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  • Japan raises age of consent to 16 in sex crime law reforms

    News
    World law
    16 Jun 2023
    A plenary session of the Upper House passes and goes into force a bill to revised criminal law to review sex offense regulations with a majority vote at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 16, 2023. Ken Saito, Japanese Minister of Justice, bows just after the bill became law.( The Yomiuri Shimbun ) (Photo by Masanori Genko / Yomiuri / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP)

    The legal age of consent was previously just 13.

    Japan raises age of consent to 16 in sex crime law reforms
  • Week in Politics: National and Labour go courting at Fieldays

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    16 Jun 2023
    National Party leader Christopher Luxon (L) and Labour MP Stuart Nash (R).

    Analysis - National would have had clear air for its agriculture policy if Christopher Luxon had not come down with a case of foot in mouth, writes Peter Wilson.

    Week in Politics: National and Labour go courting at Fieldays
  • Fieldays: Brain health and mental wellbeing worth thinking about

    News
    New Zealand Country
    16 Jun 2023
    The Fieldays Hauora Taiwhenua Health & Wellbeing hub is filled with health resources, including a headset with fluffy ears that move in response to brainwaves

    This year, brain health and mental wellbeing are recurring themes at the annual rural gathering at Mystery Creek in Hamilton.

    Fieldays: Brain health and mental wellbeing worth thinking about
  • Community event seeks to raise awareness about South Asian heart health

    News
    New Zealand health
    15 Jun 2023
    Ranjna Patel

    A South Asian community event in Auckland on Saturday will seek to raise awareness about heart health.

    Community event seeks to raise awareness about South Asian heart health
  • 'We are stuck here waiting to die' - North Koreans tell of neighbours starving to death

    News
    World
    15 Jun 2023
    A woman walks in a street in central Pyongyang in December 2022.

    Rare interviews gathered inside the world's most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s.

    'We are stuck here waiting to die' - North Koreans tell of neighbours starving to death
  • Gang president's death: Friend says meetings needed to defuse tension

    News
    New Zealand crime
    15 Jun 2023
    Members of the Mongrel Mob Barbarians gathered at Hillcrest Cemetery between Ōhope and Whakatāne to farewell their leader Steven Rota Taiatini on 14 June, 2023.

    A family friend of a slain gang boss believes there will be a lot of work behind the scenes to keep tensions at bay. Audio

    Ōpōtiki Mongrel Mob Barbarians president's death: Friend says meetings needed to defuse tension
  • Nick Kyrgios considered suicide in 2019

    News
    Sport
    15 Jun 2023
    Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon in 2019

    Australia tennis player Nick Kyrgios says he "genuinely contemplated" suicide after losing at Wimbledon in 2019.

    Nick Kyrgios considered suicide in 2019
  • Redefining masculinity to help men thrive

    Audio
    identity
    14 Jun 2023
    man smiling in profile with blue sky behind

    While it's beautiful that we're redefining what it means to be a man, the change process is leaving many young men confused and vulnerable to harmful influence, says Sydney-based Kiwi Dr Kieran… Audio

  • Former Gloriavale dairy farm manager sentenced for beating two boys

    News
    New Zealand
    13 Jun 2023
    John Ready and Virginia Courage.

    A judge has told former Gloriavale dairy farm manager John Ready he has "spent enough of his life in chains" in sentencing him to community detention for beating two 11-year-old boys.

    Former Gloriavale dairy farm manager sentenced to community detention for beating two boys
  • Child poverty group backs Green Party tax policy but National critical

    News
    New Zealand Politics
    12 Jun 2023
    Green Party co-leader James Shaw and National Party finance spokesperson and deputy leader Nicola Willis.

    The Green Party is promising a radical shake up of the tax system if elected this year, with an "income guarantee", a wealth tax, a trust tax, and a higher top tax rate. Audio

    Child poverty group backs Green Party tax policy but National says it will affect investments
  • Rare feathered visitors a delight for Taranaki bird-watchers

    News
    New Zealand conservation
    11 Jun 2023

    The calls of kōkako are being heard in a remote Taranaki forest for the first time in more than 25 years.

    Rare feathered visitors a delight for Taranaki bird-watchers
  • Greens propose higher taxes to fund a universal 'Income Guarantee' scheme

    News
    Politics Election 2023
    11 Jun 2023
    Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson

    Co-leader Marama Davidson says it is "a transformational new way" of doing income support to lift every family out of poverty.

    Green Party announces 'Income Guarantee' plan to help households meet rising costs
  • Yeyeong Jin wins the Michael Hill International Violin Competition 2023

    Audio
    music
    10 Jun 2023
    Yeyeong Jenny Jin (South Korea/USA), at the 2023 Michael Hill International Violin Competition.

    Yeyeong Jin’s heartfelt performance of the Brahms Violin Concerto secured first place in this prestigious event and prizes including $40,000 cash, a recording contract, a multi-city tour and the loan… Audio

  • Hayden Tee: the extra-ordinary director of Next to Normal

    Audio
    arts
    10 Jun 2023
    Director of musical "Next to Normal"

    Mental illness may seem an unlikely subject for a musical, but in the US Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt's Next to Normal has won not only Tony Awards but a Pulitzer Prize. Director of its Christchurch… Audio

  • The 'Big Kid' rebuilding his life with LEGO

    Audio
    health
    9 Jun 2023

    In the wake of a PTSD-related breakdown, building with colourful blocks is now essential to Dan Mulholland's mental health. Video, Audio

  • Auckland budget: Council meeting to continue Friday

    News
    New Zealand local council
    8 Jun 2023
    Auckland Council meeting on sale of airport shares

    Auckland Council has adjourned its governing body meeting without reaching a decision on the annual budget, after Mayor Wayne Brown backed down on a plan to sell all of council's airport shares. Video

    Auckland budget: Councillors with stake in airport can still vote on share sale
  • Another Auckland councillor reveals financial interest in Auckland Airport

    News
    New Zealand politics
    7 Jun 2023
    Chris Darby at a Council meeting about the Unitary Plan. 10 August 2016.

    North Shore's Chris Darby has updated his financial interest register, two days before the vote on whether to sell them as part of the city's budget fix.

    Auckland Councillor Chris Darby reveals financial interest in Auckland Airport, second this week
  • Pasifika art gallery gains popularity in Christchurch

    News
    Pacific
    7 Jun 2023
    South Island Samoan carver Amosa Tualamali'i inside his workshop at Fibre Gallery.

    A Christchurch art gallery that displays exclusively Pasifika art has brought in nearly 8000 Pacific visitors since opening in July. Audio

    Pasifika art gallery gains popularity in Christchurch
  • Kids caught up in illegal dirt biking need a safe space - youth worker

    Audio
    transport crime
    6 Jun 2023
    Police are reporting concerns with large groups of people on motorbikes and dirt bike in Auckland

    Five people have been arrested and six vehicles impounded after a police crackdown on illegal dirt bikers in south Auckland over the long weekend.

    About 50 bikes gathered at the Manukau Memorial… Video, Audio

  • Asian community leaders celebrated in King’s Birthday Honours List

    News
    New Zealand
    5 Jun 2023
    Composite images with Sunita Narayan, Maysoon Salama, Rakesh Naidoo, Alexis Lewgor, Fumijuki Saijo and Ralph Coorea.

    Asian recipients have been recognised for their contributions to language, education, health and the country's ethnic communities

    Asian community leaders celebrated in King’s Birthday Honours List
  • Doctors, journalist and former mayor among Kiwis honoured

    News
    New Zealand
    5 Jun 2023
    Composite image with Lianne Dalziel, Nicky Hager, Alison Cree, Ruth Spearing and Richard Wong She.

    A burns surgeon who helped victims of the Whaakari/White Island tragedy is one of many New Zealanders recognised in this year's King's Birthday Honours.

    King's Birthday Honours: Doctors, journalist and former mayor among Kiwis recognised
  • Disgraced former TVNZ breakfast host breaks silence

    News
    New Zealand media
    4 Jun 2023
    Kamahl Santamaria

    Former TVNZ Breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria, who quit following complaints about inappropriate workplace behaviour, has broken his silence.

    Disgraced former TVNZ breakfast host Kamahl Santamaria breaks silence
  • 'Forgive me': Beckenridge's friend receives disturbing letter after disappearance

    News
    New Zealand court
    2 Jun 2023
    John Beckenridge, left, and Mike Zhao-Beckenridge

    A former colleague and friend of John Beckenridge says he received a letter that disturbed him so much he destroyed it.

    'Forgive me': Beckenridge's friend receives disturbing letter after disappearance
  • Close friend worried 'upset' stepdad 'might do something stupid'

    News
    New Zealand law
    1 Jun 2023
    John Beckenridge, left, and Mike Zhao-Beckenridge

    John Beckenridge sent a raft of "concerning and aggressive" messages to his "closest friend" leading up to his disappearance.

    Beckenridge mystery: Friend worried 'upset' stepdad 'might do something stupid'
  • Oral Questions for Thursday 1 June 2023

    Audio 1 Jun 2023

    Questions to Ministers NICOLA WILLIS to the Minister of Finance: Has he received any advice from Government officials in the past year that included proposals for reducing the income tax paid by New… Audio

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