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  • Legal action may seek to stop removal of Rotorua Airport's air traffic control services

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    New Zealand transport
    15 May 2020
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    Rotorua Airport is preparing last-ditch legal action to stop the removal of the airport's Air Traffic Control services.

    Legal action may seek to stop removal of Rotorua Airport's air traffic control services
  • Coronavirus: Airways defends proposed air traffic control cuts

    Audio
    transport
    13 May 2020
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    Airways New Zealand says passenger safety will be maintained if its proposal to remove air traffic services from seven regions goes ahead.

    Airways, a state owned enterprise, wants to shut down its… Audio

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  • MBIE branch turnover high, but industry happy with performance

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    7 May 2020
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    Rapid turnover of staff has been hampering a government agency that's crucial to the pandemic recovery.

    MBIE branch turnover high, but industry happy with performance
  • The long wait for Neil Young's Live at Massey Hall album

    Audio
    music
    29 Apr 2020
    Neil Young

    Music commentator Graeme Downes looks at why Neil Young's album, recorded in 1971, sat in limbo until 2007. He'll share some gems, including Old Man, Cowgirl in the Sand and A Man needs a Maid/Heart… Audio

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  • Covid-19: What happened on Easter Monday

    News
    New Zealand World
    13 Apr 2020
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    On a day that a fifth person died from Covid-19 in New Zealand, a Southland nurse gained international attention for her outstanding care of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

    Covid-19: What happened on Easter Monday
  • Call for NZ police help in probing West Papua killing

    News
    Pacific West Papua
    8 Apr 2020
    Andreas Harsono

    An Indonesian human rights expert has called for New Zealand police help after a deadly attack on mine company staff in West Papua.

    Call for NZ police help in probing West Papua killing
  • Air traffic plummets by 85 percent

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    6 Apr 2020
    Air New Zealand planes parked up at Auckland Airport two during the Covid-19 pandemic.

    Flight data shows air traffic has dropped 85 percent in the past seven days, compared with the same week last year.

    Air traffic plummets by 85 percent
  • Covid-19: Prisoners in cells up to 23 hours a day - guards

    News
    In Depth Covid-19
    6 Apr 2020
    A New Zealand prison cell.

    Prison guards say they are having to confine prisoners to their cells for between 20 and 23 hours a day to manage physical distancing.

    Covid-19: Prisoners in cells up to 23 hours a day - guards
  • Music With Graeme Downes

    Audio
    music
    1 Apr 2020

    Graeme joins Kathryn to talk about The Who - and songs from their The Kids are Alright album. Graeme Downes is a musicologist and senior lecturer in the Department of Music at the University of Otago.

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  • On the backbenches: It’s in the DNA

    Audio 29 Mar 2020
    Electorate MP for Maungakiekie Denise Lee with staff members in the Panmure office of the Tāmaki Regeneration Company. The Company, jointly owned by the Government and Auckland Council, is undertaking an urban transformation project in areas of the Maungakiekie electorate

    National MP Denise Lee hangs in the backbenches of the debating chamber but says electorate work takes a more on the ground approach Audio

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  • On the backbenches: It’s in the DNA

    News
    The House
    29 Mar 2020
    Electorate MP for Maungakiekie Denise Lee with staff members in the Panmure office of the Tāmaki Regeneration Company. The Company, jointly owned by the Government and Auckland Council, is undertaking an urban transformation project in areas of the Maungakiekie electorate

    National MP Denise Lee hangs in the backbenches of the debating chamber but says electorate work takes a more on the ground approach

    Audio

    On the backbenches: It’s in the DNA
  • SkyCity casinos close immediately

    News
    Business Covid-19
    23 Mar 2020
    Sky City logo

    SkyCity is working though the implications for its 4000 workers, as its Hamilton, Queenstown and Auckland establishments close immediately in light of the new Covid-19 regulations.

    SkyCity casinos close immediately
  • Relief package eases pressure on airports, Airways

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    New Zealand Business
    19 Mar 2020
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    The aviation industry has welcomed the government's plans to halve all border fee increases as it struggles with the impact of Covid-19.

    Relief package eases pressure on airports, Airways
  • SkyCity cuts profit forecast, warns of casino closures

    News
    Business Covid-19
    18 Mar 2020
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    On top of nearly halving its full year profit forecast, the gaming company says it might be forced to shut all its casinos because of Covid-19 coronavirus.

    SkyCity cuts profit forecast, warns of casino closures
  • Events continue to fall, but what about malls, casinos and churches?

    News
    New Zealand Covid-19
    17 Mar 2020
    Department store in Auckland

    Events around the country have continued to grind to a halt due to coronavirus, with more tumbling today from agriculture to theatre.

    Events continue to fall, but what about malls, casinos and churches?
  • The lure of a (good) live album

    Audio
    music
    4 Mar 2020
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    Music commentator Graeme Downes has been thinking about the number of live recordings he owns, and what makes a good live album. He shares some tunes from Tom Waits' Big Time and Glitter and Doom live… Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

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  • The philosopher whose thoughts are being cancelled

    Audio
    internet life and society
    3 Mar 2020
    Prof Peter Singer

    Is Peter Singer one of the world's most influential philosophers, or an intellectual pariah?  Audio

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  • The philosopher whose thoughts are being cancelled

    News
    The Detail internet
    3 Mar 2020
    Prof Peter Singer

    Is Peter Singer one of the world's most influential philosophers, or an intellectual pariah? 

    Audio

    Is cancel culture repressing freedom of thought?
  • Adams second as Osei-Nketia wins 100m

    News
    Sport
    24 Feb 2020
    Dame Valerie Adams at the Potts Classic in Hastings.

    New Zealand shot put star Dame Valerie Adams suffered a rare defeat on home soil, finishing second at the Sir Graeme Douglas international.

    Adams second as Osei-Nketia wins 100m
  • SkyCity reports drop in underlying profit amid challenging times

    News
    Business
    13 Feb 2020
    Sky City logo

    Large insurance payouts and proceeds from an asset sale have lifted the half year profit of the gaming company.

    SkyCity reports drop in underlying profit amid challenging times
  • Week in politics: Fighting talk from Peters

    News
    Politics Comment & Analysis
    7 Feb 2020
    Simon Bridges and Winston Peters.

    Analysis - Winston Peters comes out swinging after Simon Bridges rules out working with NZ First post-election and National's leader ruffles feathers at Waitangi.

    Week in politics: Fighting talk from Peters
  • A revisionist summer with Public Image Ltd

    Audio
    music
    5 Feb 2020
    Public Image Ltd. on stage performing in 2013.

    Music correspondent Graeme Downes has been looking back this summer as he downsizes his music collection. He joins Kathryn for a look at English post-punk band Public Image Ltd. Graeme Downes is a… Audio

    This audio is not downloadable due to copyright restrictions.

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  • Today's sports news: What you need to know

    News
    Sport
    3 Feb 2020
    All Whites coach Danny Hay.

    In today's sports news - All Whites get March matches, Black Ferns Sevens make it four in a row and SBW has tough return to league.

    Today's sports news: What you need to know
  • Today’s sports news: What you need to know

    News
    Sport
    31 Jan 2020
    Auckland Tuatara manager Steve Mintz.

    In today's sports news - Tuatara looking on brightside, McNicholl to make Wales debut and another step for W Series.

    Today’s sports news: What you need to know
  • Tairāwhiti leaders head to climate summit: 'We've got to work collectively'

    News
    Te Ao Māori environment
    22 Jan 2020
    Tina Ngata (Ngāti Porou) is an author, researcher and advocate whose work focuses on environmental, Indigenous, and human rights. She is the author of Kia Mau: Resisting Colonial Fictions.

    The people of Tairāwhiti are being warned that crayfish, pāua and kina could die out as a result of climate change.

    Tairāwhiti leaders head to climate summit: 'We've got to work collectively'
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