Anusha Bradley
DOC compromised values over kiwis’ care, Forest and Bird says
Forest and Bird is calling for an independent review into Department of Conservation's commercial partnerships with businesses and private landowners. This comes after RNZ revealed DOC allowed the… Video, Audio
900 people apply for one Napier house in just 24 hours
Napier's rental squeeze has got so tight that one landlord has pulled an ad for a rental home after being overwhelmed by more than 900 enquiries in just 24 hours. Audio
Liquor store owner facing closure says he's being singled out
Three objections have been filed with the Hastings District Council opposing Flaxmere Liquor Centre renewing its license, with objectors saying three stores in one suburb is too much. Audio
Tolaga Bay forestry company's illegal logging history revealed
The Overseas Investment Office took nine years to realise the Malaysian owner of a Tolaga Bay forestry company had been charged for illegally logging overseas.
It's one of three companies blamed for… Audio
Tolaga Bay forestry owner has history of illegal logging
The Malaysian owner of a forestry company blamed for tonnes of debris washing up in Tolaga Bay has been fined twice for illegal logging overseas, but it took the Overseas Investment Office nine years… Audio
Other plastics might be just as harmful as BPA
New research has shown that substitutes for the much-maligned Bisphenol A in plastic may be just as harmful as BPA itself. Audio
Concerns aquifer replenishing technology 'untested'
A controversial technology Forest and Bird says is untested and experimental is being considered to replenish a Central Hawke's Bay aquifer that's running out of water. The Ruataniwha aquifer, which… Audio
Minister proposing harsher synthetic drug laws
Police Minister Stuart Nash says the law that regulates synthetics is "inadequate", and the government is considering moving its regulation to result in harsher penalities. Video, Audio
Maraenui's synthetic drug problem
The Napier suburb of Maraenui is in the grip of a synthetic cannabis crisis. Children as young as 11 are hooked on the drug, and there aren't many in the suburb unaffected by the problem. Audio
Synthetic drugs in Maraenui: A suburb afflicted by addicition
Grandparents, parents, siblings... and children as young as 11 are getting hooked on synthetic cannabis in Napier's suburb of Maraenui. It's hard to find anyone unaffected by the drug there - they are… Audio
Police comms staff feel they can't take sick leave
Police are defending the use of a controversial scoring system to analyse when its call centre communications staff are taking too much sick leave. Audio
Hawke's Bay council taken to court over effluent pollution
A Hawke's Bay businessman, Simon Lusk, is taking the regional council to the Environment Court over its failure to regulate feedlots he says are polluting the district. Mr Lusk says the practice… Audio
Tourism sector urged to find new ways to attract tourists
The tourism industry is being urged to find ways of encouraging tourists to visit off-season and to venture towards much-less visited regions with new and unique tourism attractions. The country's… Audio
Hastings students create low-cost flood warning device
A big flood in Hawke's Bay has prompted a group of high school students from Hastings to create a low-cost device that sends rainfall data and flood warnings in real time by text message. Video, Audio
Teen will spend minimum 11 years in prison for murder
Rosie Lewis has been sentenced to life in prison for robbing and murdering 30-year-old Indian national, Sandeep Dhiman, who she met on Tinder. Audio
Early Business News for 25 July 2018
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
Greenpeace say sentence will mean fewer people ‘standing-up for what they believe in’
Two of its protestors will wait months for sentencing after pleading guilty to interfering with an oil exploration ship. Video, Audio
Markets Update for 11 July 2018
A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Audio
Napier homelessness rises, all state homes full
A Napier woman who was turned down for more than 40 private rentals, says she agreed to live in a state home in the middle of a construction zone because she had no where else to go. Demand for state… Audio
Govt writes off pensioner debt 3x more than beneficiary debt
Newly-released Official Information Act figures show the government writes off three times as much pensioner debt as it does debts accrued by beneficiaries when they're mistakenly overpaid. But MSD… Audio