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Fuel experts divided on impact of Marsden Pt refinery closure
10 Dec 2021Aotearoa's fuel security is dividing experts and suppliers.
Z Energy - which owns a 13 percent share of Refining NZ - has put out a new report saying closing the Marsden Point refinery will make the… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Times up to get vaccinated for secondary school sport
The game's up for any unvaccinated students or staff members looking to take part in secondary school sports in Auckland.
Anyone wanting to be involved in sports competition must be double-jabbed by… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Friday 10 December 2021
10 Dec 2021Today on RNZ National Frustrated New Zealand nurses say they want to come home to work but it's too hard to get back - even with special spots in MIQ. A generational change, A Government's smokefree… Read more Audio
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Maple syrup demand forces dip into reserves
9 Dec 2021A surge in demand for maple syrup - and a poor season for growers, has forced The Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers to use their reserve for the first time in three years.
The organisation… Read more Audio
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Wood could ruin summer on Gisborne beaches
9 Dec 2021It's not just Rhythm and Vines that might be gone in Gisborne, an easy summer at the beach might be out too.
Wood has been piling up on city's beaches after recent flooding.
Just two weeks before… Read more Audio
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Canterbury's Wainono Lagoon unsafe to swim in or fish
9 Dec 2021Despite years of efforts to clean up South Canterbury's Wainono Lagoon, it has now been declared too toxic to swim in or fish.
For the first time, the toxic algae, cyanobacteria has been found… Read more Audio
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Otago landowners to pay for letting rabits run rampant
9 Dec 2021Now to Otago, where lax landowners will soon have to foot the bill if the regional council has to step in and deal with their rabbit problems.
The Otago Regional Council has been ramping up its… Read more Audio
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Government refuses to review early childhood education rules
9 Dec 2021The government is refusing to fast-track a review of core early childhood education rules despite being told they might not be fit for purpose.
A Cabinet paper shows Parliament's Regulations Review… Read more Audio
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Nurses take fight over staffing levels to Parliament
9 Dec 2021Nurses and others in the union movement will take their fight for safe staffing levels in the aged care sector to Parliament today.
They say existing regulations have not been safe for years, and… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 9 December 2021
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
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Expert on Defence Ministry assessment of China risk
9 Dec 2021A Defence Ministry report has clearly identified 'China's rise' and its power struggle with the United States as a major risk to security in the Indo-Pacific.
The 2021 Defence Assessment is blunt in… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Medical Association not happy with fake vaccine exemptions
9 Dec 2021Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins has labelled the handing out of unofficial Covid-19 vaccine exemptions by a Kaiapoi GP as clearly unethical behaviour.
The Ministry of Health is investigating… Read more Audio
