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Warehouse Group store lease on market since 2019, but job loss consultation has only just begun
The lease for a Warehouse Group store in Auckland has been on the market since last year, despite consultation about job losses at the store only beginning last week.
The revelation comes after the… Audio
Evening business for 17 June 2020
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Covid-19: Isolation audit not enough to ensure safety - expert
An epidemiologist and public health physician says an audit of managed isolation protocols is not enough to ensure the system is safe.
The Prime Minister says the two new Covid-19 cases represent an… Video, Audio
Mike Bush answers questions over botched Covid-19 isolation
The two women who have tested positive for Covid-19 are being spoken to by Wellington Regional Health staff on Wednesday afternoon to confirm the details of the their movements from Auckland to… Video, Audio
Covid-19: Novotel guest describes strict conditions since yesterday
A guest at the same hotel as two women who have been confirmed to have Covid-19 says she was only tested for the virus on Wednesday despite Health Ministry protocols to the contrary. Video, Audio
Govt grilled over bungled quarantine of new Covid-19 cases
The government is facing a fierce backlash after the bungled quarantine of two returning New Zealand citizens - including calls for the Health Minister to resign.
The Prime Minister has announced she… Video, Audio
Super Rugby: Is it Auckland Blues' time to shine again?
New Zealand fans starved of live sports will welcome the return of rugby this weekend, as the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition kicks off in front of some big crowds.
Saturday night's opening match… Audio
Environmental stoush grows over Rangitoto channel dredging
Auckland Council is recommending that most of the submissions opposing the dredging of the Rangitoto shipping channel should be rejected.
The move has angered environmentalists and iwi, but the… Audio
Light rail fail: 'I'm always disappointed in NZ First' - Shaw
Green Party co-leader and government minister James Shaw admits he's always disappointed in New Zealand First, after RNZ revealed the coalition partner won't support Auckland light rail before the… Audio
Tearing down Black Lives Matter posters 'wrong' - principal
The Principal at Christchurch Girls High School says it was wrong for a staff member to tear down Black Lives Matter posters, put up by a group of students.
Christine O'Neill says she has now spoken… Audio
Record number of skiiers at Mt Hutt for season start
Mount Hutt skifield in mid-Canterbury managed to draw a record crowd of close to 2,000 for its first day of the season on Friday.
The end of level 2 restrictions means the field is able to host twice… Video, Audio
Nightclubs still closed as Australia inches out of lockdown
While Super Rugby crowds are expected to be at capacity for the first time in months this weekend, Australia is inching towards normality.
The 100 metre rule for indoor venues has been scrapped, but… Audio
National MP's son to pay $4k over ill-treatment of dairy cows
The son of a National Party MP has been ordered to pay more than $4000 after being convicted for the ill-treatment of dairy cows on a farm he ran near Eketehuna.
Sharemilker Tony Kuriger admitted in… Video, Audio
Māori media: Fears future of Te Karere on the line
The future of the flagship Māori news show Te Karere is on the line, as the government proposes to create a single Māori news service run by Māori Television.
The government has this week released… Audio
Evening business for 12 June 2020
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Covid-19 NZ jobseekers top 7000, calls for benefit boost get louder
More than 7000 now-unemployed New Zealanders have applied for the Ministry for Social Development's new Covid-19 income relief payments since they became available on Monday.
It comes as the… Video, Audio
Phil Twyford discusses America's Cup border exemptions
Two America's Cup syndicates have been granted special exemptions to get through our closed borders, but international spectators might be watching from their couches rather than New Zealand waters… Video, Audio
Waikato-Tainui welcome removal of Hamilton statue
Waikato Māori say glorifying colonial-era figures in statue form is a reminder of the devastating effects of British injustice.
Hamilton City Council contractors this morning removed British army… Video, Audio
Northland police find body believed to be Bridget Simmonds
Police investigating the disappearance of Northland woman Bridget Simmonds have unearthed what's believed to be her remains at a rural property near Whangarei - where she used to live.
The last… Video, Audio
Illegal fishing reports keep DOC busy after lockdown
A spate of alleged illegal fishing near Wellington post-lockdown has kept Department of Conservation staff and coast watchers busy over the past few weeks.
There are two marine reserves in the… Video, Audio