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  • WorkSafe not prosecuting FENZ over Muriwai landslide deaths

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    16 May 2024
    Firefighters Dave van Zwanenberg (left) and Craig Stevens, who died after getting trapped in a slip in Auckland's Muriwai during Cyclone Gabrielle in February, 2023.

    WorkSafe has found shortcomings at Fire and Emergency over how two firefighters died in a landslide in Cyclone Gabrielle, but will not prosecute.

    WorkSafe not to prosecute FENZ over Muriwai landslide deaths, despite shortcomings
  • Fungal foray-ing and the search for new antibiotics

    Audio
    science
    16 May 2024
    Icicle fungus

    Could the answer to one of our most pressing health needs be hiding in Aotearoa’s bush? On Our Changing World this week, Liz Garton heads out on a foray to discover some of our fungal gems, and she… Audio

  • Fungal foray-ing and the search for new antibiotics

    News
    Our Changing World science
    16 May 2024
    Icicle fungus

    Could the answer to one of our most pressing health needs be hiding in Aotearoa’s bush? On Our Changing World this week, Liz Garton heads out on a foray to discover some of our fungal gems, and she…

    Audio

    Fungal foray-ing and the search for new antibiotics
  • Mata Season 2 | Episode 8: Oranga Tamariki, toilets, tikanga, and the budget

    Audio
    politics te ao Māori
    14 May 2024
    Te Pāti Māori president Merepeka Raukawa-Tait on 7AA and the future of Whānau Ora under the coalition. Then Kiritapu Allan and Haimona Gray discuss the politics of toilets and tikanga as well as what might be in the budget for Māori.

    Whānau Ora chairperson Merepeka Raukawa-Tait on 7AA and the future of Whānau Ora under the coalition. Then Kiritapu Allan and Haimona Gray discuss the politics of toilets and tikanga, as well as what… Video, Audio

  • Pasifika Sipoti wrap - results from the weekend

    News
    Pacific
    13 May 2024
    Fijian Drua's Tevita Ikanivere with fans in Perth on Saturday night, following the team's loss to the Western Force. Photo: Fijian Drua

    A round-up of weekend sports results, including Super Rugby Pacific, OFC Men's Champions League, Fiji domestic rugby, Vanuatu beach volleyball.

    Pasifika Sipoti wrap - results from the weekend
  • Bid to backstop local news in tight times

    Audio
    media Hawke's Bay
    12 May 2024
    The front page of the final edition of the Wairoa Star published last week.

    Local newspapers are under pressure and some places have already lost their local news outlets. The Wairoa Star closed last week, but journalists want to keep going. A bid to re-start the Star online…

  • Bid to backstop local news in tight times

    News
    Mediawatch media
    12 May 2024
    The front page of the final edition of the Wairoa Star published last week.

    Local newspapers are under pressure and some places have already lost their local news outlets. The Wairoa Star closed last week, but journalists want to keep going. A bid to re-start the Star online…

    Audio

    Bid to backstop local news in tight times
  • New Lord of the Rings movies production hub revealed

    News
    New Zealand media
    10 May 2024
    Peter Jackson.
Collection Christophel / RnB © New Line Cinema / WingNut Films (Photo by New Line Cinema / WingNut Films / Collection Christophel / Collection ChristopheL via AFP)

    News of two new Lord of the Rings movies has sent a ripple of excitement through the home of Middle Earth in Wellington.

    Revealed: Lord of the Rings movies production hub to be in Wellington
  • Lawyer questions Stormy Daniels' account of sex with Trump

    News
    World world politics
    10 May 2024
    US President Donald Trump and adult film actress Stormy Daniels.

    Donald Trump's sought to catch inconsistencies in porn star Stormy Daniels' various tellings of an alleged 2006 sexual encounter

    Lawyer questions Stormy Daniels' account of sex with Trump
  • Super Rugby Pacific: D-Day matches for Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika

    News
    Pacific sport
    9 May 2024
    Fijian Drua's Tevita Ikanivere (front in green) leads the forward pack at training in Perth, ahead of the team's battle against Western Force in Round 12 of the Super Rugby Pacific on Saturday on May 11, 2024. Photo: Fijian Drua

    The Cultural Round is the telling round for both teams as far as their hopes of making it into the knockout stages is concerned. Losing will ruin their plans.

    Super Rugby Pacific: D-Day matches for Fijian Drua and Moana Pasifika
  • Red flags to watch for in your AI chatbot 'friend'

    News
    Comment & Analysis technology
    9 May 2024
    This illustration photo shows a user interacting with a smartphone app to customize an avatar for a personal artificial intelligence chatbot, known as a Replika in Warsaw, Poland on 22 July, 2023.

    Analysis - Research shows having an AI friend can be helpful for some people. But will it be helpful for you?

    Red flags to watch for in your AI chatbot 'friend'
  • OFC Champions League: Hekari recruit two Brazillians, as Oceania teams ready to go

    News
    Pacific
    7 May 2024
    Hekari United's new Brazilian recruits in Port Moresby ahead of the team's OFC Men's Champions League in Tahiti. Photo: Hekari United

    Papua New Guinea football champions Hekari United have taken on two Brazilian players for the OFC Men's Champions League in Tahiti, which kicks off on Saturday.

    OFC Champions League: Hekari recruit two Brazillians, as Oceania teams ready to go
  • Pasifika Sipoti wrap

    News
    Pacific
    6 May 2024
    Folau Fakatava slides in the rain in Tonga on Saturday as the Highlanders won the clash against Moana Pasifika.

    A round-up of results from the big sporting events that took place in the weekend, including Super Rugby, rugby sevens, cricket and soccer.

    Pasifika Sipoti wrap
  • Why North Korea's latest propaganda bop is a huge TikTok hit

    News
    World internet
    5 May 2024
    In this handout photograph taken and released by the Government of the Primorsky region on September 17, 2023, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un waves before boarding a train during a farewell ceremony at the end of his visit to Russia at the Artyom railway station near Vladivostok, in the Primorsky region. (Photo by Handout / Government of Primorsky region / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Government of Primorsky region" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

    When North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un released his latest song two weeks ago, surely he couldn't have foreseen it becoming a hit on TikTok. Video

    Why North Korea's latest propaganda bop is a huge TikTok hit
  • Dozens arrested in weekend of Gaza protests at US universities

    News
    World
    5 May 2024
    CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - MAY 04: Police take demonstrators into custody on the campus of the Art Institute of Chicago after students established a protest encampment on the grounds on May 04, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. More than 2,000 people have been arrested nationwide as students at colleges and universities around the country have staged protests calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.   Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Police in riot gear have cuffed pro-Palestinian protesters with zip-ties as campuses brace for more turmoil during graduation.

    Dozens arrested in weekend of Gaza protests on United States university campuses
  • 'When old men plant trees': James Shaw's farewell

    Audio
    politics
    5 May 2024
    Retiring Green Party MP James Shaw delivers his valedictory speech.

    James Shaw's valedictory statement included thanks, humour, yarns, surprising allies, warnings and advice for MPs on avoiding the endless policy tug-of-war. Audio

  • 'When old men plant trees': James Shaw's farewell

    News
    The House politics
    5 May 2024
    Retiring Green Party MP James Shaw delivers his valedictory speech.

    James Shaw's valedictory statement included thanks, humour, yarns, surprising allies, warnings and advice for MPs on avoiding the endless policy tug-of-war.

    Audio

    'When old men plant trees': James Shaw's farewell
  • 80s icons Pet Shop Boys return with Nonetheless (although they never really left)

    Audio
    music
    4 May 2024
    Pet Shop Boys

    The synth-pop elder statesmen present their fifteenth album, anthemic and genial in equal measure. Video, Audio

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  • 80s icons Pet Shop Boys return with Nonetheless (although they never really left)

    News
    The Sampler music
    4 May 2024
    Pet Shop Boys

    The synth-pop elder statesmen present their fifteenth album, anthemic and genial in equal measure.

    Video, Audio

    Review: Nonetheless by Pet Shop Boys
  • Colour instinct: the art of personal colour analysis

    Audio
    life and society
    4 May 2024
    Rachel Bilu, a colour analyst

    You might remember women "getting their colours done" in the 1980s. Thanks to social media, the art of analysing which shades complement a person's natural colouring is again having a moment. Rachel… Audio

  • World Press Freedom Day 2024: Pacific reporters identify issues

    News
    Pacific
    4 May 2024
    Fake Dictionary, Dictionary definition of the word free press. including key descriptive words.

    While the world marks World Media Freedom Day, in Papua New Guinea, one of the big issues is the loss of experience in the sector. Audio

    World Press Freedom Day 2024: Pacific reporters identify issues
  • Week in Politics: Polls woes, pay rises and Greens trouble

    News
    Politics Comment & Analysis
    3 May 2024
    Christopher Luxon makes an education announcement at Manurewa West school

    Analysis - A poll showing the opposition is more popular than the government raises questions, politicians go through their 'trial by pay rise' and a Green MP loses her cool in the debating chamber.

    Week in Politics: Polls, pay rises and a Green MP in trouble
  • Love from Leo - celeb fans lead to big jump in donations to conservation

    News
    New Zealand environment
    3 May 2024
    Leonardo DiCaprio praised The Capital Kiwi Project, which traps predators and releases kiwi in a large block of land in the Wellington region.

    One of the world's biggest stars has posted about kiwi conservation projects online, part of a steady stream of celebrity interest in Aotearoa efforts.

    Love from Leonardo DiCaprio - Celebrity fans lead to big jump in donations to NZ conservation projects
  • Spring Creek residents turn out to hear council plans to fix compromised stopbanks

    News
    New Zealand weather
    3 May 2024
    Around 80 residents turned up to the public meeting at the Spring Creek Hall on Thursday night.

    Marlborough District Council has told Spring Creek residents repairs to compromised Wairau River stopbanks are a top priority but the fix will cost $8.7 million and take three years to complete.

    Spring Creek residents turn out to hear council plans to fix compromised stopbanks
  • Columbia students defy deadline to disband pro-Palestinian encampment

    News
    World conflict
    30 Apr 2024
    A demonstrator at the encampment established in support of Palestinians in Gaza waves the Palestinian flag at Columbia University on April 29, 2024 in New York City.

    New York City's Columbia University has begun suspending students involved in a pro-Palestinian protest on campus after they defied a deadline to disperse.

    Columbia students defy deadline to disband pro-Palestinian encampment
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