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The Panel with Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne (Part 2)
Panellists Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne meet the Nelson local who found an innovative way to stop racers speeding down her street, discuss co-governance and the plans to expand a miniature train… Audio
The Panel with Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne (Part 1)
Panellists Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne discuss how the events of the past couple of years have left many of us with a short fuse and today's review into the "culture and environment" surrounding the… Audio
The Pre-Panel with Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne
Panellists Moata Tamaira and Peter Dunne talk to a family who decided to move into a bus to swerve rising living costs and tell us what they've been thinking. Audio
Midday News for 11 April 2022
The Russian Ambassador's reluctant to front up to parliament, and luxury stores on Queen Street are hit by ram raids overnight. Audio
Waitematā Harbour training exercise keeps rescue chopper busy
A seemingly dramatic rescue is under way on Auckland's Waitematā Harbour, but it's not what it seems.
Midday News for 8 April 2022
Russia black lists New Zealanders
Tackling modern slavery in our supply chains
And Dan Carter keeps kicking Audio
Midday News for 7 April 2022
There are fresh allegations of Russian war crimes,
And Act says the cancer society has been hijacked by political activists for backing the Maori Health Authority Audio
Midday News for 6 April 2022
The Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield announces his resignation.
The Security Council stagnates while mass human suffering continues in Ukraine. Audio
West Coast DHB orders inquiry into closure of Ziman House rest home
The West Coast District Health Board has ordered an independent inquiry into the way it organised and communicated the closure of Ziman House rest home at Reefton Hospital a month ago.
Employers struggling to fill job vacancies
Job vacancies are soaring - a scenario the Employers and Manufacturers Association says has been coming for months.
60 percent of the more than 2000 people surveyed by Trade Me in the first three… Audio
Midday News for 5 March 2022
Midday News for Tuesday 5 April 2022 with Nicola Wright Audio
Journalist Greg Dixon has no regrets about moving to the country
Five years ago, journalists Greg Dixon and Michele Hewitson made the move from Auckland to a 12-acre block in the Wairarapa. The couple write a shared column about "two townies making a new life in… Audio
Second hand bus sales booming
A second-hand bus boom has developed after two years of closed borders and domestic restrictions wrecking havoc on the tour coach sector.
The start of the year saw a 71 percent increase in the number… Audio
Covid-19: More and more Aucklanders quit the big city
More and more Aucklanders are heading out of town for good.
According to the latest data, 25,000 of them have quit the City of Sails over the past two years in search of a different life elsewhere in… Audio
ACC mixed up files of two people
ACC mixed up the files of two people and used the medical notes of one to decide how much compensation the other - a sexual abuse survivor - should receive.
The abuse survivor discovered the mistake… Audio
TradeMe job vacancies reach record high
If you're looking for a new job now might be the perfect time.
Job vacancies on Trade Me have shot up to a record high across the country in the first three months of this year.
What's more, 60… Audio
National Party wants clarity on Russia sanctions
The Government has approved sanctions on a further thirty-six Russian oligarchs or people with close ties to the Russian regime or the Russian President himself.
None of them are in New Zealand, but… Audio
Ardern stops short of calling Vladimir Putin a war criminal
New Zealand has added a further 36 individuals to its Russia sanctions list.
It doesn't feature anyone currently in New Zealand, but one notable addition is billionaire Roman Abramovich - the former… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 5 April 2022
Today on RNZ National Outrage grows over reports of civilian executions by Russian troops in Ukraine New Zealand has added a further 36 individuals to its Russia sanctions list, including Roman… Audio
Midday News for 4 April 2022
Midday News update for Monday 4 April 2022 with Nicola Wright. Audio