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12:42 PM.The largest Nurses' Union is concerned non-clinical staff will be giving Covid-19 vaccinations, saying it stems from a long-standing failure to employ more Māori nurses. 

Community health workers at… Read more Audio

12:28 PM.Japan has it's first men's major golf winner as Hideki Matsuyama held on to win the Masters at Augusta. Audio

12:20 PM.The head of Synlait Milk has abruptly resigned after less than three years in the job. Audio

12:17 PM.The Public Service Association says the lack of transparency on consultant spending is obstructing the drive for gender pay equity. 

The use of consultants and contractors rose again last year with… Read more Audio

12:14 PM.There's a growing call to overhaul the country's drug laws and treat use as a health and social issue. Dozens of social service and health organisations have signed an open letter calling for the… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Health officials are investigating whether there is an unknown person linking the three latest Covid-19 cases.

A third worker at the Grand Millennium managed isolation facility in Auckland has now… Read more Audio

12:44 PM.A Wairarapa hapū is hoping to crowd fund half-a-million dollars to buy back a piece of ancestral whenua. Ngāti Kahukuraawhitia has its eye on 182 hectares by the Waiohine river and ancestral maunga… Read more Audio

12:42 PM.The government will make drug testing a permanent fixture at events like music festivals. The Drug Checking Act expires at the end of the year, but will now be made permanent as the government says… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.A rural GP says the nationwide bowel screening programme will miss the mark with his patient group and its success will be limited. Audio

12:28 PM.The Black Ferns Sevens team won't attend the two World Series tournaments in Paris next month. Which means their Olympic preparations will be extremely limited as those tournaments are the only World… Read more Audio

12:20 PM.Air New Zealand's delay to its capital raise will allow the airline to nail down exactly how much cash it needs, according to an investment analyst. Audio

12:18 PM.Classrooms throughout the country have been abandoned today, as school students go on strike to draw attention to the climate crisis. 

Young people want to see urgent action taken to reduce emissions… Read more Audio

12:17 PM.The government wants stricter rules for freedom campers - including fines of up to one thousand dollars for those who break the rules. 

The Tourism Minister is proposing limiting freedom camping to… Read more Audio

12:15 PM.The majority of Covid-19 cases caught at the border in the last month were among travelers from India. 

The government's temporarily suspending travel from there, while it looks at how it can… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.The government's management of the border is under increasing scrutiny today, after it temporarily suspended all travel from India to New Zealand. 

It says that's due to an explosion in Covid-19… Read more Audio

12:48 PM.The National Party wants an inquiry into banks phasing out cheques and closing branches - as it says vulnerable people are finding it harder to manage their money. MP Andrew Bayly says more than a… Read more Audio

12:45 PM.A Wellington City Councillor wants to rid the central city of fossil fuel cars by 2025. The idea was put forward at a council meeting today by councillor Tamatha Paul, and council staff will now look… Read more Audio

12:35 PM.The number of bee colonies dying has increased again this year Audio

12:26 PM.The Black Caps are apparently keen to get Colin de Grandhomme on the tour of England. Audio

12:20 PM.Law changes to cartel conduct today could mean jail time. Audio

12:15 PM.European drug regulators have now linked AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine to very rare cases of blood clots. New Zealand does have an advance purchase agreement for this particular jab, but there's… Read more Audio

12:11 PM.Coal-fired boilers used by heavy industry are on the way out. A ban on some new boilers will take effect at the end of the year, while existing ones will be phased out by 2037. This is the… Read more Audio