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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has paid back over £6,000 ($12,000 NZD) in gifts and hospitality received since taking up the role after a controversy over donations.
Starmer is covering the cost of six Taylor Swift tickets, four tickets to the races, and a designer clothing rental agreement favoured by his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer.
UK correspondent says Starmer is under pressure to improve transparency after he and some other MPs faced criticism over accepting freebies from wealthy donors.
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Nuclear energy is experiencing a resurgence in interest amid concern surrounding shortages.
Its greenhouse gas emissions are smaller than most - and reactors produce reliable baseline electricity cheaply and efficiently.
Fisher Funds expert Sam Dickie unpacks whether nuclear energy can have a future in New Zealand.
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Dunedin residents are preparing for a deluge of rain.
A red heavy rain warning is in force for North Otago, Dunedin and coastal Clutha today and tomorrow.
Otago Civil Defence says people should only travel tonight if absolutely necessary - to avoid getting caught up in rising rivers or streams.
The Country's Jamie Mackay says people are getting the sandbags ready ahead of the weather changes.
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Business leaders have given their verdict on the Government in the Herald’s Mood of the Boardroom survey.
Some experts have noted that as the country enters an interest-rate cutting phase, now is the time to have a discussion about the make-up of ongoing retirement savings.
NZ Herald business editor at large Liam Dann says there's a clear mood for change as the economy enters a new phase.
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Tonight on The Huddle, Jordan Williams from the Taxpayers' Union and Infrastructure NZ CEO Nick Leggett joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day - and more!
New data from the 2023 Census reveals over half the country isn't religious? Is this surprising? What do we think changed?
The Mood of the Boardroom Survey results came out today, revealing Kiwi business leaders are feeling more optimistic about the economy. What do we make of this?
A teenager has been arrested for running a 'smishing' scam - where fraudulent text messages are sent out en masse to get people to give up sensitive information. Should we be concerned about this?
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On the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive with Jack Tame Full Show Podcast for Thursday 3 October 2024, the highest possible weather warning has been issued for Dunedin. Otago Civil Defence Group Controller Matt Alley updates Jack on the extreme rainfall and likelihood of evacuation for the region.
Police are delighted at the number of new recruit applicants and to keep up with the influx, Assistant Commissioner for Leadership, Talent and Development Jill Rogers discusses the potential of a new Police College in Auckland.
The Huddle reflects on the latest Census data and Nicola Willis inviting her opposition counterpart to talk on superannuation.
And Nicola Willis reacts to the latest Mood of the Boardroom survey.
Get the Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive Full Show Podcast every weekday evening on iHeartRadio, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Finance Minister is pleased the nation's business heavyweights share her values and priorities.
The Herald's annual Mood of the Boardroom survey has found CEOs and board members are more optimistic than pessimistic about the economy.
But they still have concerns about things like energy, living costs, interest rates, cyber security threats and insurance costs.
Nicola Willis says it's good to see New Zealand's business community agrees with the Government's optimism about the economy.
"They're focused on the same things we are, which is - let's get growth happening. Investments, new jobs, more innovation, more exporting. We're on the same page."
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More than half of Kiwis have no religion, new data shows.
Census figures released today shows the proportion of people without religion is now at 51.6 percent.
Massey University Emeritus Professor of Religion, Peter Lineham says Christianity has been declining since the 1960s.
"It speeded up a tremendous amount in the period from 2006 to 2018 - and it's still going on."
Lineham says the speed of people choosing no religion is reducing, suggesting other religions may be replacing Christianity.
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The Defence Minister says China featured in round-table talks with South Pacific partners this week.
Auckland hosted the annual meeting for ministers from Australia, Fiji, France, Chile, Tonga and Papua New Guinea.
Judith Collins says everybody was very disappointed by China's recent intercontinental ballistic missile test over the Pacific Ocean.
She says New Zealand was told a few hours beforehand.
"But most of the countries over whose territory it would have flown did not know about it - and people felt that that was unwelcomed, unexpected and unnecessary
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A police college based in Auckland could be on the cards.
New intakes at the Porirua college will be bolstered next year by 20 recruits each wing to reach 100 trainees.
By late August, applications had overtaken 5,500 - more than double the number for the same period last year.
But Assistant Commissioner Jill Rogers says the Porirua facility is already groaning at the seams.
"It makes sense for us to look in that Tāmaki Makaurau environment, because that's where the bulk of our people will come from. I think it's a good, sensible decision for us to start looking around there."
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The message is clear as heavy rain pelts the lower South - be prepared.
A red-level heavy rain warning is in force for North Otago, Dunedin and coastal Clutha.
NIWA reports Dunedin has already had 75 percent of its normal monthly rainfall for October.
Otago Civil Defence group controller Matt Alley said they were continuing to monitor rain as it was falling.
"We have our emergency operation centre in Dunedin city and Clutha and a coordination centre in Dunedin as well, fully activated."
Residents and visitors to Central Otago's Omakau and Ophir are under a Boil Water Notice for the time being and drinking water tankers are at the Omakau Domain and Swindon Street.
Conserve water notices remain in place for Ranfurly, Naseby and Patearoa.
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The latest Census data is out, with numbers for all sorts of data points from ethnicity, home ownership and income to gender and sexual identity. But the number that most interested me today is buried in the housing stats.
In 2018, when we last did the numbers, about one in every six New Zealand homes recorded mould bigger than an A4 piece of paper. More than 21 percent of households recorded dampness at home.
But despite our famously crappy housing stock, the numbers have meaningfully improved. Today, 18 percent of houses have dampness: a 3.4 percent improvement. And from one-in-six homes previously, one-in-seven households now records mould at home.
In real numbers, that's roughly 70,000 fewer damp homes and 50,000 fewer mouldy homes than we would have had if our housing was at the same standard as it was in 2018. That's a real success.
So what's changed in that time? Obviously newer homes are more likely to be built to a better, warmer standard. But I also think you can credit some of that improvement to the healthy homes standards. And while, of course, bringing rental stock up to standard has come at an expense, it's surely nothing compared to the cost of healthcare for those who'd otherwise be getting sick in cold, damp homes.
There's isn't all that much the previous Government can hang its hat on in terms of enduring change - but I reckon that policy is a winner.
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Prime Minister Chris Luxon's feeling 'stoked' with today's Mood of the Boardroom survey results.
The nation's business heavy-weights have ranked Government ministers in the Herald's annual survey - and they're feeling pretty optimistic with the state of the current Government.
NZ Herald deputy political editor Thomas Coughlan says the nation's business community always feels more positive when they get a centre-right Government aligned with their needs.
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Police in New South Wales have applied to the state’s top court to ban two pro-Palestinian rallies set to take place this weekend.
Next Monday marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s attacks on Israel and the start of the conflict in Gaza - and police aim to stop a rally taking place on that date from going forward on top of the usual weekend protests.
Australian correspondent Murray Olds says police are concerned about the potential risks to public safety, especially for Monday's event.
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INEOS Britannia are one win away from earning the right to challenge Team New Zealand for the America's Cup.
The British syndicate has beaten Luna Rossa in both races overnight to lead 6-4 in the best-of-13 Louis Vuitton series.
Sportstalk host D'Arcy Waldegrave explains further.
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Police have arrested a teenager after disrupting a 'sophisticated smishing scam' using new technology never seen in New Zealand before.
Authorities have described smishing - a form of phishing - as when a device known an 'SMS Blaster' is used as a fake cell tower and tricks nearby cellphones to connect to its fraudulent network.
This 'SMS Blaster' has reportedly sent thousands of fake texts claiming to be from banks - in order to encourage people to share their passwords, account details and other sensitive information.
National Cyber Security centre team lead Tom Roberts says the messages look professional.
He explained people click on the link thinking it's from the bank or insurance company - without realising they're entering in details for someone to steal.
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UK forces were found to be involved in supporting Israel's response after Iran launched a missile attack on the country.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says the UK 'stands with Israel' and recognises its right to self-defence.
UK correspondent Gavin Grey says other MPs will be very disappointed with this revelation.
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A proposal to re-develop Marsden Point's decommissioned refinery is being considered.
Channel Infrastructure NZ recently entered a conditional agreement with Seadra Energy to create a bio-refinery at the Northland site.
Seadra would purchase it for about $53-million and use some existing, decommissioned assets like tankage and jetties.
Milford Asset Management's Jeremy Hutton unpacks what this could look like.
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Politicians of all stripes say the Government shouldn’t try to stop the values of properties vulnerable to the effects of climate change from plummeting.
In fact, they believe there is room for at-risk property values to fall further to discourage investment in flood-prone parts of the country.
NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny unpacks these findings further.
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The Government has continued its push to increase the use of remote building inspections to speed up the construction and consenting process.
Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk has voiced disapproval with the current process - and claimed that remote inspections will make the building process more efficient and affordable.
NZ Certified Builders CEO Malcolm Fleming says this process works well in remote parts of the country - or high-congestion areas like Auckland CBD.
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