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Oral Questions for Thursday 15 May 2025
Audio 15 May 2025Questions to Ministers Hon BARBARA EDMONDS to the Minister of Finance: Does she stand by her statement about the pay equity changes that "the process that we have set up is fair. It's robust"; if so… Audio
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Springbok wing dies at age 37
Cornal Hendricks scored against the All Blacks in a tight 2014 test in Wellington.
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NZ has highest child suicide rate in wealthy countries: UNICEF
A new report has revealed New Zealand has the highest suicide rate for children out of the world's wealthy countries, at a rate of almost three times higher than the average. Hauora Aotearoa chief… Audio
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New Zealand has highest child suicide rate - report
A UNICEF ranking of wealthy countries has ranked Aotearoa last place for youth mental health.
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Booze delivery fuelling harm, experts warn
Three-quarters of alcohol deliveries to Auckland homes were being handed over without checking IDs or simply left on the doorstep. Audio
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'Schools will clam up': Concern over new-look ERO reports
The Principals Federation worries the changes are too hard on underperforming schools.
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Pacific news in brief for 15 May
A round-up of news from around the region, including new dengue cases reported in Tonga.
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Falling interest saving home loan borrowers $2.2b, bank says
BNZ says falling interest rates will put $2.2 billion dollars into the pockets of New Zealanders with mortgages over the six months to a year. Audio
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Working long hours? It could be altering your brain
New research has found "significant changes" in the brains of people who were overworking.
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Israel intensifies Gaza bombardment, kills 80 people, as Trump visits Gulf
The bombardment had intensified as US President Donald Trump visited the Middle East.
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Are the rules for online alcohol deliveries too loose?
Audio 15 May 2025The ease which alcohol can be ordered online without ID checks and delivered within minutes is causing concern for most New Zealanders. Audio
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NZ ranked last in international alcohol study
New Zealand was found particularly lacking when it came to alcohol marketing and longer-than-average trading hours. Audio
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'Easier to live in the islands' - Pasifika families hit hard by joblessness
Advocates say hard times for the community are only getting harder as Pasifika families, "who suffer the most" are "struggling to make ends meet".
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Violence normalised across emergency departments, doctors warn
Daily abuse and assaults are putting patients at risk and pushing ED staff to quit, with doctors calling for 24/7 trained security in every hospital. Audio
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Doctors will quit if operations outsourced, radiologist says
Private hospitals are being tasked with clearing 20,000 simple cases for the public system. Audio
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Celine Dion makes surprise video appearance at Eurovision
It came 37 years after she won the song contest for this year's host nation, Switzerland.
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NZ lowest ranked for child mental health in UNICEF report
A new report card from UNICEF has New Zealand as the lowest ranking country for child mental health - 36th out of 36 countries the analysed. UNICEF Aotearoa's Tania Sawicki Mead spoke to Ingrid… Audio
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'Remorse weighed heavily' says friend of killer driver
The driver Alan Leatham died at a local hospice after living with Parkinson's disease and had a stomach tumour.
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Senior doctor on govt plans to outsource surgeries to private hospitals
A senior doctor from Auckland Hospital is now warning that more doctors will burnout and leave if thousands of easy operations are outsourced to private hospitals to cut waitlists. Radiologist Colleen… Audio
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Violence 'normalised' in ED departments: Survey
Top emergency department doctors say violence is being normalised in understaffed EDs, forcing experienced staff to quit. Ruth Hill reports. Audio
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Brick-by-brick dismantling of historic Dunedin landmark begins
It's hoped the 25-metre tall, earthquake-risk Gasworks chimney can be repaired and put back together in the future.
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Council to step up investigation into source of asbestos found on East Auckland beaches
Despite regular clean-ups, the material has washed ashore on Auckland's eastern coastline for years, particularly after severe storms.
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'Cynical sideshow': UN humanitarian chief slams Israel's US-backed Gaza aid plan
Israel proposed last week that private companies would take over handing out aid in Gaza's south.
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The restorative powers of winter ocean swimming
It is getting colder but the cold does not dissuade people who swear by the restorative powers of open ocean swimming.
And hey, it might just work for you.
Simon Olliver is the president of the… Audio
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Asbestos warning for East Auckland beaches
Auckland Council is warning that fragments of asbestos-containing material have been found at Glendowie, Karaka Bays and towards Panmure.
![A dengue outbreak was declared in Tonga on 19 February. Google translate of caption: While visiting areas confirmed to be infected with the Mofi Tengi virus, outside staff of the Ministry of Health or Health Inspectors are visiting houses to reduce the number of mosquitoes. easily injured by this fokoutua.
During the shooting, [spraying] schools that have already had students infected with Mofi Tengi and schools that are vulnerable to Mofi Tengi.](https://media.rnztools.nz/rnz/image/upload/s--1byM0o3u--/c_crop,h_552,w_883,x_0,y_245/c_scale,h_552,w_883/c_scale,f_auto,q_auto,w_288/v1740609429/4KBBYI5_Tonga_spray_jpg?_a=BACCd2AD)
