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A weekly analysis of significant political issues.
Mediawatch looks critically at the New Zealand media - television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the 'new' electronic media.
Jesse hosts an upbeat mix of the curious and the compelling, ranging from the stories of the day to the great questions of our time.
Jesse Mulligan talks with investigators, journalists and others about major crimes in New Zealand
A daily current affairs programme covering the major Pacific stories of the week, with background and reaction from the people making the news.
A review of the week in sport.
The latest business news from RNZ News.
A monthly web-only feature, podcasting performances by New Zealand artists.
Investment author and columnist Mary Holm talks to Jesse Mulligan every fortnight about her top tips for how to make your money work.
Nine to Noon's Kathryn Ryan presents interviews to help navigate modern family life
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Unfurling fresh ideas and sounds along with the best radio documentaries and features from here and overseas.
The most authoritative and comprehensive coverage of local and world events to be found on morning radio happens from 6:00am to 9:00am every weekday on RNZ National.
A bulletin of Pacific News and a sports report.
A roundup of farming conditions all around New Zealand
A podcast on people from diverse global backgrounds living in New Zealand. These are stories spanning politics, society, identity, art and culture. Produced by Kadambari Raghukumar
Checkpoint is RNZ’s weekday drive-time news programme. Our multi-media show broadcasts on 101FM, and you can also watch it live on our website, Freeview Channel 50 and Face TV on Sky Channel 083. Hosted by Lisa Owen.
Country Life takes you down country roads to meet ordinary people achieving their dreams. We live in a beautiful country...
The shady, controversial and sometimes downright villainous characters of New Zealand history, presented by William Ray.
Standing Room Only is literally radio with pictures... and arts, theatre, film, comedy, books, dance, entertainment, pop culture, and music – all the things, in other words, that make life worth living.
Highlights of the world's sporting week, with emphasis on New Zealand and Pacific interviews, reviews and reaction, plus previews of upcoming games.
A weekly topical magazine about current film releases and film related topics.
Comprehensive twice-daily coverage of rural events and people, including farming, horticulture, forestry, aquaculture, trade, research and rural politics.
Legislation, issues and insights from Parliament.
The philosophy of Te Ahi Kaa is to reflect the diversity of Māori in the past, present and future. While bilingual in delivery, the programme incorporates Māori practices and values in its content, format and presentation.
A review of the week's events in New Zealand.
From nine to noon every weekday, Kathryn Ryan talks to the people driving the news - in New Zealand and around the world. Delve beneath the headlines to find out the real story, listen to Nine to Noon's expert commentators and reviewers and catch up with the latest lifestyle trends on this award-winning programme.
Stacey Morrison looks at the latest food & fitness trends to discover what's good for you and what's gobbledygook. In short: Do they work?
Our commentators make sense of the week in politics
The news, explained. Join Sharon Brettkelly & Emile Donovan every weekday as they make sense of the big stories with the country’s best journalists and experts. Made possible by RNZ & NZ On Air.
Providing news on Māori issues, Te Manu Korihi features four times each weekday, in Radio New Zealand National's leading news programmes Morning Report and Checkpoint. A longer weekly edition, Te Waonui, is broadcast on Sunday evenings.
A magazine programme hosted by Kim Hill, with long-form, in-depth feature interviews on current affairs, science, modern life, history, the arts and more.
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A series of half-hour current affairs programmes, featuring RNZ's most experienced correspondents.
Newer or less-exposed musicians have two minutes to describe themselves and one of their songs. Time...Starts...Now.
Designed to help you discover what to listen to next, host Richard Scott hunts out the best podcasts from New Zealand and around the world.
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School kids looking out for pest free island
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Students at Stewart Island's Halfmoon Bay School have made a film about how to protect Ulva Island/Te Wharawhara. The island, which sits just off Stewart Island/Rakiura, has been pest free since 1997, and is open for visitor to see healthy populations of kiwi, saddleback, and yellowhead.
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8pm Pacific Regional News for 20 October 2020
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The latest regional Pacific news.
Eric Crampton, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative has been taking a look at climate policy and how this can be utilised for an effective Covid recovery.
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Farmers on brink of drought, with driest soil in South Island
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South Canterbury and North Otago farmers are on the precipice of a drought and NIWA's latest hotspot report shows they have the driest soils in the South Island. In turn, farmers are having to make costly calls to save their stock and cope with the challenge. Eleisha Foon has more.
Belinda Moffat, CEO of the Real Estate Authority, joins The Panel to talk about the real estate rules on this issue.
Today, in Episode Four of Stand and Deliver, veteran broadcaster Ian Johnstone takes us to another part of Africa as he recalls his visit to Uganda twenty years ago.
The Ministry for Primary Industries says the Waimate and Waitaki districts have received little rain since autumn and pasture covers are low for this time of year. Maja Burry has te pūrongo taiwhenua.
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Midday Business News for 20 October 2020
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Business confidence remains deeply pessimistic but is improving amid signs that the economy may recover from the pandemic quicker than expected. Emma Hatton has te pūrongo pakihi.
Andrew casts an eye over the election coverage, looking at how the media performed across the long campaign covering policy and fact-checking. Andrew Holden was a journalist for more than 30 years including five as Editor of The Press (in Christchurch) and four as Editor-in-Chief of The Age in Melbourne.…
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Queenstown launches new tourism campaign
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Queenstown has wheeled out some heavy artillery in a bid to attract domestic tourists this summer. A 10-week advertising campaign was launched on Monday under the branding "Home of Adventure" as the city tries to lure Kiwi away from the beaches to a more adrenaline-filled getaway. Covid-19 has ravaged Queenstown's economy but there is optimism busi…
Landslide victory and largest Pacific caucus for New Zealand Labour Party;The Cook Islands govt says a formal declaration of its sea borders protects them for future generations; Environmental group hopes to stop Papua New Guinea's proposed coal projects.
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How has Sweden really tackled the Covid pandemic?
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A lot has been said about Sweden's approach to tackling the Covid pandemic. Not a lot of it is true.
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South Australia opens a travel bubble with New Zealand
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New Zealanders have been traveling across the Tasman since Friday without having to quarantine in New South Wales and Northern Territory. Today South Australia joined the trans-Tasman travel bubble, and Karyn speaks with South Australia Tourism's chief executive Rodney Harrex about what we can expect.…
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The process for establishing New Zealand's 53rd government
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It's three days since the General Election and caucus meetings have been held in Parliament as the preparations begin for the next parliamentary term. Karyn speaks with Professor Andrew Geddis from Otago University about what needs to be in place and what we can expect in the coming weeks.
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Melanesian Update for 20 October 2020
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8pm Pacific Regional News for 20 October 2020
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Eric Crampton, Chief Economist at the New Zealand Initiative has been taking a look at climate policy and how this can be utilised for an effective Covid recovery.
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Farmers on brink of drought, with driest soil in South Island
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South Canterbury and North Otago farmers are on the precipice of a drought and NIWA's latest hotspot report shows they have the driest soils in the South Island. In turn, farmers are having to make costly calls to save their stock and cope with the challenge. Eleisha Foon has more.
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Most abuse settlement funds spend on costs - MSD
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The Ministry of Social Development has revealed more than 60 percent of the money it has spent on settling historical abuse claims has gone on operational costs, legal aid and external legal fees. The Ministry told the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care it has received just over 4,000 claims and has resolved just under half of them. Our reporter, …
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Most abuse settlement funds spend on costs - MSD
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The Ministry of Social Development has revealed more than 60 percent of the money it has spent on settling historical abuse claims has gone on operational costs, legal aid and external legal fees. The Ministry told the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care it has received just over 4,000 claims and has resolved just under half of them. Our reporter, …
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Tears, goodbyes and silver trays for departing National MPs
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It was haere rā to a massive chunk of National's caucus on Monday, after the blue bloodbath at the weekend. The party met for its post-election mop up, and to say goodbyes. National was plagued by pre-election leaks, leadership scuffles, a sexting scandal, Covid-19 conspiracy claims, a budget bungle and allegations of fat-shaming by leader Judith C…
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Tears, goodbyes and silver trays for departing National MPs
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Man's death in SH5 crash a lesson for drivers - victim's aunt
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The aunty of a Samoan man who died in a crash yesterday says her nephew's death should be a lesson for other drivers on the road. The horror accident happened yesterday on the highway between Napier and Taupo, which police have described as one of the country's most lethal roads. RNZ Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin has more.…
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Man's death in SH5 crash a lesson for drivers - victim's aunt
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The aunty of a Samoan man who died in a crash yesterday says her nephew's death should be a lesson for other drivers on the road. The horror accident happened yesterday on the highway between Napier and Taupo, which police have described as one of the country's most lethal roads. RNZ Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin has more.…
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Crown wraps trial of man charged with physical, sexual abuse
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The Crown has wrapped up its case against a man accused of physically and sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend. The man - who is in his 20s - is on trial in the High Court at Auckland after pleading not guilty to eight charges - including sexual violation and threatening to kill. His defence lawyer cross-examined the complainant today - scrutinising …
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Crown wraps trial of man charged with physical, sexual abuse
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The Crown has wrapped up its case against a man accused of physically and sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend. The man - who is in his 20s - is on trial in the High Court at Auckland after pleading not guilty to eight charges - including sexual violation and threatening to kill. His defence lawyer cross-examined the complainant today - scrutinising …
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'We stand on the shoulders of tīpuna' - Māori MP Rawiri Waititi
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The Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi - donning his cowboy hat and a giant pounamu necklace - touched down at parliament today for the first time since winning the Waiariki electorate. He narrowly beat Labour's Tamati Coffey for the seat in a nail-biting finish, winning by just over 400 votes. If Waititi comes out on top after the special votes are coun…
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'We stand on the shoulders of tīpuna' - Māori MP Rawiri Waititi
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The Māori Party's Rawiri Waititi - donning his cowboy hat and a giant pounamu necklace - touched down at parliament today for the first time since winning the Waiariki electorate. He narrowly beat Labour's Tamati Coffey for the seat in a nail-biting finish, winning by just over 400 votes. If Waititi comes out on top after the special votes are coun…
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Deputy Prime Minister job open, with plenty of contenders
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The Deputy Prime Minister's job is up for grabs and there are plenty of contenders. Jacinda Ardern says Kelvin Davis's role as deputy leader of the party is safe, but won't say whether that translates to Deputy Prime Minister. Grant Robertson and Andrew Little have not ruled themselves out either. RNZ political reporter Jo Moir has this story.…
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Deputy Prime Minister job open, with plenty of contenders
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The Deputy Prime Minister's job is up for grabs and there are plenty of contenders. Jacinda Ardern says Kelvin Davis's role as deputy leader of the party is safe, but won't say whether that translates to Deputy Prime Minister. Grant Robertson and Andrew Little have not ruled themselves out either. RNZ political reporter Jo Moir has this story.…
News from the business sector, including a market report.
News from the business sector, including a market report.
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Russian intelligence officers charged by US over hacking
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Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged by the US for their part in master-minding a series of high-profile global cyber attacks targeting foreign governments, private corporations, critical infrastructure and even the Olympic Games. The US Justice Department says the computer hackers are responsible for the most disruptive and…
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Russian intelligence officers charged by US over hacking
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Six Russian military intelligence officers have been charged by the US for their part in master-minding a series of high-profile global cyber attacks targeting foreign governments, private corporations, critical infrastructure and even the Olympic Games. The US Justice Department says the computer hackers are responsible for the most disruptive and…
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Police probe multiple rape claims against Wellington musicians
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Police are investigating multiple accusations of sexual assault against several Wellington musicians. One woman who spoke out online about the musicians' alleged behaviour says she got dozens of responses from women, men and minors describing similar attacks. Those making the accusations allowed her to share their experiences, provided their identi…
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Police probe multiple rape claims against Wellington musicians
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Police are investigating multiple accusations of sexual assault against several Wellington musicians. One woman who spoke out online about the musicians' alleged behaviour says she got dozens of responses from women, men and minors describing similar attacks. Those making the accusations allowed her to share their experiences, provided their identi…
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National caucus shows unity after disaster election result
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National Party MPs have emerged from their first post election caucus with a public show of unity after its disastrous result. Their numbers were slashed from 54 to 35 and could go even lower after special votes are counted. This morning the surviving MPs farewelled their former colleagues, with emotions running high. RNZ political editor Jane Patt…
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National caucus shows unity after disaster election result
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National Party MPs have emerged from their first post election caucus with a public show of unity after its disastrous result. Their numbers were slashed from 54 to 35 and could go even lower after special votes are counted. This morning the surviving MPs farewelled their former colleagues, with emotions running high. RNZ political editor Jane Patt…
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Sealord responds to Russian fishers Covid-19 outbreak at MIQ
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Russian fishing crews believed to be at the centre of a covid outbreak at an isolation facility had all tested negative and spent fourteen days isolating in their own homes before boarding a charter flight to New Zealand, according to one of the companies employing them. The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 11 people have tested positive for t…
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Sealord responds to Russian fishers Covid-19 outbreak at MIQ
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Russian fishing crews believed to be at the centre of a covid outbreak at an isolation facility had all tested negative and spent fourteen days isolating in their own homes before boarding a charter flight to New Zealand, according to one of the companies employing them. The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 11 people have tested positive for t…
Belinda Moffat, CEO of the Real Estate Authority, joins The Panel to talk about the real estate rules on this issue.
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What a national food strategy could look like
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A hui's been held to discuss the need for a national food strategy. Eat New Zealand chief executive Angela Clifford tells The Panel why this is necessary
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What a national food strategy could look like
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A hui's been held to discuss the need for a national food strategy. Eat New Zealand chief executive Angela Clifford tells The Panel why this is necessary
Rawiri Waititi has taken the seat of Waiariki back from Labour.
Rawiri Waititi has taken the seat of Waiariki back from Labour.
Prof Richard Shaw from Massey University and today's panellists give their views on the state of the party.
Prof Richard Shaw from Massey University and today's panellists give their views on the state of the party.
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Tourism body suggests domestic travel card
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The $200 card will be given to all New Zealanders as a way to help the struggling tourism sector.
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Tourism body suggests domestic travel card
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The $200 card will be given to all New Zealanders as a way to help the struggling tourism sector.
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The Panel with Ella Henry and Chester Borrows (Part 2)
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The Māori Party looks set to make a triumphant return to Parliament after Rawiri Waititi regained the seat of Waiariki back from Labour. A hui's been held to discuss the need for a national food strategy. Eat New Zealand chief executive Angela Clifford tells The Panel why this is necessary.
