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Venus loses doubles semi-final at Wimbledon
12 Jul 2019New Zealand tennis player Michael Venus and his South African partner, Raven Klassen, have dipped out of Wimbledon, losing their men's doubles semi-final in four sets to Colombian duo Juan Sebastian… Read more Audio
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Appointment of Christchurch city council ceo a win for city
12 Jul 2019A local government reporter from Birmingham says the appointment of Dawn Baxendale to the Christchurch City Council is a win for the city.
The Birmingham City Council chief executive is leaving to… Read more Audio
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Māori adoptees deprived of whakapapa call for law change
12 Jul 2019Māori adoptees are calling for urgent reform of New Zealand's adoption legislation, saying it is depriving Māori children of their whakapapa.
Adopted people can access their original birth… Read more Audio
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Tax on tech giants passes in France
12 Jul 2019The French parliament has passed legislation imposing a 3% tax on internet and technology companies like Google, Facebook and Amazon.
Any digital company with revenue of more than 750-million euros -… Read more Audio
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Gun buyback events start this weekend
12 Jul 2019The first of the firearms buyback events will be in Christchurch this weekend.
Police have announced nearly 200 events around New Zealand for gun owners to hand over their now illegal firearms.
Some… Read more Audio
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Doctors warn disappointment under new medicinal cannabis laws
12 Jul 2019A pain management doctor says patients are being sold false hope and will be disappointed once new medicinal cannabis regulations come into force.
The Ministry of Health has released proposed… Read more Audio
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Local cannabis growers may not reap any rewards
12 Jul 2019Local cannabis growers could miss out on what's predicted to be a multi-billion dollar medicinal cannabis industry.
As the government develops a medicinal cannabis framework, the Minister of Health… Read more Audio
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Potentially dangerous chemical could be blown up
12 Jul 2019South Dunedin properties will be evacuated this morning as the Defence Force's bomb squad assesses a potentially dangerous chemical.
It may be blown up, as the owners of the building are concerned… Read more Audio
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England thrash Australia, will face NZ in cricket final
12 Jul 2019The Black Caps will be facing England in the final of the Cricket World Cup on Sunday after they comprehensively beat Australia overnight.
Australia won the toss and batted but slumped to 14/3 after… Read more Audio
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Sports News for 12 July 2019
12 Jul 2019The All Blacks first-five Beauden Barrett is reportedly set to leave the Hurricanes and sign with Super Rugby rivals the Blues. Audio
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Business News for 12 July 2019
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Defence Force to assess possible dangerous chemical
12 Jul 2019South Dunedin properties will be evacuated this morning as the Defence Force's bomb squad assesses a potentially dangerous chemical.
It may be blown up, as the owners of the building are concerned… Read more Audio
