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  • OMV signals commitment to Taranaki with $15m refurbishment

    News
    New Zealand Business
    15 Jun 2020
    Construction on OMV New Zealand.

    OMV New Zealand is to spend $15 million refurbishing its new headquarters in New Plymouth, a move the oil and gas company says underscores its long-term commitment to Taranaki.

    OMV signals commitment to Taranaki with $15m refurbishment
  • Mike Joy's vision for New Zealand in 2021

    Audio
    environment life and society
    15 Jun 2020
    Mike Joy

    What will Aotearoa look like in one year's time? Freshwater scientist Mike Joy has written about his vision for change on the Better Futures Forum website. The recommendations aren't radical but… Audio

  • North Korea warns of retaliation over defectors in South

    News
    World
    14 Jun 2020
    Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, attends wreath laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, March 2, 2019.

    Kim Jong Un's sister has warned of possible military retaliation against South Korea as tensions rise over the issue of defectors from the North.

    North Korea warns of retaliation over defectors in South
  • UK GDP shrinks by record 20.4% in April

    News
    World business
    12 Jun 2020
    A sign tells passengers to 'wear a face covering' at Waterloo train station in central London during the Covid-19 pandemic

    The UK's economy shrank by 20.4 percent in April - triple the effect seen during the entire global financial crisis.

    UK GDP shrinks by record 20.4% in April
  • Live sport returns in Dunedin

    News
    Sport Otago
    12 Jun 2020
    Highlanders rugby fans and supporters.

    The Highlanders vs Chiefs this weekend is expected to attract 18,00 people - it'll be the largest gathering since the country entered lockdown.

    Live sport to return in Dunedin with Highlanders v Chiefs match
  • Can Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?

    News
    Comment & Analysis
    11 Jun 2020
    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visits Weltec school of construction in Petone

    Opinion - With 100 days to New Zealand's general election the question to ask is whether Labour's wide lead in the polls will erode, writes Jack Vowles for The Conversation.

    An election like no other: Can Jacinda Ardern maintain her extraordinary popularity?
  • Thousands of community houses ready to go, but need government funding

    News
    New Zealand housing
    11 Jun 2020
    Salvation Army officially opened its $28 million housing block Te Hononga Tangata.

    The community housing sector is ready and waiting to construct nearly 3000 homes but desperately needs cash to get building. There are hopes for funding through the "shovel-ready" infrastructure…

    Thousands of community houses ready to go, but need government funding
  • Opinion: Stark contrast between NZ's success and bitter divisions in US

    News
    Comment & Analysis Covid-19
    10 Jun 2020
    flags of New Zealand and USA painted on cracked wall

    New Zealand has got on top of Covid-19, ensuring a sense of normality, but for Americans like Nik Dirga it seems indecent to celebrate in the face of the stresses piling up in the US.

    Opinion: Stark contrast between NZ's success and bitter divisions in US
  • Tania Tapsell National's new East Coast candidate

    News
    Politics
    6 Jun 2020
    Tania Tapsell is National's new candidate for East Coast.

    Tania Tapsell is replacing MP Anne Tolley as National's candidate for the East Coast.

    Tania Tapsell National's new East Coast candidate
  • New Zealand First flexes coalition muscles over commercial rent deal

    News
    Politics Covid-19
    4 Jun 2020
    Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters speaks to media during a press conference on Budget 2020 delivery day at Parliament May 14, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand.

    After hammering out a deal over commercial rents with Labour, New Zealand First is now publicly criticising some of the measures its coalition partner had been pushing for.

    New Zealand First flexes coalition muscles over commercial rent deal
  • Housing in the post-covid economy

    Audio 4 Jun 2020
    The suburb of Hataitai in Wellington.

    With all this talk of moving to level one, people are now starting to try and work out where this crisis has left them financially. Interest in rental properties is rising and it looks like house… Audio

  • Australia in its first recession in 29 years

    News
    World business
    3 Jun 2020
    Near-deserted streets are seen in the central business district as people stay home due to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus outbreak in Sydney on March 30, 2020. - Australia has recorded almost 4,000 cases of the coronavirus, COVID-19, with the death toll rising to 17 as of March 30.

    Australia will suffer its first recession in 29 years, despite the economic fallout from Covid-19 and the bushfires being less dramatic than expected.

    Australia in its first recession in 29 years
  • Tensions rise in US cities after police targeted

    News
    World
    3 Jun 2020
    A New York City policeman stands guard on Broadway during a night of protests and vandalism over the death of George Floyd on June 1, 2020 in New York City.

    President Donald Trump taunted state governors for not embracing his proposal to send in the US military to quell unrest hours after officers were shot and wounded in a seventh night of protests.

    Tensions rise in US cities after police targeted
  • Question Time for 2 June 2020

    Audio 2 Jun 2020
    1. TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: Will she accept my offer to work with the Government to implement National’s JobStart policy as soon as possible?

    2. MARAMA DAVIDSON to the Minister for the…

  • Immigration category's return scuttled by Covid-19

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    1 Jun 2020
    Jack Saprunoff, reading to grandchildren Ivy (left) and Zosia Costello.

    After a wait of more than three years for a government decision on family migration, grandparents had a glimmer of hope - before the coronavirus snuffed it out again.

    Immigration category's planned return scuttled by Covid-19
  • Can we keep lockdown's silver linings?

    Audio
    life and society politics
    29 May 2020
    AUCKLAND, NZ - MAY 29:Traffic on Queen street  on May 29 2013.It's a major commercial thoroughfare in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand's main population center.

    How can New Zealand hang on to the silver linings of lockdown? The quiet, the lack of air pollution, the family bike rides, working from home, the kinder politics. Or will we quickly return to… Audio

  • Can we keep lockdown's silver linings?

    News
    The Detail life and society
    29 May 2020
    AUCKLAND, NZ - MAY 29:Traffic on Queen street  on May 29 2013.It's a major commercial thoroughfare in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand's main population center.

    How can New Zealand hang on to the silver linings of lockdown? The quiet, the lack of air pollution, the family bike rides, working from home, the kinder politics. Or will we quickly return to…

    Audio

    Changing our lives in a post-Covid world
  • Covid-19: US deaths surpass 100,000

    News
    World
    28 May 2020
    Medical workers in New York take in patients at a special coronavirus area at Maimonides Medical Center as the US surpasses 100,000 fatalities from Covid-19.

    The US has surpassed 100,000 deaths in the coronavirus outbreak in less than four months.

    Covid-19: US deaths surpass 100,000
  • Struggling Asylum Seekers plea for equal refugee support: "Please treat us the same"

    Audio
    refugees and migrants
    28 May 2020
    No caption

    A family of Asylum Seekers say they're struggling to survive in New Zealand and they're pleading with the government to give them the same support as other refugees. Their calls are backed by the… Audio

  • Community groups hope for better future after Covid-19

    Audio
    food inequality
    27 May 2020
    Food parcels prepared at Ngā Whare Waatea marae.

    New Zealand's response to the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted a range of inequities across Aotearoa, with access to food perhaps the most noticeable.

    As we slowly return to our new normal, community… Video, Audio

  • GPs push for balance between remote and in-person consultations

    News
    New Zealand health
    27 May 2020
    Portrait of young Middle-Eastern doctor wearing glasses sitting at desk in office and speaking by smartphone, filling in patients forms

    Consultations with doctors over the phone or by Zoom have proven much more convenient for some and GPs are arguing they should remain, but not in all cases. Audio

    GPs push for balance between remote and in-person consultations
  • Question Time for 27 May 2020

    Audio 27 May 2020
    1. TODD MULLER to the Prime Minister: When she said yesterday that the Government was “using the tax system to get cashflow to small business”, what did she mean by that?

    2. KIRITAPU ALLAN to the…

  • Retail banks remain in strong position post Covid-19 - Reserve Bank

    News
    Business Covid-19
    27 May 2020
    Reserve Bank building.

    The Reserve Bank says the financial system is strong enough to withstand the impact of the Covid-19 virus but expects a rise in bad debts and stressed household budgets.

    Retail banks remain in strong position post Covid-19 - Reserve Bank
  • Whānau in South Auckland still struggling - support group

    News
    Te Ao Māori Covid-19
    27 May 2020
    Open food parcel

    A kaupapa Māori social service in Papakura says the level of need in the South Auckland suburb is still at crisis point, with unemployment impacting hundreds of families.

    Whānau in South Auckland still struggling - support group
  • Pandemic has exposed neoliberalism's flaws, says economist

    Audio
    health economy
    26 May 2020
    No caption

    A Nobel Prize-winning economist says the disempowering reign of neoliberalism has exposed the US to the worst ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio

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