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On today's episode, the government is celebrating new funding for Pharmac that will cover "up to" fifty-four new drugs, but it has been described as bittersweet by some patients, Northland businesses say there's no easy way for them to claim compensation after a massive power outage caused by maintenance workers, a Hamilton councillor is facing a Code of Conduct complaint after an expletive-laden and abuse filled submission to the neighbouring Waipa District Council, and the worst kept secret in NZ rugby has been confirmed with new All Blacks coach Scott Robertson naming Scott Barrett as the new All Blacks captain.
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Food producers went head to head in the Vegan Sausage and Deli Meats awards yesterday. RNZ producer Katie Fitzgerald went along to taste what was on offer.
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One-third of budgeting services face closure after their government funding was chopped - and they warn the recession means other free financial services are too busy to pick up their clients. Amy Williams reports.
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The Government is pushing ahead with plans to prevent independent contractors from challenging their employment status in court. Four Uber drivers currently have cases before the courts that argue they are permanent employees and entitled to things like the minimum wage and paid annual leave. The Council of Trade Unions says the issue is shaping up to be one of the biggest battlegrounds in employment law over the coming years. Political Reporter Lillian Hanly has more.
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In New Caledonia, more violent clashes have erupted between protesters and security forces. It comes after some of the pro-independence leaders who've been arrested have been sent to prisons in France. Long-time New Caledonia watcher and a correspondent for Islands Business magazine Nic Maclellan spoke to Corin Dann.
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Recruitment site SEEK says job ads have fallen in the past month across most sectors and in virtually all regions. According to its latest Employment Report, monthly job ads dropped five percent between April and May, and are thirty percent down on the same time in 2023. Welllington is particularly hard hit, with a 40 percent drop compared to May last year. Seek country manager Rob Clark spoke to Corin Dann.
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An update on what's happening in the sports world with Nathan Rarere.
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Market Update for 25 June 2025.
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Hamilton mayor Paula Southgate says she is "horrified" by an expletive-laden rant from one of her city councillors to the neighbouring Waipa District council. Councillor Andrew Bydder's submission on a proposed location for a third bridge in Cambridge contained references to retardation and demanded that the council's chief executive "get on your knees and beg forgiveness" while the mayor get off her "fat arse... and sack the entire staff." Paula Southgate has laid a formal complaint to the council's independent lawyers. She spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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Public sector cuts have put paid to work on a half-built emergency warning system that Cyclone Gabrielle reviews say the country urgently needs. Inquiries into last year's lethal storms show people were let down by the lack of a system to quickly share vital information RNZ can reveal that Land Information NZ has built the datasets of maps and risks already but now dropped a project to find a way to share access to them easily. Phil Pennington reports
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Monday's Pharmac funding boost announcement comes after an election promise to fund 13 cancer drugs was not fulfilled in the 2024 Budget. That has now been rectified, with all 13 either funded or covered by an equiavlent or better replacement. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Corin Dann.
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The Government's $600 million boost to Pharmac has been described as bittersweet by some current cancer patients. The funding over four years means the drug buying agency can fund 26 new cancer treatments and 28 other treatments, benefiting about 175,000 people a year. The roll out plan will start around October. Bowel Cancer New Zealand patient advocate Mandy Grantley was first diagnosed six years ago, she spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has named five debutants in his squad to take on England and Fiji but says a couple of those players have been on his radar for a while.
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The government is celebrating new funding for Pharmac that will cover "up to" fifty-four new drugs. The $600 million boost makes good on National's election pledge to fund thirteen new cancer drugs. But it also raises questions about how the costing was done and who will end up paying for it. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon spoke to Corin Dann.
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The New Zealand Security Association wants changes to the Crimes Act so that security guards can detain offenders without ending up in court themselves. At the moment, a security guard who chases and tackles an offender could find themselves liable for assault. The Association's chief executive Gary Morrison spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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Tomorrow, the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care will present its final report to the Government. The inquiry was established in 2018 and during the past six years has heard from more than 1700 survivors of abuse in state and faith-based care from 1950 to 2000. Timothy Brown reports on the survivors of the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God. A warning, the content of this story is distressing.
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The Scott Robertson All Blacks era is under way. The new coach unveiled a 32-man squad featuring five new caps at a ceremony in Christchurch last night. They'll begin preparing for two Tests against England in July. Former All Blacks halfback Ant Strachan spoke to Corin Dann.
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Northland businesses say there's no easy way for them to claim compensation after a massive power outage caused by maintenance workers removing the nuts from a power pylon caused it to topple over. The losses in the region amount to tens-of-millions of dollars. The Consumer Guarantees Act entitles people to compensation but it does not apply to businesses. Both Transpower and their maintenance contractor, Omexom, declined to come on the show. The local business association NorthChamber's president Tim Robinson spoke to Corin Dann.
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The worst kept secret in NZ rugby has been confirmed with new All Blacks coach Scott Robertson naming Scott Barrett as the new All Blacks captain. Robertson's first squad of the year also includes five debutants, some surprise selections and eye-brow raising omissions. Rugby reporter Joe Porter was at Monday night's announcement in Christchurch.
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Some cancer patients say the Government's treatment pledge comes too late - while others are still in the dark about whether game-changing drugs will be funded for them. The Government announced a $600m funding boost for Pharmac yesterday which it says will fund 26 cancer treatments, and 28 other medicines. University of Otago Professor of Oncology Chris Jackson spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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