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Substandard steel crisis compared to leaky homes
Engineers are backing calls for the government to tighten New Zealand's steel testing regime.
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Qatar 2022 faces housing crisis
Qatar may house thousands of football fans in Bedouin-style tents in desert areas close to stadiums during the 2022 World Cup as tumbling oil prices have forced the tiny Gulf state to delay projects…
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Local labour should be first choice, says Andrew Little
Immigration rules should be changed so employers hire New Zealanders instead of recruiting from overseas, Labour leader Andrew Little says.
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Fiji counts cost of Winston
Audio 16 Mar 2016In Fiji engineers and assessors are counting the cost of the damage to roads and infrastructure caused by Cyclone Winston. Audio
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Fiji counts cost of Winston
Engineers and assessors in Fiji are counting the cost of the damage to roads and infrastructure caused by Cyclone Winston.
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Inquiry launched over shonky building products
Warnings about substandard building products coming into the country have triggered a major industry inquiry. Audio
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Anger over Clinton's Aids 'conversation' gaffe
US Democrat presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has praised late former first lady Nancy Reagan for starting a "national conversation" on Aids.
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The Week In Review for week ending Fri Mar 11 2016
Audio 12 Mar 2016A review of the week's news including... Four police officers are shot and injured in the Bay of Plenty, after seven hours of deliberation a jury finds Russell John Tully guilty of murder and… Audio
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Auckland housing crisis affects the dead
Auckland's running out of places to house the living - and now the housing crisis is following us to the grave. Funeral director Craig Davis discusses the future of cemeteries in the city. Audio
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The Panel with Finlay MacDonald and David Slack (Part 1)
Audio 11 Mar 2016What the Panelists Finlay MacDonald and David Slack have been up to. Employment lawyer Susan Hornsby-Geluk talks about the woman fired from the South African High Commission after a text about her… Audio
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Toby and Toby... look back on 100 days of President Trump
OPINION: Toby Manhire and Toby Morris look back on 100 days of President Trump.
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Seasonal worker housing for Cromwell
New housing for seasonal workers is to be built in Cromwell, with the the Central Otago District Council saying it will relieve an accommodation crisis. The privately funded development will...
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Fiji Govt: scale of damage immense, more help needed
Fiji is likely to need more international assistance as it rebuilds after Cyclone Winston, says a government spokesperson.
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Fijians left desperate and devastated by Cyclone Winston
Fiji has begun a massive cleanup after Cyclone Winston tore through the country, killing 29 people and flattening villages.
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How can the govt speed up urgent housing response?
Power Play - $2m that was set aside for emergency housing in Auckland is still in government coffers. Amelia Langford asks how the government could speed things up.
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Homeless crisis worsens in Whangarei
A Whangarei emergency housing trust is turning away homeless families at the rate of seven a week as it copes with an influx of people fleeing high rents in Auckland. Audio
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Rousey contemplated suicide following loss
Former UFC champion Ronda Rousey says she contemplated suicide after being knocked out by Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Melbourne.
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Aucklanders fleeing high rents put pressure on Northland
Aucklanders fleeing the big city because of high rents are straining the resources of a Northland emergency housing service.
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People vulnerable after Chch quake - mayor
Today's magnitude 5.7 earthquake is a huge setback for the confidence of the city but it has been lucky to escape with no major damage, Mayor Lianne Dalziel says.
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I’m not 'crazy', I’m exquisitely sensitive
A story about life with borderline personality disorder.
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Could the big banks go bust again?
Another global financial crisis is inevitable, but we should avoid being too preoccupied with what happened in 2008, says a leading British economist. Audio
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My year of darkness
What’s it like when you lose your grip on reality? Charlotte-Rose Ruddell writes about her journey into psychosis, and coming back out the other side.
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The Panel with Mai Chen and Bernard Hickey (Part 1)
Audio 26 Jan 2016What the Panelists Bernard Hickey and Mai Chen have been up to. What are the risks in "fixing" Auckland's housing crisis? There are mixed messages in the various forecasts for the coming year, which… Audio
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Housing survey prompts calls for action
A new housing affordability survey has triggered calls for more local and central government intervention in Auckland's housing market. Video
