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Promoter defends plan for Kanye West to headline festival
Source: Radio New Zealand One of the promoters of an annual London music festival on Monday defended plans for Kanye West to headline it, amid a backlash over the US...
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Controversial Hawke’s Bay dam project gets $18m loan from government
Source: Radio New Zealand The proposed site for the dam project. RNZ / YouTube The government is lending $18 million to a controversial dam project in Central Hawke’s Bay. The...
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CPA Australia: Malaysian Small Businesses Urged To Adopt Productivity-enhancing Technologies For Sustained Growth
Source: Media Outreach Young business owners drive small businesses in Malaysia Technology adoption remains concentrated in front-end activities Improved access to finance needed for deeper digital transformation KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA...
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Controversial Hawke’s Bay dam project gets $14m loan from government
Source: Radio New Zealand The proposed site for the dam project. RNZ / YouTube The government is lending $18 million to a controversial dam project in Central Hawke’s Bay. The...
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‘Never have I felt so dependent on … feelings of one administration’: Nicola Willis on Trump and Iran
Source: Radio New Zealand Nicola Willis speaks after the latest government update on fuel supplies, 6 April. RNZ / Giles Dexter The finance minister says she has “never felt so...
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Morning Report live: Nicola Willis faces questions about fuel stocks, prices and taxes
Source: Radio New Zealand Nicola Willis speaks after the latest government update on fuel supplies, 6 April. RNZ / Giles Dexter The finance minister says the country’s fuel supplies are...
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Welsh paramedic graduates told to look for entry-level jobs in New Zealand instead
Source: Radio New Zealand Graduate paramedics from Wales are being advised to apply for jobs in New Zealand. AFP / David Cliff / NurPhoto Graduate paramedics from tertiary institutions in...
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Collecting statistics: When the numbers don’t add up
Source: Radio New Zealand Stats NZ had a seven percent cut to its budget, but the Government Statistician, Colin Lynch, denies the cut has affected the quality of information gathering...
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Schools on diesel heating prepare for big bills as government considers support
Source: Radio New Zealand Burnside High principal Scott Haines. Supplied / Burnside High School Addington Te Kura Taumata principal Donna Bilas. Supplied / Addington Te Kura Taumata Schools that use...
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Auckland mayor Wayne Brown to axe ratepayer-funded lunches at council meetings
Source: Radio New Zealand Auckland mayor Wayne Brown. RNZ/Marika Khabazi Auckland’s mayor is going to axe ratepayer-funded lunches at council meetings after being grilled about the council’s big catering bill....
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What to make of new evidence in the notorious Bill Sutch spy case
Source: Radio New Zealand Bill Sutch was acquitted of breaching the Official Secrets Act. But decades later, the evidence he was handing information to the Soviet Union persists. Public Domain...
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The Agency: Former Kiwi spy Kit Bennetts reveals his six-year stint in cover for the CIA
Source: Radio New Zealand A New Zealander has revealed details of a years-long stint spying for America’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the Cold War. Kit Bennetts, who was born...
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Confusion as families hit with extra rest home surcharges despite subsidies
Source: Radio New Zealand Rest home subsidy granted, all of pension taken – but families still face daily surcharge for rooms. 123RF Families trying to find rest homes for their...
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Eight patients in seclusion for more than 45,000 hours combined in one year
Source: Radio New Zealand Ministry of Health director of mental health Dr John Crawshaw. Nathan Mckinnon / RNZ Eight patients in forensic and intellectual disability units were in seclusion for...
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Trump’s strategy with Iran is the ‘Madman Theory’, an international law expert explains
Source: Radio New Zealand US President Donald Trump on March 4, 2026. ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP An international law expert says the US President appears to be employing what’s known...
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SPEED Secures Three Industry Awards For Digital Procurement Solutions
Source: Media Outreach KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Newswire – 6 April 2026 – SPEED (Sistem Perolehan Elektronik Dinamik), developed and operated by CDC International Sdn Bhd (CDCi), has...
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‘Very unlikely’ government will go ahead with 12-cent fuel tax rise – Willis
Source: Radio New Zealand Petrol and jet fuel stocks have risen, while there has been a slight decrease in diesel stocks. The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment’s latest fuel...
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Survey shows significant decline in New Zealand’s butterflies
Source: Radio New Zealand Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust said the drop in Monarch butterflies is even more noticeable as they were once much easier to spot. 2021...
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‘Very unlikely’ government will go ahead with 12-cent fuel tax – Willis
Source: Radio New Zealand Petrol and jet fuel stocks have risen, while there has been a slight decrease in diesel stocks. The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment’s latest fuel...
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Live: Fuel stocks remain ‘stable’
Source: Radio New Zealand Note: The livestream with Finance Minister Nicola Willis starts at 1.30pm Petrol and jet fuel stocks have risen, while there has been a slight decrease in...
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Live: Fuel stocks updated by government
Source: Radio New Zealand Note: The livestream with Finance Minister Nicola Willis starts at 1.30pm The government is set to give the latest update on fuel stocks, as the war...
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What exactly can you get away with when renting a short-term rental?
Source: Radio New Zealand Four people were sent to hospital after youths clashed at a party at a short-term rental in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert last month. RNZ...
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Foreign Minister Winston Peters off to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio
Source: Radio New Zealand Winston Peters with Marco Rubio in 2025. AFP / Saul Loeb Foreign Minister Winston Peters is travelling to the United States, where he is set to...
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Foreign Minister to visit the United States
Source: New Zealand Government Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Washington D.C. this week. “The current global context is the most challenging New Zealand has faced in the past 80 years,” Mr Peters...
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Ambulances operating as usual, despite diesel issues – for now
Source: Radio New Zealand Paramedics have been making sure the service’s 629 ambulances are topped up at the end of each shift whenever fuel drops below three-quarters of a tank....
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Horowhenua mayor says street racing events are being used to intimidate
Source: Radio New Zealand Horowhenua mayor Bernie Wanden. RNZ / Angus Dreaver The mayor of Horowhenua says street racing events are being staged to intimidate the public, and those involved...
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Research funding provides rangatahi with hands-on education about climate change
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi project lead Dr Mawera Karetai. Supplied/Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi has been awarded nearly $300,000 in...