2026-07-26 - 'Severe' magnitude 5.9 quake hits North Island and 9 more stories
This episode includes 10 news blocks. The quake was reportedly felt across much of the North Island, including Auckland, and the top of the South. The ACT Party wants to increase the health budget spent on Pharmac by one percent a year, to bring New Zealand in line with Australia and closer to the OECD average. The Greens want a pause on data centre consents, after a huge AI project was given full consents - which she says will use six percent of New Zealand's electricity supply, meaning Kiwis…