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Local Govt NZ pleads for more council candidates around country
An SOS for local democracy. That's what Local Government New Zealand is calling its final plea for council candidates.
With three days left - dozens of seats have no candidates or only one. Tessa… Video, Audio
Tauranga mostly unfazed by Uffindell's bullying revelations
While the shock revelations of Sam Uffindell's high school bullying have prompted calls for his resignation from some, his constituents in Tauranga appear to be - for the most part - ready to forgive… Video, Audio
National MP Sam Uffindell admits being a bully at school
National's newest MP has admitted he physically and mentally hurt other students while he was at school.
Sam Uffindell was kicked out of King's College 22 years ago after beating a 13-year-old in a… Audio
National, ACT ahead in latest political poll
National and ACT can form a government on their own according to the latest 1News Kantar Public Poll.
However both National and Labour have dropped slightly in their popularity.
RNZ political editor… Video, Audio
Uffindell to discuss future after revelation of past attack at private boarding school
National's newest MP Sam Uffindell has acknowledged he was asked to leave Auckland's Kings College 23 years ago for his part in a vicious assault against a younger student, after the story was… Video, Audio
Police hire more staff as gun licence queue grows
Police are employing more staff to process firearms licence applications following a long backlog of frustrated people not being allowed to buy or use a gun.
The delay is attributed to more thorough… Audio
Landslide blocks Wellington's The Terrace
A landslide is blocking parts of a Wellington CBD road.. and eight homes have been evacuated.
Our reporter Kirsty Frame is there and joins Lisa Owen with the latest.
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Defiant Tamaki distances self from protesters' offensive signage
Another mass protest, another afternoon of streets clogged with demonstrators, causing disruption in Auckland.
The self-styled Bishop Brian Tamaki cuts an unapologetic figure, the ringleader of the… Video, Audio
Commonwealth Games: What financial wins do medals bring?
Do precious medals - the type the NZ team has scooped up at the Commonwealth Games - actually convert into money in the back pocket of athletes?
Cyclist Aaron Gate has bagged a wheel-spinning four… Video, Audio
Evening business for 8 August 2022
News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6310584612112 Video, Audio
One dog from Panguru property still on loose in Far North
The Far North District Council has confirmed one of the dogs from Panguru property is still on the lose and none of the animals rounded up were registered.
General Manager District Services Dean… Video, Audio
Panguru dog attack: Family want answers from boarder
Police in the Far North say it's likely a man mauled in Panguru was not attacked by his own dogs.
Neville Thomson was found dead at his property on Thursday. Twenty five dogs have been rounded up as… Audio
National's Uffindell admits to attack on fellow school student
It has been revealed the National Party's newest MP was asked to leave a prestigious boarding school, after a night-time attack on a younger boy. Audio
Commonwealth Games: NZ cyclist Aaron Gate makes history at Birmingham
Almost a year to the day since a horrible crash at the Tokyo Olympics - cyclist Aaron Gate wrote himself into New Zealand sporting folklore in Birmingham.
He wasn't alone on another golden day for… Audio
Social Development Minister responds to National benefit policy
Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni discusses unemployment numbers with Lisa Owen.
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National's beneficiary policy faces criticism
National and Labour are trading blows over young beneficiaries after Christopher Luxon revealed the number of under-25-year-olds on a jobseekers allowance has jumped 50 percent in the past five years… Audio
Taranaki Mountain Airs send off 'Aunty' in style
The Taranaki Mountain Airs basketball team couldn't have scripted a better home send-off for retiring veteran Aaron Baily-Nowell aka 'Aunty'. Cellar-dwellers last season, the New Plymouth-based side… Video, Audio
NZ workforce hit hard by major rise in winter illnesses
The country's work force has been stretched over the past few months as Covid-19 cases and winter illnesses dramatically increase. One hotel boss has called the endless staff shortage the worst he has… Audio
All Waitakere dams full after Auckland's second wettest July
All of Auckland's western dams are full after the country's wettest July on record. Video, Audio
Andrew Little, Andrew Campbell witnesses in donations case
Former Labour Party leader Andrew Little and the Prime Minister's chief press secretary have appeared as witnesses in a trial about anonymous donations to the country's two biggest political parties… Audio
