Episodes

  • Australia: Airlines under scrutiny for not offering refunds

    Australia: Airlines under scrutiny for not offering refunds
    Aug 27 2024
    Australia correspondent Peter Ryan speaks to Lisa Owen about how airlines that unreasonably cancel or delay flights are coming under greater scrutiny to provide a better deal for jilted travelers. The pressure comes after rising anger and frustration from travelers who are tired of being offered travel vouchers, rather than cash refunds.
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    5 mins
  • Evening business for 27 August 2024

    Evening business for 27 August 2024
    Aug 27 2024
    News from the business sector, including a market report.
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    4 mins
  • Allegations of stock shooting, poor pest management in forestry blocks in Clutha

    Allegations of stock shooting, poor pest management in forestry blocks in Clutha
    Aug 27 2024
    Tensions are flaring in a small Clutha District community with allegations of stock shooting, poaching and poor pest management in nearby forestry blocks. Farmers near Lawrence and Tuapeka said they want things to change but there's been a communication breakdown with forestry companies. It prompted local police to call a public meeting this afternoon to air their concerns with forestry representatives and get the conversation started, Reporter Tess Brunton was at the meeting in Lawrence.
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    3 mins
  • Kiwis look to reconnect Australian based players with roots

    Kiwis look to reconnect Australian based players with roots
    Aug 27 2024
    With such a deep pool of New Zealand talent residing across the ditch, the Kiwis are looking to reconnect Australian based players with their roots. Rugby League World Cup winners Stephen Kearney and Nathan Cayless, both based in Australia, are behind the strategy dubbed 'Taurahere,' sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen.
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    3 mins
  • Auckland Council cancels Beam scooters licence due to breaches

    Auckland Council cancels Beam scooters licence due to breaches
    Aug 27 2024
    It's lights out for Beam e-scooters after Auckland council canceled its licence for allegedly contract breaches and refered the matter to police. A council investigation's found Beam has allegedly been deploying way more of its distinctive purple scooter than the 1400 its licence allows for and providing misleading data to conceal its actions. All Beam scooters will be deactivitated from midnight tonight and all scooters removed from Auckland streets by close of business on Friday, Auckland Council's manager of licensing and environmental health, Mervyn Chetty spoke to Lisa Owen.
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    7 mins
  • Former Transport Minister speaks on Road to Zero strategy

    Former Transport Minister speaks on Road to Zero strategy
    Aug 27 2024
    Green MP and former Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter championed the previous government's Road to Zero strategy. The safety programme had a target of reducing annual deaths and serious injuries in road crashes by 40 percent by 2030, eventually reaching zero and included installing hundreds of kilometres of median barriers. But in February, the National government anounced it's axing the programme, Julie Anne Genter spoke to Lisa Owen.
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    6 mins
  • Questions whether median barrier is fit for purpose after Auckland crash

    Questions whether median barrier is fit for purpose after Auckland crash
    Aug 27 2024
    An Auckland Councillor is questioning whether the median barrier at the site of a fatal car crash at Ramarama, near Auckland's southern border, is fit for purpose. Yesterday's crash on State Highway 1 claimed the lives of three seasonal workers, just days before they were due to fly home to Samoa. Three others were hospitalised, including a 21 year-old who remains in a critical condition in hospital, reporter Lucy Xia reports.
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    4 mins
  • Under-grading bike trails difficulty deadly problem - expert

    Under-grading bike trails difficulty deadly problem - expert
    Aug 27 2024
    An expert's warning the wide spread under-grading of how difficult or dangerous mountain bike tracks are remains a potentially deadly problem and a single nationwide standard needs to be introduced urgently. Simon Noble from Envisage New Zealand audited Marlborough's Wither Hills mountain trails and found nearly all had been under-graded in terms of their degree of difficulty. Only two of the parks 37 tracks were actually consistent with the gradings, meaning they were actually harder than indicated. The report was presented to Marlborough District Council last week. Recreation consultant and trail auditor Simon Noble spoke to Lisa Owen.
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    6 mins