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Cancer charity encourages Dry July fundraising after high demand for services and care
Put down the drink and spare a bit of money this July. New Zealanders are being asked to give up alcohol for the month to raise funds for those going through cancer...
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Political reporter: EUFTA won't be fully implemented for another 13 years
New Zealand's new Free Trade Agreement with the European Union isn't perfect, but it may be the best we're ever going to get. The 27-country bloc has agreed to remove...
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Andrew Little: Health NZ a new way of tackling health issues in this country
A new dawn for New Zealand's heath sector. The country's 20 DHBs have been officially disestablished to make way for the Health NZ juggernaut and the Maori Health...
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Kate Hawkesby: I feel for our young people, no wonder they want to leave NZ
“Politicians have sucked the life out of young New Zealanders” this according to a very good opinion piece in the Herald yesterday by University Macro Economics...
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NZSTA wants 'decent people' run for school boards
Nominations are now open to run for your local school's board of trustees. With elections in September, New Zealand School Trustees Association wants to make sure...
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Fears travellers may have to cancel holidays due to passport backlog
Demand for passports has risen significantly, with a 400 percent increase since January. This now has the Department of Internal Affairs scrambling, with nearly...
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Victims' advocate: Timaru crash sentence light, youth justice system needs overhaul
Questions are being raised around the sentence given to a young man whose driving resulted in the deaths of five Timaru teenagers. Tyreese Fleming has been jailed...
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Kate Hawkesby: Big Brother is really watching me
Call me naïve, and look when to comes to this stuff I probably am. It’s a mixture of not being that clued into forensically what goes on technologically with my...
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Charities law expert on Supreme Court's ruling on Family First
So the Supreme Court has ruled that traditional values group 'Family First' will no longer qualify for charitable status. The ruling is that the group's work isn't...
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Former US Customs Commissioner: Human trafficking has become lucrative to people smugglers
A former US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner says human trafficking's become financially lucrative to people smugglers. It follows the deaths of 50 migrants...
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Restore Rotorua: Emergency housing situation is at 'breaking point'
Claims the emergency housing situation in Rotorua is "out of control". Newstalk ZB can reveal the Government has so far spent one billion dollars on emergency housing...
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Kate Hawkesby: I've seen first hand how swamped our health system is
Like a lot of parents I imagine at the moment, I got the call up to the school sick bay yesterday to collect my daughter. Not another respiratory virus thank goodness,...
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Community group providing free insulation to homeowners this winter
Good insulation is something we know keeps people out of hospitals, therefore reduces pressure on our health system. But vulnerable homeowners could be eligible...
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Survey finds only 10 pc believe a child is safer with a mobile phone than without one
No time is a good time to give a child a phone. A new Canstar survey shows only 10 percent believe a child is safer with a mobile phone than without one. Meanwhile,...
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Construction expert: Some companies won't survive turbulent times
A construction expert says we're in for turbulent times, with the slowdown in the market for new housing builds igniting fears property prices could begin to spiral. The...
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Kate Hawkesby: Labour trying to make the most out of Roe v Wade debate
No one in the history of spin has spun more than this current Government, which is why I find it so ironic that Grant Roberston’s accused Chris Luxon of ‘political...
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Prince Charles denies any wrongdoing over $5 million bags-of-cash claim
Prince Charles' office has denied there was any wrongdoing in the heir to the British throne accepting bags full of cash as charity donations from a Qatari politician. The...
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Political Commentator: Simon O'Connor has every right to express his belief
It's being suggested Simon O'Connor has created an unfortunate distraction for the National party and his leader. Chris Luxon says a social media post by O'Connor...
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Aucklanders spending more than $1 billion on takeaways each year
More than $1 billion is spent on takeaways and fast food each year in Auckland. High deprivation areas have a higher concentration of the outlets, and fewer places...
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Black Caps in familiar danger after fourth day of tight test
By Andrew Alderson at Headingley The synonym jar is almost empty to describe the narrow margins in the cricket test series between England and New Zealand. The same...
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Kate Hawkesby: What I've learned from having Covid
It’s so good to be back. I was a bit nervous about coming back because when you’ve been sick for three weeks unable to stay awake for long periods and feeling so...
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Joe Biden calls for widespread suspension of US fuel taxes
President Joe Biden will call on Congress to suspend federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months — an election-year move meant to ease financial pressures...
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Dairy and Business Owners Group: Many of the problems won't be fixed until duopoly ends
Smaller grocery players are casting doubts on the latest moves by the supermarket giants. Foodstuffs has followed its rival Woolworths, in announcing a wholesale...
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Concern over lack of action on dog attacks in Gisborne
There are concerns owners of nasty dogs aren't facing the consequences of attacks by their animals. A report in Gisborne found no one has been prosecuted, despite...
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Scientist warns too many satellites are overcrowding space
Space is unimaginably, infinitely, large but our little corner of it is getting crowded. More satellites are going up every day, and one expert is warning it's becoming...
