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Dunedin flat supplied with 280 bottles alcoholic lemonade
Dunedin Police are making enquiries after a liquor company supplied hundreds of bottles of alcoholic lemonade to a student flat in Castle Street in exchange for promotion on social media. The… Video, Audio
Evening business for 26 January
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6345602672112 Video, Audio
Big recycling changes on the way
Next month, in many places around the motu, rubbish rules are changing in a bid to standardise what gets recycled.
It means a bunch of things that could previously be binned in recycle - are no… Video, Audio
Person dead after leap from crane in Wellington harbour
A person's died after leaping from a crane , more than 30 metres high into Wellington harbour. The steam powered crane is on the Hikitia, which is an old ship that is permanently docked on the… Video, Audio
Auckland Anniversary floods: families still in soggy homes
A year on from the Auckland Anniversary floods, some families are still living in soggy, mouldy state houses, with holes in the floor of bedrooms. In Mangere, the stream overflowed, swamped houses… Video, Audio
No guarantee for Cathedral Cove walkway - DOC
The Department of Conservation has conceded there's no guarantee a walk way to Catheral Cove will ever re-open but expects to know what may be possible by the middle of the year. The walking track to… Video, Audio
Evening business for 24 January 2024
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6345451622112 Video, Audio
Commonwealth Games; Protestors throw fake cash onto councillors
Christchurch councillors had fake cash thrown in their faces as they discussed a possible bid to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games. The environmental impacts and the huge price tag of the Games fuelled… Video, Audio
Inflation slowed to lowest levels in 2 years
Hold onto your wallets, It's official, inflation is deflating. The latest figures show it's slowed to its lowest levels in two years. Consumer prices rose just half a percent in the three months to… Video, Audio
Walking tracks around Cathedral Cove open for summer
DOC has managed to get new walking tracks around Cathedral Cove open for summer, despite the hike down to the popular Coromandel beach being off the cards, for now. Extreme weather events in January… Audio
Hundreds of billions of investment needed in local govt - LGNZ
New Zealand is being warned it is heading towards a tragedy if more is not invested in council infrastructure, and that people need to get used to double-digit rates increases. Local Government New… Audio
Southland cousins smash world shearing record
Last Friday, Gore cousins Megan Whitehead and Hannah McCall shore 1,293 lambs in 8 hours - a new world record for a female shearing duo. Inside a "chocka" woolshed at Grant Bros farm, locals were… Video, Audio
Chch company aiming to help cacao farmers in Pacific
A Chrischurch start-up wants to bring steam power to the Pacific islands to help cacao farmers dry their beans. Mackwell and Co has reimagined the old steam engine, into what they see as the cutting… Video, Audio
Evening business for 15 December 2023
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6343152006112 Video, Audio
Auckland swimming pools failing inspections
A quarter of swimming pools inspected in Auckland are failing safety requirements. The council urging owners to lift their game this summer saying unsupervised access to pools through faulty gates and… Video, Audio
Chocolate, beauty items, sneakers thieves' key Christmas target
'tis the season for thieving, and according to a police retail crime unit shoplifters are honing in om targetting tasty high value treats like chocolate, beauty products and trendy sneakers. The unit… Video, Audio
Government's U-turn on lower speed limits will cost lives - safety expert
A road safety charity believes a u-turn on a policy that's seen lower speed limits on some roads, will cost lives. The government plans to stop what it calls blanket speed limit reductions. The Labour… Video, Audio
Auckland City football lose 3-0 to Al-Ittihad
Auckland City's part-time footballers were no match for their wealthy Saudi opposition at the FIFA Club World Cup in Jeddah today. The Auckland team lost 3-nil to Al-Ittihad and were knocked out of… Video, Audio
Hundreds rally against smokefree changes
Labour is calling on the health minister to honour is Hippocratic oath, as crowds gathered begging the government to reconsider repealing smokefree legislation. The government insists it remains… Audio
Finance Minister on pulling support for Cook Strait upgrade
Is KiwiRail's plans for a new green fleet of ferries absolutely sunk?
The government's refusing to kick any more money into replacing the aging Interislander ferry fleet following a massive cost blow… Video, Audio