Emile Donovan
Business brief
The specialty milk company, A2 Milk, is trying to play down the effect on its business from the entry of Nestle into the lucrative China market. Audio
Metro Glass expected profit drops 11 percent
The glass company Metro Performance Glass has lowered its profit forecast to between 16-and-16-and-a-half-million-dollars for the current financial year. Audio
Evening business for Thursday 29 March
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
Evening business for 28 March2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Evening business for 27 March 2018
News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio
Banks report record quarterly profit
The banking sector is reporting record profits for the quarter to the end of December. Audio
Evening business for Mon 26 March
News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio
SKY TV CEO to retire this year
The long-serving chief executive of Sky Television will retire this year. Audio
Gold-winning paralympian Adam Hall may hang up skis
New Zealand's gold-medal-winning paralympian Adam Hall says he can't commit to another Paralympics yet, because of the tremendous physical and emotional strain training brings. Hall, who's 30, has… Audio
Govt urged to be open about AI impacts
Nearly half the country's jobs are at risk of being automated in the next two decades - and the government is being told to be more transparent about the changes to society that will cause. A new… Audio
International Women's Day: NZ good, but a long way to go
Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy says despite a levelling of the playing field, women are palpably angry about the embedded discrimination and injustice they continue to face in society. She says the… Audio
Insight: No Job, No Training, No Hope?
The number of young people not in work or training has remained virtually unchanged, despite improving financial times. Emile Donovan explores how New Zealand can engage these young people, who now… Video, Audio
Unemployment down but youth numbers unchanged
Despite unemployment being at a nine-year-low, the rate of youth who're not in employment, training or education - known as NEETs - is at virtually the same level as is was 14 years ago. Audio
Takaka Hill rd re-opens after Gita causes 16 slips
The Takaka Hill road re-opened yesterday for the time in four days after the route was cut off by damage from Cyclone Gita. Emile Donovan travelled the road with hundreds of other motorists and filed… Audio
State of emergency remains in Nelson/Tasman
Thousands of people are stranded in Golden Bay, and the Transport Agency says it's likely to be several days before State Highway 60 over the Takaka Hill is open to even a single lane. Video, Audio
Dunedin fire: 'Whole lot will be gone' - lumber yard owner
One of those evacuated was Dunedin lumber yard owner, Peter Chalmers, who told RNZ reporter Emile Donovan he'd had to watch the devastating fire force hundreds of thousands of dollars-worth of damage… Audio
Weather: Wainuiomata scorcher breaks records
The large Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata set a new temperature record on Monday, when the mercury rose to a high of 32.3 degrees celsius. That was good enough for the hottest temperature in the… Audio
Road police numbers drop as road toll climbs
The number of police on New Zealand roads has been slashed since 2013, coinciding with a 50 percent increase in the road toll. Even though the police received a multi-million dollar payment in April… Audio
Kiwi connection to the Golden Globes
RNZ reporter Emile Donovan talks to Lorraine Minnel, the aunt of Keale Settle who sings the song that won Best Original Song. Audio
Proposed 1-1-1 system for mental health emergencies praised
A new 1-1-1 system for mental health emergencies. Mental health advocates are hailing the proposal which see trained workers, rather than police officers, respond to such calls. Audio
