Broadcaster Lindsay Yeo dies aged 78 | RNZ News
3 days ago · The broadcaster Lindsay Yeo died on Tuesday aged 78. A generation of Wellingtonians woke up to Lindsay Yeo's breakfast show on 2ZB - at his peak he rated at more than 50 percent of the audience. Listen to a RNZ interview with Lindsay Yeo from 2017. He was born in 1946 and started in radio in Invercargill in 1964.
Netflix hopes for live sports knockout with Paul-Tyson fight
3 days ago · A showdown between former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and social media influencer-turned-fighter Jake Paul on Saturday is the latest one-two punch from Netflix, as the media giant hopes to cash in on sports' sprint to streaming. The intergenerational showdown has all the makings of a crossover hit, with 58-year-old Tyson bringing in the old ...
Auckland 'a-buzz' with energy ahead of Coldplay concerts
5 days ago · 6:06 pm on 13 November 2024. Share this. Finn Blackwell, Reporter. @FinnBlackwell [email protected]. Coldplay live in Singapore. Photo: GIN TAY / AFP. Coldplay are to perform the first of their three Auckland shows at Eden Park on Wednesday night, with 150,000 fans descending on the super city over the next few days.
NZ Herald owner NZME proposes axing 14 community newspapers
4 days ago · NZME is proposing to shut down 14 of its community newspapers. Local papers on the chopping block include the more than 100-year-old Te Awamutu Courier. In an email seen by RNZ, the media company said its community publication network was no longer profitable. "Unfortunately, our community publication network has suffered a decline in advertising.
How many public sector roles are going, and from where?
4 days ago · The PSA said on 21 May it understood the ministry had confirmed at least 605 of those cuts. The ministry could not confirm it yet, and said it was still working through decisions. On 11 June, RNZ reported a further 119 roles going in the ministry's digital division. That takes the current loss total to 724.
Treaty Principles Bill: Bill of Rights Act advice 'quite damning ...
4 days ago · The Treaty Principles Bill was introduced last week, a filing of paperwork at Parliament which typically comes with various advice including analysis from Crown Law - the government's lawyers - on whether the relevant legislation is in keeping with New Zealand's Bill of Rights Act 1990 (NZBORA). "On a broad reading of the second principle in s6 ...
Midday Rural News for 15 November 2024 - RNZ
3 days ago · From Rural News, 19 minutes ago. Share this. Midday Rural News for 15 November 2024. Rural News 14 November 2024. Queue. Midday Rural News for 15 November 2024. Tags: farming. food.
Justin Welby resigns as Archbishop of Canterbury over abuse …
5 days ago · Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the senior cleric of the Church of England, resigned "in sorrow" on Wednesday, saying he had failed to ensure a proper investigation into allegations of abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps decades ago. Welby, also spiritual leader of 85 million Anglicans worldwide, had faced calls to resign ...
Yanfei Bao: Memorial service to honour a 'beautiful life'
4 days ago · A public memorial service will be held for real estate agent Yanfei Bao in Christchurch next week. Organisers said people were invited to attend the service at Our Lady of Victories Church in Sockburn at 11am on Monday to remember the 44-year-old mother's "beautiful life". "celebrate all her incredible accomplishments" and share their favourite ...
When women hit the grass ceiling of coaching | RNZ News
4 days ago · The Detail. Play 24m. There's a subject Alice Soper wants to stop writing about. It's the sidelining of women when it comes to rugby coaching. But she can't, as long as the problem still exists. "So often we get caught up in the good news," she says. "There's like a toxic positivity that's attached to a lot of women's sport stuff.