Midday Report for Wednesday 29 March 2023
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Advocates push back on asylum seekers monitoring bill
12:46 PM.Advocates are pushing back on a new government bill allowing for mass groups of asylum seekers to be detained in prisons for longer.
The law change, which also proposes monitoring by electronic… Read more Audio
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Second secondary teacher strike in two weeks
12:43 PM.Thousands of secondary school teachers are spending their lunchtime today outside the schoolyard.
They're striking again, and demanding better pay and conditions.
Education Minister, Jan Tinetti… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 29 March 2023
12:29 PM.All Blacks wing Sevu Reece will miss this year's World Cup with injury. Audio
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Corrections review into murderer's release on parole
12:17 PM.Corrections says it has made changes in how it shares information with the Parole Board to help prevent the same mistakes - after questions were raised about the release of an inmate who then brutally… Read more Audio
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Politicians on both sides weigh in on Stuart Nash sacking
12:12 PM.The political pile-up is continuing a day after Stuart Nash was booted out of Cabinet.
He's lost all his ministerial roles for breaching the Cabinet Manual in 2020, when he leaked confidential… Read more Audio
