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Feature interview: the secret life of muscles
From the cradle to the cane, muscles are the invisible engine behind everything we do. They shape our health, our identity, and our independence and yet we take them for granted says author… Audio
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Oral Questions for Wednesday 7 May 2025
Audio 7 May 2025Questions to Ministers NANCY LU to the Minister of Finance: What are the Government's fiscal intentions and objectives? Rt Hon CHRIS HIPKINS to the Prime Minister: Does he stand by all his… Audio
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Midday Report Essentials for Wednesday 7 May 2025
In today's episode, convicted double murderer Mark Lundy has been released from prison, more medical specialists are ditching the public health system in favour of working in private hospitals, a… Audio
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Medical specialists ditching public health system: Data
The new data from the Medical Council and released by the senior doctors' union tracks the distribution of medical specialists between public and private work between 2022 and 2024. Association for… Audio
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Anzac Day organisers faced $7000 bill for 15-minute road closure
The long-running Mount Eden Anzac Day parade was forced to scale back after organisers were told they had to pay for a traffic plan.
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Car park suggested as temporary space for town's homeless
A derelict nightclub and a former 1870s prison have been ruled out.
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'Do you want the government to solve every problem?' - judge slams social media bill
It should be the parents' job to police young people's social media use, an internet law expert says. Audio
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Why do public sector workers get paid $10 an hour more, on average?
Pay equity claims are probably only part of the reason why public sector pay has pulled ahead of the private sector in recent years, commentators say.
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Oranga Tamariki pins hopes on tech upgrade as more child abuse reported
The ministry has indicated the overhaul will improve how long it takes for a child to be allocated a social worker.
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Pay equity move brings out two sides of the coalition
Analysis: ACT ministers were popping champagne after the sudden announcement, but National's were on the defensive, writes Jo Moir. Audio
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Baited cameras and submersible with robotic arm surveying Tuvalu waters
"The sort of data that we're collecting will help the Tuvalu government and the communities understand what lives in their seas and identify areas which are really prime for protection." Audio
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Cleaners doubling as security guards at hospitals
Health New Zealand said the an 'integrated' service operates at all four rural hospitals in the Waikato.
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Nigel Latta
Nigel Latta on which parenting fads drive him crazy, why he never posts pictures of his kids on social media, how optimism is a superpower and how he accidentally became a famous psychologist Video, Audio
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Israel hits Yemen's main airport in airstrike against Houthis
Israel struck Hodeidah port on Monday, after a Houthi missile landed near Israel's main air hub on Sunday.
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Arrest after person assaulted, robbed at Palmerston North Hospital
Last month a nurse was held up at gunpoint, and a staff member was knocked unconscious.
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Cleaners doubling as security guards at rural Waikato hospitals
Health New Zealand said the an 'integrated' service operates at all four rural hospitals in the Waikato. Audio
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Police won't spend more than an hour on most mental health cases
More hospitals and communities will be subject to changes in the way police deal with mental health callouts after 19 May.
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Doctor on hīkoi to hear concerns of health system
A doctor, who left the job because of the stress and concern patients are not getting the care they deserve, has been on a hīkoi hearing the frustrations of people dealing with what he's described as… Audio
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Pay equity legislation could save 'billions' for government - PM
Christopher Luxon said the upcoming Budget was not the motivation for rushing through the legislation.
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Cleaners acting as security guards at rural Waikato hospital
At Te Kuiti Hospital, the cleaners double as security guards; covering both jobs when they are on shift. They've had some training and are approved by the Ministry of Justice but for some on the coal… Audio
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Feature interview: how the pandemic changed education
It happened without warning and preparation. Students around the world became lab rats for the world's largest experiment in online and distance learning when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to… Audio
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'Attack on women': Minister to halt all 33 current pay equity claims
Unions are calling it "shameful", but Workplace Relations Minister Brooke Van Velden says it will "significantly reduce costs to the Crown".
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MSD takes man to court on 121 fraud and benefit charges
He also has three separate domestic violence charges.
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82,000 smokers need to quit by year end to meet Smokefree 2025 goal: researcher
Audio 6 May 202582,000 people would have to quit smoking before the end of the year in order to meet the goal of Smokefree 2025 - and public health researchers say there is precious little chance of it happening. Audio
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Mushroom deaths: Key people, timeline and evidence
The six-week murder trial of Erin Patterson is underway in the regional Victorian town of Morwell. Here's what we know so far about the case, based on material put to the jury.
