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  • Million Dollars slide get experts tick of approval

    Audio 11 Oct 2023

    Just before 10am this morning more than 60 Canterbury school children slid and spun their way down Hanmer's new million-dollar attraction. The $3.2 million slides, the Violet Vortex and Waiau Winder… Audio

  • $3.3m water slides to open with features not seen in NZ before

    News
    New Zealand travel
    10 Oct 2023
    The new waterslides at Hanmer Springs pools have been named the Waiau Winder and Violet Vortex.

    Two new $3.2 million hydro slides are about to open at Canterbury's Hanmer Springs pools, with some flashy features.

    New $3.3m water slides to open at Hanmer Springs
  • Property industry's political favourites

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    2 Oct 2023
    Collage of houses, for sale signs, and dollar coins

    The property industry gives more in political donations than any other, and its millions of dollars almost all go to two parties.

    Property industry tops political donations
  • Labour's Chris Hipkins shies from curbing spending promises

    News
    Politics Election 2023
    19 Sep 2023
    Labour's Chris Hipkins and Ginny Andersen visit Porirua Women and Family Centre to talk with staff about their work. There is a combination of Whare Manaaki, WINZ, Women's Refuge, Living Without Violence at the centre.

    Morning Report - Labour leader Chris Hipkins is defying calls from other parties to revise spending promises, saying the party has already scaled down its offering. Audio

    Labour's Chris Hipkins shies from curbing spending promises
  • Cooks' tourism industry upbeat, but anger persists over high air fares

    News
    Pacific Cook Islands
    7 Sep 2023

    The Cook Islands tourism industry is getting back to where it was pre-pandemic, but it's still dealing with slow seasons and high airfares. Audio

    Cooks' tourism industry upbeat, but anger persists over high air fares
  • An invasive seaweed threat: Everything you need to know about caulerpa

    News
    New Zealand Local Democracy Reporting
    8 Aug 2023
    Caulerpa at Te Rāwhiti's Omakiwi Cove in the eastern Bay of Islands.

    Northland is facing an at least 10-year-long battle to eradicate the new marine seaweed superspreader, caulerpa.

    Caulerpa invasive seaweed threat spreading - what you need to know
  • History repeats for a 'Springboks' side on an Auckland league field

    News
    Sport
    12 Jul 2023
    General view of Carlaw Park. ARL rugby league, Winfield Cup Pre-season rugby league match between Auckland and the Warriors in January 1995. © Copyright photo: Andrew Cornaga / www.photosport.nz

    The All Blacks and Springboks are playing in Auckland for the first time in a decade this weekend - not at the traditional venue Eden Park but at the Warriors' home, Mt Smart Stadium.

    This isn't the first time the 'Springboks' have played on an Auckland league field
  • Megan Woods on the myriad challenges for New Zealand's energy future

    Audio 29 Jun 2023
    Megan Woods

    This morning Nine to Noon looks at the issue of greening up the country's energy - and the hefty price tag that comes with it. Two weeks ago on the programme Kathryn spoke with Graeme Peters, who'd… Audio

  • 'Hard lessons we need to learn' - Stormwater conference faces harsh climate reality

    News
    New Zealand weather
    25 May 2023
    Flooding on Porana Road, Wairau Valley on 9 May, 2023.

    A dour mood hung above this year's Stormwater New Zealand Conference, as attendees reflected on months of flooding and severe weather.

    'Hard lessons we need to learn' - Stormwater conference faces harsh climate reality
  • Moves underway to ensure koi carp don't reach Waitomo Caves

    News
    New Zealand science
    27 Mar 2023

    NIWA scientists had to resort to some old-fashioned tools to help deal with the arrival of unwanted koi carp.

    Moves underway to ensure koi carp don't reach Waitomo Caves
  • Underslip in Coromandel: 'If that one goes, we're basically an island'

    News
    New Zealand transport
    22 Mar 2023
    Waka Kotahi says the State Highway 25 underslip between Opoutere and Hikuwai appeared to have deteriorated on 8 March.

    The underslip on State Highway 25 between Waihi and Whangamatā has residents concerned about losing their last practical way in or out. Audio

    Coromandel residents fear they are one underslip away from disaster
  • Top athletes end summer season in style at Sir Graeme Douglas International

    News
    Sport
    17 Mar 2023
    Eliza McCartney of New Zealand in the pole vault during the Sir Graeme Douglas International Athletic meet , Trusts Arena,  Auckland, New Zealand on Thursday 16 March 2023. Mandatory credit: Lynne Cameron / www.photosport.nz

    Superstars of New Zealand track and field were on show on Thursday night for the final time this summer.

    Top athletes end summer season in style at Sir Graeme Douglas International
  • Hobbs breaks 11 seconds barrier

    News
    Sport
    12 Mar 2023
    Zoe Hobbs of New Zealand wins the Women 100 metres during the 2023 Sydney Track Classic

    Sprinter Zoe Hobbs has officially become the first New Zealand woman to run under 11 seconds for the 100 metres.

    Hobbs breaks 11 seconds barrier
  • 'Locally it's been huge': Bluff oysters looking good as the season starts

    News
    New Zealand food
    3 Mar 2023
    Bluff oysters

    Bluff oyster lovers are going wild for their favourite treat, with the first harvest landing this week.

    Bluff oysters looking good as the season starts
  • Bluff Oyster season begins with a bang

    Audio
    food farming
    3 Mar 2023

    The start of the Bluff Oyster season has kicked off in the South Island with passionate seafood lovers queuing down the street to get the first bite from this years harvest. 

    So far the quality of… Audio

  • 'We need more diggers, more resources, more money', say angry Esk Valley locals

    News
    New Zealand Country
    27 Feb 2023
    Thick silt and upended tractors lie at the front of Pheasant Farm, Esk Valley, in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle.

    Some residents in the area say the limited help they've received from the council and government in the wake of Cyclone Gabrielle is not good enough.

    Ruined orchard, damaged winery - Esk Valley copes with daunting job cleaning up
  • Australian firefighters assist recovery efforts.

    Audio
    weather
    19 Feb 2023
    After some bridges over the Hikuwai River in Te Tairāwhiti were washed away, Chorus has successfully overlaid 800m of fibre as it begins to restore connectivity to the surrounding area.

    Australian firefighters have touched down in Aotearoa to assist in recovery efforts. 25 Fire and Rescue Service specialist firefighters from Queensland arrived yesterday, and will get to work… Audio

  • 'Desperately short' - Lack of lifeguards forcing closure of pools

    News
    New Zealand life and society
    10 Feb 2023
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    If you are thinking of heading to the public swimming pools to cool down- you might find the doors shut.

    Lifeguard shortage forcing closures of public pools
  • 'Our anger this time is the lack of response after the last flood'

    News
    New Zealand weather
    8 Feb 2023
    Graeme Beaufoy hard at work cleaning up his flood damaged Swanson home.

    For some West Auckland residents, last month's catastrophic floods weren't the first time their homes had been affected by an extreme weather event. Audio

    Auckland flooding: 'Our anger this time is the lack of response' - West Auckland residents
  • Northland declares state of emergency

    News
    New Zealand weather
    31 Jan 2023
    Northland is under a red alert heavy rain warning as wild weather is expected to hit the region.

    Northlanders are urged to be prepared as more than 200 millimetres of rain is predicted to fall in the region. Audio

    Northland declares state of emergency as it faces its first red heavy rain warning
  • 'Ofa Atu Tonga': New Zealand remembers volcanic eruption

    News
    Pacific Tonga
    17 Jan 2023
    Valeti Finau and her granddaughter Taufa Sialetonga held each other tight at Lotofale’ia Methodist Church in Mangere, as they remembered the pain of the 2022 disaster. “Ofa Atu” - miss Sialetonga said.

    This time last year Tongans around the world were desperately trying to call their loved ones at home immediately after hearing of the devastating Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcanic eruption. Audio

    'Ofa Atu Tonga': New Zealand remembers volcanic eruption
  • South Africa bat out final day to hold Australia to Sydney draw

    News
    Sport
    9 Jan 2023
    Dean Elgar

    South Africa dug deep and denied Australia a 3-0 series sweep with a battling draw in the rain-disrupted third test in Sydney.

    South Africa bat out final day to hold Australia to Sydney draw
  • Whakatōhea votes to accept $100m Treaty settlement

    News
    Te Ao Māori
    2 Dec 2022
    Waiotahe beach in Ōpōtiki, Eastern Bay of Plenty.

    Members of Whakatōhea have voted to accept the Crown's $100 million settlement offer, marking an end to nearly 30 years of negotiation.

    Whakatōhea votes to accept $100m Treaty settlement
  • Schubert with Dr Graeme Downes

    Audio
    music arts
    1 Dec 2022
    Graeme Downes

    Rock and roll star turned musicologist Graeme Downes gives a masterful breakdown of the enduring brilliance of Schubert's Symphony #9 in C major, and why it’s had a hold on his heart all these years… Audio

  • Reimagining Parliament

    Audio
    politics
    13 Nov 2022
    Parliament's Standing Orders Committee hears evidence from a submitter, the former Prime Minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer for the 2023 Review of Standing Orders.

    Every three years senior MPs meet to reimagine Parliament, considering which rule changes might strengthen representative democracy and executive oversight. Audio

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