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7:55 AM.It's been called for, for some time and now it seems more Queenstown businesses are listening - buying up or altering properties to house the staff they need to run their businesses.

Just last week… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.The recent visit by British anti-trans activist Posie Parker has sparked a massive increase in the level of online hatred directed at the trans community here.

Analysts monitoring online extremism… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.What is the worst place to live if you want to catch a bus?

 In Auckland it's on the shore and in Wellington strangely, it's the suburb which is home to the city's bus barns, Lyall Bay.

RNZ data… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.A lobbyist says removing swipe card access to parliament will do little to reduce access to politicians.

Mark Unsworth co-founded Saunders Unsworth, a PR and lobbying firm in Wellington.

He's… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Many are dismissing as too timid and just about meaningless the government's proposed crackdown on lobbyists .

The government will strip swipe card access to parliament for lobbyists, seek a… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Ousted Te Whatu Ora boss Rob Campbell says one of the biggest issues facing health reforms is the high degree of distrust among staff, which is causing people to leave the sector.

Campbell was sacked… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.Former US President Donald Trump has flown to Manhattan ahead of his court appearance tomorrow on criminal charges over hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. 

A convoy of SUVs were applauded… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has written to the speaker asking for all lobbyists to lose their swipe card access to parliament, and it will also ask third-party firms to sign up to a voluntary code of… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.The government's proposed crackdown on lobbyists is being dismissed as too timid and just about meaningless.

Following RNZ's investigation into political lobbying the Prime Minister has commissioned… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.Uncertainty over the future of the Tiwai Point Aluminium Smelter has helped shape Southland's new renewable energy strategy which is out for consultation

Owner Rio Tinto threatened to close the… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.It's possible mobile phones could connect directly to satellites to erase the country's coverage black spots, and help after natural disasters.

One New Zealand, formerly Vodafone, has signed a deal… Read more Audio

6:07 AM.The government's attempts to bring greater transparency to the lobbying industry is being hailed a great start by Transparency International's New Zealand branch.

It's chief executive, Julie Haggie… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Agatha Christie is the latest to novelist to have had a fresh edit given to some of her works to make them more palatable to readers. 

Her Poirot and Miss Martple detective tales have had passages… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.The Living Wage will be increased to $26 an hour from the 1st of September.

The Living Wage Movement says the wage has undergone a full recalculation and will increase $2.35 an hour, which is a 9.9… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Living Wage will be increased to $26 an hour from the 1st of September.

The Living Wage Movement says the wage has undergone a full recalculation and will increase $2.35 an hour, which is a 9.9… Read more Audio