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Midday Sports News for 4 April 2023
12:29 PM.Midday sports News for 4 April 2023. The golfing Cold War between the PGA tour and the breakaway LIV golf tour appears to be thawing - at least among the players. Audio
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Govt needs coordinated response to Chinese-made cameras - Security expert
12:15 PM.A cyber security expert says it's not surprising more cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies are being installed in government departments.
Both Hikvision or Dahua cameras are party… Read more Audio
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Uncertainty about when Transmission Gully will reopen
12:10 PM.The main link between Wellington and the Kapiti coast has been closed since 6.40 this morning, when a fuel tanker and another vehicle collided.
A specialist hazardous materials unit, eight fire… Read more Audio
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Will New Zealand follow France in giving e-scooters the boot?
12:45 PM.The people of Paris have spoken in a referendum - there will be no more E-scooters in their city.
Almost 90 per cent of voters favoured a ban on the battery-powered mode of transport, in a blow to… Read more Audio
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Living wage boost will have minimal impact on inflation: Economist
12:42 PM.An economist says concerns an increased living wage will push up inflation are unfounded.
The living wage will jump to $26 in September - an almost 10 per cent rise.
Economist and Director of Policy… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 3 April 2023
12:28 PM.Midday sports News for 3 April 2023 The Warriors coach Andrew Webster has credited the players and his staff for helping improve the side's resilience and says he's never been involved with a group… Read more Audio
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Defence Minister says addressing military exodus 'top priority'
12:15 PM.The Defence Minister says the rate of attrition raised alarm bells with him when he took over the portfolio. The three services have lost nearly 30 percent of trained personnel, leaving several ships… Read more Audio
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Dunedin oncology cut 'a slow moving trainwreck' cancer support groups say
12:11 PM.Cancer support groups say people are losing precious time, while they wait for treatment they can no longer have at Dunedin Hospital because of crippling oncology shortages. Dunedin Hospital has in… Read more Audio
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Farewell Māni Dunlop
12:57 PM.After 12 years it is Māni Dunlop's last day with RNZ.
From her start as a newsroom intern in 2011, she went on to specialise in housing and social issues, with stints as a music reporter.
She later… Read more Audio
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First trans recipient of Young New Zealander of the Year
12:43 PM.Activist Shaneel Lal took out the Young New Zealander of the Year award last night - the first time in its history to have a trans recipient.
Lal, 22, was instrumental figure in the fight to have… Read more Audio
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Māori Astronomer named New Zealander of the Year
12:40 PM.Māori Astronomer and scholar Ahorangi Rangiānehu Mātāmua is this year's New Zealander of the Year.
Professor Mātāmua has dedicated much of his life to the revitalisation and resurgence of Matariki.
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Midday Sports News for 31 March 2023
12:26 PM.International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach is labelling criticism by some governments over the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sport is "deplorable". Audio
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State Highway 1 over Brynderwyn open both ways
12:17 PM.A key route between Northland and Auckland is now open both ways, for the first time since Cyclone Gabrielle hit.
Three Olympic swimming pools' worth of rubble has been cleared to make this happen… Read more Audio
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Donald Trump to be charged over hush money to porn star
12:11 PM.Donald Trump has become the first serving or former US president to face criminal charges, after a probe into hush money paid to a porn star.
A grand jury voted to indict him over the pay-out to… Read more Audio
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Mexico calls for justice over migrant fire
12:49 PM.There's outrage in Mexico after new footage emerged showing the moment the fire started at a migrant detention centre. One that would kill 38 people. The Mexican president, who blamed some migrants… Read more Audio
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75% of indigenous species at risk of extinction
12:46 PM.More than 75 percent of indigenous reptile, bird, bat, and freshwater fish species groups are threatened with extinction or are at risk of becoming threatened, according to figures released today by… Read more Audio
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Changes to Māori electoral roll in effect from tomorrow
12:42 PM.Māori will be able to choose between the general or the Māori roll for October's election from tomorrow.
Previously, Māori had to wait four years between switching rolls, but a new law passed last… Read more Audio
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Midday Sports News for 30 March 2023
12:28 PM.Midday sports News for 30 March 2023. Black Caps bowler Ish Sodhi believes spin bowling is having a greater impact in one-day cricket around the world. Audio