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Emails show an Education Ministry staff member was worried that appointments to the teams writing the new English and maths curriculums would break the ministry's code of conduct. The English Teachers… Read more Audio

Attention is turning to just how a truck managed to crash through a wire median barrier on Auckland's Southern motorway, killing three, on Monday. Dr Douglas Wilson is the director of the… Read more Audio

The Government has announced new details for the second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response. Internal Affairs Minister Brooke van Velden says Phase 2 of the Inquiry… Read more Audio

A landmark report finds that obesity in New Zealand's Asian population has doubled over the past 20 years. RNZ Asia's Chen Liu reports. Audio

British rock band Oasis have confirmed they will reunite after 15 years, with brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher planning a series of live shows next year. In 1998, the brothers played one disastrous… Read more Audio

We're just 24 hours from the opening ceremony of the 17th Paralympic Games. Our flagbearers are Dunedin athlete Anna Grimaldi and Auckland swimmer Cameron Leslie. Grimaldi spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio

Many New Zealanders struggle every winter with the pain of big power bills. In some parts of the country, the pain is worse than in others. Northland reporter Peter de Graaf explains. Audio

It was standing room only at an emotional public meeting in Raetihi last night about the proposed loss of 230 jobs at two central North Island mills. RNZ reporter Alexa Cook was there. Audio

Tens of thousands of teenagers are failing new NCEA literacy and numeracy tests, many more than once. Here's education correspondent John Gerritsen. Audio

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Business news for 28 August 2024 Audio

The Crown-owned New Zealand Green Investment Finance is pumping close to 80-million-dollars (78) into a solar farm development. The five sites planned by Far North Solar Farms would generate enough… Read more Audio