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Infrastructure in place for mass surveillance of New Zealanders
The infrastructure is now in place for for mass surveillance of New Zealanders using facial recognition technology.
This is the finding of researchers, who warn the country has few rules to control it and the public have reason to doubt its use is fair and lawful.
Phil Pennington reports. Audio
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Māori Party leaders mark party's return to Parliament with maiden speeches
about 1 hour agoThe Māori Party is back - marking its return to Parliament with powerful speeches and impassioned waiata.
After a devastating loss in 2017, Māori Party… Audio
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Rawiri Waititi commits to unapologetic presence in Parliament
8:10 am todayMāori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says he's committed to ensuring unapologetic Māori voices are heard in Parliament and felt in every piece of legislation.
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Whakaari/White Island: Pilot raising money for director of company charged
7:27 am todayVeteran pilot John Funnell wants to raise tens of thousands of dollars to fund the legal battle for the pilot who was one of the first on the scene after the… Audio
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Kiwi scientists find missing link between stress and fertility
7:41 am todayNew Zealand scientists have found the missing link that proves stress can stop you getting pregnant.
For a decade they've studied a group of neurons in the… Audio
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Surgeon resigns from Greymouth Hospital in protest
35 minutes agoAn American surgeon working in Greymouth has resigned, saying the people of the West Coast deserve better than a hospital essentially run by GPs.
The West… Audio
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Dannevirke High School mourns pupil, former students killed in crash
33 minutes agoThe three teenagers who died in a horrific road crash in Hawke's Bay have been named by the police.
The three young women were in a car travelling on State… Audio
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Kiwis being turned down for fruit picking work - Union
about 1 hour agoUnion officials in Otago say New Zealanders are being turned down for local fruit picking work.
For months, orchard owners have called on the government to… Audio
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NZ cements solid foundation in West Indies test
7:55 am todayLed by captain Kane Williamson, New Zealand cemented a solid foundation on day one of the first cricket test against the West Indies in Hamilton.
Williamson… Audio
Today's bird
Song thrush
Photograph by Tony Wills. Sourced from Wikimedia Commons.
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Kerry-Anne Walsh with news from Australia
8:59 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio
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Melbourne Museum to host 'Rosetta Stone of dinosaurs'
8:52 AM.Christmas has come early at the Melbourne Museum but it's been sixty million years in the making.
The museum will soon be home to the most complete Triceratops fossil ever found - it's been called… Read more Audio
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Ken Laban on Moana Pasifika, Māori All Blacks game
8:46 AM.Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are coming together to form the first ever Moana Pasifika squad to play the Māori All Blacks this weekend.
The match is shaping up as a celebration of the cultural connections… Read more Audio
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Integrated schools take govt to court over property funding
8:43 AM.Integrated schools are taking the government to court over its refusal to give them millions of dollars of extra property funding.
They say the government should have included them when it announced… Read more Audio
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Dannevirke High School mourns pupil, former students killed in crash
8:41 AM.The three teenagers who died in a horrific road crash in Hawke's Bay have been named by the police.
The three young women were in a car travelling on State Highway 2, near the small township of… Read more Audio
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Surgeon resigns from Greymouth Hospital in protest
8:39 AM.An American surgeon working in Greymouth has resigned, saying the people of the West Coast deserve better than a hospital essentially run by GPs.
The West Coast and Canterbury district health boards… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 4 December 2020
8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Queenstown finally getting its own mosque
8:25 AM.It's one of New Zealand's fastest growing and diverse centres, but until now Queenstown hasn't had a mosque.
But a final fundraising push means Queenstown's Muslim community will have their own place… Read more Audio
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Kiwis being turned down for fruit picking work - Union
8:19 AM.Union officials in Otago say New Zealanders are being turned down for local fruit picking work.
For months, orchard owners have called on the government to open the borders to RSE workers who are… Read more Audio
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Rawiri Waititi commits to unapologetic presence in Parliament
8:10 AM.Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says he's committed to ensuring unapologetic Māori voices are heard in Parliament and felt in every piece of legislation.
Waititi and co-leader Debbie… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 4 December 2020
8:06 AM.The New Zealand opener Tom Latham says day one of the first cricket test against the West Indies highlighted the importance of partnerships. Audio
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NZ cements solid foundation in West Indies test
7:55 AM.Led by captain Kane Williamson, New Zealand cemented a solid foundation on day one of the first cricket test against the West Indies in Hamilton.
Williamson was unbeaten on 97 as the Black Caps… Read more Audio
