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Welfare sanction penalises Māori - advocates
31 Oct 2019Beneficiary advocates say the Ministry of Social Development needs to hurry up and scrap a sanction that is overwhelmingly penalising Māori, and leaving children hungry.
The use of the sanction… Read more Audio
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National's gang member sanctions 'unworkable' - former Minister
31 Oct 2019The National Party released its social services discussion document, floating a series of "hard-line" policies on welfare, on Wednesday.
Corin Dann speaks to Chester Borrows, a former police officer… Read more Audio
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National's gang policy will win votes - commentator
31 Oct 2019The National Party released its social services discussion document, floating a series of "hard-line" policies on welfare, on Wednesday.
Ideas include blocking gang members and their associates from… Read more Audio
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Homicide investigation in Southland after 8yo dies
31 Oct 2019The police have launched a homicide investigation after an 8-year-old died in Southland.
Emergency services were called to Otautau, a small town northwest of Invercargill, on Wednesday.
RNZ Reporter… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 31 October 2019
31 Oct 2019The All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says any talk about his new job will have to wait until after the World Cup is over. Audio
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Role of cash rapidly shrinking - Reserve Bank survey
31 Oct 2019A Reserve Bank survey has found that nearly nine in every 10 New Zealanders prefer to pay for things without using cash.
RNZ went out and asked people in Wellington on Wednesday afternoon if they… Read more Audio
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Govt investment will save Dunedin's Hillside workshop - worker
A worker at Dunedin's KiwiRail workshop says the degree of reinvestment from the Provincial Growth Fund is a huge turnaround.
Nearly $20 million from the fund has been pledged to upgrade the Hillside… Read more Audio
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Wellington mayor Andy Foster sworn in ahead of possible recount
31 Oct 2019The Wellington Mayoral chains are finally around Andy Foster's neck, but for how long?
He won the election by a narrow margin of 62 votes, but the now former mayor Justin Lester has gone to the… Read more Audio
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50 days until firearm amnesty and buyback ends
31 Oct 2019Gun owners have 50 days left to hand in their banned firearms in the amnesty and buyback scheme.
Just over 32,000 firearms have been handed in since the Government banned military style… Read more Audio
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State abuse inquiry: Lawyer calls colonisation 'inherently abusive'
31 Oct 2019A prominent Māori lawyer has told the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care that colonisation is the root cause of ongoing abuse of Māori in state care.
The Royal Commission is meeting in Auckland over… Read more Audio
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California fires threaten millions
31 Oct 2019More than 26 million people from California to Arizona are on edge as firefighters deal with blazes burning in California's wine country and in the Los Angeles area.
More than 5,000 people, almost… Read more Audio
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Andrew Little plans to tackle referendum manipulation
31 Oct 2019With a prediction next year's election will be "pretty rough and pretty ugly", the Justice Minister has plans in place to combat misinformation and manipulation - including campaigns for, potentially… Read more Audio
