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Top Stories for Thursday 8 February 2024
Top stories for Thursday 8 February 2024: Smile, you'll be on facial recognition camera if you visit one of 25 supermarkets across the North Island from today.
Clouds of smoke are still billowing… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch
Hayden Donnell joins Emile Donovan in-studio to discuss the prime minister's Waitangi Day speech snafu, political point-scoring over police numbers, and how media talk about the housing market. Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 7 February 2024
Top stories for Wednesday 7 February 2024 Today on RNZ National... A Maori rights activist says protest action against the government's policies is far from over. We'll get reaction from Ngapuhi… Audio
Sports with Suzanne McFadden
Suzanne McFadden covers Rachin Ravindra's double century against South Africa, what is the future for Dame Noeline Taurua and the Silver Ferns, and who is likely to take out the top prizes at next… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 5 February 2024
Top stories for Monday 5 February 2024: We are on the broadcasting from Waitangi ahead of the Crown being welcomed onto the ground today.
Minister for Maori Development National's Tama Potaka… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 2 February 2024
Top stories Friday 2 February 2024: Pressure continues to build on Associate health minister Casey Costello.
New Zealand is a step closer to joining the second pillar of the AUKUS security pact.
The… Audio
Dotterel minders put in time for endangered shorebird
Clad in hi-vis, volunteers around the Hibiscus Coast are getting to work to protect the dotterel after a tough breeding season. Audio
Ockham Awards longlist celebrates best in Kiwi books
New Zealand greats Catherine Chidgey, Damon Salesa and Tusiata Avia have all made the cut - with some exciting newcomers in the mix, too. Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 1 February 2024
Top stories for Thursday 1 February 2024: Defence officials are pushing for New Zealand to join pillar two of the Aukus agreement.
The Defence Minister meets with her Australian colleague today -… Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 31 January 2024
Top stories for Wednesday 31 January 2024: The government admits it can't deliver its promise of 500 new police officers in the next two years.
Work and Income apologises after a case manager shouted… Audio
NZ won't be contributing more funds to UNRWA says PM Luxon
New Zealand won't be contributing more funds to UNRWA, the UN's aid agency for Palestinians, until the Foreign Minister is satisfied over allegations that several of its staff were involved in the… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 30 January 2024
Top stories for Tuesday 30 January 2024: A group of former Gloriavale members have filed a claim for lost wages believed to total more than $5 million.
MPs return to Parliament today, with urgent… Audio
Regional public holidays: Do we need them?
While Aucklanders rub their extra day off in other centres' faces, Lewis Holden reckons provincial holidays should be written off altogether. Audio
Top Stories for Monday 29 January 2024
Top stories for Monday 29 January 2024: ACT's David Seymour is pushing for the introduction of a flattened tax system in this year's Budget.
Police ramp up their homicide investigation in the… Audio
Saturday morning listener feedback for 27 of January 2024
Listener feedback for 27th January 2024 saturday morning with Susie Ferguson. Audio
Person dead after leap from crane in Wellington harbour
A person's died after leaping from a crane , more than 30 metres high into Wellington harbour. The steam powered crane is on the Hikitia, which is an old ship that is permanently docked on the… Video, Audio
Top Stories for Friday 26 January 2024
Top stories for Friday, January the 26th: More than 1400 new house consents have been granted on flood plains in Auckland since the city's devastating flooding last year.
Public health experts say… Audio
Auckland's rare lava caves documented
Researchers are piecing together what they know about Auckland's extensive network of rare lava caves.
Tāmaki Makaurau is built on a large, potentially active, volcanic field made up of 53 volcanoes.
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Top stories for 25th January 2024: Cigarettes would be insulated from the full impacts of inflation under a proposal from New Zealand First.
The United Nations is reporting mass casualties in… Audio
Politicians descend on Rātana
Rātana Pā is now full of politicians with both government and opposition representatives welcomed onto the marae.
The commemorations at Rātana are widely seen as the beginning of the political year.
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