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  • Northland checkpoints start smoothly as border reopens

    Audio
    travel Covid-19
    15 Dec 2021
    Police with iwi support at a checkpoint on SH1 at Uretiti. It is one of two new short-term checkpoints for northbound traffic set up as the Auckland region boundary opened.

    Northland's checkpoints started smoothly today, with last minute background checks holding up some Tai Tokerau Border Control workers the only speed bump.

    Thousands of cars heading north passed… Video, Audio

  • Book review: Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood

    Audio
    books
    15 Dec 2021
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    Angie Cairncross reviews Murder Under Her Skin by Stephen Spotswood, published by Hachette NZ Audio

  • Ongoing red light restrictions 'devastating' for Northland businesses

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    14 Dec 2021
    Russell in Te Tai Tokerau/Northland.

    An event organiser in the region says the government decision is a blow after so much hard work by local organisations to increase vaccination rates. Audio

    Covid-19: Ongoing red light restrictions 'devastating' for Northland businesses
  • Book review: Love Stories by Trent Dalton

    Audio
    books
    14 Dec 2021
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    Cynthia Morahan reviews Love Stories by Trent Dalton, published by HarperCollins. Cynthia says: This is a perfect book for people who hate small talk. It's poetic, with little definitions of love… Audio

  • Aucklanders looking forward to orange traffic light setting but businesses surprised by delay

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    14 Dec 2021
    AUCKLAND,NZ - OCT 13 2015:Traffic on Vulcan Lane in Auckland downtown, New Zealand .It's a popular cobblestone plaza off Queen St home to fashionable restaurants, cafes, pubs and stores.

    People planning New Year' Eve celebrations in Auckland are hailing the city's next step towards freedom, just in time to bid goodbye and good riddance to 2021. Audio

    Aucklanders looking forward to orange traffic light setting but businesses surprised by delay
  • Jane Campion's film leads nominations at Golden Globe Awards

    News
    World
    14 Dec 2021
    Jane Campion attends the official screening of Netflix's "The Power Of The Dog" during 2021 AFI Fest on 11 November, 2021 in Hollywood, California.

    New Zealand film director Jane Campion's western The Power of the Dog and Sir Kenneth Branagh's autobiographical film Belfast are up for seven prizes each.

    Golden Globe Awards: Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog leads nominations
  • Book review: How to End a Story: Diaries: 1995-1998 by Helen Garner

    Audio
    books
    13 Dec 2021
    Helen Garner

    Holly Walker reviews How to End a Story: Diaries: 1995-1998 by Helen Garner, published by Text Publishing Audio

  • Omicron: Three vaccine doses key for protection against variant

    News
    World Covid-19
    11 Dec 2021
    Commuters wearing face masks travel on the London Underground.

    Two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine are not enough to stop you catching the Omicron variant, UK scientists have warned.

    Omicron: Three vaccine doses key for protection against variant
  • Ministry of Health agrees to release Māori vaccination data

    News
    Politics Te Ao Māori
    10 Dec 2021
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    After two High Court judicial reviews, the Director-General of Health is releasing data of unvaccinated Māori in the North Island - but with clear conditions.

    Ministry of Health agrees to release Māori vaccination data
  • Three waters: Govt agreed to mandated strategy before four entities announced

    News
    Politics
    10 Dec 2021
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    The government kept councils guessing for months about whether they would be forced into three waters reforms, despite having already agreed to pursue such a strategy, papers show.

    Three waters: Government agreed to mandated strategy before four entities announced
  • Book review - The Fell by Sarah Moss

    Audio
    books
    10 Dec 2021
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    Kiran Dass reviews The Fell by Sarah Moss, published by Picador. Audio

  • Book review - The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

    Audio
    books
    9 Dec 2021
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    Lisa Finucane reviews The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner, pubished by Hachette. Audio

  • Review - Dune

    Audio
    movies
    8 Dec 2021
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    Dune has defeated the best efforts of Hollywood in the past. Can Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) and an all-star cast triumph where others have failed. Stars Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya and… Video, Audio

  • Review - Dune

    News
    At the Movies movies
    8 Dec 2021
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    Dune has defeated the best efforts of Hollywood in the past. Can Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) and an all-star cast triumph where others have failed. Stars Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya and…

    Video, Audio

    Review - Dune
  • BOOK REVIEW: Can't Get There From Here by André Brett

    Audio 8 Dec 2021
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    Robert Kelly reviews Can't Get There From Here by André Brett published by Otago University Press. Audio

  • Book Critic with Pip Adam

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    books
    7 Dec 2021
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    Pip Adam tells Jesse about the books that have made her year better. Audio

  • Book review: Fracture - Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma

    Audio
    books
    7 Dec 2021
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    Quentin Johnson reviews Fracture - Stories of How Great Lives Take Root in Trauma by Matthew Parris, published by Allen and Unwin. Audio

  • Book review: Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake

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    books
    6 Dec 2021
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    Mary Fawcett of Schroedinger's Books in Petone reviews Egg Marks the Spot by Amy Timberlake. Second in the Skunk & Badger series for 7-11 year olds, published by Allen and Unwin. Audio

  • West Side Story: Spielberg on casting Latin American roles

    News
    World
    4 Dec 2021
    The story follows two rival gangs - the Sharks and the Jets.

    Steven Spielberg, the director of the new film adaptation of the musical West Side Story, says he insisted on casting from the Latin American community.

    West Side Story: Spielberg on casting Latin American roles
  • Unvaccinated ratepayers warned not to expect lower rates under new red traffic light classification

    News
    Local Democracy Reporting Covid-19
    4 Dec 2021
    Northern Districts security guard Durhy Turner scans Margaret Johnson into WDC's Whangārei central library.

    Unvaccinated Whangārei ratepayers barred from council facilities under New Zealand's new traffic light Covid-19 Protection Framework should not be expecting their rates to be reduced as a result.

    Unvaccinated Northland ratepayers warned not to expect rates reduction
  • Book Review - Wild Pets by Amber Medland

    Audio
    books
    3 Dec 2021
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    Briar Lawry from Unity Books Auckland reviews Wild Pets by Amber Medland, published by Faber & Faber. Audio

  • Culture of reading among children improves mental wellbeing - research

    News
    New Zealand children
    2 Dec 2021
    A photo of a father and young daughter reading together

    Studies have shown children's enjoyment of reading is related to a longer life, better mental wellbeing and healthier eating. Fiction reading is related to better performance at school.

    Culture of reading among children improves school performance, wellbeing - research
  • People will need to be fully vaccinated to book DOC huts and campsites

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    2 Dec 2021
    The Kōhanga Atawhai - Manson Nicholls Hut has been rebuilt at Lake Daniell in the Maruia Valley.

    Visitors will need to confirm all of their party is fully vaccinated when booking.

    People will need to be fully vaccinated to book DOC huts and campsites
  • Book review: Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit

    Audio
    books
    2 Dec 2021
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    Jenna Todd from Time Out Bookstore reviews Orwell's Roses by Rebecca Solnit, published by Penguin Random House Audio

  • Economic agency warns of further business closures if Auckland stays in red

    News
    New Zealand Business
    2 Dec 2021
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    Auckland's economic development agency is warning more businesses will close for good if the region doesn't move to Covid orange in a fortnight.

    Economic agency warns of further business closures if Auckland stays in red
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