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Young climate change activists are describing the latest report card on the planet as a stark reminder government's need to crank up work on cutting emissions before it's too late.

They also says… Audio

A body sanctioned by the UN, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, issued its latest and most dire assessment about the state of the planet and the impact of human behaviour on the climate.

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Climate Change Minister James Shaw says a collective effort across Aotearoa is needed to avert a climate crisis.

A major new UN report, decribed as a "code red for humanity", has found human activity… Audio

Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test because another ship has been hit by the virus.

Our political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen from our Parliament office.

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A deep wintry low that has gripped the central part of Aotearoa is moving away - but only slowly, leaving snow and wind warnings hanging over parts of the North Island today. It's affecting transport… Audio

Lisa Carrington has become New Zealand's most successful Olympian, adding another gold medal - tohutoa - to her haul today.

She's won the K1 500m to claim her third Olympic gold medal of these Games.

Newsroom's LockerRoom Editor, Suzanne McFadden, talks to Jesse about Lisa Carrington's medal prospects today and where that will leave her in our sporting history.  Audio

In Tokyo, after winning two gold medals yesterday, canoe sprint paddler Lisa Carrington was back on the water today.

Carrington won gold in the K1 200m yesterday and then just over an hour later… Video, Audio

Brigitte, Shane and Kathryn look at the latest Reid Research poll which has seen a near 10 percentage point drop in support for Labour and the highest-ever rating for ACT. Also, the expectations over… Audio

ACT Party leader David Seymour is polling ahead of National Party Leader Judith Collins, according to the latest poll numbers from Newshub-Reid.

Support for Labour has dropped to 43 percent but… Audio

The country's district health boards are surprised nurses have voted down the latest pay offer.

The Nurses Organisation says while the DHBs made promising moves on pay, the offer contained "too many… Audio

Nurses strikes are back on the cards after they rejected the latest pay offer from district health boards. Last month about 30-thousand nurses walked off the job in huge demonstrations around the… Audio

In Tokyo, white water paddler Luuka Jones is on her way to the finals after just completing a strong run in the semi-finals of the K1 women's canoe slalom event.

Jones won silver at the Rio de… Video, Audio

New Zealand is on the medal board at Tokyo, with a bronze for triathlete Hayden Wilde.

17-year-old Dunedin student Erika Fairweather made the final of the 400 metres freestyle, but missed out on the… Video, Audio

William Dart features some recent releases from Nonesuch Records, with new music by Lake Street Dive, Rhiannon Giddens, kd lang and Caroline Shaw. Audio

The trans-Tasman bubble has officially burst and with it the plans of those hoping to visit loved ones across the ditch.

The government today announced quarantine-free travel with Australia will be… Audio

It's just a few days until the Olympics gets underway in Tokyo and Covid-19 cases have emerged in the athletes' village.

To talk more about this we're joined by our reporter Maja Burry, who is in… Video, Audio

A state of emergency has been declared in Buller - because of heavy rain and flooding, in what's been described as a one in 50 year event.

Residents in low lying areas, or those who've had trouble… Video, Audio

There have been more reported sightings of orca pods around Wellington today as the search goes on for baby Toa's family.

Crews have been scouring from the sea and the air for a fourth day. Toa… Video, Audio

The foreign fishing vessel Viking Bay has pulled into Wellington this afternoon after nearly a week at sea with two Covid-19 positive mariners on board.

The Ministry of Health says the risk to the… Video, Audio

A red light has been put on green flights for kiwis stuck in Sydney as cases surged there again today.

The New South Wales government announced 44 new community cases, up from yesterday's 14-month… Audio

It is not just the rest homes, but other people in vaccine priority group 2 say they are still having issues getting booked in for their Covid-19 vaccines.

Our reporter Nick Truebridge has been out… Video, Audio

Cases of Covid-19 are continuing to rise at an alarming rate in Fiji. Freelance journalist, Lice Movono, joins us from Suva to provide the latest developments. Audio

Australia continues to grapple with a rise in Covid cases with South Australia becoming the latest state to record new locally acquired cases.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau has more. Audio

Guests at the Novotel Auckland Airport were told earlier on Tuesday they must stay beyond their mandated 14 days in MIQ, because two others have Covid-19.

The travellers who arrived from Dubai and… Video, Audio