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Inside the uneasy truce between Dame Noeline Taurua and Netball NZ
After 51 bruising days, Dame Noeline Taurua was reinstated as Silver Ferns coach. But the uneasy truce with Netball NZ is already under strain amid renewed legal tensions and mistrust.
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'Brazen industry capture' alleged in pig welfare rewrite
23 Oct 2025NZ Pork says it didn't get everything it wanted, but the SPCA says they got 'exactly what they wanted'. Audio
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The agency in the shadow of netball's coaching crisis
23 Oct 2025High Performance Sport has been deeply involved in key aspects of the Silver Ferns coaching drama - even as Dame Noeline Taurua sits on its board.
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Government's experts disagreed with pig welfare reforms
17 Oct 2025The associate agriculture minister announced the rewrite, which undoes a ban on farrowing crates, despite concerns raised by the National Animal Welfare… Audio
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'Completely incoherent': Experts condemn government's weaker methane target
13 Oct 2025After cutting methane targets, New Zealand has a choice: shoulder the burden at huge cost - or cause more warming to the planet.
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Inside the Silver Ferns camp as coaching controversy continues to echo
11 Oct 2025Amid the fallout from the dispute that has sidelined coach Dame Noeline Taurua, the Silver Ferns are tuning out the public noise and turning inward.
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Easier surgeries siphoned to private sector, data shows
9 Oct 2025Outsourcing risks creating a two-tier health system and may compromise training, senior doctors have warned. Audio
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ACC disputes company accused of 'cut-and-paste' decisions
Three complainants were sent rulings on their case reviews that contained identical text, their lawyers say. Audio
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Environment Minister accused of staying silent on fast-track projects
7 Oct 2025National's Penny Simmonds has commented on only eight of the 43 fast track projects she has been sent invites for.
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Te Whatu Ora cutting alcohol harm reduction staff and campaigns, union says
6 Oct 2025The agency confirmed a 'change process' was underway, as 65 organisations signed a letter urging the government to shut the alcohol industry out of policy decisions. Audio
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Health advisory group condemned by one of its own leaders
29 Sep 2025Officials privately expressed surprise at Raawiri Ratuu's criticisms that a new plan to tackle FASD had been weakened. Audio
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The $10,000 decision that cost an All White his career
27 Sep 2025Clayton Lewis was a last-minute ring-in to a scheme that rocked the A-League. The consequences could last his lifetime. Audio
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How Kiwis are being targeted by international match fixers
23 Sep 2025From messages promising piles of cash, to fake agents offering trials, organised crime groups are recruiting New Zealanders.
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Hundreds of millions in offshore betting on NZ amateur league
22 Sep 2025More than $200 million was wagered last season, raising alarm bells. Audio
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Ex All White 'targeted and exploited' in yellow-card scheme
Clayton Lewis was in the grips of a gambling addiction when he agreed to take part in 'yellow-card racket', a court has heard. Audio
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Kiwi faces sentencing in one of Australia's biggest sports corruption scandals
The former All White admitted taking A$10,000 to draw a yellow card while playing for Macarthur FC in 2023.
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How the Silver Ferns culture clash reached boiling point
11 Sep 2025The shock decision to stand down coach Noeline Taurua marked a dramatic turning point in a months-long dispute between team management and the playing group.
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The four government targets at risk of being missed
8 Sep 2025RNZ is tracking progress towards each of the government's nine major goals. Here is where they stand.
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What teens make of a social media ban
4 Sep 2025Four phones, three weeks: A proposed ban has the support of some. Others say it's a feel-good quick-fix for the adults.
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'You would have loved Silas': Parents' plea over teen's drink-driving death
3 Sep 2025The night Silas Sims, 16, died, he and his friends were sold alcohol multiple times, despite being under-age and drunk. Audio
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Four phones, three weeks: Teen self-esteem and social media's distorted mirror
2 Sep 2025Four phones, three weeks: Body image and "depression content" are everywhere on social media, and reveal the dark side of the algorithm.
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Extensive measures in place to manage KiwiRail director's conflict of interests
2 Sep 2025KiwiRail's chair questioned the extensive conflicts of a newly-appointed board member, suggesting they would test his loyalty, documents obtained by RNZ show.
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Koroneihana 2025: Rangatahi on what the Māori Queen means to them
2 Sep 2025One year since Te Arikinui Kuini Nga wai hono i te po became the head of the Kiingitanga, rangatahi Māori reflect on what the Māori monarchy means to them in 2025.
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Safety reforms risk another Pike River, officials warn in damning review
28 Aug 2025Documents reveal critical flaws in proposed safety reforms, with officials warning the changes could create legal loopholes and risk another tragedy. Audio
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20,000 and counting: Colonoscopy waitlist pushes patients to go private
25 Aug 2025The procedure can help prevent bowel cancer. But even as more cases are outsourced, the public system is struggling. Audio
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Ministry forced to release secret files showing alcohol lobby influence
20 Aug 2025Papers reveal industry lobbying against tax hikes, restrictions on sales, and a Fetal Alcohol plan. Audio
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'Our kids, they don't deserve this': Kura still waiting for permanent site
19 Aug 2025Christchurch's first kura-a-iwi has spent a decade in old, decrepit buildings.
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How Jacinda Ardern's 'groundbreaking' climate law became 'a shell'
The Zero Carbon Act promised to lock climate ambition into law. But with key policies repealed, delayed or watered down, the once 'world-leading' legislation has become a husk of its former self.
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