Auckland Law School Podcasts

Warnings for retailers as Chinese eCommerce giant Temu expands to target the New Zealand and Australian market. The new online marketplace launched here in March, after a staggeringly successful open in the US in September last year. Temu sells everything from fashion and homewares, to electronics and car parts - at very low prices, and offers free…

Christopher Luxon hastily added a second session to National's "Get New Zealand Back on Track" roadshow in New Plymouth today as party faithfull spilled out into the car park of the Plymouth Hotel. Hundreds of largely Pākēhā over 60-years-old turned out to hear the National Party leader outline his vision for the country's future. Our Taranaki Whan…

Far North Mayor Moko Tepania describes the shock of the home invasion in Kaikohe which killed an elderly kuia. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6328643828112

There's an udder way for cafes wanting to do away with single use plastic milk bottles. An Aussie company has joined forces with a Waikato milk supplier which is filling resuable milk kegs. The 18 litre kegs are aimed at the hospo industry that can churn though a mountain of plastic milk bottoles a year. The Udder Way founder Ed Crick talks to Lisa…

The police have revealed their new electric patrol car to be trialed on the frontline. Police vehicles make up 20 percent of the government's light vehicle fleet and this move is part of a wider trial to reduce emissions by 176 tonnes. Reporter Louise Ternouth and camera operator Nick Monro went for a spin. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/60…

Let's return to Kaikohe now where police have just held a media briefing after an elderly woman died after a home invasion last night. Our reporter Emma Stanford is there. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6328644969112

Prime Minister Chris Hipkins has faced a grilling by University of Otago students during his trip to Ōtepoti today. Students, staff and community members have been fighting against the university's request for staff to consider redundancies in a bid to save $60 million. But the students didn't keep their questions to cuts alone. Tess Brunton has mo…

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6328643596112

The government's at-least $1 billion buyout scheme for flood ruined homes has left councils scratching their heads about how much of tab they'll be picking up, and where the cash is coming from. The voluntary buyout scheme was unveiled yesterday. 700 North Island homes have been deemed category three, meaning the sites are two unsafe to rebuild on …

The final round of the Super Rugby Pacific season kicks off tonight in Auckland with plenty to play for. The Blues host the 8th placed Highlanders who are clinging on to the last playoff spot. We're joined by sports reporter Felicity Reid. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6328643788112…

A man who is controlling, calculating and determined. That's how Fiona Lu described her former partner John Beckenridge, who she is convinced brainwashed her son Mike and staged a murder-suicide to escape the country. John Beckenridge and his 11-year-old step son.. disappeared in March 2015, and later his car was found at the bottom of cliff in the…

Swarming dirt bike riders causing havoc on Auckland roads will be a target of police this long weekend. A special squad will be using the Eagle helicopter as well as traffic and surveillance cameras to crack down on the reckless riders, who appear to be using social meeting to organise street gatherings intimidating and harassing other drivers. Pol…

An elderly woman on a dialysis machine has been killed in a home invasion in Kaikohe overnight. Residents of the small Northland town of Kaikohe today woke to news the woman, who was well known in the community, had died after a struggle with other people living at the house and an intruder. Police have launched a homicide investigation but no arre…

Comedians Te Radar and Irene Pink have a few laughs including an explanation about the essence of the scent of Auckland's K'Rd, but would you buy the perfume?

Sam looks ahead to the long weekend sporting highlights - including what to look out for in the final round of Super Rugby and some budding rivalries worth keeping an eye on.

Rates are on the rise with the Thames Coromandel District Council rate increase up to 14 percent in some areas which John says contrasts unfavourably with the neighbouring Hauraki District Council. He also talks to Kathryn about the recovery from this year's weather events, the cost of the cancellation of summer concert which was scheduled for Whit…

Louise Ward of Wardini Books in Havelock North reviews Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi, published by HarperCollins

Shinrin yoku is the Japanese practice of 'forest bathing', which is growing in popularity around the world for its therapeutic benefits, both physiological and psychological. Forest bathing engages the parasympathetic nervous system, known as the 'rest-and-digest' system. It's the opposite to our 'fight-or-flight' sympathetic nervous system. It's a…

Tokelau is experiencing its first Covid-19 community outbreak, it is now officially the second to last country in the world to experience community transmission. Immigration New Zealand says it is not dragging the chain in processing refugees from Nauru under the New Zealand - Australia Resettlement Arrangement. 31 of the 150 people meant to be res…