Lately for Tuesday 8 June 2021
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Protecting the wreck of the HMS Buffalo in Mercury Bay
10:40 PM.There are fears the wreck of the HMS Buffalo off Whitianga will disintegrate after some planks washed up in last months storms. Read more Audio, Gallery
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Opinions divided in Japan over Tokyo Olympics going ahead
10:28 PM.The Japanese public think the Olympics will go ahead, despite most opposing holding the Games during the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the respondents of a survey believe virus measures for athletes and… Read more Audio
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National strike by New Zealand nurses tomorrow
10:19 PM.Thirty thousand nurses will take part in an eight hour strike having overwhelmingly rejected district health boards' latest offer on pay and conditions. Read more Audio
Photo: RNZ
10:20 National strike by New Zealand nurses tomorrow
Thirty thousand nurses will take part in an eight hour strike having overwhelmingly rejected district health boards' latest offer on pay and conditions. The discussions have been taking place for a number of months, and industrial action was initially agreed in mid-May.
A revised offer from the DHBs of a down payment of $4000 to all staff, ahead of their pay equity claim to be settled later on this year has been rejected by the nurses' union which said it would not address the longer term problems within the sector. Susana speaks with the kaiwhakahaere of New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Kerri Nuku.
New Zealand's Nurses Organisation will strike tomorrow around the country. Photo: supplied
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10:45 Protecting the wreck of the HMS Buffalo in Mercury Bay
50 metres off the coast of Whitianga in Coromandel lies the wreck of the HMS Buffalo - A royal British Navy ship that sunk after being caught in a storm while anchored in Mercury Bay in 1840.
But there are fears the wreck, which is a protected archeological site, will disintegrate - after four large pieces of timber from it washed up on the beach during the storms that hit the region late last month.
Rebecca Cox from the Mercury Bay Museum is a leader of the HMS Buffalo Re-examination Project explains why the museum is worried about the wreck.
