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Alternative cancer 'treatments' can increase risk - oncologist
24 Jul 2020An oncologist is warning that promoting alternative cancer treatments can lead people to delay conventional therapy.
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Cancer patients, a deregistered doctor and a bleach 'cure' that's still for sale
23 Jul 2020A woman who was convinced Te Kiri Gold would save her dying father is devastated it is still for sale, even after one of the owners - a doctor - was deregistered for testing it on patients. Susan…
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Taxpayer funded Antarctica trip for friends aimed to raise funds - Peters
22 Jul 2020Winston Peters' super wealthy friends were nominated for the prized trip in hopes they would pay for redevelopment of Scott Base, he says, but they were never asked for money.
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NZ broke into embassies for CIA and MI6
1 Jul 2020The SIS broke into the Indian High Commission for MI6 and the Iranian Embassy for the CIA in the late 1980s and early 1990s to photograph code books, plant bugs and steal communications.
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Winston Peters' friends went to Antarctica on taxpayer
22 Jul 2020The foreign minister directed Antarctica New Zealand to give two highly-prized spots on a trip to the continent to two women closely linked to one of South East Asia's richest families.
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Bleach sellers arrested over Covid claims
10 Jul 2020Four Florida men have been charged for selling a bleach - also sold in NZ - as a Covid-19 cure. Susan Strongman reports.
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My body, my choice - but what if that choice is a caesarean?
25 Jun 2020A woman's right to choose how she gives birth has come a long way, but is allowing the choice of a planned caesarean a step too far? Teresa Cowie investigates.
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Beyond reasonable drought: New Zealand's climate future
18 Jun 2020Auckland's dams are half-empty and huge swathes of the country are reeling from one of the deepest droughts yet. Climate scientists say: get used to it.
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Covid-19 bleach 'cure' sold by New Zealand man rusts steel
17 Jun 2020Chemicals a New Zealand man is selling as a "miracle" Covid-19 cure generate toxic chlorine gas when combined, experts say. Video, Audio
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Borders may become irrelevant in job market - tech CEO
12 Jun 2020A leading New Zealand tech CEO says a new global workforce could emerge in the wake of Covid-19, where borders are irrelevant and the office is replaced with video conferencing apps like Zoom.
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NZ's independence from Five Eyes has slipped - Helen Clark
10 Jun 2020New Zealand has been "drawn in a lot closer" to the US-led spy network, the former prime minister says.
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SIS spied on Labour MP Richard Northey
9 Jun 2020The Service - The senior Labour politician was spied on while he was as an MP, even when he had an oversight role of the intelligence agency.
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Geoffrey Palmer reveals KGB tried to infiltrate Labour Party
9 Jun 2020The KGB tried to penetrate government systems and infiltrate the ruling Labour Party, the former prime minister says.
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Little refuses to deny signing off on embassy break-ins
9 Jun 2020The SIS minister will not say if he has been asked to sign off on warrants allowing the SIS to break in to foreign embassies in New Zealand.
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'I grew up around spies'
9 Jun 2020The Service - The writer on growing up among SIS officers and why he decided now was the time to get to the bottom of an intelligence secret and make the findings public in a podcast.
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The Service: The state, secrets and spies
8 Jun 2020The day John Daniell turned 10, his mum told him she had been a spy. Before long he had a new step-dad, who was an active SIS officer. Forty years on, John and journalist Guyon Espiner search for the…
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Spy secret revealed: SIS and MI6 raided Czech embassy in Wellington
9 Jun 2020The Service - The security intelligence agencies broke into the Czechoslovakian Embassy in Wellington during the Cold War to steal secret codes.
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Why we are revealing SIS secrets
9 Jun 2020The Service - As a new podcast reveals SIS secrets from the Cold War, the executive producers explain why they decided classified information should be divulged.
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World heading for 'anarchy' - Kevin Rudd
5 Jun 2020The world is sliding towards anarchy as the United States abandons its global leadership position in the Covid-19 crisis, says former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd.
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World has only 18 months to address climate change - expert
29 May 2020After the Virus - Covid-19 has shrunk the window for addressing climate change from 10 years to 18 months, Paris Agreement UN lead negotiator Christiana Figueres says.
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Covid-19: NZ man selling bleach 'cure' slammed by scientists
28 May 2020A NZ website is advising people with symptoms of coronavirus to consume a bleach product sold by the Hauraki Plains-based "bishop" of a cult-like American organisation.
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NZF Foundation spent $130k on company run by Winston Peters' lawyer
27 May 2020Tens of thousands in donor's funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
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Collateral Damage: The cost of fighting Covid-19
21 May 2020A student survives on potatoes and onion. A business owner loses her life savings. A minimum wage worker racks up debt. RNZ reporters and photographers chronicle the fallout from the pandemic.
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Lessons from lockdown: The changes we'll keep
14 May 2020Lockdown has been an extended period of reflection for many of us. RNZ captured 'door-traits' of New Zealanders during a unique moment in history and asked: what lessons have we learned?
