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Pregnant Coromandel woman faces three-hour drive to birthing unit
8 Mar 2023A pregnant Coromandel woman faces a three hour drive on backroads to get to a birthing unit, instead of a 45-minute trip, because of the road closure.
Leilani Brown lives in Whenuakite. She's… Read more Video, Audio
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Key Coromandel road SH25 reopens near Opoutere after washout
8 Mar 2023A crucial Coromandel highway with a big hole in it, will reopen tonight at 7pm and will stay open overnight.
A chunk of State Highway 25 between Hikuai and Whangamatā has fallen away.
The hole has… Read more Video, Audio
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What regions need, three weeks since Cyclone Gabrielle
Three weeks on from Cyclone Gabrielle and flood victims are still waiting to hear more details of the government recovery plan.
Major state highways are out for the foreseeable for Wairoa, Hawke's… Read more Video, Audio
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Lake Alice abuse survivor calls for water tower memorial
8 Mar 2023For decades a former patient of the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit couldn't return to the site where she was abused.
But now she'd like to see the psychiatric hospital's former water… Read more Video, Audio
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NZ Cricket pitching in to help those hit by Cyclone Gabrielle
8 Mar 2023New Zealand Cricket are 'pitching in' to help communities devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle by putting some Black Caps memorabilia up for auction.
Money raised from the auction will go to the New… Read more Video, Audio
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Auckland Hospital ED was exceptionally busy on Tuesday - Health Minister
Emergency doctors are worried the country's hospitals wont cope in the face of winter illnesses with patients already turned away from Auckland Hospital, because its ED was too full.
But the Health… Read more Video, Audio
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Whangamatā school pupils remote learning while SH25 fixed
SH25 at Opoutere is going to reopen tonight to light vehicles, after a washout grew yesterday to take out a lane of the key road to the Coromandel Peninsula.
The bus to Whangamatā Area School has not… Read more Video, Audio
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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
