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RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 11m

📢 Simeon Brown has accused doctors of "crossing an ethical line" with a strike and "hurting patients".

Morning Report live: Health Minister faces questions as stoush with doctors escalates

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 1h

📢 The iconic South Canterbury fruit company's factory expansion will come to fruition later this year, in efforts to "future-proof" the growing business.

Barker's is expanding its South Canterbury fruit factory, following discharge consenting issues

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 1h

📢 The crash on State Highway 1 near Brynderwyn happened about 3am this morning.

Truck and car crash on State Highway 1 in Northland

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 1h

📢 About 650 principals say the changes are too much, too fast, and come without enough support.

Hundreds of principals urge minister to halt 'rushed' rollout of new curriculum

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 1h

📢 The 21st edition of the A-League kicks off after a tumultuous off-season with two New Zealand teams chasing silverware for the second season in a row.

A-League: Auckland FC , Wellington Phoenix sights set on silverware

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 1h

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NPC Otago v Bay of Plenty: What you need to know

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 1h

📢 Some patients are worried about the rise of GP clinics owned by big companies, but corporates say patients should judge them on outcomes.

Patients worry about rise of corporate-owned GP clinics, but they say judge us 'on the outcomes'

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 The New Zealand No.1 stunned top seed Anastasia Zakharova to make it to the semifinals of the WTA 125 tournament in Jinan.

Lulu Sun upsets top seed to advance to final four in China

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 New Zealand driver Liam Lawson will know his Formula 1 future by the end of the month.

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Red Bull set to announce Liam Lawson's F1 future

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 Part of State Highway 28 is shut after the two-vehicle crash around 5.20am.

Three injured, two critically, highway closed in Waikato

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 Government cuts and rising costs are stretching New Zealand's social safety net.

'Never enough to go around': Charities facing hard calls as cost-of-living bites

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 The Silver Ferns' biggest series of the year starts tonight when they take on the world champion Australian Diamonds in Melbourne.

Silver Ferns v Diamonds: What you need to know

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 Two hidings from a much better prepared Australian side have caused alarm bells to ring around where the next crop of All Blacks are coming from, writes Jamie Wall.

What the NZ Schoolboys’ big losses say about NZ Rugby’s pathway system

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 A former MP, Wellington mayor and regional council chair says she ran to be mayor after people told her they needed "strong experienced leadership".

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Fran Wilde leads South Wairarapa mayoralty election

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 For two years Spring Creek residents have been warned to be ready to evacuate if there is heavy rain.

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Price to fix town stopbanks at 'catastrophic risk of failure' doubles

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 Pharmac says the treatment is ideal for patients who are sensitive to pain and noise.

Alternative treatment for tooth decay could soon be funded

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 One of the worst kept secrets in the game can finally be confirmed, with the All Blacks set to head on a full tour for the first time in 30 years.

Rugby's greatest rivalry confirmed: All Blacks will tour South Africa in 2026

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 Meal kit service Hello Fresh has been fined $845,000 for misleading customers and reactivating their accounts, which were then very difficult to cancel.

Need to be easier ways to unsubscribe, Commerce Commission says

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 One expert says consumers might want to consider fixing their mortgages while interest rates remain low.

Falling interest rates expected to be shortlived - economist

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 New research shows that renters' wellbeing has fallen as property prices have risen.

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Why rising house prices are a bad thing

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 The associate agriculture minister announced the rewrite, which undoes a ban on farrowing crates, despite concerns raised by the National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.

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Govt's independent animal welfare experts disagreed with pig welfare reforms

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 Forensic experts are back at a house in the Tararua town.

Post-mortem expected to get underway for woman found dead in Pahiatua

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 At least 10 others got sick from E.coli contaminated water at Hanmer Springs Forest Camp last month.

Hanmer Springs Forest Camp switches to bottled water after E.coli contamination hospitalises six

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 Kaipara District Council's meeting to lodge an election complaint was interrupted by a member of the public, and one councillor turned up in a pointed Mickey Mouse t-shirt.

Mayor's emergency meeting questioned by council lawyer, local electoral officer

RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 3h

📢 The grieving widow of a Canterbury man killed in a car crash when a drunk and disqualified driver got behind the wheel after being convicted of drink-driving on the same day says harsher penalties are needed.

Widow calls for tougher penalties for repeat drunk drivers