2026-06-12 - Health ministry launches review into effects of nitrate in water and 9 more stories
This episode includes 10 news blocks. It comes as campaigners renew calls to slash nitrate limits following Denmark's newly-formed coalition government agreeing to drastically lower its limit. A new report says there will be 15,200 prisoners in June 2036 - a 35 percent increase from this year. After GPs pushed back on last week's offer, Health NZ has pitched a new one that offers more money and a reworked rural funding formula. A top water official is warning about the dire consequences if anot…