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Dunedin cancer doctors catch a shuttle bus to the oncology ward
Health bosses desperate to recruit new cancer doctors to crisis-hit Dunedin Hospital, will need to sell them on cramped spaces and shuttling up and down the street.
Te Whatu Ora has pledged to fix… Audio
The Week in Detail: From sea ice to story sovereignty
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
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Liquidations increasing for lagging building firms
Building and construction companies are being liquidated at twice the rate of the also-beleaguered hospitality industry. Audio
The Panel with Julie Woods and Mark Knoff Thomas (Part 2)
Today on The Panel Wallace and panellists Julie Woods and Mark Knoff-Thomas look into falling passing rates in highschools. Plus, the new design at Wellington's bus interchange. Audio
First 3D printed building in the Southern Hemisphere completed
he southern hemisphere's first commercial building utilising 3D printed concrete has just been completed in Hamilton. The building was completed by Iconic Construction using QOROX walls. Company… Audio
Whangarei District Council drawn back into $64 million Oruku orbit
Whangārei District Council has once again stepped into the Oruku conference and event centre ring with a decision to put as much as $11.4 million towards the new version of the facility on the edge of…
Wellingtonians want say on housing development on prison site
Hundreds of Wellington people opposed to a big housing development high up on the site of an old prison are demanding to have a say in the project. Local iwi through the Port Nicholson Block… Audio
Te Whatu Ora to keep using facility above fault line for five years
Whakatāne's mental health facility at the hospital is not at immediate earthquake risk and will keep being used for up to five years.
Canterbury quake: CTV building engineer to face hearing after complaints
The Canterbury Television Building collapsed in the 2011 Canterbury earthquake, killing 115 people.
Excitement over new birthing centre set to open in Porirua
Expecting parents in Porirua are thrilled about a new birthing centre owned and operated by Ngāti Toa.
Te Puna Wairua was opened yesterday by the Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro.
Ashleigh McCaull… Audio
Wellington's new convention centre preparing to open doors
Five years after council approval and with a price-tag of nearly $180m, Wellington's new convention centre is preparing to open its doors.
The Tākina Convention and Exhibition Centre will open in… Audio
Engineers find almost half of warehouses poorly-designed
Engineers investigating the design of warehouses have found almost half are poorly designed, and there's a risk of their heavy concrete walls falling over.
Their new report, coming eight years after… Audio
'A life safety risk': Fears badly designed warehouses will collapse in earthquakes
Almost half of warehouses investigated are designed poorly and there is a threat to people from their heavy concrete walls falling over, engineers say.
Risk of more power cuts in Northland
Transpower is warning of an increased risk of power cuts in Northland as it does emergency work on high voltage lines that are threatened by a major slip. Kathryn speaks to Transpower's General… Audio
Rents rising for commercial property as demand picks up
JLL's latest commercial property snapshots report highlighted a rebound in demand for retail space in Auckland.
Christchurch CBD upgrades a 'waste of money', National says
National Party transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says Waka Kotahi money allocated to a Gloucester Street overhaul would be better used filling in potholes.
Connecting cyclone ravaged areas with temporary bridges
Hundreds of bridges have been impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle across Aotearoa. Daniel Chrighton is national engineering manager for Downer. Audio
Century-old Auckland tower at risk of collapse to be demolished
Two body corporates and Auckland Council are at odds over what's going on with getting tenants in nearby apartments back home.
Philip Oldfield: Saudi Arabia's 'The Line' megacity
You won't see it on Google Earth but The MIT Technology Review has obtained exclusive satellite pictures, in conjunction with Soar Earth, an Australian startup, showing work well underway on Saudi… Audio
Fletcher Building's half-year profit forecast drops significantly
It also warned that its full-year result would be hit by significant costs incurred by the recent upper North Island floods.
