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📢 Just-released survey figures show 500,300 live listeners in a typical week for RNZ National aged 10 or older, up from 475,800 in the last survey.
RNZ hits live listener target a year early
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December 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
📢 Regional councils have to find a different way of operating that cuts down on double ups and layers of bureaucracy.
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Local government shake-up: A complicated job to fix a complex system
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December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
📢 Regional councils have to find a different way of operating that cuts down on double ups and layers of bureaucracy.
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
📢 Tend Health's founder says Ayesha Verrall's comments a an odd assertion and its data says otherwise.
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👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Labour's claims of corporate clinics not prioritising community 'not reflective of the data'
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December 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
📢 Tend Health's founder says Ayesha Verrall's comments a an odd assertion and its data says otherwise.
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👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Person seriously injured in Christchurch robbery
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December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📢 A business consultancy says restructures often led to a lack of innovation and lower performances.
Organisations overlooking the cost of job insecurity in the workplace - expert says
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December 1, 2025 at 8:22 PM
📢 Councils might consider raising fees for things like pools, recreation centres and other community facilities, Wellington mayor Andrew Little says.
Rates caps may mean more expensive parking, libraries and pools, mayors say
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December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
📢 The Environmental Law Initiative has filed court proceedings against the oceans and fisheries minister for failing to protect hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguins, from the risk of extinction.
Lawyers criticise ministry's advice to Fisheries Minister Shane Jones on set net fishing
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December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
📢 Northland conservationist Brad Windust says authorities need to look at casting the net wider ahead of summer.
Calls for yellow-legged hornet trapping in Auckland to be widened
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December 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
📢 It's been a turbulent year for Lawson who has spent much the season fighting for points and his survival.
Liam Lawson to remain in Formula 1 in 2026 - report
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December 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ikea opening day: Nearby businesses preparing for mayhem
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December 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
📢 What makes a good day, and how can we ensure we have more good days than bad across our lifetimes?
Our Changing World: Planning for good days
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📢 Explainer - What happens if National or Labour MPs decide to challenge their party's leaders? Here's what you need to know.
How leadership challenges happen in New Zealand politics
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December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
📢 The consequences of chronic methamphetamine use are already visible in hospital wards, and it's about to get worse, Dr Paul Quigley says.
NZ facing health crisis from chronic methamphetamine use - emergency doctor
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢 The number of enrolments had been kept under wraps after the agency told the privately-run, state-funded schools not to reveal their numbers while still setting up.
Charter School Agency reveals enrolment numbers after telling schools to keep figures under wraps
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢 Nurses have been accused of failing to provide 'life preserving services' but the union says a plan for dedicated on-call staff to cover gaps during strike action was rejected.
Health NZ and nurses union at loggerheads over strike plan
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢 The price of Bitcoin has fallen significantly after a volatile year, but experts say having a proponent in the White House is likely to put a floor under its price.
Why one fund manager is banking on Trump to support falling Bitcoin
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢 Some commentators say it may sometimes be because the adjustment to a "single" pension rate is too tough.
Adjustment to single pension rate may be prompting women to borrow against homes
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
📢 Judd Flavell admits he couldn't have been more proud of his side and knew it would probably need something special to beat them.
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👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Tall Blacks coach knew it would take something special to beat them
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December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
📢 Judd Flavell admits he couldn't have been more proud of his side and knew it would probably need something special to beat them.
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
📢 MPs have voiced concerns at the affordability of the government's Roads of National Significance project at the start of Scrutiny Week.
Infrastructure Commission suggests phased approach to highway builds could counter costs
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December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
📢 The Climate Change Commission says there are risks with relying on forestry for the country's carbon removal.
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Relying on forestry for carbon removal is placing 'eggs in one basket', MPs warned
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December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
📢 The Climate Change Commission says there are risks with relying on forestry for the country's carbon removal.
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📢 A report released today by the foundation has highlighted four areas that it says will create "practical, meaningful and lasting change".
Better laws needed to protect sexual violence survivors - Helen Clark Foundation
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December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢 Wayne Brown has taken aim at the policy, suggesting the government could start paying rates on its own properties to help fund projects like the City Rail Link.
Auckland mayor hits out at government's rates cap, says it could impact City Rail Link
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December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢 A government-funded lunch provider says it's investigating a "food quality issue", while parents are watching for food poisoning symptoms.
Parents horrified children ate mouldy mince in government-funded school lunches
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December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
📢 Scania Rangi Te Whare's death could have been prevented had he not been driving in a likely fatigued state, the Coroner says.
Scania Rangi Te Whare's death in school bus collision could've been prevented, coroner finds
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December 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM