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Health Minister back tracks on plan for Nelson Hospital
5:23 PM.Instead of building a large acute services building that was approved by cabinet - it is now going to redevelop the hospital in what's being called a "phased approach". But there are big questions… Read more Audio
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Coroner urged to recommend police reopen Lachlan Jones case
5:10 PM.A Coroner has been urged to recommend the police reopen an investigation into what happened to Lachlan Jones. It has been more than five years since the three year old boy was found unresponsive at… Read more Audio
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Disability advocates slamming govt plan to slim down agency
5:08 PM.The Minister for Disability Issues Louise Upston wants to strip Whaikaha or the Disability Ministry, of its role in delivering support services, and instead shift it to the Minstry of Social… Read more Audio
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Police looking into claims person selling meth lollies on Facebook marketplace
4:45 PM.Police investigating the Auckland City Mission meth lollies are now looking into claims someone is trying to sell one of the class A sweets online. Earlier today, they'd located 29 of the sweets that… Read more Audio
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Whaikaha facing major scale back
4:42 PM.The dedicated ministry that disabled advocates fought decades for is facing a major scale back. The government wants to shift Whaikaha's responsibilities for delivering support services over to the… Read more Audio
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All Blacks name side for return test against Argentina
4:33 PM.The All Blacks have named their side for their crucial return test against Argentina in Auckland. Coach Scott Robertson has opted for four changes from the side which was beaten by the Pumas in the… Read more Audio
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Barfoot and Thompson closing office due to violence in area
4:26 PM.Real Estate agency Barfoot and Thompson is closing one of its Auckland offices because of concerns over anti social behaviour and violence in the neighbourhood. It's had a Panmure branch for more than… Read more Audio
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Trump campaign claims hackers inteferred with campaign
4:15 PM.United States correspondent speaks to Lisa Owen about claims from the Trump campaign that Iranian hackers inteferred with campaign information that was sent to media outlets, the vice presidential… Read more Audio
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Wellington bike rack barely used - critics
4:06 PM.Wellington City Council has spent $84,000 on a bike rack, that a survey shows is only used by 2.7 bikes a week on average. The two tiered covered rack is on Oriental parade and has space for multple… Read more Audio
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Africa: Sudan struck by severe weather
5:46 PM.Africa correspondent Elna Schutz speaks to Lisa Owen about Sudan getting struck by severe weather, renewed talks over a territorial dispute bringing tensions between Ethiopia and Somalia back into the… Read more Audio
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130 Wellington Girls' College students arrive to parliament
5:42 PM.Around a tenth of students from Wellington Girls' College turned up to Parliament grounds today saying they had nowhere else to go. All 1300 students were sent home on Monday after a main teaching… Read more Audio
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Evening business for 14 August 2024
5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
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Lydia Ko has sights on further greatness after gold
5:33 PM.Lydia Ko is not done yet, the kiwi is still coming to terms with the highlight of her esteemed career, Olympic gold, but our golfing GOAT has her sights set on achieving more greatness, sports… Read more Audio
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Hearing into convictions of Gail Maney and Stephen Stone over
5:28 PM.Maney and Stone are appealing their convictions for the 1989 murder of West Auckland man Deane Fuller-Sandys and Stone is additionally appealing his conviction for the rape and murder of Leah… Read more Audio
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PM overstates govt's increase in case managers
5:26 PM.The Prime Minister has made another flub when promoting his beneficiary crackdown, massively overstating his government's increase in case managers. It marks the second misstep this week after… Read more Audio
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3 year old tries meth disguised as lolly
5:08 PM.A lucky escape for a mother and her three year old son after trying potentially lethal, meth, masquarding as lollies. A friend of the family is alarmed after she says she called police to collect the… Read more Audio
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Team NZ arrives back in Auckand after Olympics
4:54 PM.The Olympians have landed. Team New Zealand returned triumphant after its most successful Olympic campaign ever, with twenty medals, ten of them gold. Felix Walton got amongst the good vibes and… Read more Audio
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NZ experiencing 'alarming' increase in Syphilis cases
4:45 PM.It's an unfortunate title, but Auckland is New Zealand's Syphilis capital, and New Zealand is experiencing what's been described as an "alarming" increase in cases of the sexually transmitted disease… Read more Audio
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Meth disguised as pineapple lollies found in food parcels
4:42 PM.The Auckland City Mission is racing to contact hundreds of food parcel recipients, after chunks of methamphetamine disguised as pineapple lollies were found in food packs it distributed. Three people… Read more Audio
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Peace talks underway in Geneva between factions in Sudan
4:27 PM.Peace talks get underway in Geneva today between warring factions in Sudan, as the region faces an escalating humanitarian crisis with children already dying from malnutrion and hunger related… Read more Audio
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Sport: Pumas looking to break All Blacks streak
4:24 PM.The job is only half done for Argentina. Having shocked the All Blacks in the first test in Wellington 38-30, the Pumas are looking to pounce on thier wounded opposition and break the greatest streak… Read more Audio
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Asia: Japan bracing itself for potential megaquake
4:15 PM.Asia correspondent Erin Hale speaks to Lisa Owen about a former top spy chief in Pakistan being arrested, Japan still bracing itself for a potential 'megaquake' after the government issued it's first… Read more Audio
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OCR cut to 5.25%
4:06 PM."It's darkest before the dawn and it's dawn now," that's according to Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr, after the Official Cash Rate was cut for the first time in more than four years. The 25 basis… Read more Audio
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Australia: TV network in damage control
5:50 PM.Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about one of Australia's top television networks in damage control after allegations of bullying, sexism, assault and exploitation that have left… Read more Audio
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Dunedin Hospital needs adequate sterilisation system - advocates
5:45 PM.A document leaked to RNZ shows that Dunedin hospital staff are reporting about 500 incidents a year of theatre instruments were found to be contaminated. The report found the sterilisation centre is… Read more Audio