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6:21 PM.An Otago local saw on Thursday evening Dunedin city water care workers, rolls of piping and a digger, appearing to be replacing a water line through a swamp near Karitane.

He joins us to describe… Read more Audio

6:13 PM.Māori astronomers will be using the stars and moon phases to set a different date for the Matariki public holiday each year.

The Prime Minister promised to make Matariki a public holiday if… Read more Audio

6:08 PM.The lead levels found in water in two east Otago towns was 40 times the the allowable level in drinking water at its worst, not four, as they initially said.

In the last hour Dunedin City Council has… Read more Video, Audio

5:54 PM.The Dunedin City Council has corrected its figures on lead contamination, saying the worst test result that was emailed on December 18 was 40 times the allowable level in drinking water, not four.

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5:50 PM.Burst pipes, a sinkhole, a water geyser in a suburban street - Wellington's water woes are fast becoming daily disasters.

Pressure is mounting on the Wellington City Council and Wellington Water to… Read more Audio

5:46 PM.The oat industry is hoping to capitalise on the popularity of oat milk - with plans to build a plant-based milk factory in New Zealand.

Growers, processors and retailers flocked to a farm near Gore… Read more Audio

5:41 PM.Car owners are waiting weeks - even months - to get back on the road after serious prangs because of lengthy delays in getting parts in.

It's causing a traffic jam for local panel beaters. 

Our… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6228970884001 Video, Audio

5:26 PM.To Australia, where residents of Victoria are once again living under restrictions, after an Australian Open quarantine hotel worker tested positive for Covid-19.

Authorities are 'assuming the worst'… Read more Video, Audio

5:21 PM.The Prime Minister has delivered her fourth speech from the mahau at Waitangi today, acknowledging the government's challenges of the past year but also using the forum to announce a new public… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.Another person linked to the Pullman Hotel outbreak has tested positive for Covid-19. The new case is the mother of the child who tested positive with the South African strain of the virus last week.

5:13 PM.The man accused of running onto Trentham raceway during a Wellington Cup event on Saturday has appeared in court.

24-year-old Justin Bergman appeared in the Hutt Valley District Court this morning.

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5:07 PM.Residents in the two east Otago towns affected by the water issue will be offered blood tests from next week.

Authorities are still trying to pin down the source of the elevated lead levels in the… Read more Video, Audio

6:12 PM.Today marks 90 years since New Zealand's deadliest natural disaster.

The Hawke's Bay earthquake struck the cities of Napier and Hastings, killing 256 people.

The quake's anniversary was marked with… Read more Video, Audio

6:08 PM.Kiwi cricket fans will focus their attention on India over the next five weeks as they wait to find out who the Black Caps will play in the World Test Championship final.

New Zealand have secured… Read more Audio

5:55 PM.175 years on from the battle of Ruapekapeka, hapū in the Far North have acknowledged the British men killed in the conflict, despite suffering losses of their own.

A memorial honouring 12 soldiers… Read more Video, Audio

5:49 PM.A woman has been sentenced to 100 hours community work and a year's supervision after she got busted at Auckland International Airport in 2019 trying to sneak in hundreds of cacti and succulents that… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.The CCTV systems in more than half our managed isolation and Quarantine Hotels are still not up to scratch despite the government ordering upgrades.

An investigation is underway into how Covid-19… Read more Video, Audio

5:36 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Video, Audio

5:30 PM.With international travel off the cards, boat sellers say they are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing demand. And space to keep vessels is now becoming scarce. Louise Ternouth reports. Read more Video, Audio

5:28 PM.A sinkhole has opened up in central Wellington on Wednesday afternoon. Crews are at the site on Jervois Quay near the waterfront.

RNZ reporter Charlotte Cook is there. Read more Video, Audio

5:23 PM.The Waitangi Tribunal has heard Māori women have been marginalised for too long and colonisation denied them rights over their bodies, minds and beliefs.

The first stages of the Mana Wāhine Inquiry… Read more Audio

5:17 PM.Medsafe has given provisional approval for the Pfizer Biontech vaccine. The first New Zealanders to get the jab will be MIQ workers and their families.

The Prime Minister says the vaccine will be… Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.Residents in two East Otago towns are frustrated they do not know when they can drink water out of their taps and not a tanker.

Yesterday people in Waikouaiti and Karitane were told to stop drinking… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.A Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in New Zealand, but it's still unclear when it will get here.

Medsafe has deemed the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine safe for use, giving it provisional approval… Read more Audio