2026-08-28 - More than 1200 Auckland home support workers' jobs at risk after Health NZ decision and 9 more stories
This episode includes 10 news blocks. Three non-profits are in limbo after a Health NZ decision not to award contracts worth millions to three providers. Both said no one’s benefit was cut following a law change that swamped ministry officials with paperwork - but that is exactly what happened. The brother of missing Kiwi Suhasini Reddy said she did not cross the border and believes she may have been near the checkpoint area when flooding hit. The nearly NZ$18 million programme aims to put Paci…