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Demelza Leslie

Demelza Leslie

Demelza is a freelance reporter based in Wellington. She has worked for nearly twenty years as a radio and television journalist, including a seven-year stint as a political reporter at Parliament.

Latest from Demelza Leslie

The CTU's annual work-life balance survey has found pay is not keeping up with the cost of living.
Employment

New work-life satisfaction survey shows New Zealand's standard of living has slipped
Watch: The head of Oranga Tamariki is refusing to step down, despite publicly apologising for her agency failing Maori children.
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Social issues

Oranga Tamariki chief executive will not quit despite intense criticism
Watch: The ACT party will no longer be a solitary party of one in Parliament.
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NZ election 2020

From one MP to 10: The rise, fall and rise again of ACT
Agents will get a commission for every cent they get back for their customers.
Coronavirus

Consumer NZ concerned by new scheme aiming to help Kiwis recover $690m in cancelled travel
A report shows more than a quarter of 15-year-olds claiming "reading is a waste of time".
Education

'Critical concern': Education experts worried as Kiwi kids lose interest in reading
Watch: Kāpiti locals promise to fight to save their airport.
Kapiti

'Won't let it go easily': Kāpiti locals promise to fight to save their airport
The family of Steven Wallace says the police should be held responsible for what happened.
Court

Family of man shot dead by police 20 years ago seek justice
Watch: Universities NZ want international students allowed back to New Zealand.
Coronavirus

Universities beg Govt to reconsider international student ban as COVID-19 losses grow
Learning about the cost of flatting or taking on a student loan will now earn students NCEA credits.
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Education

Students to earn NCEA credits through money education
Watch: Nelson's 'ugly' Civic Centre Clock is getting repairs, but locals want more than just a tune-up.
Nelson

Nelson's 'ugly' city clock getting repairs - but locals want more than just a tune-up
Watch: Lines have been well at the door at many supermarkets across New Zealand in time for Easter weekend. Credits: Newshub
Coronavirus

Chaos at supermarkets ahead of Easter shutdown
Paramedics are getting behind New Zealand First's member's bill.
Crime

Paramedics throwing weight behind NZ First member's bill
Investors accuse ANZ of negligence for allowing the Ponzi scheme to happen.
Court

ANZ wants $80m Ponzi case thrown out of court
Watch: Sir Bob Jones with his improvised hearing aid.
Court

Watch: Sir Bob Jones loses hearing aid, forces court to improvise
Watch: The "impossible" algebra exam stumped students with a question that was geometrically impossible.
Education

'Geometrically impossible': NCEA exam question stumps students