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Hundreds of surgeries and appointments cancelled as doctors strike again
16 May 2024Emergency departments remain open but some appointments have been cancelled and the patients notified. Audio
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'Unforgettable' novel wins $65,000 book prize
16 May 2024Wellington writer Emily Perkins has taken out the country's top literary prize at the 2024 Ockham Book Awards. Audio
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Four directors quit Christchurch City Holdings board
16 May 2024Christchurch City Holdings Limited chair and three directors have resigned following a breakdown of the relationship with the council.
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WorkSafe not prosecuting FENZ over Muriwai landslide deaths
16 May 2024WorkSafe has found shortcomings at Fire and Emergency over how two firefighters died in a landslide in Cyclone Gabrielle, but will not prosecute.
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Has anything changed since the Loafers Lodge fire?
16 May 2024The hostel fire that killed five people a year ago today changed other residents' lives and prompted government rethinks.
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Mayor calls for government help after SH1 closure
A Northland leader is calling on the government to provide financial support to businesses hard hit by the closure of State Highway 1 over the Brynderwyn Hills.
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What's in Auckland 10-year plan?
16 May 2024Auckland Council will go over the final proposal for the city's 10-year-budget two days after it was revised by the mayor.
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Firefighters tackle factory blaze, cars also damaged
16 May 2024Fourteen fire engines fought to control a blaze in a factory in south Auckland this morning.
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More policing problems than just gangs, mayor says
He wants to know how police are adequately staffed, when they're telling a man's family they don't have resources to investigate his disappearance.
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NZTA board to determine Te Huia's fate
16 May 2024A petition to save the service has gained more than 4000 signatures in less than four days.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Emergency failures revealed in damning self-review
NEMA did not have enough trained staff when Cyclone Gabrielle hit - just one of a litany of failures a review has uncovered.
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Writer Nathan Joe: 'Culturally, we are prudes'
15 May 2024Sexual desire is innate to the human experience - so why do we squirm when we see it reflected back to us in art and media?
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Christchurch mayor seeks advice on rebuilding quake-damaged Dux de Lux building
15 May 2024Christchurch mayor Phil Mauger has called for advice on options for the city council to rebuild an earthquake-damaged heritage building owned by the cash-strapped Arts Centre trust.
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Risk of thunderstorms, small tornadoes for west of N. Island overnight
15 May 2024A severe thunderstorm watch remains in place for the west coast of the North Island for the early hours of Thursday morning.
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The puzzle of the coalition pledge to end vaccine mandates
The government is still trying to work out how it will meet its pledge to end Covid mandates, given the mandates were scrapped more than a year ago.
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Suicide Prevention Office could have no fulltime staff
The office that was initially expected to close survives in name, but may have no full-time roles and the likely addition of greater oversight.
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'Tenei te tira hou te hara mai nei' - Fresh faces take regional haka to new level
14 May 2024A record 55 groups have qualified for Te Matatini in New Plymouth next year.
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'Relationships are key': Help for at-risk learners pays off
14 May 2024A new app and embracing te ao Māori are among ways Taranaki's largest tertiary education has seen a big improvement in pass rates.
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Structured literacy could aid Māori students in mainstream schools - teacher
14 May 2024The government's move to introduce structured literacy has the potential to lift reading and writing levels among Māori students in mainstream schools, says an English teacher who is Māori.
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Former Ruapehu Alpine Lifts boss confident he can turn a profit
The former head of a Mt Ruapehu ski field which went into receivership disagrees with concerns for its future commercial viability.
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Do better bosses: Too many workers losing fingers - WorkSafe
WorkSafe is calling on manufacturing businesses to boost safety standards, saying too many workers are losing their fingers in industrial machinery.
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Don't delay interest rate relief too long - major bank tells RBNZ
No need to wait for ideal conditions to cut interest rates and give households some relief, Westpac tells Reserve Bank.
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How the coalition plans to replace the Māori Health Authority
The coalition government got rid of the Māori Health Authority in a hurry. What is it doing now instead?
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Where you should go first if you get sick this winter
15 May 2024People are being pointed to pharmacies as a first port of call - but they say they are no replacement for a GP. Audio
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