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  • Man accusing former political figure of sexual abuse denies political motivation

    News
    New Zealand
    21 Aug 2024
    The former political figure arrives at court.

    The man denied making the allegations up and said although he did vote for a different party he wasn't politically motivated.

    Man accusing former political figure of sexual abuse denies political motivation
  • Short-stay rentals fuelling Waiheke's housing crisis - researcher

    News
    New Zealand housing
    20 Aug 2024
    Waiheke Island

    Despite a high homeless per capita population, many houses on the island sit unoccupied for much of the year. Audio

    Calls for regulation on short-stay rentals as Waiheke Island faces housing crisis
  • Govt was warned emergency housing crackdown could increase homelessness

    News
    Politics housing
    20 Aug 2024
    A group of homeless people sheltering under the verandah of the earthquake-prone Richmond Cottage in New Plymouth.

    With little affordable housing available, ministers were told changes could see more people living on streets and in cars, documents reveal. Audio

    Government was warned emergency housing crackdown could increase homelessness
  • Former political figure sexual abuse trial: 'I was groomed', complainant says

    News
    New Zealand court
    20 Aug 2024
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    He "felt disgusting" after the alleged sexual abuse by his sports mentor at the time, the complainant says.

    Former political figure sexual abuse trial: 'I was groomed', complainant says
  • Calls for action on rental housing crisis on Waiheke

    Audio 19 Aug 2024

    Figures show homelessnes on the Hauraki Gulf Island are the highest per capita in the Auckland region. Academics say poverty and unemployment aren't the causes; it's absentee home owners renting their… Audio

  • Former political figure supplied teens with alcohol and sexually abused them, court told

    News
    Politics court
    19 Aug 2024
    Court crest

    Two complainants say the man abused them in towns in Auckland and Waikato between 1995 and 1999.

    Former political figure supplied teens with alcohol and sexually abused them, court told
  • Haiti prison break leaves 12 dead as inmates go hungry

    News
    World conflict
    17 Aug 2024
    Haitian police patrol near Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 12 August, 2024.

    A prison break in Haiti has left 12 dead, in the third such incident in Haiti in recent months, amid a protracted humanitarian crisis fueled by gang violence.

    Haiti prison break leaves 12 dead as inmates go hungry
  • Disability community on new govt benefit sanctions

    Audio
    inequality policy
    16 Aug 2024

    Members of the disability community say the new government sanctions on benefits fails to address difficulties they face, such as career restrictions, the housing crisis, and accessible transport… Audio

  • Tonga invites Elon Musk to Pacific leaders' summit

    News
    Pacific Tonga
    15 Aug 2024
    Elon Musk, owner of Tesla and the X (formerly Twitter) platform, attends a symposium on fighting antisemitism titled 'Never Again : Lip Service or Deep Conversation' in Krakow, Poland on January 22nd, 2024. Musk, who was invited to Poland by the European Jewish Association (EJA) has visited the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp earlier that day, ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.  (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto) (Photo by Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

    Tonga's government has extended an invitation to the billionaire entrepreneur to attend the annual Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting to be held in less than two weeks' time.

    Tonga invites Elon Musk to Pacific leaders’ summit
  • 'Absolute tragedy': Man died outside Parliament amid fight to save elderly mum's home

    News
    New Zealand Wellington Region
    14 Aug 2024
    The property owned by Dan Hone's mother at Moa Point in Wellington. Hone died at Parliament grounds on Sunday, with his death referred to the Coroner. He had paid $5000 towards mortgage arrears his mother owed on the property, but was unable to stop an auction planned for August 22, family say.

    A man who died on Parliament grounds was distraught over the impending sale of the waterfront home he shared with his elderly mother who had racked up $40,000 in mortgage arrears, the man's sister…

    Dan Hone died outside Parliament after fight to avoid forced sale of mother’s Wellington home
  • 'Granny flats' should be accessible homes, not poverty traps of the future

    News
    Politics Comment & Analysis
    14 Aug 2024
    Table and chairs on the terrace of a flat in summer.

    Opinion - The government should be incentivising people to build good homes that are accessible to our diverse population, Prudence Walker writes.

    'Granny flats' should be accessible homes, not poverty traps of the future
  • Climate forced relocation underway in Tonga and Samoa

    Audio
    Pacific climate
    14 Aug 2024
    ..

    New research finds more Tongans and Samoans seeking work overseas to build more climate resilient homes. Audio

  • Residents evacuated as wildfires near Athens spread

    News
    World
    12 Aug 2024
    This photograph shows the Parthenon temple atop the Acropolis hill in a smoke cloud from a wildfire, in Athens on August 12, 2024. On August 12, 2024, Greece's civil protection authorities ordered the evacuation of several towns in the north-eastern suburbs of Athens, threatened by a violent fire that started the day before and is spreading. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP)

    Thousands of residents are being evacuated from their homes due to the wildfire, with flames leaping as high as 25 metres.

    Residents evacuated as wildfires near Athens spread
  • Auckland's drops in global rankings amid crime, housing woes, congestion

    News
    New Zealand Auckland Region
    12 Aug 2024
    AUCKLAND, NZ - MAY 29:Traffic on Queen street with the Skytower in the background on May 29 2013.It's a major commercial thoroughfare in the Auckland CBD, New Zealand's main population center.

    Auckland ranked second-to-last of in an international comparison. Audio

    Auckland's liveability drops in global rankings amid crime, housing, congestion woes
  • Relief on the way for Northland's dire health staffing, minister says

    News
    Politics health
    9 Aug 2024
    Health Minister Shane Reti takes a tour of the new care centre at Metlifecare’s Oakridge Villas with acting clinical manager Rosemary Henshall. Photo: RNZ/Peter de Graaf

    A visit to Northland for Shane Reti came against the backdrop of a staffing crisis in the region's rural hospitals.

    Return to regionalised health system will ease staff shortages, Health Minister says
  • Jury takes tour of murder-accused surgeon's home

    News
    New Zealand crime
    9 Aug 2024
    The jury entering the property from a side entrance.

    The jury in the murder trial of Philip Polkinghorne has visited the house where Pauline Hanna was found dead.

    Philip Polkinghorne murder trial: Jury visits couple's Remuera home
  • Key's presence reminds National of its struggles

    News
    Politics Comment & Analysis
    9 Aug 2024
    Sir John Key listens to Christopher Luxon's keynote speech at the 2024 National Party conference

    Week in Politics: The former PM looms large, the government's maths initiative runs into controversy, and warnings are sounded over Health NZ's finances.

    The Week in Politics: Sir John Key - still a powerful presence
  • Guam defends missile testing, nukes, to maintain 'peace'

    News
    Pacific Guam
    9 Aug 2024
    Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. August 2024

    Governor Lou Leon Guerrero says the US territory has no choice but to defend itself amid ongoing nuclear threats to the Asia-Pacific region. Audio

    Guam defends missile testing, nukes, to maintain 'peace'
  • Mental wellbeing of Pauline Hanna explored in husband's murder trial

    News
    New Zealand
    9 Aug 2024
    Philip Polkinghorne at day 1 of his trial for the murder of his wife at the High Court at Auckland.

    Pauline Hanna's brother and colleague were asked about her mental health.

    Philip Polkinghorne trial: Mental wellbeing of Pauline Hanna explored
  • 'Maybe I just didn't listen': Jury hears murder-accused surgeon's police interview

    News
    New Zealand crime
    8 Aug 2024
    Philip Polkinghorne at day 1 of his trial for the murder of his wife at the High Court at Auckland.

    Philip Polkinghorne, who claims wife Pauline Hanna committed suicide, questioned if he put too much pressure on her before her death.

    Philip Polkinghorne murder trial: Police interview with murder-accused plays in court
  • 'Feelings of worthlessness': Thousands of newly unemployed young people

    News
    New Zealand youth
    7 Aug 2024
    Man sitting on floor in public path way. He holding hand on head and bag feeling distress and stress because haven't been able to apply to unemployment.

    "It's having a real impact on their mental health, their wellbeing, their hope for their future," said Kick Back's Aaron Hendry. Audio

    Unemployment rate soars: Young people bearing brutal brunt of job crisis
  • Polkinghorne trial: Toxicology tests show drugs but not meth in wife's blood

    News
    New Zealand court
    6 Aug 2024
    Philip Polkinghorne at day 1 of his trial for the murder of his wife at the High Court at Auckland.

    A forensic scientist has told the court about which drugs were found in Pauline Hanna's body.

    Philip Polkinghorne murder trial: Toxicology tests don't show meth use in wife's blood
  • Racism holding Indian women back in Aotearoa - study

    News
    New Zealand business
    6 Aug 2024
    Indian women in the workplace in New Zealand.

    Four high-achieving women talk about how the 'glass ceiling' is double-glazed for Indian migrant women in New Zealand, and how they rose to the challenge.

    Study finds racism holding back Indian women in Aotearoa: How four high-achievers fought back
  • Former Children's Minister tells government to stop 7AA repeal

    News
    Politics children
    6 Aug 2024
    Tracey Martin has been named as the head of a new governance group.

    Parliament's Social Services and Community Committee has been hearing submissions on the legislation to repeal Section 7AA, which binds Oranga Tamariki to the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi.

    Former Children's Minister Tracey Martin tells government to stop 7AA repeal
  • Polkinghorne murder trial: Forensic expert 'open-minded' during scene examination

    News
    New Zealand court
    5 Aug 2024
    Philip Polkinghorne at day 1 of his trial for the murder of his wife at the High Court at Auckland.

    The defence lawyer says the forensic scientist was told by police to conduct the examination on the basis of a homicide.

    Polkinghorne murder trial: Forensic expert 'open-minded' during scene examination
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