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Australian national anthem sung in indigenous language
A 17-year-old has made history in Australia by being the first person to sing the national anthem in an indigenous Australian language at an international sporting event.
Olivia Fox, who is… Read more Audio
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Christchurch Council considering purchasing Akaroa 'Red House'
A piece of land once a part of a major Ngāi Tahu flax trading village and where a massacre of the iwi happened has gone on the market.
A privately owned property in Akaroa known as The Red House is… Read more Audio
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Break-dancing to become an Olympic sport
8 Dec 2020Break-dancing became an official Olympic sport overnight The International Olympic Committee's pursuit of urban events to lure a younger audience has seen street dance battles officially added to the… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 8 December 2020
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Covid-19: A third of incomes still not at pre-pandemic levels, 11 percent severely reduced
8 Dec 2020A survey of 3600 households has found a third have not recovered their pre-pandemic income levels, and 11 percent are still on severely reduced incomes.
Two surveys were carried out by the Commission… Read more Audio
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Security guards set to get better pay, conditions
8 Dec 2020Thousands of security guards will receive better protection of their pay and conditions, with the Government moving to make changes to existing employment laws.
Both the Workplace Relations Minister… Read more Audio
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Government not yet considering new laws to tackle hate crime
The government isn't yet considering new laws to tackle hate crime, despite clamour from the police association and justice advocates.
While broader hate speech legislation is expected to be… Read more Audio
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Law professor on Christchurch terror attacks report release
8 Dec 2020The 800-page report from the Royal Commission of inquiry into the Christchurch terror attacks is finally being made public today.
It looks at what could and should have been done to prevent the… Read more Audio
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Whakaari: NZDF officer speaks of stress before recovery mission
8 Dec 2020The man in charge of sending Defence Force officers onto Whakaari after the eruption has spoken of the stress and the sleepless night before the high risk mission.
Four days after the disaster, a… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 8 December 2020
8 Dec 2020England's one-day cricket series against South Africa has been cancelled after reported breaches of the teams' bio-secure environment in Cape Town. Read more Audio
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Push to get Southland farmers into the surf
The water might be a little cold in Southland, but the push is on to get farmers off the farm for a few hours and on to surf boards.
The Surfing for Farmers programme started in Gisborne and is now… Read more Audio
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Fiji's opposition leader resigns from Parliament
8 Dec 2020Fiji's Opposition Leader Sitiveni Rabuka has resigned as a Member of Parliament.
Rabuka is best known as the soldier behind two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987.
He made the announcement in… Read more Audio
