Katie Kenny

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Katie Kenny

Regardless of the outcome of Saturday's Australian federal election, the country in December will implement a world-first social media ban. Australians will have to prove they are older than 16 to use most social media sites, though exactly how that will happen remains to be seen. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has said YouTube, the country's most popular social media service among children, will be exempt from the ban. Rivals TikTok, Snapchat, and Meta aren't happy.

1 month ago | radionz.co.nz | Katie Kenny

Explainer: Regardless of the outcome of Saturday's Australian federal election, the country in December will implement a world-first social media ban. Australians will have to prove they are older than 16 to use most social media sites, though exactly how that will happen remains to be seen. Communications Minister Michelle Rowland has said YouTube, the country's most popular social media service among children, will be exempt from the ban. Rivals TikTok, Snapchat, and Meta aren't happy.

1 month ago | 1news.co.nz | Katie Kenny

Summer was a "mixed bag" this year, according to NIWA. Wellingtonians, who experienced one of the capital's worst weather starts to the year on record, used more colourful phrases: "A buzz kill", "crap", and "pretty trash". "Digging back into our records, going back to 1980, this is one of the longer runs of below average daily temperatures that we've had in the summer months," meteorologist Clare O'Connor told RNZ at the time.

1 month ago | radionz.co.nz | Katie Kenny

Summer was a "mixed bag" this year, according to NIWA. Wellingtonians, who experienced one of the capital's worst weather starts to the year on record, used more colourful phrases: "A buzz kill", "crap", and "pretty trash". "Digging back into our records, going back to 1980, this is one of the longer runs of below average daily temperatures that we've had in the summer months," meteorologist Clare O'Connor told RNZ at the time.

1 month ago | rnz.co.nz | Katie Kenny

Summer was a "mixed bag" this year, according to NIWA. Wellingtonians, who experienced one of the capital's worst weather starts to the year on record, used more colourful phrases: "A buzz kill", "crap", and "pretty trash". "Digging back into our records, going back to 1980, this is one of the longer runs of below average daily temperatures that we've had in the summer months," meteorologist Clare O'Connor told RNZ at the time.