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Top Stories for Friday 5 April 2024
Top stories for Friday April 5 2024: The Defence Minister met with major American military contractor Honeywell to talk about the controversial security pact Aukus Pillar Two.
Public sector job cuts… Audio
Dunedin man running 600km from Milford Sound to home
Glenn Sutton has run all over the world, pushing his endurance and body to the limits of what's possible. But the Dunedin man's next challenge has him admitting to being a bit scared. Audio
Historic oral diaries from NZ prime ministers abruptly ended
There are thousands of hours of conversation with the likes of David Lange, John Key and Helen Clark. But no one has ever heard them, and now the project. run by the Alexander Turnbull Library, is… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 3 March 2024
Top stories for April 3 2024: A coroner has ruled it's impossible to tell if a 13 year old boy died due to his Covid vaccine or a virus.
Police are investigating a reported kidnapping on the North… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 3 March 2024
It's Raapa - Wednesday, April the third Today on RNZ National... A coroner has ruled it's impossible to tell if a 13 year old boy died due to his Covid vaccine or a virus Police are investigating a… Audio
Politics by Night with Anna Whyte
Stuff political reporter Anna Whyte joins Emile Donovan to examine what public sector job cuts will do to Wellington, and look ahead to the National-led government's climate adaptation law reform. Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 28 March 2024
Top stories for 28 March 2024: New Zealand companies and immigration advisers are being offered big money from overseas to sell jobs that don't exist.
Journalist Nicky Hager tells us what he believes… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 27 March 2024
Top Stories for Wednesday 27 March 2024: A major bridge in the US city of Baltimore collapsed overnight after a ship collided with it, sending cars and people plummeting into the water below.
The AA… Audio
Government accuses China of cyber-attacks
The Government has accused China for the first time of being behind several malicious cyber-attacks against New Zealand's Parliamentary agencies.
It comes after the United Kingdom and United States… Audio
Cost of living crisis continues to impact the Far North
While the cost-of-living crisis has pushed the housing crisis out of mind for some Kiwis, in the Far North it continues unabated with many people forced to live in tents, cars and overcrowded homes.
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Eskdale holiday park owner on Cyclone Gabrielle report
A new report into the Hawke's Bay's Civil Defence response to Cyclone Gabrielle has found there weren't enough trained emergency leaders, leading to confusion and burnout.
It also found controllers… Audio
SIS and GCSB to appear before Intelligence and Security Committee
The United Kingdom and the United States have called out China over what they say have been state sponsored cyber-attacks.
The United Kingdom has accused China of hacking its electoral commission… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 26 March 2024
Top stories for Tuesday 26 March 2024: The UK and US call out China over what they say are state sponsored cyber-attacks.
Mayors and iwi leaders in Hawke's Bay say it's time to throw out the… Audio
List of courses where increase in enrolments needed released
The funder for tertiary education is willing to subsidise more trainees in scaffolding and piano tuning, but doesn't want any increase in primary teaching enrolments.
The Commission has released the… Audio
Crusaders slump to fifth straight Super Rugby loss
The Crusaders sunk further into the mire on Saturday night, well beaten 26-6 by the Blues at Eden Park.
Coach Rob Penney described his team's fifth loss from five Super Rugby games as "clunky" and he… Audio
Robyn Malcolm wins award at Series Mania Forum
Esteemed New Zealand actress Robyn Malcolm has become the first local actor to take home an award from the Series Mania Forum in France.
She accepted the best actress award in Lille, during a… Audio
Mother of autistic man appeals for son to be free
The mother of an autistic and intellectually disabled man who has spent half his life locked away, is appealing to the Supreme Court to set him free.
The man lives in seclusion at the Mason Clinic… Audio
Hipkins promises to turn attention to tax system in state of the nation speech
The Labour party leader is promising to turn his attention to tax, saying the current system is inequitable and unsustainable.
In a state of the nation speech in South Auckland, Chris Hipkins said… Audio
Labour setting itself up to deliver tax reform say inequality experts
One of the country's leading inequality experts says the Labour Party has set itself up to finally deliver tax reform.
Chris Hipkins called the tax system "inequitable" and "unsustainable" in his… Audio
Climate policy in focus across 65 elections worldwide
Four billion voters across more than 65 countries are headed to the polls this year.
Collectively, these nations are responsible for more than forty percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
So… Audio