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Academic - Solomons security issues tied to lack of development
Audio 21 Apr 2022Is Honiara taking the right path to addressing its domestic security problems? We get some analysis on the situation in country Audio
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Company running Wellington wastewater treatment plants failed basic asset management - report
Despite multiple failures - including untreated sewage polluting a popular swimming beach - the company running Wellington's four wastewater treatment plants is keeping its multi-million dollar…
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Learning to live with 'messy, complicated history' of Aotearoa
Opinion - Rejecting the orthodox narrative of settler progress and embracing the dark truth of what colonalism really was is a challenge that will make us find our feet, writes Richard Shaw.
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Covid-19 wrap: Ardern in Auckland, AstraZeneca becomes available
Aucklanders enjoy new freedoms today with the move to level 3 step 2; Ardern visits the big city for the first time in months, primary schools and kura in Auckland and Waikato can reopen, and… Audio
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Person with Covid visited Taranaki at start of November, DHB believes
Recent wastewater results suggest a Covid-infectious person was in Taranaki from the start of November, the region's top doctor says.
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Six-metre waves for Wellington coast, ferry sailings cancelled
A southerly blast moving up the country is causing large waves on Wellington's coast.
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'This bounce in numbers is not unexpected' - Bloomfield
Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says case numbers may have risen since yesterday, but the bounce was similar to that seen in the first outbreak last year and average numbers were still…
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The Lonely Islands: How NZ evolved in isolation
Audio 1 Sep 2021The Lonely Islands: How NZ evolved in isolation Terry Thomsen has written a book that digs deep into how New Zealand's unique native life came to be. It's called The Lonely Islands: The evolutionary… Audio
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Covid-19 update: 70 new community cases reported in NZ today
There have been 70 new cases of Covid-19 in the community reported in New Zealand today.
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Covid-19 numbers: 68 new community cases in New Zealand today
There are 68 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, the Ministry of Health reports.
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Covid-19 update: 35 new community cases ahead of alert level announcement
There are 35 new community cases of Covid-19 ahead of the government's alert level announcement this afternoon.
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Covid-19 update: 21 new community cases in New Zealand today
There have been 21 new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today - 20 in Auckland and one in Wellington. Watch the latest update here.
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Wild weather: What you need to know
Parts of the West Coast and top of the South Island have been cut off due to flooding, while states of emergency have been declared in some regions. Here is a summary of what is happening in each…
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Wellington to move to alert level 2, more details on Sydney Covid-19 case revealed
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says Wellington will move to alert level 2 from 6pm tonight until 11.59pm on Sunday.
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Used condoms, tampons being flushed onto Wellington beaches
Cotton buds, tampon wrappers, used-condoms, hair pins and razorblade-heads. You probably don't want to see any of these items again after being used, let alone washed up on our beaches.
But with… Video, Audio
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Weak positive Covid-19 results in Porirua and Karori
Further testing of Wellington's wastewater has revealed traces of Covid-19 in Porirua and Karori.
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Phone messages led to bag of cocaine buried in mud
Detectives in an international drug smuggling case pieced together information from notes and text messages to find a black rubbish bag of cocaine in an Auckland park.
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Cutting the crap: Capital considers sludge reduction spend
Wellington City Council is considering investing $185 million to reduce the amount of sludge the city produces every day.
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Roland's TR-808: the drum machine that revolutionised music
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Roland TR-808, a piece of equipment that changed the sound of modern music forever, giving birth to entire genres along the way. RNZ Music's Tony Stamp… Video, Audio
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Snow's melted, but challenges remain for some
A sense of normality has started to return to the lower South Island after a polar blast turned spring into a winter wonderland. While the snow is melting, for some there are still challenges ahead… Audio
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'Turd taxis' back on Wellington streets after brief reprieve
Wellington's 'turd taxis' are back in action less than a week after they were stood down.
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German engineers 'unsung heroes' of sewage pipeline
Engineers from Germany who left their families in the midst of a global pandemic and flew halfway around the world to help fix some broken sewer pipes are being hailed as heroes.
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German engineers heroes of Wellington sewer system
Engineers from Germany who left their families in the midst of a global pandemic to help fix Wellington's broken sewer system are being hailed as heroes.
The specialists were needed after the pipes… Video, Audio
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Sewage pipe repairs curtail need for 'turd taxis'
The trucks hauling human waste around Wellington's south coast to a landfill will finally stop now a sewer pipe has been repaired.
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End of the road for Welly's 'turd taxis'
Wellington's turd taxis may be off the city's streets in two weeks, as progress on repairs to a collapsed pipe have surged ahead.