Independent Analysis and Reportage
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…
Source: Radio New Zealand The cordon in Papatoetoe after Tangaru-Noere Turia was shot by police in 2021. RNZ / Simon Rogers Tangaru-Noere Turia was showing signs of psychosis and wielding a shotgun when he was killed by police. But a coroner says better mental health support and interventions could have helped prevent the 2021 shooting.…
Source: Radio New Zealand Embryo development. Supplied / Colossal Biosciences A multibillion-dollar de-extinction company believes it is one step closer to resurrecting New Zealand’s largest and long-extinct flightless bird. Colossal Biosciences – headquartered in Texas – is heralding a “major breakthrough” in its development of an artificial egg that it says is crucial to giant…
Source: Radio New Zealand The former Fitzroy Hotel on Auckland’s Wakefield Street is considered the oldest brick building in the city centre. RNZ / Marika Khabazi The trial of the owner of one of Auckland’s oldest buildings has begun, five and a half years after an engineer first inspected cracks in its façade. Auckland Council…
Source: Radio New Zealand Christchurch Council wants the government to make accommodation platforms like Airbnb share data. AFP A property investment expert says councils should crack down on short-term holiday rental providers who are not paying business rates without the government’s help. The Christchurch City Council wants the government to make accommodation platforms like Airbnb…
Source: Radio New Zealand Hellers brand Sweet Chilli Pork Tenders (600g) was recalled after hard plastic was found in the packs. SUPPLIED Food Safety says a brand of pork tenders sold at supermarkets around the country is being recalled because the packs could contain pieces of hard black plastic. It says the 600-gram packs of…
Source: Radio New Zealand Te Maire Martin scored a try and created two more against Brisbane Broncos. AAP/Photosport Veteran Te Maire Martin will have first chance to audition for the vacant NZ Warriors halfback spot, after Tanah Boyd suffered a season-ending knee injury last weekend. Boyd has been confirmed with rupture of his anterior cruciate…
Source: Radio New Zealand The government’s latest job cuts in the public sector have a “DOGE-type approach” say the Greens, but it is “just what the doctor ordered”, according to ACT. The government announced today that public service jobs are to be slashed by about 14 percent over the next three years in a shake-up…
Source: Radio New Zealand Queens Park in Invercargill was the scene of at least one attack. RNZ / Tess Brunton Four teenagers have been arrested after several Invercargill people were attacked in violent and unprovoked assaults by people they met on dating apps. Police said there were four separate incidents where dating apps were deliberately…
Source: Radio New Zealand New solar and geothermal generation means New Zealand no longer faces the same risk of running out of power in winter in so-called “dry years”, according to Contact Energy Chief Executive Mike Fuge. Hydro-generation is the country’s largest power source but can be limited in years when rain and snow melt…
Source: Radio New Zealand Barbara Edmonds says the party hasn’t decided what assets to put in the fund yet. RNZ / Samuel Rillstone Labour will not release key details of its Future Fund policy until after the election, saying some of the advice it needs can only come if the party is in government. If…