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Source: Radio New Zealand Supplied / Te Ara Scientists are once-again raising concerns about de-extinction as a US biotech company promotes a “major breakthrough” in artificial egg technology. Colossal Biosciences on Wednesday announced the development of an artificial egg that it says is a crucial step toward resurrecting the South Island giant moa – a…
Source: Radio New Zealand Cotality’s latest data shows a 0.1 percent increase in values in April. RNZ About 1500 fewer homes have sold so far this year compared to the same time a year earlier, and there are warnings that softness is likely to continue. Cotality has released its latest data, which shows a 0.1…
Source: Radio New Zealand Fiscal drag is a constant pressure on taxpayers’ wallets. RNZ Are you paying more tax, but no better off? Fiscal drag, or bracket creep, is the process by which taxpayers move up through the marginal tax bands as they get pay increases, and end up paying higher proportions of their income…
Source: Radio New Zealand The government plans to slash public service jobs by about 14 percent over the next three years. RNZ / Quin Tauetau A public servant affected by the sweeping cuts of two years ago is “terrified” their job will soon be on the line again. The government plans to slash public service…
Source: Radio New Zealand What the peanut-shaped roundabout will look like. Hamilton City Council The opening of a so-called ‘peanut-about’ in Hamilton got everyone talking about roundabouts. The peanut-shaped roundabout while unusual, is not the only one in New Zealand, with a few others scattered around the motu. But it did get RNZ listeners sharing…
Source: Radio New Zealand RNZ Housing market confidence has taken a tumble as interest rates rise, prices are expected to stay flat, and inflation heads higher. ASB’s latest housing confidence report in the three months ended April showed a net 19 percent of respondents expecting prices to rise over the next 12 months from 30…
Source: Radio New Zealand Consumer NZ says no bank has earned one of its People’s Choice awards for customer satisfaction this year. RNZ / Supplied Consumer New Zealand says no bank has earned one of its People’s Choice awards for customer satisfaction this year. Based on a survey of 1958 New Zealanders, no bank met…
Source: Radio New Zealand Fisheries New Zealand is reviewing management measures for recreational shellfish harvesting in Auckland and Coromandel. 123RF More than 300 people have submitted feedback to Fisheries New Zealand as part of a review into shellfish gathering in Auckland and Coromandel. Last month, the regulator announced it was reviewing management measures for recreational…
Source: Radio New Zealand On Sunday afternoon at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Auckland, 49-year-old Anna Maharaj lit a candle as part of an annual remembrance service. She has done this almost every year for 24 years to honour someone she could never meet and whose name she will never know. Perhaps that person’s family…
Source: Radio New Zealand A senior public servant was replaced as acting chief executive of a government organisation following revelations she once used cocaine prior to starting in the public service. 123rf A senior public servant was replaced as acting chief executive of a government organisation following revelations she used cocaine once “a number of…
Source: Radio New Zealand TRENZ 2026 is kicking off at the New Zealand International Convention Centre in Auckland. RNZ / Tess Brunton The tourism industry is hopeful an influx of international travel buyers will spark millions of dollars in new business. TRENZ, the country’s largest international tourism business event, is underway in Auckland. More than…
Source: Radio New Zealand “Offering us 0.6 percent is just frankly disgusting,” says one officer. File photo. RNZ / Richard Tindiller Some police officers say they are beginning unlawful industrial action – such as a go slow on issuing traffic tickets – following a 0.6 percent pay rise labelled a “kick in the guts”. The…