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Milk tanker attacked
March 20, 2022 19:13 - 5 minutes - 5.26 MBWaikato police are investigating an attack on a milk tanker at the weekend, in which the cab's windscreen was smashed with a hammer, and milk was poured across the road. The police say it happened near the intersection of Stokes and Orini roads just north of Hamilton, at about 1.20am on Saturday morning. A group of cars was blocking the road, causing the driver to stop. The police say people then attacked the tanker, and spilled a significant volume of milk on the road. In a statement, F...
'Significant rescue operation' underway off North Cape
March 20, 2022 19:11 - 2 minutes - 1.95 MBA "significant rescue operation" is underway off North Cape. Reporter Charlotte Cook spoke to Susie Ferguson.
Sports News for 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 19:06 - 2 minutes - 2.26 MBHamish Kerr has become the first New Zealander to win a Olympic or World Championship high jump medal after claiming bronze at the World Indoor Champs in Belgrade.
8am RNZ Pacific News for 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 19:00 - 8 minutes - 7.86 MBThe latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific.
White Ferns almost out of Women's Cricket World Cup
March 20, 2022 18:57 - 3 minutes - 2.95 MBThe White Ferns' have only a slim mathematical chance of reaching the Women's Cricket World Cup semi-finals after their heart-breaking loss to England. New Zealand were on the brink of victory after spinner Frances Mackay ripped through England's lower order at Eden Park but it wasn't enough, with the defending champions sneaking home by one wicket. With four losses from six games, the White Ferns must win their final pool game against Pakistan and hope a string of other results go their...
Covid-19: Nurse vomited blood while sick with virus
March 20, 2022 18:52 - 3 minutes - 3.65 MBA pregnant nurse hospitalised with Covid-19 has described her fear as the virus hit - she was so sick she was vomiting blood. She's one of several thousand people hospitalised in the Omicron outbreak. Hundreds of thousands have now had the virus - most able to care for themselves at home. Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.
Covid-19: Not time to remove vaccine passes yet - Rod Jackson
March 20, 2022 18:46 - 5 minutes - 4.92 MBAuckland University epidemiologist Professor Rod Jackson says calls to remove vaccine passes now are "political nonsense", and wants them to stay for weeks longer. Jackson said NZ is currently at the peak of the Omicron wave, and the passes should stay until the wave is well passed. The number of deaths of those with Covid-19 is on the rise, with nine reported yesterday. This comes as 957 people are in hospital, including 26 in ICU, the highest number yet in intensive care. Jackson spoke...
News in Samoan for 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 18:40 - 10 minutes - 9.28 MBThe latest news Samoan language (Gagana Samoa)
Sustained Russian attack on Mariupol continues
March 20, 2022 18:35 - 10 minutes - 9.35 MBIn Ukraine the south-eastern port city of Mariupol continues to bear the brunt of a sustained Russian bombardment. Each day seems to brings its own fresh horror for the surrounded city, where more than 300,000 people remain trapped. Overnight there was more as Russia try to open up a land corridor across southern Ukraine. A Russian missile has reportedly struck an art school where 400 people were sheltering. And there are unverified reports that residents are being forcibly and illegally...
NZ police kill at higher rate than in England, Wales
March 20, 2022 18:26 - 4 minutes - 4.29 MBNew Zealand police kill at 11 times the rate of police in England and Wales. Licence to Kill, an RNZ investigative series on police shootings launched today, shows New Zealand police have killed 39 people since 1990. A prominent firearms lawyer says poor police training and culture are to blame but the Police Commissioner points to New Zealand's social problems and access to guns. Farah Hancock and Guyon Espiner have been investigating for RNZ's indepth team. Guyon Espiner filed this rep...
Woman arrested after car hits pedestrians at Manukau mall
March 20, 2022 18:22 - 4 minutes - 3.94 MBA woman is in police custody and will appear in the Manukau District Court today after five people were hit by a car at the Westfield mall on Sunday. One person is in a critical condition, and three others are seriously hurt. Eyewitness Shaneel Sudhakar runs a bar in Manukau Westfield. He told Corin Dann the injuries were horrific.
Political analysis: Jacinda Ardern and vaccine mandates
March 20, 2022 18:16 - 5 minutes - 4.96 MBPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern just spoke to Susie Ferguson. Political editor Jane Patterson had some analysis.
Covid-19: Jacinda Ardern on vaccine, mask mandates
March 20, 2022 18:09 - 7 minutes - 6.45 MBThe Prime Minister says Covid-19 mandates and vaccine passes are no longer as necessary as they once were. Today, Cabinet will discuss potential changes to restrictions - with announcements to come Wednesday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told Morning Report the Covid-19 traffic light system will be tweaked so it is no more restrictive then it needs to be. She says the population is highly vaccinated, and large numbers have caught the virus and recovered so mandates and passes are less c...
7am RNZ Pacific News for 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 18:00 - 9 minutes - 9.16 MBThe latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific.
Business News for 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 17:54 - 4 minutes - 3.73 MBNews from the business sector, including a market report.
Severe thunderstorm warning in Northland, Auckland
March 20, 2022 17:48 - 3 minutes - 2.87 MBThe Metservice has issued a Severe Thunderstorms Warning for the areas of Kaipara, Far North, Whangaeri and Rodney, with risks of localised tornadoes and flash floods. The National Emergency Management Agency is urging people to take shelter inside, away from windows as the weather hits this morning. Metservice Meterologist Kyle Lee spoke to Susie Ferguson.
Covid-19: Mandates, vaccine passes up for review
March 20, 2022 17:41 - 3 minutes - 3.54 MBCovid-19 restrictions look set to be relaxed in the coming weeks as the Omicron outbreak plateaus and the border begins to reopen. Cabinet is meeting today to review mandates, vaccine passes and the traffic light system - with any decisions to be formally announced in the middle of the week. The changes will mark the biggest domestic shake up to Covid-19 restrictions since Omicron arrived. Epidemiologists say it's the right time to start easing public health measures. RNZ political repor...
Early Sports News for Monday 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 17:38 - 3 minutes - 3.12 MBA brief update from the RNZ sports team.
Morning Rural News for 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 17:26 - 4 minutes - 3.92 MBNews from the rural and farming sector.
Early Business News for 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 17:24 - 1 minute - 1.25 MBA brief update from the business sector.
Covid-19: Restaurant Association on mandate
March 20, 2022 17:17 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MBCabinet is reviewing Covid-19 mandates this afternoon and it's likely some restrictions will be relaxed soon. This comes as daily Omicron numbers fall and the borders are set to re-open. Some in the hospitality industry say mandates have done their dash and it's time to return to the way things were pre-Covid. Restaurant Association president Mike Egan spoke to Corin Dann.
Covid-19: Restaurant Association on vaccine mandates
March 20, 2022 17:17 - 4 minutes - 4.16 MBCabinet is reviewing Covid-19 mandates this afternoon and it's likely some restrictions will be relaxed soon. This comes as daily Omicron numbers fall and the borders are set to re-open. Some in the hospitality industry say mandates have done their dash and it's time to return to the way things were pre-Covid-19. Restaurant Association president Mike Egan spoke to Corin Dann.
Aid workers blocked from beseiged Ukraine city Mariupol
March 20, 2022 17:09 - 6 minutes - 5.83 MBUkraine's south-eastern port city of Mariupol continues to bear the brunt of a sustained Russian bombardment. Each day seems to brings its own fresh horror for the surrounded city, where more than 300,000 thousand people remain trapped. Overnight there was more as Russia try to open up a land corridor across southern Ukraine. A Russian missile has reportedly struck an art school where 400 people were sheltering. There are unverified reports that residents are being forcibly and illegally...
6am RNZ Pacific News for 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 17:00 - 10 minutes - 9.21 MBThe latest news and sport from RNZ Pacific.
Top Stories for Monday 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 17:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBThe Russian onslaught on Ukraine continues - we spoke to the Prime Minister about our humanitarian assitance, and asked about the future of vaccine mandates, We spoke with an eye witness after five people were hit by a car at Manukau's Westfield mall, and An RNZ investigation finds New Zealand police kill at a higher rate than officers in England and Wales.
Northland GP quitting due to crisis in primary healthcare
March 20, 2022 16:49 - 8 minutes - 8.1 MBAn experienced Northland GP who hung up her stethoscope last week says the decision was made easier by the inevitable surge in demand the clinic will face when the Omicron outbreak peaks in Northland in the coming months Melissa Gilbert-Smith was a nurse for 10 years and a doctor for a further 20 says she is also unhappy about recent comments made by Director General of Health Ashley Bloomfield, who said that although health workers are under a lot of pressure at the moment, there is no ...
Weather warnings for upper North Island this week
March 20, 2022 16:45 - 4 minutes - 4.17 MBWeather warnings remain in place for much of the upper North Island this morning. People are being warned of potential surface and flash flooding, slips and hazardous driving conditions. WeatherWatch and Metservice have also both warned of the risk of tornadoes. Joining Nathan Rarere from WeatherWatch is Philip Duncan.
Nathan turns OLD today - Happy 50th Birthday!!
March 20, 2022 16:41 - 2 minutes - 2.64 MBOur wonderful First Up presenter Nathan Rarere is 50 today - hear some messages from friends and whanau...
Seeking investors to restore iconic Christchurch Dux de Lux pub
March 20, 2022 16:15 - 5 minutes - 5.16 MBThe much loved 'Dux de Lux' pub in Christchurch could be set to open its doors again in the next few years if enough money can be raised to restore it. The building was badly damaged by the earthquake in 2011 and a group looking to rebuild the pub say it could take around 12 million dollars to see it welcoming Cantabrians back. James Stewart of Gemelli Consulting had a yarn with Nathan Rarere about a couple of schemes to raise the money.
Cook Islands: tourists slowly returning as Covid creeps in
March 20, 2022 16:10 - 5 minutes - 4.89 MBWe head to the Cook Islands now where we join our friend Liana Scott, who's president of the Cook Islands Tourism Industry Council and manager of the Muri Beach Club Hotel in Rarotonga.
Esther's Expo: "You eat with your eyes first"
March 20, 2022 16:00 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBNigerian-born Aucklander Esther Olatunbosun has taken her sweet tooth to the Dubai World Expo. One of just three young chefs chosen to represent New Zealand, she has big dreams and one heck of a pav.
Reporting from a war zone: the NZers on the ground in Ukraine
March 20, 2022 16:00 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBNewshub's Europe correspondent Lisette Reymer and cameraman Dan Pannett have witnessed some of the horrors of Russia's invasion of Ukraine first-hand. They talk to The Detail about what it's like reporting from a war zone.
Coastal Weather Forecast 21 March 2022
March 20, 2022 15:00 - 10 minutes - 9.33 MBCoastal weather forecast.
The perfect song for every time of the day
March 20, 2022 03:42 - 10 minutes - 9.25 MBThere is endless variety when it comes to the types of music people like waking up to. But there is no debating what the best song is for any time of the day. According to science, it's The Police's 1983 hit 'Everything Breath You Take.'
Declaration: A Pacific Feminist Agenda
March 20, 2022 01:49 - 11 minutes - 10.4 MBThe wealth of feminist art by Pacific women Aoteaora and across Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, the Pacific Ocean, is being celebrated in a new exhibition at Toi o Tamaki Auckland Art Gallery. Ane Tonga, the gallery's inaugural Curator of Pacific Art has spent a couple of years selecting work that encompasses sculpture and moving image through to performance art. Gender and the politics of representation are ideas she's explored in her own art practice over the years. She's calling the exhibition Decl...
Stephen Johnson: Boxed
March 20, 2022 01:40 - 10 minutes - 9.94 MBThriller writer Stephen Johnson sends an ambitious TV news team into dangerous territory in his new book Boxed. The expat Australian tv producer and tour guide, was a finalist in the 2020 Ngaio Marsh Best First Novel category with Tugga's Mob, the first outing for Kim and Jo and the rest of the Melbourne Spotlight TV crew. This time the nightmare of an imprisoned woman unfolds alongside a murder mystery involving greyhound racing trainers.
Chris Tse: Super Model Minority
March 20, 2022 01:25 - 9 minutes - 9.05 MBMoments of joy to fortify the soul are promised in the latest poetry collection by Chris Tse, Super Model Minority. They're not all soft and tender poems though, as Chris once again mines tough times he experienced growing up as a young gay Asian man in New Zealand. The first two books in what he calls a loose trilogy were called How to be Dead in a Year of Snakes, and HE'S SO MASC.
Worlds of Music 252 20 March 2022
March 20, 2022 01:00 - 52 minutes - 71.8 MBMusic from the world, for the world, hosted by Trevor Reekie.
Diana Halstead: Archetypes
March 20, 2022 00:50 - 9 minutes - 8.9 MBIn the 1990s Artist and political activist Diana Halstead spent a miserable few years living in Devonport - she found it claustrophobic after living in the wilderness of the Waitakere Ranges. Each day she expressed her frustrations in her art, creating a remarkable series of spontaneous works of hybrid human-animal figures from crayon, oil paints and watercolours. For decades the pictures have been stored under her bed at her current home in the Coromandel, but she's hauled them out and ...
The poetry of complaint
March 20, 2022 00:33 - 11 minutes - 11 MBTomorrow is World Poetry Day and poets around Aotearoa have been busy beavering away to celebrate it. One of them is Associate Professor Sarah Ross, from Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington who has been compiling an online index of poems penned by Renaissance women. The Early Modern Women's Complaint Poetry Index brings together poetry about love, loss and protest, written by women living from 1530 to 1680. Sarah co-led the project with Professor Rosalind Smith from Austral...
Libraries reach out for a new generation of librarians
March 19, 2022 23:45 - 9 minutes - 8.91 MBWell before the pandemic, many of the country's libraries were facing uncertain times. Many school and community libraries have been struggling to compete with other calls on stretched school and council budgets. So are young people being attracted to a career as a librarian and replenishing the current experienced but aging workforce? In an effort to make it a more appealing option, library organisations have joined forces to offer new tertiary study grants. Philip Miles is on the Terti...
NZ film composers take the stage
March 19, 2022 23:30 - 15 minutes - 13.9 MBThe three composers up for the 2021 APRA Best Original Music In A Film Award each faced entirely different challenges with their scores. They've also had to wait a long time to find out which of them has taken out the top prize. The original in-person event was first scheduled for October last year, then November, then early this month. It's finally happening this week, sadly on-line. Vying for top honour for Film Music are Arli Liberman for Savage, Ewan Clark for the adaptation of The T...
Upstart Press buys New Holland publishing
March 19, 2022 23:15 - 10 minutes - 9.3 MBThere's been a major shift in New Zealand independent publishing this week. Auckland publisher Upstart Press has purchased the entirety of New Holland Publishing, including their extensive backlist of Aotearoa non fiction titles. Upstart Press was formed in 2013 by former Hachette NZ Managing Director Kevin Chapman. Upstart has been publishing New Zealand non-fiction, fiction and children's books for a decade now. They're also a distributor and Kevin isn't shy about his ambitions for NZ ...
How do we know what we should be eating?
March 19, 2022 22:28 - 13 minutes - 12.6 MBFor every study promoting wine or coffee as being beneficial to your health, there's another telling you to either reduce consumption or cut them out of your diet altogether. Journalist Nicole Schmidt has been looking into the topic.
The story behind 'Give it a boot, Robbie'
March 19, 2022 22:24 - 3 minutes - 3.62 MBOn this day in 1982, a big run began for Ottowan and their one-hit wonder, 'Hands Up.' The track was camped at the top of the New Zealand charts for nine weeks. And then another local song borrowed the tune - 'Give It A Boot, Robbie.'
How you can train your brain to be more spontaneous
March 19, 2022 21:39 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MBIf you struggle with spontaneity, you are probably lacking in a personality trait called openness to experience. However, there are ways you can start saying yes to new opportunities more often. Professor Art Markman explains.
Calling Home: Belinda Waymouth in Santa Monica
March 19, 2022 21:06 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBBelinda Waymouth is an environmental journalist and advocate who lives in Santa Monica with her husband, the stand-up comedian Jake Johannsen, and 17-year-old daughter, Fionnula. She's Calling Home this morning.
Why our bones are a lot more than just scaffolding
March 19, 2022 20:42 - 14 minutes - 13.7 MBAs part of the musculoskeletal system, our bones work with muscles and joints to hold our body together and support movement. But our bones do so much more than provide support for our body. Professor Laura McCabe explains.
Fast-rising prices - and loud cries of 'crisis'
March 19, 2022 20:12 - 13 minutes - 12 MBAfter the media seized on 'pain at the pump' the PM was pressed to concede sudden spikes in prices constituted 'a crisis.' She eventually did, but - like a pricey petrol - that only gets us so far.
Pulling young Kiwis into the loop with news
March 19, 2022 20:10 - 20 minutes - 19.2 MBYounger Kiwis have been turning away from traditional news media outlets and bulletins for years, and the media they’re using most heavily have little news. But podcast listening is growing fast among the young, and two journalists have created a new one to bring news to their peers.