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Experts call for 'sponge city' planning after floods hit Auckland
7 Mar 2023After the country's devasting floods, sponge cities are being floated as a solution to future downpours.
The term 'sponge city' is all about uncovering natural streams and using native plants to… Read more Video, Audio
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Kelly Tarltons returns Smee the turtle back into the wild
Smee is back in the sea - a green turtle that spent almost a year in rehab after being accidently hooked on a fishing line has been returned to the wild.
The turtle - named after Captain Hook's best… Read more Video, Audio
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Clock ticking for farmers trapped by cyclone to move stock
The clock is ticking for farmers who need to get stock off their land of ahead winter, but cannot because cyclone damage has them penned in.
Some small rural communities are still completely cut off… Read more Video, Audio
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Cyclone Gabrielle: UNICEF warns of post-flood trauma in children
UNICEF Australia is warning children need specific disaster recovery services, and you cannot just leave their wellbeing to chance.
Thousands of young Australian children need intensive mental health… Read more Video, Audio
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Key Coromandel SH25 closing overnight as washout grows
Coromandel could be in a hole lot of trouble with another chunk of a key highway disappearing down a hillside.
State Highway 25 between Whangamatā and Hikuai is open for essential travel only and… Read more Video, Audio
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Tararua still under state of emergency after Cyclone Gabrielle
6 Mar 2023The North Island's Tararua district was under a state of emergency until just a few days ago after Cyclone Gabrielle.
Settlements on the coast, east of Palmerston North, were particularly hard hit… Read more Video, Audio
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Coromandel Mayor responds to yet another main road slip
6 Mar 2023Thames Coromandel Mayor Len Salt says yet another washout forcing a section of State Highway 25 down to one lane is bringing more anxiety to the region.
State Highway 25 from Whangamatā to Hikuai had… Read more Video, Audio
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Only 1 million forms filled out ahead of Census day
6 Mar 2023Only about 1 million census forms have been filled out ahead of the official Census night - Tuesday 7 March.
Data from the survey is used by the government and other agencies to form policies… Read more Video, Audio
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Black Ferns Sevens continue winning streak at World Series
6 Mar 2023The Black Ferns Sevens have continued their hot run of form after beating Australia 19-12 at the Vancouver leg of the World Series. We're joined by sports reporter Bridget Tunnicliffe. Read more Video, Audio
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World's first transgender MP Georgina Beyer has died
6 Mar 2023The world's first transgender politician, Georgina Beyer, has died. Friends of the ground-breaking politician and activist say she died this afternoon after a long illness.
Her friends Scotty and… Read more Video, Audio
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Govt pulls brakes on transport vision as weather hits highways
The government has pulled the brakes on its sweeping transport vision for the next three years - saying Cyclone Gabrielle has changed the game.
Cabinet last year signed off on a list of proposed… Read more Video, Audio
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Waka Kotahi warns further damage to SH25 possible
Waka Kotahi's National Emergency Response spokesperson Mark Owen concedes while State Highway 25 is partially open now, more earth under the road could slip away, damaging it further. Read more Video, Audio
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The Adventures of Piripi | Episode 3
6 Mar 2023All the whānau are home for the holidays. It's no longer Piripi's sanctuary. Mum is home and she's on the warpath, but somehow Piripi still manages to gap it! Read more Video
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Heartbreak of a rotten harvest for kumara growers
3 Mar 2023Kumara growers are facing a double whammy, covering the cost of harvesting already rotten crops and the risk any salvaged vegetables could go the same way.
The exact losses across the industry aren't… Read more Video, Audio
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Climate change activitists stage sit-in at council offices
3 Mar 2023In Christchurch, young activists have breached the doors of the city council offices and are staging a sit-in.
Reporter Anna Sargent is there. Read more Video, Audio
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Climate change: Managed retreat talk needs to happen soon - expert
3 Mar 2023It is not to early to talk about retreating instead of rebuilding after Cyclone Gabrielle, according an environmental engineer who helped move an entire Australian town to higher ground after… Read more Video, Audio
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PM pledges $301m boost for rebuild of Christchurch schools
3 Mar 2023The Prime Minister Chris Hipkins today announced an additional three hundred and one million dollar boost for the rebuild of earthquake damaged Christchurch schools, and said the programme in… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ Breakers three wins away from fifth Australia National Basketball League title
3 Mar 2023The New Zealand Breakers are three wins away from their fifth Australian National Basketball League title.
We're joined by sports reporter Felicity Reid. Read more Video, Audio
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Karekare possibly inaccessible to public for more than a year
3 Mar 2023More than 30 Auckland roads are still closed following back to back to extreme weather events including the anniversary weekend floods and Cyclone Gabrielle.
That's down from a peak of 120 roads… Read more Video, Audio
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Muriwai homeowners still waiting for answers after meeting
3 Mar 2023But we begin on Auckland's West Coast where tonight Muriwai residents are still waiting for answers after a community meeting left them with very few.
There are now 128 red-stickered properties with… Read more Video, Audio
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Transport Minister details plan to build back broken roads
2 Mar 2023Some flood isolated communites could be weeks away from being reconnected with temporary bridges still in the design phase.
The government has anounced three bailey bridges have already been built… Read more Video, Audio
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Going sea lion spotting with Ōtepoti's intrepid scout
2 Mar 2023Now to Dunedin, where an octogenarian spends her days, documenting one of the rarest sea lion species in the world - and even has one named after her.
Janet Ledingham wanders the shores and dunes… Read more Video, Audio
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Violent end to Parliament protest remembered a year on
2 Mar 2023A year ago today the 23 day occupation of Parliament by anti-mandate protestors came to its shocking and violent end.
RNZ video journalist Angus Dreaver captured the dramatic moments for Checkpoint… Read more Video, Audio
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Lake Waikaremoana great walk closed indefinitely after flooding
2 Mar 2023Cyclone Gabrielle has stopped Waikaremoana hikers in their tracks. The Great Walk is closed completely due to damage from flooding.
Te Urewera and its roads took a hammering during the recent foul… Read more Video, Audio
