By RNZ
RNZ's review of news from the last 7 days.
A review of the week's news including... 'Gutless' Mark Lundy told to let it go as he remains behind bars, businessman Sir Ron Brierley arrested for child porn possession, Arthur Allan Thomas: Barrister says charges challenging, report finds 'insufficient evidence'...
A review of the week's news including... White Island eruption, Govt promises major spend on infrastructure, report finds 4 pct of adults experience 46 pct of crime, communication between Corrections and MSD put prisoners at risk, Government urged to cede...
A review of the week's news including... Kris Faafoi apologises for offering to help in a friend's immigration case, shock as Samoan toddler denied MMR vaccine in Auckland, Samoa shut down as mass vaccination begins, cartoonist's work cut from Otago...
A review of the week's news including... Amber Rose Rush murder trial: How a verdict was reached, Ardern apologises 'wholeheartedly' to Erebus victims' families, apology a complete surprise for pilot's widow and lifts a lifelong weight for Erebus victim's daughter,...
A review of the week's news including... Grace Millane case: Prosecution, defence make final statements and verdict, $30m legal threat levelled at MPs over NZ First Foundation, tornado tears up roofs in Christchurch, Pharmac 'trod all over' code of patients'...
A review of the week's news including... Grace Millane case: Accused details putting body in suitcase, Amber-Rose Rush case: Crown's key witness accused of lies, euthanasia Bill will go to referendum in 2020, political lines drawn on future of public...
A review of the week's news including... Inside the National Party's Botany selection meeting, Grace Millane murder trial: Final hours shown on CCTV and murder-accused searches questioned, accused killer suggested to victim's mother death was suicide, Peters described as 'indignant,...
A review of the week's news including... Guards remain at Southland property after an 8 year old boy is killed, counsellors unpaid as Mike King's Gumboot Fund runs out of cash, Mike King discusses counselling fund shortage, Bridges unapologetic for...
A review of the week's news including... Contaminate water from the Sky City Convention Centre fire pumped into wastewater system, legal voluntary euthanasia about choice says ACT leader, fatal Christchurch police pursuit 'tragic' - Superintendent, fatal police chase victim 'kind,...
A review of the week's news including... Polls show Labour, Ardern slipping in popularity, Defence Minister overrules noise restrictions at Whenuapai, surge in success for the young in local body elections, TV3 cutting popular shows, signs of financial difficulties, Winston...
A review of the week's news including... Jami-Lee Ross ready to fight Luxon, protest and hope as Cook's Endeavour replica lands in Gisborne, oncologist Chris Jackson remembers his friend Blair Vining, the highs and lows of Auckland's mayoral contest, NZ...
A review of the week's news including... Govt power plans don't go far enough: energy analyst, Auckland Port status quo to cost $9.5b, moving to Northland $10b, Auckland's mayor sceptical about moving port to Northland, expression of regret by the...
A review of the week's news including... Jacinda Ardern talks gun control with Donald Trump, tens of thousands across NZ march for climate change action, Tracey Martin and abuse commissioners urgently meet, Fonterra to change mindset - CEO Miles Hurrell,...
A review of the week's news including... Winston Peters - getting involved in Ihamatao may not be in the national interest, SOUL co-founder Qiane Matata-Sipu says Winston wrong on Ihamatao, Maori news correspondent Leigh-Marama McLachlan on Ihumatao, ex-NZDF boss admits...
A review of the week's news including... Storm surrounding Labour showing no sign of abating, young Labour member sickened by handling of complaints, Simon Bridges criticised for downplaying Christchurch Call, Govt fails to get support for more generous visas, Govt...
A review of the week's news including... Doctor frustrated over 'lack of sensible planning' during measles outbreak, US warns travellers about NZ measles outbreak, Chinese tourists just started trip before Rotorua fatal crash, Kiwibuild reset: 'devil is in the detail',...
A review of the week's news including... Suicide prevention: Experts say money and clear plan needed, Maori suicide prevention workers 'undervalued, underfunded', National's plan to raise pension age to 67 'ridiculous', Auckland mayoral rival John Tamihere pledges rates rise halt,...
A review of the week's news including... "It's all just speculation" - Pania Newton on Tainui & Ihumatao, Mad Witches group calls for advertisers to drop Aussie station, accused mosque shooter's manifesto printed and sold online, report on conditions at...
A review of the week's news including... Justice Minister discusses abortion reform bill progress, cash rate cut a chance for infrastructure spending - industry, Sir Anand Satyanand resigns from Royal Commission, Christchurch armed police continue search for Liam Strickland, police...
A review of the week's news including... National unveils cancer agency plan if elected, Winston Peters criticises National's record on cancer, SOUL leader and Maori Minister meet over Ihumatao dispute, Peter Ellis granted leave to appeal at Supreme Court, Protesters'...
A review of the week's news including... Cars 'disintegrated' in head-on collision on SH1, Ihumatao 'protectors' outnumbering police at cordon, gasfitters busy after Christchurch gas explosion, talking trade more important than Trump's tweets - Peters, mosque attack survivor speaks after...
A review of the week's news including... Questions loom over one of Cricket's greatest matches, Matata residents say council in for a long fight, teachers to take legal action against Novopay delays, 700 teachers sign up to te reo pilot...
A review of the week's news including... Local cannabis growers may not reap any rewards, doctors warn of disappointment under new medicinal cannabis laws, long queues outside MSD 'shocking' but not the norm say minister, Maori men dying by suicide...
A review of the week's news including... Police show how guns will be crushed under buy-back scheme, shareholders vote to sell Westland Milk, economist warns Fonterra may also go into foreign ownership, Taupo water restrictions remain after sewage spills into...
A review of the week's news including... Govt Cabinet reshuffled, but questions remain, Collins has 'a bit of sympathy' for Twyford after reshuffle, developer doubts Cabinet reshuffle will help KiwiBuild, Seymour applauds euthanasia bill passing second reading, Treasury Secretary Makhlouf...
A review of the week's news including... Hawke's Bay Oranga Tamariki 'uplift' case back in court, gang member's state abuse inquiry role 'untenable' - campaigner, Air NZ boss Christopher Luxon resigns, ANZ bank staff furious as boss leaves over dodgy...
A review of the week's news including... Destiny Church's Hannah Tamaki describes the new political party she will lead, no National deal in Botany, a parliamentary staffer is stood down over sexual assault complaint, Civil Aviation Authority confused over its...
A review of the week's news including... NZ political polls: Which one is right?, Dotcom extradition appeal begins in Supreme Court, Defence Force 'super' Hercules planes unnecessary - Greens, Defence Force upgrades have multifaceted purpose - Patman, Speed cameras only...
A review of the week's news including... the Budget, new 787s for Air New Zealand, Destiny Church to hold a LGBT event, dental care for children under pressure, Phamac under pressure to stump up for more medicines, defamed business man...
A review of the week's news including... Suspected quadruple shooting in Waikato confounds residents, Ireland MPs concerned at Makhlouf appointment to Central Bank, Bridges concerned over limits of inquiry into Treasury breach, Georgina Beyer declined invite to Destiny Church's apology...
A review of the week's news including... Accused killers of NZ tourists secretly settled in Australia, Facebook imposes new live-streaming restrictions, Ardern calls for more humane internet, why ACC is turning away mosques attack survivors, Wellington's $6.4b transport plan announced...
A review of the week's news including... Cannabis vote legal details to be ironed out, climate change bill hopeful but has flaws say experts, Mark Lundy granted Supreme Court hearing, Auckland Uni to establish working group to tackle discrimination, official...
A review of the week's news including... Pike families wait for details after mine re-entry delayed, no independent proof Destiny Church's 'Man-Up' programme works but it's director welcomes audit, average Auckland house price drops $100,000 over three years, Christchurch mosque...
A review of the week's news including... NZ and France to try and end social media-driven terrorism, NZ white supremacists move online, a special visa given to mosque attacks victims' families, Sri Lanka govt says attacks 'retaliation' to Christchurch, men...
A review of the week's news including... Will the Government have to borrow more with no CGT?, the Foreign Minister accuses the Red Cross of further endangering the life of a New Zealand nurse by going public with her kidnapping,...
A review of the week's news including... How MPs might vote on the voluntary euthanasia bill, the ACT leader considers changes to the euthanasia bill, Auckland university students fear growing white supremacy, military-style semi-auto gun ban passes through Parliament, Anzac...
A review of the week's news including... Mosque shooting accused appears in court via video link, PM labelled 'tyrant' as gun debate gets nasty, Human Rights Commission wants religious groups protected against hate speech, National's call for greater police powers...
A review of the week's news including... A national day of remembrance for those killed in the mosque attacks two weeks ago, mosque shooter's manifesto 'objectionable' - Censor, fund ambulance service St John paramedic tells govt, West Coast state of...
A review of the week's news including... People turn out in big numbers as the country marked a week since the killing of fifty people in two Christchurch mosques by a gunman, gun law reform overdue says former cop, New...
A review of the week's news including... Terror in Christchurch, Greens co-leader attacked on Wellington street, Eric Watson's Cullen Group ordered to pay $112m to IRD, health authorities on high alert as measles spreads to Dunedin, a warning against legal...
A review of the week's news including... Kurds to urge NZ to take back Kiwi jihadi Mark Taylor, surviving bowel cancer surgery a postcode lottery, the Auckand mayoral race heats up as Phil Goff announces new tilt at job, Sir...
A review of the week's news including... Canterbury police carry guns after shooting, domestic passenger slowdown gives Air NZ bumpy ride, Grant Robertson tells business he's not bound by Tax Working Group report, another construction firm in financial strife, Auckland...
A review of the week's news including... Fair or unfair? Public split on proposed tax changes, where is the missing Pike River evidence?, UK spy official gives Huawei thumbs up and Andrew Little responds, second Queensland fruit fly discovered in...
A review of the week's news including... Govt dismisses claims China stalling on ministers' visas, IRD admits error with political question in survey, environmentalists welcome end of tenure review, rocky start for National as MPs return to Parliament, Mike King...
A review of the week's news including... the almost week long Nelson fire where wind and low humidity have challenged firefighters, analysis of Jacinda Ardern's State of the Nation, National MPs swing behind Sarah Dowie at party retreat, Shane Jones...
A review of the week's news including... Labour reconsiders targets for flagship housing policy as National lays out it's latest tax plan, KiwiBuild boss 'put through awful' few months, the life insurance industry slammed for prioritising profits over people, cancer...
A review of the week's news including... Witnesses describe a horrific stabbing scene in Whanganui, a couple badly injured in a Cape Kidnappers rockfall, five injured after tree falls in Queenstown, Jacinda Ardern urges climate change action at World Economic...
A review of the week's news including... Government spying confirmed, a binding referendum to be held on legalising cannabis, the deputy Police Commissioner belittled and humiliated staff but won't be sacked, the Free Speech Coalition not impressed by Massey University...
A review of the week's news including... The man charged with murdering British backpacker Grace Millane appears in court for the first time, Air NZ engineers strike notice withdrawn, midwives accuse ministers of interference in pay talks, Steve Hansen to...
