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Rural News for 18 December 2020
News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio
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Early Business News for 18 December 2020
A brief update from the business sector. Audio
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Emmanuel Macron tests positive for Covid-19
18 Dec 2020French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for Covid-19, forcing several European leaders to self-isolate after coming into contact with him.
The 42-year-old was tested after developing… Read more Audio
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Expert on Ihumātao deadlock-breaking deal
18 Dec 2020The long-running deadlock over historic Maori land at Ihumātao in south Auckland has been broken.
The Government announced yesterday that it is buying the land from Fletcher Building for just under… Read more Audio
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Whales mirroring predator sounds to avoid them
17 Dec 2020Smart whales are one upping their predators by learning how to mirror them.
The finding comes from new research from Australia which says the long-finned pilot whale is outsmarting killer whales by… Read more Audio
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Rangimarie Rose Turuki Pere being laid to rest today
17 Dec 2020A renowned Ngāti Kahungunu spiritual leader - remembered for the wisdom and guidance she imparted on her iwi - is being laid to rest near Gisborne today.
Dr. Rangimarie Rose Turuki Pere will be laid… Read more Audio
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Charlie Hebdo attacks: Fourteen accomplices found guilty
17 Dec 2020The fourteen accomplices to the 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris have been found guilty.
A French court delivered the verdict, following a three-month trial. Seventeen… Read more Audio
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New Plymouth facing 12 percent rates rise to tackle water woes
17 Dec 2020The mayor of New Plymouth wants to hike rates by 12 percent to get on top of the city's crumbling water infrastructure woes.
That bumper rise would only mark the start of a decade of steep rises to… Read more Audio
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Online learning here to stay after Covid-19 lockdown
17 Dec 2020Friday marks the official end of a school year that some hope has permanently changed the way classrooms work.
The national and Auckland lockdowns forced hundreds-of-thousands of students and their… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 17 December 2020
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Rotorua parking system costs council $1.7m
17 Dec 2020Rotorua's parking system has been called "ludicrous", "nuts" and a "waste of money".
The i-Park system has cost the Rotorua Lakes Council over $1.7 million in the last year - almost 84% of its… Read more Audio
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Obese people facing delays for gynaecological cancer diagnosis
17 Dec 2020Overweight people in South Auckand are facing delays to gynaecological cancer diagnosis because the hospital can't see them quickly enough.
Counties Manukau DHB says women with a body mass index over… Read more Audio
