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Government accuses China of cyber-attacks
The Government has accused China for the first time of being behind several malicious cyber-attacks against New Zealand's Parliamentary agencies.
It comes after the United Kingdom and United States… Audio
Cost of living crisis continues to impact the Far North
While the cost-of-living crisis has pushed the housing crisis out of mind for some Kiwis, in the Far North it continues unabated with many people forced to live in tents, cars and overcrowded homes.
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Eskdale holiday park owner on Cyclone Gabrielle report
A new report into the Hawke's Bay's Civil Defence response to Cyclone Gabrielle has found there weren't enough trained emergency leaders, leading to confusion and burnout.
It also found controllers… Audio
SIS and GCSB to appear before Intelligence and Security Committee
The United Kingdom and the United States have called out China over what they say have been state sponsored cyber-attacks.
The United Kingdom has accused China of hacking its electoral commission… Audio
Top Stories for Tuesday 26 March 2024
Top stories for Tuesday 26 March 2024: The UK and US call out China over what they say are state sponsored cyber-attacks.
Mayors and iwi leaders in Hawke's Bay say it's time to throw out the… Audio
List of courses where increase in enrolments needed released
The funder for tertiary education is willing to subsidise more trainees in scaffolding and piano tuning, but doesn't want any increase in primary teaching enrolments.
The Commission has released the… Audio
Crusaders slump to fifth straight Super Rugby loss
The Crusaders sunk further into the mire on Saturday night, well beaten 26-6 by the Blues at Eden Park.
Coach Rob Penney described his team's fifth loss from five Super Rugby games as "clunky" and he… Audio
Robyn Malcolm wins award at Series Mania Forum
Esteemed New Zealand actress Robyn Malcolm has become the first local actor to take home an award from the Series Mania Forum in France.
She accepted the best actress award in Lille, during a… Audio
Mother of autistic man appeals for son to be free
The mother of an autistic and intellectually disabled man who has spent half his life locked away, is appealing to the Supreme Court to set him free.
The man lives in seclusion at the Mason Clinic… Audio
Hipkins promises to turn attention to tax system in state of the nation speech
The Labour party leader is promising to turn his attention to tax, saying the current system is inequitable and unsustainable.
In a state of the nation speech in South Auckland, Chris Hipkins said… Audio
Labour setting itself up to deliver tax reform say inequality experts
One of the country's leading inequality experts says the Labour Party has set itself up to finally deliver tax reform.
Chris Hipkins called the tax system "inequitable" and "unsustainable" in his… Audio
Climate policy in focus across 65 elections worldwide
Four billion voters across more than 65 countries are headed to the polls this year.
Collectively, these nations are responsible for more than forty percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
So… Audio
Top Stories for Monday 25 March 2024
Top stories for Monday 25 March 2024: A Police cordon remains in place in the Gisborne street where two people were killed and three injured in a 100-person brawl on Saturday night.
We talk to the… Audio
Top Stories for Friday 22 March 2024
Top stories for Friday March the 22nd: A former minister says it's unacceptable a foreign spy operation ran out of New Zealand without any ministerial oversight.
Consumer advocates respond to the… Audio
Banking sector lacks competition - ComCom report
Hefty profits, virtually no real competition and weak incentives to do better. That's a snap shot of the banking sector according to a draft market study from the Commerce Commission. It concludes a… Audio
NZ drops place in happiest countries list
The UN's official report is out on the world's happiest countries, and New Zealand has slipped down on the list to number 11. New Zealand only cracked the top ten for those aged 60 and older. Finland… Audio
Investigation reveals foreign spy operating out of NZ
A foreign agency ran a spy operation out of New Zealand's main spy agency for years without the government knowing.
The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security has revealed this in an… Audio
Commerce Commission report should push Govt into increasing bank competition say critics of sector
Critics of the banking sector say the strongly worded Commerce Commission report should push the government into forcing open banking and increased competition.
It has released an interim report on… Audio
NZ slipped into recession in final quarter of 2023 GDP figures show
New GDP figures say Aotearoa slipped into a recession in the final quarter of last year.
Stats NZ says gross domestic product, the broad measure of economic growth, fell 0.1 percent in the three… Audio
Commerce Commission releases draft report on banking market study
The Commerce Commission has just released a draft report on its banking market study.
The Commission says disruptive forces are needed to drive change in the banking sector.
Commission Chair John… Audio