8+ hour, 32+ min ago   (90+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on There's growing calls to boost the health system in order to drive economic growth, and BusinessNZ has outlined its concerns. The list of Health Priorities calls on political parties to take a smarter approach…...

11+ hour, 3+ min ago   (86+ words) The Government's defending its record on cutting public servant numbers. Official advice shows every thousand jobs cut, would save the Government 103-million dollars a year in salaries. But redundancy payouts would eat into those savings — averaging 52-thousand 500 dollars last year…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (164+ words) Vandalism to fibre cables in Swanson and Massey has left thousands of customers without internet. A spokesperson for Chorus confirmed they were responding to an ongoing outage in the region caused by vandalism to network cables. The outage appears to…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (488+ words) I want to come back to Jenny Chetwynd today, because frankly, I think Wellington ratepayers deserve some answers. Chetwynd was appointed Wellington City Council’s Chief Infrastructure Officer in 2024. This was a big appointment. The council talked up her experience, her…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (145+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on Kiwi brewers have voiced frustration with Australia's excise tax break for their brewers - and claimed it gives them benefits that New Zealand companies can't get. This means New Zealand-produced beer is taxed more than…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (109+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on ASB's anticipating the upswing in the housing market will be steadier than in the past. Its latest housing outlook predicts a more measured, household income-led recovery, rather than previous borrowing-led booms. Chief economist Mark…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (295+ words) Sir Peter Beck is one of the country's greatest ongoing success stories. The self-taught engineer turned his love of rockets into a multibillion dollar space company, and Rocket Lab is now the third largest launcher of payloads to orbit. He's…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (88+ words) House prices could be on track for a much faster recovery than ASB expects. The bank says national prices are still 15 percent below their late-2021 peak - and won't fully recover until 2029. But real estate agent Rawdon Christie thinks the market's…...

5+ day, 40+ min ago   (84+ words) Newstalk ZB Anger at residential fast-track developers spilled over at an Auckland Council meeting, with many residents voicing disapproval with these proposals. Councillors voted unanimously to investigate ways to tell those planning such projects that they aren’t wanted. Auckland Council…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (117+ words) Newstalk ZB Follow the podcast on Public servants hope their message on pay and conditions for the Government has come through loud and clear. About 10,000 union members from MBIE, Internal Affairs, NEMA, and the Ethnic Communities and Social Development Ministries,…...