Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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Australia’s Online Content Moderator Monitors What Is Posted About Her
Australia’s internet watchdog Julie Inman Grant gets a report on what people are saying about her three or four times a day.
Australia to Stop Pharmacists Making DIY Ozempic
Pharmacists have been making copies of weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro, but this is putting patients at risk, according to the TGA.
Australia and New Zealand Issued More Social Media Takedown Requests Than Iraq
Australia and New Zealand has asked TikTok to remove more content than Iraq.
Nuclear Power at Least 15 Years Away: CSIRO
Wind power is more expensive than first thought, but renewables remain the lowest cost to build, the CSIRO’s latest GenCost report says.
Rare Feather Tickles a Collector’s Fancy: Sells for World Record $46,500
A feather from an extinct New Zealand bird has sold for a record price to an unknown buyer at an auction in Auckland.
Flights Available to Evacuate Citizens Trapped in Troubled New Caledonia
Both the Australian and New Zealand Defence Force are on their way to New Caledonia to rescue people trapped there by days of bloody violence.
PM Offers Reassurance to Aussies Trapped by New Caledonia Violence
‘The Air Force have been on stand-by for the last 48 hours ... but the airport is closed,’ the Anthony Albanese said.
NZ Government Housing Agency ‘Not Financially Viable,’ Report Finds
Kāinga Ora manages the government’s rental stock and builds more houses, with an annual expenditure of $2.5 billion and total assets of $45 billion.
Another NZ Green MP Under Investigation for Illegal Activity
Greens MP Darleen Tana was suspended in April on full pay, while investigation into her behaviour has so far cost the taxpayer $43,000.
Australian Lenders Failing to Assist Struggling Customers: ASIC
Despite being required by law to have processes to assist customer who are in debt, banks have made the process so complex that a third of people give up.
