11 Aug 2023

The Modern Whānau

From ICYMI, 4:00 pm on 11 August 2023

Join us for a weekly round-up of the news! Plus in our explainer this week we look at the makeup of the modern whānau.

Title of The Modern Whanau with images of newspaper articles and a station wagon car.

Photo: TVNZ

Attitudes to what counts as a family have changed over the years, and now we know families can take many shapes and forms. 

Find out more about the news stories covered in our bulletin - 

Scouts leave world jamboree early due to extreme weather. 

Booming kina numbers causing problems. 

Volunteers doing hard yards to protect kiwi. 

Ten-year-old Pokemon master headed to Japan for world champs.

ICYMI, a round-up of the week's news, is RNZ and TVNZ Public Interest Journalism funded through New Zealand on Air. 

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