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6:21 PM.It's men's health week and mental health continues to be a focus, as the country tries to tackle appalling rates of suicide and smash the stigma attached to mental illness.

Athletes are playing a… Read more Audio

6:14 PM.The number of people being denied benefits because their partner earns too much has skyrocketed.

Jobseeker benefits can be cut to nothing depending on partners' incomes - despite recommendations that… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.There is some confusion about whether or not masks will be compulsory on inbound flights from Australia.

It comes as two New Zealand sisters from the UK tested positive for Covid-19 after transiting… Read more Audio

5:54 PM.The confirmation of new Covid-19 cases in New Zealand - and the associated administrative bungles - has dampened some enthusiasm for a travel bubble with the Pacific.

But it's also further… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.Auckland is on the cusp of an emergency water crisis as it stares down the barrel of the region's worst drought in 25 years with reservoirs at just 43 percent. The Auckland Council is scrambling to… Read more Video, Audio

5:32 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:26 PM.The government has pushed through its second tranche of firearm reforms, fifteen months since a gunman killed 51 people in Christchurch.

The legislation, which has been mired in delay, passed its… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.Revelations in the House today that National MP Christopher Bishop advocated for the early release of two women who have brought Covid 19 back in to the country has rasied more questions than answers… Read more Video, Audio

5:16 PM.Meanwhile there is confusion over whether passengers will be required to wear masks on trans-Tasman flights or not.

Two sisters who tested positive for Covid-19 this week transitted through Brisbane… Read more Audio

5:11 PM.Another case of Covid-19 has been caught at the border: this time a man in his 60s who has returned home from Pakistan.

The Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield, says the man didn't have any… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.There have been promises to do better but no apology from the Prime Minister for the latest bungle at the border.

The blame game is heating up after the revelation two women were allowed to leave… Read more Audio

6:21 PM.There are reports that another group of mourners have been allowed out of quarantine early to attend a funeral in Christchurch.

A local funeral director says he was contacted by health officials on… Read more Video, Audio

6:11 PM.The prospect of a trans-Tasman bubble looks to have suffered another blow, with 21 new cases recorded in the Australian state of Victoria.

As well as that, there's still fierce debate between states… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.What happens if you arrive in New Zealand and have symptoms that could be Covid-19?

While the vast majority of arrivals go into managed isolation for two weeks, people who have a cough or a sniffly… Read more Audio

5:57 PM.A pig trotting around Dunedin sounds like a curly tale, but locals say they are telling no porkies, and they have got evidence to prove it.

And they say it is not the first time the pig has hogged… Read more Video, Audio

5:47 PM.Covid may have all but killed international tourism but the Department of Conservation's Great Walks are still attracting record number of trampers.

Opening week saw a 36 percent increase in overall… Read more Video, Audio

5:42 PM.The lease for a Warehouse Group store in Auckland has been on the market since last year, despite consultation about job losses at the store only beginning last week.

The revelation comes after the… Read more Audio

5:38 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Audio

5:29 PM.An epidemiologist and public health physician says an audit of managed isolation protocols is not enough to ensure the system is safe.

The Prime Minister says the two new Covid-19 cases represent an… Read more Video, Audio

5:26 PM.The two women who have tested positive for Covid-19 are being spoken to by Wellington Regional Health staff on Wednesday afternoon to confirm the details of the their movements from Auckland to… Read more Video, Audio

5:15 PM.A guest at the same hotel as two women who have been confirmed to have Covid-19 says she was only tested for the virus on Wednesday despite Health Ministry protocols to the contrary. Read more Video, Audio

5:11 PM.Health authorities are scrambling to get in touch with 320 people to prevent Covid-19 spreading further than the two women who brought it back into the country.

The women were found to have the… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.The government is facing a fierce backlash after the bungled quarantine of two returning New Zealand citizens - including calls for the Health Minister to resign.

The Prime Minister has announced she… Read more Video, Audio

6:23 PM.A Waikato businessman is continuing to promote and sell chlorine dioxide bleach as a 'miracle' cure for 95 percent of the world's diseases, including Covid-19.

Roger Blake is rubbishing claims that… Read more Video, Audio