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Leaders' post-meeting function details, Papua New Guinea
Scott Waide is a journalist in Papua New Guinea and he's been at the leaders post meeting function over night.
He joins us live now from Port Moresby. Audio
NZ firefighters head to Canada to aid wildfire response
Tomorrow a team of 25 firefighters will head to Canada to join massive efforts to battle wildfires just north of the US-Canadian border.
There are roughly 90 active blazes in Alberta with more than… Audio
MV Shiling due in Wellington today after losing power
The stricken cargo ship MV Shiling is due to arrive in Wellington Harbour at around 11am today.
The ship has been anchored in Tasman Bay since losing power near Farewell Spit on 12 May.
Joining us… Audio
Shortage of foodbank donations puts agencies under pressure
A shortage of donations is putting pressure on foodbanks across the North Island.
Foodbanks in Auckland, Tauranga and Kaitāia are having to turn people away empty-handed.
They say as the cost of… Audio
MetService discusses weather watches across the east coast
It's been another wet night for the Bay of Plenty and Gisborne, with weather watches in place throughout the east coast.
Coromandel and the Bay of Plenty are almost through the worst of it, but the… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 22 May 2023
Top stories for 22 May 2023 It's the largest ever initiative to reduce carbon emissions, - a clean electric furnace at the Glenbrook Steel Mill in South Auckland . We'll speak to the company, Contact… Audio
Senior prosecutor under investigation over workplace conduct
One of the country's most senior prosecutors is under investigation after complaints about workplace conduct. An investigation has been launched by the Solicitor General, New Zealand's top legal… Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - All the President's luggage
In this week's edition of Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Mark Leishman about Donald Trump getting arrested, trust in news falling again, a controversy involving a Cabinet minister and… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 4 April 2023
The government is promising greater transparency of the lobbying industry, we speak to Prime Minister Chris Hipkins Former US President, Donald Trump, is on his way to to New York, where he'll face… Audio
Lobbyist wants a public register, code of conduct
A new player in the lobbying industry is calling on her colleagues to clean up the sector and make it more transparent.
Holly Bennett, who started the lobbying firm Awhi, has written to her peers… Audio
'You go to gigs and actually listen to the music' - How going sober changed Guyon Espiner
Our guest picking their favourite songs and talking life is journalist Guyon Espiner.
Former Morning Report co-host, Guyon has a 20 year career in both print and broadcast media.
Guyon Espiner is… Audio
The Week in Detail: Top authors, lobbying, and Muriwai
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Lifting the lid on lobbying, ministers - and the media
An RNZ investigation lifted the lid this week on lobbyists and how they communicate with politicians outside the public gaze or official oversight. But it also raised questions for the media about how… Audio
Technology, pharma industries, energy companies using lobbying firms
Tech giants, the pharmaceutical industry and multinational energy companies are using local lobbying firms to gain access to senior ministers and sensitive government information.
Cases uncovered in… Audio
Behind the story: Lobbying and the backdoor of our democracy
The Detail talks to RNZ's Guyon Espiner about his series on the murky world of lobbying. Audio
Midweek Mediawatch - Lobbyists, Iraq, provoking the woke & angst over activist
In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Susana Lei'ataua about revelations on political lobbying from RNZ, a new online outlet seeking to provoke the woke; how US media boosted the… Audio
Spotlight on PM's chief of staff's work before Parliament
A lobbying firm who's NZ arm was previously headed up by the Prime Minister's chief of staff, Andrew Kirton, worked for alcohol companies in their fight for major changes to a container return scheme… Audio
New RNZ investigation looking into money spent on lobbying firms
Universities, government agencies and State Owned Enterprises - each with their own teams of spin doctors - are spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on lobbying firms.
An RNZ… Audio
The Drinking Game - by Guyon Espiner
How big business, the media and politicians shape the way you drink Audio
Top Stories for Wednesday 8 March 2023
Top stories for 8 March 2023 Big problems at Auckland Hospital's emergency department. It was so busy on Monday it had to divert ambulances to other hospitals. Traffic chaos on Auckland's Southern… Audio