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Wood orders TAIC to investigate ports deaths
The Minister for Workplace Safety is asking the country's ports to "pull itself together" after two work-place deaths in the space of a week.
Michael Wood has ordered the Transport Accident… Audio
Government launches plan to support working after retirement age
The Government has launched a plan to support older people to continue working if they either need to or want to.
A third of the New Zealand workforce is aged 50 or older, and half of those aged 65… Audio
Still no answers on fate of flood-stricken Tairāwhiti school
A flood-stricken school in Tairāwhiti has still received no word about the fate of their buildings.
Hatea-a-Rangi School is still hobbled after two severe floods in the region within nine months.
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Christchurch art project invites citizens to talk it out
It's hoped a new art installation in Ōtautahi Christchurch can help people talk their worries away through a series of telephones by the riverside.
Twelve telephones have popped up across sites… Audio
Damaged wastewater plant's stench keeps Bromley residents awake
The putrid stench emanating from the wastewater treatment plant in the Christchurch suburb of Bromley is keeping people awake at night and making them want to dry-retch.
The plant's trickling filters… Audio
Arise interns allege bullying, hush money and '20-hour' days
An intern who left Arise Church was allegedly given close to a six figure settlement on the condition he did not speak ill of the congregation.
Former members have come forward alleging attempts by… Audio
Top Stories for Thursday 28 April 2022
Today on RNZ National. Former members of the Arise church talk to us about payouts, manipulation tactics, and non disclosure agreements. In Europe, Russia has cut off gas supplies to Poland and… Audio
Simeon Brown reacts to Anzac road toll
11 people died on the road over the long weekend.
The road toll includes four teenagers in Invercargill.
Police Assistant Commissioner Bruce O'Brien said it was frustrating to see speeding, drugs… Audio
Families angry as Port deaths continue
The brother-in-law of a man who was killed in a port accident in 2020 is angry more families are going through what his whanau has gone through after two more fatal port deaths.
26 year old father… Audio
Maori Development Minister on co-governance
The Governement will consider a report saying a proposed law to intoduce Maori seats on the Rotorua council is discriminatory. Audio
Midday News for 26 April 2022
The Government will consider whether a bill on Maori seats is discriminatory and Port workers want an inquiry after two deaths in a week. Audio
Two shootings in Central Wellington
Two shootings in central Wellington and in the suburb of Tawa have left two people with life-threatening injuries.
Seven people have been arrested so far, and police say there could be more.
The two… Audio
Anzac weekend road toll more than double Easter's
It's been a deadly long weekend on the roads, with more than double the victims compared to Easter weekend.
Eleven people have died over Anzac weekend, including four teenagers in Invercargill on… Audio
Second port worker killed at work in two weeks
Yet another port worker has been killed on the job and unions have united in a call for urgent action.
The death at Lyttelton Port yesterday comes just six days after the death of Atiroa Tuaiti at… Audio
Michael Wood taking request for inquiry into port safety seriously
Transport Minister Michael Wood says he's taking a request for an inquiry into port safety very seriously, after the second death of a port worker in a week.
A Lyttelton Port Company worker died… Audio
Rotorua Māori seats legislation has 'serious issues' - Robertson
The Deputy Prime Minister says proposed legislation to introduce Māori seats on the Rotorua council has serious issues.
A report by the Attorney General David Parker found the local bill limits the… Audio
Teenagers killed in ute smash
Eleven people died on the roads this Anzac weekend - more than double last weekend's Easter holiday toll.
Four teenagers are among the victims after their ute crashed into a concrete truck in… Audio
Power Play: Face time makes all the difference for Ardern
Power Play - The prime minister's trip abroad was billed as a "trade mission," but was most productive when it was leader-to-leader behind closed doors.
Public welcome at Auckland's Anzac Day dawn service
Many formal parades and services will take place this year thanks to the orange traffic setting for Omicron.
