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December 18, 2023 Exclusive: 'Going to be a bad one' - Does New Zealand have enough volunteer firefighters for summer?
Some of New Zealand’s holiday hotspots could be at risk this summer, amid predictions of dangerous fire conditions and a heavy reliance on volunteer firefighters.
Newsable can reveal the total number of volunteers has stayed stagnant in recent times, even as the country's population grows.
Senior Stuff Audio reporter, Aaron Dahmen, investigates.

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13 min
December 17, 2023 Fire and relying on volunteers, conflict and artificial intelligence, best beaches and animal emojis
Figures released to Newsable indicate growth in our volunteer fire fighting force is at a standstill. Stuff's senior reporter, Aaron Dahmen shares more about the possible risk to communities this summer.

Plus possible deals over artificial intelligence and conflict to help keep NZ safe, best beaches and lakes to visit this summer and why there need to be more animal emojis.

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23 min
December 14, 2023 What will the Christmas meal cost? covid on the rise, tracking sexual infections and Is it Cake?
The cost of living has been biting, so what is a good buy and what should we be avoiding for the Christmas meal? Infometrics Principal Economist, Brad Olsen, has been crunching the numbers for us.
Covid is showing an end of year rise, sexually transmitted infections and contact tracing plus Is it Cake?

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22 min
December 13, 2023 Over a million children displaced in Gaza, excess light at night, Netflix viewing figures, best world records
The United Nations children's agency says a million children are displaced and facing malnutrition in Gaza. Newsable speaks to Unicef about what is happening.
Too much artificial light at night is affecting how animals and insects behave, Netflix finally releases some viewing numbers and the year's best word records.

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21 min
December 12, 2023 "It's a meat grinder" - Ukraine's on-going battle, COP 28's final decisions, NZ dad a Tik Tok sensation, the missing million dollar ring
The conflict in Gaza has knocked Ukraine out of the spotlight, but the battle is still underway against Russia. The BBC's Ukraine correspondent, James Waterhouse, joins Newsable to bring us up to date.
Will COP 28 - the annual climate conference - achieve all that was hoped? The NZ dad who is now a Tik Tok sensation and the tale of the lost $1m ring.

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20 min
December 11, 2023 "They're not importing pseudoephedrine, they're importing finished product now" - cold medicine returning to chemists, criticised police interview technique, gay pay differences, astronaut cleared of eating space tomato
The decongestant, pseudoephedrine, is to return to pharmacies after being banned to try to stop the production of meth. A former meth cook talks to Newsable about what difference he thinks the return will make.
Plus the controversial police interviewing technique once again under the spotlight, why are there pay differences depending on sexual orientation and the astronaut cleared of eating a tomato grown in space.

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21 min
December 10, 2023 'We need to move words to action' - New Climate Change Minister joins Newsable from COP28 in Dubai
Simon Watts on his "action-packed" schedule at the UN summit, how New Zealand's climate record is perceived on the world stage and why sitting outside Cabinet won't hinder progress. Plus, the cost of the English-first rebranding of state agencies, why there's no way back from smaller Pringles and Whamageddon.

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25 min
December 07, 2023 Firey and combative - the first week in parliament, "naivety" over lobbying and government decisions, off the grid, Is it Cake?
Proper political debate, under the new Government, has finally sparked off in Parliament. Stuff's political reporter, Glenn McConnell, analyses what's been going on.
Plus are New Zealanders naive about the influence of lobbying on government decisions? Living off the grid and reducing your carbon footprint and Is it Cake? - pick the fake headline.

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22 min
December 06, 2023 Air NZ gets battery powered, rates bill soaring, mystery mega movie filming, sand swimming mole rediscovered
Air New Zealand has bought a battery powered plane, but at this stage for cargo only. The company's Chief Sustainability Officer, Kiri Hannifin, joins Newsable to tell us more.
Plus why cutting "nice to haves" won't reduce rates bills, the mystery mega film being shot in Wellington over the summer and a sand swimming mole is discovered 86 years since it was last seen.

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20 min
December 05, 2023 Finally, the new government properly underway, George Santos and his lies, solving Christmas parking, oranges and kindness
Today is the State Opening of Parliament involving the Governor General and complete with pomp and ceremony. Stuff's Political Editor Luke Malpass joins Newsable to explain the day's importance.
Plus the life and lies of George Santos, the mathematical way to find a park at Christmas and what Tiktok tells you about love and peeling an orange.

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19 min

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