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Duck hunters excited for season opener
Duck hunters across the country are getting ready to take to the maimais on Saturday, which marks this season's duck shooting Opening Weekend.
Fish and Game council chair and duck hunter Ray Grubbs… Audio
Abseilers stabilise highway near Queenstown
Dangling high above a busy highway near Queenstown, geotech abseliers are drilling into an unstable 10,000 tonne block of rock to stop it from falling onto the road.
They are installing stabilising… Audio
Chief censor leaving the role today
New Zealand's chief censor, David Shanks, is stepping down from the job today after five years.
It's a confronting job for anyone, and he's likely to be remembered as the man who banned the video of… Audio
Christchurch emergency department staff spat on, punched, harassed
Emergency department staff at Christchurch Hospital are still being punched, spat on, sworn at and sexually harassed by patients, despite efforts to stem the violence and aggression.
Recorded rates… Audio
Department of Conservation walks bookings full in minutes
The Department of Conservation's Great Walks bookings have opened this week - but many were full within just a couple of minutes.
Huts and campsites at the Kepler, Milford and Tongariro Northern… Audio
NZ Broadcasting School review finds bullying rife
An independent review into the New Zealand Broadcasting School in Christchurch has found the school fosters a toxic learning environment where sexual harassment, bullying and harmful behaviour was… Audio
Locals unfazed about threat of Mt Ruapehu eruption
Ruapehu Civil Defence officials have spent part of this week working on plan if there is an eruption.
The central plateau volcano had its strongest tremors in two decades and plumes of steam were… Audio
Bay of Plenty regional councillor speaks up about abuse for moko mataora
A Bay of Plenty regional councillor says he has been racially abused relentlessly for wearing moko mataora - a Māori facial tattoo.
Stacey Te Pohue Rose received a blessing from a kaumātua and… Audio
Violence against Christchurch Hospital staff escalating
Emergency department staff at Christchurch Hospital are continuing to be punched, spat on, sworn at and sexually harassed by patients, despite efforts to stem violence and aggression by patients.
… Audio
John Gordon remembered at South Island sheepdog championships
Many New Zealanders will be familiar with that tune - from the rural television Sunday staple - "A Dog's Show".
The sheepdog trial programme which ran for 15 years until the early 1990s was hosted by… Audio
Consumer NZ skeptical about Countdown price freeze
The country's consumer watchdog is skeptical about a move by supermarket chain Countdown to freeze the price of some products.
From Monday, Countdown will freeze the price of more than 500 essential… Audio
Tramper on demand at DOC's great walks
Some of DOC's great walks booked out this week in just a matter of minutes.
Huts and campsites on the Kepler, Milford and the Tongariro Northern Circuit are all booked out for January.
Anecdotally… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 6 May 2022
Today on RNZ National. Christchurch hospital ED staff say they continue to be punched, spat on and sexually harassed by patients. People are waiting until the pain is so bad they can't sleep before… Audio
Taranaki surfers stoked to be competing together on world waves
Four Taranaki teenagers are hoping to carve up the opposition at the world junior surf champs in El Salvador.
Part of a 12-strong New Zealand team, the so-called Taranaki Grom Squad say they're… Video, Audio
The Panel with Mark Knoff-Thomas and Anjum Rahman (Part two)
Tim Watkin and panellists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Anjum Rahman discuss whether dogs are replacing children, Maradona's "hand of God" shirt and has op shopping become gentrified? Audio
The Panel with Mark Knoff-Thomas and Anjum Rahman (Part one)
Tim Watkin and panellists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Anjum Rahman discuss dental care for children, social media's role in the Mosque Attacks and the country's infrastructure deficit. Audio
Pre- panel with Mark Knoff-Thomas and Anjum Rahman
Tim Watkin and panellists Mark Knoff-Thomas and Anjum Rahman talk to Lower Hutt's Eathlink on turning tetra packs into a type of gib. Audio
Officer used excess force during arrests
The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found an officer used excess force during at least two arrests.
He's since left the police force.
In one case, in September 2018, the officer pushed a… Audio
Surgeon urges use of private sector to tackle waiting list crisis
An experienced orthopaedic surgeon says redirecting public patients to private hopsitals could help the massive backlog of people waiting for operations. Audio