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Top Stories for Wednesday 9 February 2022
9 Feb 2022Today on RNZ National... Construction costs are rising at their highest rate in four years, with even further rises expected The Acting Privacy Commissioner says a trauma cleaning company may have… Read more Audio
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Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony supporting own conservation
9 Feb 2022Now to Oamaru, where a colony of Little Blue Penguins has gone from being a nuisance to the stars of a show that helps to support their own conservation.
The Oamaru Blue Penguin Colony is managed by… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Parliament protesters asked to disassemble tents
9 Feb 2022Protesters who spent the night camped on Parliament grounds have been warned they could be trespassed.
The group were part of a convoy who travelled to the Capital yesterday.
A letter was given to… Read more Audio
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SpaceX team in Fiji to help fix Tonga's internet
9 Feb 2022Fiji's attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has announced on Twitter a SpaceX team is in Fiji to help reconnect Tonga to the world.
It comes two weeks after Elon Musk offered to send Starlink… Read more Audio
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Future energy centre burning funds on consultants
9 Feb 2022The national future energy centre Ara Ake burned through two thirds of its annual revenue, around $1.7 million dollars, in salaries, directors fees and consultants in its first year.
Set up in… Read more Audio
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Corrections looking to use sweat to monitor drugs, alcohol
9 Feb 2022Corrections wants to be able to check offenders' sweat for drugs and alcohol, through its electronic monitoring bracelets.
The department will switch to new equipment in February, after signing a… Read more Audio
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Auckland sweats under wave of humidity
9 Feb 2022If you're in Auckland, and you feel like showering ten times each day, you're not alone.
The city is experiencing a wave of humidity, which makes for sweaty situations and bad hair days.
According… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 9 February 2022
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Royal Commission looks into Catholic boys school
9 Feb 2022The treatment of boys with learning-disabilities by a Catholic religious order over a nearly 30-years comes under scrutiny at the Abuse in Care inquiry starting today.
A little under 540 boys… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Countdown cans restrictions on goods
9 Feb 2022There seems to be different approaches taken by supermarkets over limited sales of some products.
Countdown says it has no restrictions saying doing so can actually be counterproductive.
Countdown… Read more Audio
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NZ Institute of Architects on rapidly rising building costs
9 Feb 2022The cost of building is skyrocketing, and new figures show there's no sign of that changing.
CoreLogic is predicting building costs could reach double digit growth for a sustained period due to… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Protesters still at parliament
9 Feb 2022At least 100 anti-Covid-19 vaccine mandate protestors are milling about outside Parliament this morning, after camping on the grounds overnight.
Molesworth Street remains blocked by dozens of… Read more Audio
