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What would you do if your local council or the Government asked to buy your house?
It happened to Bill McKay recently, under the Public Works Act.
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The price of cocoa - the raw ingredient in chocolate - has trebled in the last twelve months. Foundry Chocolate owner David Herrick discusses the implications.
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Sue Bradford and Liam Hehir discuss the allegations of inappropriate behaviour surfacing against Green MP Julie Anne Genter, following her outburst in the House - and the party's response. And the still unresolved question of New Zealand's participation in AUKUS Pillar Two. Sue Bradford is a community-based activist and former Green MP. Liam Hehir is a Palmerston North lawyer, political commentator and a National Party member.
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The search for a bone marrow donor for a gravely ill Rotorua boy and how the Maori and Pasifika population may be able to help. Popular restaurant Urbano Bistro has reopened after a car ploughed through the front doors, severely injuring one of the diners. New units at a Kainga Ora site are not being welcomed by some Rotorua residents who claim they look like shipping containers. And Kelly touches on the speech Rotorua Boys High head boy made at the ANZAC Day civic service. Kelly Makiha is a senior journalist with the Rotorua Daily Post
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Louise Ward of Wardini Books reviews Ash by Louise Wallace published by Te Herenga Waka University Press
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European students are joining a wave of mostly peaceful university protests against Israel's war in Gaza.
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AgriZero NZ is a public-private partnership between the New Zealand government and some of the country's largest agri-businesses aiming to reduceagricultural methane emissions 30% by 2030. Head of Strategy & Engagement Ruth Leary discusses what progress is being made.
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The latest unemployment figures show once again youth are hardest hit during economic headwinds. AUT Professor of Economics and NZ Policy Research Institute director Gail Pacheco speaks to Kathryn.
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More than 80 percent of councils around the country are planning a double-digit rates rise this next year. Local Government New Zealand president and Selwyn District mayor Sam Broughton says the funding system for councils is broken.
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Comedic duo Michele A'Court and Irene Pink bring this week's lighter moments, including the cat who climbed into a postage box and travelled more than 1000 kilometres across America.
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Qatar has made a surprise bid to host the finals of the new Rugby Nations Championship from 2026. And in Mini-Golf news, Kiwi Matt Ansley finished second in a major world tour.
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Work on the almost-completed Palmerston North cycleway has paused as arguments rage. Also, why ratepayers are facing an eye-watering bill for a new sewage treatment plant.
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Lisa Adler from Unity Books Wellington reviews You Are Here by David Nicholls published Hachette
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Jeremiah Manele has been elected as the Solomon Islands' new Prime Minister. Meanwhile police in Honiara are on high alert with the capital having a well-documented history of public unrest around political events. RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins
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The government has introduced new measures to increase school attendance, but some schools have devised their own initiatives to boost attendance and tackle the "truancy crisis".
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Pensioners who bought their homes under an Auckland Council affordable housing scheme are worried for its future, as units stay empty amid a housing shortage in the city.
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Film and TV correspondent Perlina Lau joins Kathryn to talk about Origin (cinemas), a thought-provoking film based on Isabel Wilkerson's best-selling book Caste: The Origins of our Discontents. She'll also talk about Netflix's popular Baby Reindeer series and new Kiwi film from Loren Taylor The Moon is Upside Down. Perlina Lau is host of RNZ's Culture 101 programme
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As a cellphone ban comes into force this term for school kids, Nine to Noon looks at the issue of when to get a phone for your child. While many - if not most - of us had a phone-free childhood, the pressure for children to get their own phones is creeping lower and lower. Many parents will opt for Year 7 and 8 - the intermediate school years - as a time when a phone can help kids navigate a little independence with the peace of mind being able to contact them can bring. Joining Kathryn to talk about this is Ellie Gwilliam is a content editor and presenter for the Parenting Place.
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Technology commentator Mark Pesce has a roundup of the weirdest AI news this week, including the Baltimore gym teacher accused of using an AI voice clone to get a high school principal fired for a racist rant he didn't make. Just weeks after Meta AI was rolled out to all the groups apps, it was caught impersonating being the parent of a disabled child in a chat group for parents of disabled children. Was Meta AI rushed out too soon? And the US Department of Homeland Security is establishing an AI Oversight Board, with the industry's biggest names involved - including Open AI's Sam Altman. Mark Pesce is a futurist, writer, educator and broadcaster.
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Over the next couple of months, up to 300 birds will move off the Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari to other parts of the North Island in what is believed to be the country's biggest ever kiwi relocation project. In Hamilton the rates are rising, as the mayor is criticised for overseas travel. Libby has the latest on what's happening at the Ruakura Superhub development and also how a rodent's foot ended up in some garlic bread. RNZ Waikato Reporter Libby Kirkby-McLeod
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