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Why we are revealing SIS secrets
9 Jun 2020The Service - As a new podcast reveals SIS secrets from the Cold War, the executive producers explain why they decided classified information should be divulged.
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World heading for 'anarchy' - Kevin Rudd
5 Jun 2020The world is sliding towards anarchy as the United States abandons its global leadership position in the Covid-19 crisis, says former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd.
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World has only 18 months to address climate change - expert
29 May 2020After the Virus - Covid-19 has shrunk the window for addressing climate change from 10 years to 18 months, Paris Agreement UN lead negotiator Christiana Figueres says.
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Covid-19: NZ man selling bleach 'cure' slammed by scientists
28 May 2020A NZ website is advising people with symptoms of coronavirus to consume a bleach product sold by the Hauraki Plains-based "bishop" of a cult-like American organisation.
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NZF Foundation spent $130k on company run by Winston Peters' lawyer
27 May 2020Tens of thousands in donor's funds given to the New Zealand First Foundation were spent paying expenses, wages and bills for people closely associated with the New Zealand First leader Winston Peters.
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Collateral Damage: The cost of fighting Covid-19
21 May 2020A student survives on potatoes and onion. A business owner loses her life savings. A minimum wage worker racks up debt. RNZ reporters and photographers chronicle the fallout from the pandemic.
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Lessons from lockdown: The changes we'll keep
14 May 2020Lockdown has been an extended period of reflection for many of us. RNZ captured 'door-traits' of New Zealanders during a unique moment in history and asked: what lessons have we learned?
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Foundation donations not named on NZ First electoral return
6 May 2020New Zealand First has once again opted not to name any donations from the mysterious foundation bankrolling the party on its electoral return.
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Govt prepping for 300,000 new beneficiaries - leaked documents
Leaked documents show the government is preparing for an extra 300,000 benefit applications, as the Covid-19 pandemic threatens widespread unemployment.
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Without Keytruda, 30 deaths a week in NZ from cancer - Lung Foundation
4 May 2020Pharmac's decision to backtrack on funding Keytruda is a major blow for equality in New Zealand's health system, a leading oncologist says.
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Working at helplines a relief for some during Covid-19
1 May 2020For some helpline workers, helping others in lockdown moves the focus away from their own isolation.
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Ombudsman 'discouraged' from accessing prisons amidst lockdown concerns
24 Apr 2020The Chief Ombudsman says Corrections has discouraged him from entering prisons amidst concerns inmates are being locked in their cells 21-23 hours a day during the pandemic.
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Pharmac back-tracks on plan to fund lung cancer drug Keytruda
22 Apr 2020The drug agency says budget pressures caused by Covid-19 have forced it to freeze plans to fund a drug that would have helped at least 1400 cancer patients a year.
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Concerns prisons will turn into Covid-19 'quarantine facilities'
22 Apr 2020Leading defence lawyers are taking on the solicitor-general after she told prosecutors to oppose bail if a defendant was suspected of having the coronavirus.
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SFO decision over NZ First Foundation will come before election
21 Apr 2020The Serious Fraud Office says it will decide by September whether to lay charges in its investigation relating to the foundation bankrolling NZ First.
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Virus, recession and 'institutional racism at all levels' hit Māori, Pasifika
17 Apr 2020Māori and Pasifika populations are more vulnerable to Covid-19 and the effects of a recession. The combination could be devastating, reports Susan Strongman.
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Covid-19 testing: 'I was angry about the process'
10 Apr 2020First Person - "Don't hang up on me," pleaded Geoff Muliaga Brown, when he awoke to a voice on the line. "I can't breathe, I'm struggling, I'm really worried." Video
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How NZ's level 4 Covid-19 lockdown might end
It's the question on everyone's mind - so RNZ asked experts how and when the level 4 restrictions might be lifted.
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Prisoners kept in solitary during outbreak - prison reform group
8 Apr 2020Four families have now come forward telling RNZ that inmates across the country are being confined to their cells for 23 or more hours a day.
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Faith in quarantine: How religion has been affected by Covid-19
7 Apr 2020Churches and mosques around the country are now closed. Here's how religious New Zealanders are adjusting, and what they believe the pandemic means.
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Covid-19: Prisoners in cells up to 23 hours a day - guards
6 Apr 2020Prison guards say they are having to confine prisoners to their cells for between 20 and 23 hours a day to manage physical distancing.
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One street: Life under lockdown
3 Apr 2020It took a pandemic for Kate Newton's Auckland street to meet their neighbours. Now they're forging a new network over fences and through text messages.
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The people leading NZ's fight against Covid-19
1 Apr 2020Ashley Bloomfield, Sarah Stuart-Black and Juliet Gerrard have all become household names, but who are they?
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The man modelling NZ's Covid-19 spread from his kitchen table
27 Mar 2020A month ago Shaun Hendy realised the coronavirus was 'gonna be bad' and set up a team to model the spread. Here's how they are predicting what might happen.
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