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The Panel with David Slack and Cas Carter (Part 2)
Today on the pre-panel Wallace and panellists David Slack and Cas Carter delve into the mailbag and read out some listener feedback from earlier in the week from Spain mandating doggy bags to… Audio
The Panel with David Slack and Cas Carter (Part 1)
Wallace and panellists David Slack and Cas Carter discuss the current Covid-19 situation with Professor of Epidemiology Rod Jackson at the University of Auckland.
They talk to Professor Troy Baisden… Audio
Pre-panel with David Slack and Cas Carter
Today on the pre-panel Wallace and panellists David Slack and Cas Carter delve into the mailbag and read out some listener feedback from earlier in the week from Spain mandating doggy bags to… Audio
Midday News for 10 June 2022
Fletcher Building is under fire for it's tight control over plasterboard. Teams are assessing the damage after storm in Kapiti overnight. Formal talks beween the Prime Minister and her Australian… Audio
Weather: Ferrari owner's lucky escape from fallen tree
Workers at a Waikanae business have had a lucky escape after a tornado swept through their street this afternoon.
Fire and Emergency says six houses in Waikanae and another five in Paraparaumu were… Video, Audio
Taking a body for burial - tikanga and common law
The whānau that snatched the body of a dead man from his wife's home and buried him in Northland against her wishes says they did what his adult daughters say he wanted.
Tommy Murray who died… Audio
Water management legislation passes first reading
New Zealand is a step closer to overhauling the way it manages its most precious resource - water.
Legislation paving the way for contentious Three Waters reforms has passed its first reading in… Audio
NZ First Foundation donors believed they were funding Peters
The High Court has heard from New Zealand First Foundation donors who believed the money they gave the foundation was actually going to party leader Winston Peters.
Two men are on trial in Auckland… Audio
Contractors back to work at Bromley wastewater treatment plant
Contractors are back on the job removing the rot from Christchurch's burnt-out wastewater treatment plant, after a mechanical fault ground work to a halt earlier this week.
For the first time… Video, Audio
Wild weather hits Wellington, region braces for more
The Wellington region's in the brace position with bad weather hammering the area.
One person needed medical treatment for minor injuries after what's believed to be a tornado hit the Kāpiti Coast -… Video, Audio
Whānau explains why man's body was taken from grieving wife
Tommy Murray's body was controversially taken from his Wellington home and taken to Northland for burial, against his wife's wishes.
Today his extended family has spoken out saying they were doing… Audio
The Panel with Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff Thomas
Wallace and panellists Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff-Thomas hear from economist Tony Alexander about why the New Zealand housing market has gone from the fear of missing out to the fear of paying… Audio
The Panel with Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff Thomas
Wallace and Panellists Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff-Thomas hear from Papakura resident Ngapera Pinga about the fear in her community following the spate of shootings in Auckland in the past month… Audio
Pre-panel with Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff Thomas
Today on the pre-panel Wallace and panellists Dr Ella Henry and Mark Knoff-Thomas talk to the South Waikato Council Tirau representative Peter Schulte about the towns' big dog and sheep building… Audio
Midday News for 9 June 2022
It is uncertain whether investigations will continue into the wrongful conviction of Alan Hall. And an expert says the court has limited power to help a woman retrieve her husband's stolen body. Audio
Vic Books Pipitea closing after hit from Covid-19, parliament protest
This year's parliamentary protest has proven to be the final nail in the coffin for a well-known Wellington bookstore and cafe.
Vic Books is closing its Pipitea campus shop on the 31 July after the… Audio
Victim Support hands bullying report over to Ministry
Victim Support has finally given the Ministry of Justice a full copy of a report into allegations of bullying at the service under the condition very few people see it.
The charity's board has, until… Audio
Contractor operated 'dangerous and high risk' sites
A major contractor was operating roadworks labelled "dangerous and high risk" to pedestrians, drivers and cyclists at the same time it was let off a prosecution over a cyclist's death.
Downer failed… Audio
ACC reverses decision to slash home help after RNZ inquiries
An Auckland tetraplegic is relieved the Accident Compensation Corporation has reversed a decision to slash his home help by 14 hours per week following inquiries by RNZ.
Dean Brennan was worried he… Audio
Shane Jones on Māori tikanga
A Wellington woman is vowing to fight after her husband's body was forcibly taken from their home by his whānau, to be buried at his Northland marae.
Tommy Murray, who was 54, had a heart problem… Audio