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Students want to stop people breaking restricted licence rules
Police caught 5000 drivers breaking their restricted licence by carrying passengers when they shouldn't last year - and prosecuted one of them.
They issued written warnings to 10 of them.
Students… Audio
Passport wait times now more than a month
The Department of Internal affairs is facing a surge of passport applications, with wait times now reaching more than a month.
There are more than 48,000 people who are waiting for a new passport.
… Audio
Thousands of drivers caught breaking restricted licence rules
Police caught 5000 drivers breaking their restricted licences by carrying passengers when they shouldn't last year - and prosecuted just one of them.
They issued written warnings to just 10 of them.
…Midday News for 21 June 2022
The Health Minister denies there's a health system crisis, and The Government won't appeal the Grounded Kiwis High Court case finding Audio
The week in Detail: Infrastructure, sanctions and Trevor Mallard
The Detail brings you the issues that matter every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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Midday News for 17 June 2022
The New Zealand sharemarket has plunged.
GP's are warning increasing hospital pressure is pushing down on strained community services.
And the manufacturing sector perks up and looks for a rebound
…Midday News for 16 June 2022
Pre-departure testing requirements for incoming visitors will be scrapped from next week. Reports of a gang truce have not alleviated Aucklanders' concerns. Australia's Foreign Minister is officially… Audio
Midday News for 15 June 2022
Protestors have descended on a Christchurch school where the Prime Minister is visiting. And Pharmac is widening access to a safe sex drug common to gay men. Audio
Jail time heaven compared to foster care - abuse survivor
A survivor of abuse while in care says his time in jail was heaven compared with being in foster care.
It's the honest view of 64-year old Mr E.C in his evidence to the Royal Commission into Abuse in… Audio
Victim advocate on ACC privacy review
ACC's chief executive has apologised for privacy breaches made by staff, after a damning independent review.
The review, which was commissioned after RNZ revealed a group of call centre workers… Audio
ACC chief executive has apologises for privacy breaches made by staff
A damning independent review has found ACC's privacy culture is poor, its policies are outdated and its staff not well informed.
The review, by laywer Linda Clark, was commissioned after RNZ revealed… Audio
Ski Time lodge turning away visitors due to staff shortage
Ski Time in Methven is being forced to reduce hours and available rooms - despite a surge in demand.
The lodge and restaurant are busy, but a lack of international travellers on working holidays… Audio
Time to curb cars on Queen - central Auckland advocates
Enough plans and too much talk - it's time to curb cars on Queen. That's the message from Auckland Central MP Chloe Swarbrick and the City Centre Residents' Group who have launched a petition for… Video, Audio
Damning report finds ACC policies outdated, privacy poor
ACC doesn't have a strong privacy culture, its policies are outdated and its staff have a narrow view of what privacy breaches are.
Those are just some of the findings in a damning independent report… Audio
New Police Minister Chris Hipkins faces challenge over gangs
The incoming Police Minister Chris Hipkins has admitted the government needs to do more to tackle gang crime - but exactly what that is remains unanswered.
He was given the role after yesterday's… Audio
Armed police in Taupiri after shooting near primary school
Armed police remain on the streets of a small Waikato town after a shooting close to a primary school.
A man was shot-at several times in his car in Taupiri at about half-past-nine this morning.
He… Audio
GP crisis: About half NZ's clinics not taking new patients
What happens when health's first line of defence starts to falter? As many as half the country's GP clinics aren't enrolling new patients, amid a cocktail of winter illnesses, Covid infections and… Video, Audio
The Panel with Raj Chakraborti and Jennie Moreton (Part Two)
Wallace and panellists Raj Chakraborti and Jennie Moreton talk about pedestrianising Auckland's Queen Street, faulty appliances going straight to landfill and why mould in the house is so darn hard to… Audio
The Panel with Raj Chakraborti and Jennie Moreton (Part One)
Wallace and panellists Raj Chakraborti and Jennie Moreton discuss the increase in food prices, the great resignation and urban walking. Audio
Pre-Panel with Raj Chakraborti and Jennie Moreton
Wallace and panellists Raj Chakraborti and Jennie Moreton discuss whether the humble cheese roll or "southern sushi" needs and glow-up and they tell us what has been on their minds lately. Audio