Episodes

  • Manager remembers worker killed in crash

    Manager remembers worker killed in crash
    Oct 19 2020
    A crash cost the life of an orchard worker on the Napier-Taupo road yesterday. The man is being remembered as a cheeky character and leader among the Samoan workers. Richard Bibby is the managing director of Thornhill Horitcultural Contracting which organised the trip for the three vanloads of RSE workers to visit Taupo for a couple of days. Reporter Catherine Hutton spoke to Bibby who began by talking anbout the trip they were taking.
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    5 mins
  • Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 27 August

    Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 27 August
    Aug 26 2024
    On today's episode, the prime minister Christopher Luxon is counting on a raft of new measures to smooth out the country's energy supply issues. Luxon spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss, Uber drivers are celebrating a legal win, after the multi-billion dollar rideshare company failed in its bid to overturn an Employment Court decision on their status, In a rare moment of unity, Transport Minister Simeon Brown, Wellington mayor Tory Whanau and Greater Wellington Regional Council chairperson Daran Ponter are on the same page about congestion charges for Wellington city, in a rare moment of unity, Transport Minister Simeon Brown, Wellington mayor Tory Whanau and Greater Wellington Regional Council chairperson Daran Ponter are on the same page about congestion charges for Wellington city, and in Australia, questions about the blurring of work and home have led to new "right to disconnect" laws, which took effect on Monday.
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    30 mins
  • Bird of the Year returns for 2024

    Bird of the Year returns for 2024
    Aug 26 2024
    US talkshow host John Oliver, led an aggressive campaign to carry the Puteketeke to a landslide win in last year's Bird of the Century competition. The bird also known as the Australasian Crested Grebe captured nearly 300,000 votes from 190 countries - although some local feathers were ruffled - attributing the result to foreign interference. Forest and Bird chief executive Nicola Toki spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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    4 mins
  • More money for employment programmes for those on Jobseeker

    More money for employment programmes for those on Jobseeker
    Aug 26 2024
    New targets set by the Social Development Minister will see a greater proportion of spending on employment programmes go towards those on Jobseeker benefits, rather than those not on a benefit at all. Louise Upston who announced the change in Lower Hutt this morning said she wants to put beneficiaries first in the queue for help. 1.1 billion dollars is available for employment support schemes. Political Reporter Russell Palmer was there
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    3 mins
  • Minister, mayor and council all agree on congestion charges for Wellington city

    Minister, mayor and council all agree on congestion charges for Wellington city
    Aug 26 2024
    In a rare moment of unity, Transport Minister Simeon Brown, Wellington mayor Tory Whanau and Greater Wellington Regional Council chairperson Daran Ponter are on the same page about congestion charges for Wellington city. Wellington Regional Council transport committee chair Thomas Nash spoke to Corin Dann.
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    5 mins
  • Sports Chat for 27 August 2024

    Sports Chat for 27 August 2024
    Aug 26 2024
    An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.
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    3 mins
  • Market Update for 27 August 2024

    Market Update for 27 August 2024
    Aug 26 2024
    Market Update for 27 August 2024
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    2 mins
  • Residents at retirement villages say they feel unsafe due to staff cuts

    Residents at retirement villages say they feel unsafe due to staff cuts
    Aug 26 2024
    Retirement village residents say they feel unsafe as care workers at Arvida-run facilities around the country face both cuts to their hours and increased responsibilities. Chris Cessford reports.
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    3 mins