Zac Fleming

Zac Fleming is a Kiwi reporter whose recent positions include Al Jazeera and Checkpoint at Radio New Zealand.

Society
Sep 24, 2019

Warnings raised that legalising cannabis could contaminate food supply

Experts have warned that the legalisation of cannabis could increase the levels of contamination in other crops. Zac Fleming reports.  

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Auckland
Aug 30, 2018

Welcome to the 'third world swamp house', Papakura, a snip at $520 a week

Blocked drains, borked stormwater and an ankle-deep swamp under the house, yet the family renting the property in south Auckland feel powerless

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Society
Apr 19, 2018

The side table spat that got Housing NZ labelled 'petty and vindictive' by Phil Twyford

The minister in charge of Housing New Zealand has given the agency a dressing down after it took an Auckland pensioner to the Tenancy Tribunal twice over a small table that sits on her front porch.

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