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Christchurch Hospital beds sitting empty due to nurse shortage
Beds at Christchurch hospital are sitting empty because there are not enough nurses.
Medical staff there say a stretched workforce is now at breaking point.
Conan Young reports. Audio
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Road and bridge closures causing chaos in Canterbury
RNZ reporter Conan Young got trapped on the south side of the Ashburton River earlier this morning, shortly after it was closed due to significant slumping on the northern side of the bridge.
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Canterbury flooding: Roads out of Ashburton risky
The Ashburton bridge at State Highway 1 was closed earlier this morning after motorists reported they could feel it slumping under them.
Reporter Conan Young was one of those who drove south over the… Audio
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Canterbury flooding: Hinds surrounded by flood debris
Audio 1 Jun 2021The mid-Canterbury town of Hinds - south of Ashburton - remains completely surrounded by flood waters which have also closed the highway.
Reporter Conan Young was there.
He spoke to Susie Ferguson.
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Canterbury flooding: Ashburton bridge update
Ashburton is still cut off after flooding hit on Sunday and Monday.
An extreme deluge of rain washed out three bridges in the district and covered roads.
The main bridge across the Ashburton River… Audio
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Widespread flooding in Canterbury after torrential rain
A local state of emergency remains in place across Canterbury, where torrential rain has led to widespread flooding isolating some communities. Nearly 400 millimetres of rain has fallen in parts of… Audio
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Rivers surge in Canterbury
Kathryn speaks to RNZ reporter Conan Young who is on the ground as the red alert warning remains in place in Canterbury. Audio
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Night without much sleep for Hinds family
Hundreds of people had to be evacuated in Canterbury on Sunday night due to flooding. It has been a night without much sleep for one mid-Canterbury family forced to flee their Hinds home when it… Audio
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Canterbury flooding: Ashburton update
Ashburton's river is riding high, but has not burst just yet.
RNZ reporter Conan Young has just returned to Ashburton after speaking to evacuees in Hinds.
He spoke to Susie Ferguson. Audio
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Ashburton residents on alert as river threatened to breach stopbanks
Ashburton readied itself in case the unthinkable happened and its main river burst its banks yesterday. Conan Young spoke to residents as they prepared to evacuate.
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Canterbury flooding: Update from the ground
The Selwyn District Council has also issued a 'Do Not Consume' notice for the Springfield water supply.
People can get urgent bottled water at the Springfield Fire Station.
Evacuation and welfare… Audio
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Canterbury flooding: Army trucks travel to Ashburton from Burnham to provide assistance
Three army trucks and soldiers from the Burnham Army base rolled into Ashburton on Sunday ready to help if the call went out to evacuate people.
The local marae also swung into action - preparing… Audio
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Canterbury flooding: State of emergency still in place
A state of emergency remains is in place in Canterbury as heavy rain which has caused widespread flooding continues to fall.
The worst hit areas are Ashburton and Timaru Selwyn district and… Audio
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Midwives urge limits on water nitrate levels after risks revealed
Midwives are asking for stricter limits on the amount of polluting nitrates allowed in people's drinking water.
It is in response to new research showing the risk of premature births can increase… Video, Audio
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Ex-inmate hopes Wāhine Māori Pathways will cut recidivism
A former inmate at Christchurch Women's Prison is hopeful a new programme to connect wāhine with their culture, will help cut down the number returning to prison.
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis… Video, Audio
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New app revolutionising epilepsy treatment
A New Zealand dietician has helped develop an app set to revolutionise the way some children are treated for epilepsy.
It helps dieticians and parents using a prescription keto diet to treat the… Video, Audio
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Study finds strong link between nitrate levels and premature births
New research shows a strong link between nitrates in drinking water and babies being born underweight or prematurely.
The findings are in an Otago University study released exclusively to RNZ.
They… Audio
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Nitrates and preterm births link not well understood - expert
New research shows a strong link between nitrates in drinking water and babies being born underweight or prematurely.
The Otago University analysis is of major overseas studies including one… Audio
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Rural Canterbury nitrate testing demand so high some miss out
The demand for nitrate-testing of drinking water was so high in Canterbury this week that some people had to be turned away.
Tests were offered by the Canterbury Regional Council in the town of… Audio
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Covid-19: More foreign fishing crews on the way to NZ
More fishing crew are on their way to New Zealand from Covid-19 hotspots such as Russia.
More than 200 of them spent weeks longer than planned in a Christchurch hotel last year after 31 tested… Audio
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Canterbury council told to do more on water quality
Protesters sang their displeasure about water quality up to those sitting inside the offices of the Canterbury Regional Council today.
About 200 gathered at lunchtime to let the council know what… Audio
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Underwater noise pollution could deafen whales, dolphins - Cawthron Institute
The Cawthron Institute says a lack of restrictions on underwater noise is putting some of New Zealand's most endangered mammals at risk.
The independent science organisation has been monitoring the… Audio
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Canterbury freshwater anglers unhappy with river nitrate levels
The Canterbury Regional Council is being accused of creating a monster that it can no longer control when it comes to degraded water quality in the region.
That from the Federation of Freshwater… Audio
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Linwood Mosque trustees sidelined by deal to build new masjid
Audio 7 May 2021Trustees of Christchurch's Linwood mosque say they have been completely sidelined by a secret deal to build a brand new masjid on the site.
Money for the $10 million mosque, which will be the biggest… Audio
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Free testing of nitrate levels offered in Canterbury
Authorities in Canterbury are offering free testing of homeowners' drinking water to check for harmful levels of nitrate.
It follows a recent study showing between 300 and 800 thousand New Zealanders… Audio