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Police aware of emergency housing crime hotspots despite lacking specific data - Sepuloni
The Social Development Minister says police may not collect specific data on crime in and around emergency housing, but are aware of local hotspots.
Neither the police nor MSD is actively monitoring… Read more Audio
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Top Stories for Friday 7 May 2021
7 May 2021Flights have been halted between New Zealand and Sydney after fresh Covid-19 cases - we speak to Ashley Bloomfield New Zealanders in India renew their pleas for help to get home And while public… Read more Audio
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Covid-19: Anti-vaccination flyers showing up in letterboxes
6 May 2021A group who previously advertised in a magazine filled with misinformation is back again - this time organising a massive leaflet drop.
Up to two million flyers from the group Voices for Freedom have… Read more Audio
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Royal Commission into Abuse: Survivor says social workers called her liar
6 May 2021A 70-year old survivor of sexual abuse has told the Royal Commission of Inquiry social workers called her liar and allowed her father to take her on an outing where he raped her again.
Reporter… Read more Audio
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Fresh effort to recover bodies from Mt Taranaki
6 May 2021A recovery operation to retrieve the bodies of two climbers who died on Mt Taranaki is underway again on Thursday morning.
The two male climbers have not been named yet but they were from a… Read more Audio
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Farmers preparing for dry winter
6 May 2021The country appears to be heading into a dry winter.
Farmers are already grappling with that prospect, making decisions about stock and feed for the coming months.
At the same time, a dry winter, if… Read more Audio
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Pharmac still under fire over proposed child cancer drug change
6 May 2021A health sector leader describes as abhorrent any suggestion that drug buyer Pharmac may end blanket funding of all children's cancer medications.
Pharmac may end the current funding arrangement… Read more Audio
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Markets Update for 6 May 2021
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio
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Rail funding to come from same place as road money
6 May 2021The government says its funding of freight rail has been shunted to the side for too long and will now bankroll it from the same pot used for roads.
This morning's announcement - part of the… Read more Audio
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Unions lash out at public sector pay freeze
6 May 2021Public servants earning more than $60,000 will only be offered pay increases under exceptional circumstances for the next three years.
Senior leaders and those on more than $100,000 dollars will get… Read more Audio
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3yo Axle 'obviously pretty tough' - Police search leader
6 May 2021Three-year-old Axle, the boy who had wandered off from his home in Tolaga Bay, was found again on Wednesday after a desperate night searching for him.
He went missing on Tuesday afternoon, prompting… Read more Audio
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Southern DHB oncologist slams wait times
6 May 2021An oncologist from Southern District Health Board says cancer patients are suffering and dying because they are missing out on vital scans such as MRIs.
His scathing comments in an email to the DHB… Read more Audio
