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  • The double life of Dr Hannah Wells

    News
    Sport
    14 Sep 2019
    Hannah Wells crosse the finish line on the Sunshine Coast in Australia,

    Somehow, Dr Hannah Wells manages to lead a supercharged double life - as a ground-breaking medical researcher, and a champion triathlete. She tells Lockerroom's Suzanne McFadden why, and how, she does…

    The double life of Dr Hannah Wells
  • Housing conditions a factor in Auckland measles outbreak, says medical officer

    News
    New Zealand health
    9 Sep 2019
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    Health authorities say there are now an average of 20 new cases of measles each day in Auckland.

    Housing conditions a factor in Auckland measles outbreak: Medical officer
  • Warm homes instead of caravans

    News
    Te Ao Māori housing
    31 Aug 2019
    Minister for Maori Development and Local Government Nanaia Mahuta.

    The government has invested $2.7 million into a papakāinga (housing) development in Tauranga.

    'Warm homes ... instead of them living out in caravans': Govt invests $2.7m in housing on Māori land
  • Councils need support to realise govt’s urban development dream - mayors

    Audio
    housing politics
    22 Aug 2019
    Oriental Bay.

    The government wants to direct city councils to loosen up planning rules and scrap unnecessary restrictions for developing higher-density housing. The announcement from the Urban Development Minister… Audio

  • Govt plan to free up planning rules

    News
    Politics housing
    21 Aug 2019
    Construction site manager of a building site looking on a structure

    Under the government's proposal, councils - particularly in the six high growth centres - will be given a clear direction to loosen their rules.

    Revealed: The government's plan to allow cities to grow up - and out - to solve the housing crisis
  • Phil Twyford: 'Poor quality planning is stopping our cities from growing'

    News
    Politics housing
    21 Aug 2019
    Auckland c

    The government is directing councils to loosen up their planning rules, allowing cities to grow both up and out, in a bid to solve the housing crisis.

    Phil Twyford: 'Poor quality planning is stopping our cities from growing'
  • A Helping Hand from Hemp

    Audio
    rural farming
    9 Aug 2019
    No caption

    Dave and Anne Jordan say the world would benefit from the widespread planting and use of hemp. They have been working for more than a decade to build a hemp industry in New Zealand. Audio, Gallery

  • A Helping Hand from Hemp

    News
    Country Life rural
    9 Aug 2019
    No caption

    Dave and Anne Jordan say the world would benefit from the widespread planting and use of hemp. They have been working for more than a decade to build a hemp industry in New Zealand.

    Audio

    A Helping Hand from Hemp
  • 'You never know what washes up on these beaches'

    News
    New Zealand In Case You Missed It
    8 Aug 2019
    No caption

    Locals at Bethells Beach are surprised to find out $3 million worth of cocaine washed ashore this morning.

    Locals bemused by $3m of cocaine washing up
  • Calls for law change over confiscated land

    News
    Politics Te Ao Māori
    6 Aug 2019
    Haumoana White and his family are refusing to leave the land they say is theirs, but a Māori Land Court order says it belongs to their neighbour.

    The government's being urged to revoke law preventing Māori from getting confiscated land back if it's privately owned.

    Calls for government to allow return of privately owned land to Māori
  • Dreams come true - Sleepyhead workers to get affordable town

    Audio
    business economy
    26 Jul 2019
    Sleepyhead Beds Ohinewai

    Priced out of the city the Auckland bedding manufacturer Sleepyhead beds is building a town for its workers. The plan is to spend one billion dollars on an affordable town for workers to live and work… Audio

  • Katikati coffin club: ‘it’s a house of laughs’

    Audio
    life and society
    22 Jul 2019
    Snooker table coffin made by one of the Katikati Coffin Club members

    DIY coffins are becoming popular around the world but the coffin club trend really started here in New Zealand, in Rotorua. Now there are clubs all over the country.  Audio

  • 'In less than 10 months, we had three shelters'

    News
    New Zealand Bay of Plenty
    4 Jul 2019
    Dezire Rika and her children

    Homeless shelters funded by a Rotorua man who mortgaged his home have fed and housed more than 1000 people since opening a year ago.

    Rotorua man's mortgage shelters hundreds of homeless
  • Why low polling doesn't always kill a political career

    Audio
    politics
    4 Jul 2019
    Simon Bridges delivers his post-Budget 2019 speech.

    Low personal polling for National Party leader Simon Bridges doesn't necessarily mean that replacing him before the election is a sure thing.  Audio

  • Why low polling doesn't always kill a political career

    News
    The Detail politics
    4 Jul 2019
    Simon Bridges delivers his post-Budget 2019 speech.

    Low personal polling for National Party leader Simon Bridges doesn't necessarily mean that replacing him before the election is a sure thing. 

    Audio

    Do you need to be popular to win an election?
  • Saturday Market in Gondar - by Ali Benge

    Audio 26 Jun 2019

    Where is home and where do we belong when we have lived in so many different places? A family visit back to Ethiopia and to the childhood home should be a kind of homecoming.

    Told by Hannah Banks Audio

  • Govt rolls out $200m scheme to house Wgtn homeless

    News
    New Zealand housing
    24 Jun 2019
    Phil Twyford

    A programme which aims to end homelessness has been rolled out in Wellington.

    Housing First aims to shelter 200 homeless people in Wellington
  • Woman jailed for abuse of mother

    News
    New Zealand crime
    19 Jun 2019
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    In a three-day span a Dunedin woman allowed her 71-year-old mother six hours' sleep, constantly waking her in the night with a barrage of abuse.

    Woman jailed for abuse of mother
  • Young families flee Auckland: 33,000 people in four years

    News
    Business
    6 Jun 2019
    Houses at Mount Maunganui, Bay of Plenty.

    A growing number of people are turning their back on Auckland for greener and cheaper pastures of the regions.

    Young families flee Auckland: 33,000 people in four years
  • New money to house homeless sparks hope in Whangārei

    News
    New Zealand inequality
    26 May 2019
    No caption

    People caring for the homeless in Whangārei say the imminent arrival of the Housing First programme has sparked new hope.

    New money to house homeless sparks hope in Whangārei
  • Underwrite triggered: More unsold Kiwibuild houses bought by govt

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    21 May 2019
    14 Burke Street, Wanaka.

    The Crown underwrite for unsold Kiwibuild homes has been triggered for a second time.

    Underwrite triggered: More unsold Kiwibuild houses bought by govt
  • Classroom carpets the culprit for cat skin flecks

    News
    New Zealand health
    17 May 2019
    A magnificent red cat with yellow eyes close up on a blue sky background 2018

    One in four classroom carpets is harbouring high enough levels of cat dander (skin flecks) to trigger allergic reactions, according to new research.

    High levels of cat allergens in some classrooms, asthma study finds
  • Extra $94 million to house homeless in government Budget

    News
    New Zealand Budget 2019
    12 May 2019
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    The government will spend an extra $94 million in this year's Budget to help more homeless people into permanent housing.

    Extra $94 million to house homeless in government Budget
  • Gasfitter sentenced after incorrectly installing fireplace

    News
    New Zealand Bay of Plenty
    11 May 2019
    no caption

    Two months after Patrick Dykes installed a gas fireplace in 2017, there was a fire that left the house uninhabitable.

    Gasfitter sentenced after incorrectly installed fireplace blaze wrote off home
  • Three Minutes Max: Tommy Kapai-Wilson

    Audio
    life and society
    14 Apr 2019
    Begging

    Tommy Kapai-Wilson has been doing some thinking about the by-law banning begging in Tauranga where he lives. Audio

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