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Wellington bus company seeks students to become drivers
Amid a worrying shortage of bus drivers, a Wellington bus company is targeting the student market for recruits. Tranzurban is pitching the job as flexible enough to fit around study, and a chance for… Video, Audio
Internation court sentences three over shooting down of MH17
An international court has convicted three men for shooting down a commercial plane over Ukraine in 2014. The court found two Russians and a Ukrainian guilty of the mass murder of all 298 passengers… Audio
Ardern starts flurry of meetings with world leaders at APEC
The Prime Minister has started a flurry of meetings with regional leaders at the APEC summit in Bangkok with regional security and economic issues to the fore. Jacinda Ardern started with a formal… Video, Audio
Evening business for Friday 18 November 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6315768282112 Video, Audio
2021 a record breaker for kitchen injury claims - ACC
There's a lot of slicing and dicing going on in kitchens around the country and we're not just talking about food preparation. ACC figures show last year was a record breaker - with the highest number… Video, Audio
NZ triathlete Wilde's Commonwealth gold appeal dismissed
New Zealand triathlete Hayden Wilde's long wait to find out if he would be upgraded to a Commonwealth Games gold medal has come to an end. Wilde appealed to World Triathlon in August about a 10-second… Video, Audio
National's Mark Mitchell on how its boot camps would be different
National reckons its reboot of boot camps will be different this time around. The revived policy would mean 15 year olds and older, who commit at least two serious crimes could be sentenced to boot… Video, Audio
Pokie operators face stricter regulation to curb gambling harm
Pokie operators will be on a tighter leash with higher standards and harsher penalties from next year. The government's set new regulations with a full review of the Gambling Act to follow. Our… Audio
Man sentenced for fatal stabbing of Christchurch woman
A life sentence for a man who randomly stabbed a mother of four to death outside her Christchurch home will never heal her family's grief. 52 year old Laisa Waka Tunidau lay bleeding on the concrete… Audio
National dusts off boot camps policy for youth offenders
The National Party wants to bring back boot camps for teen offenders, promising a crackdown on what it says is a youth crime wave.
National's leader Christopher Luxon announced the plan in Hamilton… Audio
Ōtepoti museum returns artefacts to Indigenous Australians
An Ōtepoti Dunedin museum has returned cultural artefacts first taken from Indigenous Australians more than a century ago.
Stone knives, an adze, and a boomerang belong to the Warumungu people, the… Video, Audio
Wayne Brown stamps mark on Auckland Council committees
Wayne Brown has stamped his authority on Auckland Council, axing some committees, and limiting the numbers on others.
There are three fewer committees now, and fewer people on them.
Our reporter… Audio
Countdown's reward points scheme flaw short-changes some
Countdown has apparently failed to properly count up customers' reward points as part of its loyalty scheme, meaning shoppers have been short changed when it comes to discount vouchers. Video, Audio
Evening business for 17 November 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Fullers apologises for 'disappointing' Auckland ferry disruptions
Fullers360 Chief Operations Officer Paul Trotman says up to five percent of its 5000 trips a month are being cancelled. Video, Audio
Nurse training problems not unique to AUT - students across NZ
In the last week, AUT has been under fire from dozens of nursing students who are fed up with the way their concerns about the degree are being treated. Students from other nursing schools across New… Audio
Diabetics call on Pharmac to fund life-saving device
"Laziness" is one reason used to NOT fund a potentially life saving device for diabetics.
It was a comment made by officials when discussing whether to fund the continuous glucose monitors - which… Audio
Ankle bracelets on youth offenders possible under National - Goldsmith
National's justice spokesperson Paul Goldsmith says if necessary, young offenders could wear ankle bracelets under a National government.
National is re-releasing its past policy idea of boot camps… Video, Audio
Staff cuts 'inevitable' to fix budget shortfall - Auckland Council CEO
Auckland Council CEO Jim Stabback says staff cuts are "inevitable" as the organisation seeks to meet its $270m budget shortfall.
"I think it's inevitable as we think about how we refine our… Video, Audio
Tourism leaders grapple with industry future amid climate chang
Tourism leaders are grappling with the future of their industry as the impacts and disruptions of climate change become more widely felt. They met in Hamilton today for the annual Tourism Summit… Audio