I deserve to hurt a lot': brewer apologises for anti-Māori rant
15 May 2021A beer company owner is apologising for racist comments online, amid mounting calls to boycott the beer.
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Week in Politics: Government ‘pushes the reset button’ on public sector pay
15 May 2021Analysis - The government deals with a fierce backlash over its public sector pay curb and in Parliament the lid blows off the race relations debate.
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Actor and comedian David McPhail dies
15 May 2021Actor and comedian David McPhail, famous for his impersonations of Prime Minister Robert Muldoon, has died.
RNZ Music
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Hymns on Sunday
about 1 hour agoTo mark Ascension Sunday, today's programme includes 'Christ ascends to God' by New Zealander Marnie Barrell, and Charles Wesley's 'Hail the day that sees him rise'. Audio
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Inside Out with Nick Tipping
Nick checks out a fabulous new album from Wellington saxophonist Bryn van Vliet and his quartet, plus all-Kiwi jazz from The Troubles, Thomas Botting, Charmaine Ford, and Trevor Coleman. Audio
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2021 finalists for Best Country Artist and Song announced
This year's finalists for Best Country Music Artist and Song have been announced by Recorded Music New Zealand and APRA AMCOS NZ.
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Farewell to classical connector Rick Young
After two decades of sharing his love of classical music with RNZ Concert listeners, Classical Connection host Rick Young is hanging up his headphones. Audio
In Depth
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Pakiri locals fight plans to take their sand for Auckland beaches
The fate of Pakiri's sand is again at the centre of a fight between sand mining companies who want to ship it to Auckland, and locals who want to keep it on…
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'There's no shame': Pasifika mums urged to get help for depression
Pacific women in New Zealand have the highest rates of antenatal and postnatal depression, yet low numbers get help. Sela Jane Hopgood asks why.
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Pharmac likely to end blanket funding for kids’ cancer drugs
A woman trying to get drugs funded for young SMA patients is horrified Pharmac says it might end blanket funding of kids' cancer medicines because she accused…
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Don't play sick children off against each other - Children's Commissioner
Children's Commissioner Andrew Becroft is warning Pharmac not to play one group of children with a life-threatening illness off against another.
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Week in Politics: Government ‘pushes the reset button’ on public sector pay
Analysis - The government deals with a fierce backlash over its public sector pay curb and in Parliament the lid blows off the race relations debate.
SFO charges an indictment on political parties - not the system
Power Play: Calls for another look at the rules for party political donations are a cop-out, writes Jane Patterson.
Pay freeze an attempt at intimidation by a govt scared of strikes - Union worker
A public sector union worker argues that the government's goal was to drive down the pay expectations of the nurses who are currently set to strike.
A brave and bold Budget 2021 is needed
Opinion - With Budget day around the corner, the focus is zooming in on the choices the government will make about how to spend public money.