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6:18 PM.Senior hospital doctors says hospitals are in a dire state and the government has a chance to spend up big to solve the problem once and for all.

The government's first nationwide stock-take came out… Read more Audio

6:11 PM.Controversy is growing among some school communities after reports of staff tearing down Black Lives Matter posters.

Students from Auckland's Marist College and Christchurch's St Andrew's College… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.The mayor of Kaikōura is welcoming new money for his town today, but says more will be needed if it is going to bounce back from the fallout from Covid-19.

The Prime Minister and Tourism Minister… Read more Video, Audio

5:51 PM.An Auckland University linguist says the expression "stick to your knitting" can be traced back at least 150 years, but he probably will not be using it again.

Dr Keith Montgomery from Auckland… Read more Video, Audio

5:48 PM.The knitting community is split over whether National MP Paul Goldsmith's comments on Tuesday telling the Prime Minister to 'stick to her knitting' were offensive.

It came after Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio

5:47 PM.The Electricity Authority says planned changes to the way the national power grid is paid for should have only modest impact on consumer and business power bills.

It's unveiled a new user-pays based… Read more Audio

5:44 PM.There are calls for Trade Minister David Parker to muscle up to the European Union following a "disappointing" offer on free trade.

It's the first formal offer on the table but a far cry from what… Read more Audio

5:33 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:25 PM.WARNING: Includes graphic details distressing to some listeners.

The man who admitted murdering Christchurch woman Angela Blackmoore 25 years ago has been sentenced to a minimum of 10 years in… Read more Audio

5:22 PM.The Human Rights Commission has slammed the Parliamentary process for rushing through controversial powers for alert level 2.

There was backlash last month when the coalition government passed the… Read more Audio

5:13 PM.A $1.5 million government grant for Whale Watch Kaikōura could bring more than $20 million into the beleaguered town.

About 90 percent of the tour company's revenue comes from international visitors… Read more Audio

5:07 PM.On Wednesday morning Nia Cherrington was a lone voice, stepping down as Marist College's cultural leader following claims her teachers tore down Black Lives Matter posters she'd put up around the… Read more Video, Audio

6:25 PM.Consumer NZ says it wants law changes fast-tracked because Air New Zealand is dragging its heels over giving passengers refunds for cancelled flights.

Consumer NZ met with Air New Zealand to discuss… Read more Audio

6:16 PM.New Zealanders woke up on Tuesday morning living in one of eight countries, free from Covid-19.

There was relief and joy around the country with people no longer required to social distance after… Read more Audio

6:06 PM.National MP Paul Goldsmith concedes it was not the best choice of words to tell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to "stick to her knitting" after she expressed anger over job cuts at The Warehouse.

The… Read more Video, Audio

5:55 PM.All Blacks first-five Beauden Barrett is preparing for a pair of significant firsts when the Blues and Hurricanes meet in the opening round of Super Rugby Aotearoa this weekend.

As well as being his… Read more Video, Audio

5:50 PM.The SIS spied on a senior Labour MP in the 1980s and 1990s, even though for part of that time he had an oversight role of the intelligence agency as chair of the justice select committee.

Richard… Read more Audio

5:45 PM.Police have apologised to the whānau of a 16-year-old boy from Masterton who was arrested last year after being wrongly identified as a suspect who had robbed a gas station two days earlier.

Police… Read more Audio

5:39 PM.The Prime Minister visited the Bay of Plenty on Tuesday to meet workers who have taken up roles in the horticultural sector after losing their jobs due to Covid-19.

Horticulture New Zealand says 2000… Read more Audio

5:35 PM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

5:29 PM.All people arriving at the border will now have to be tested for Covid-19 - not only to detect the virus but also to start tracking which countries are going to be the most high risk.

New arrivals… Read more Audio

5:20 PM.The controversial police Armed Response Teams have been axed for good.

The six month trial in Counties-Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury was fiercely criticised by justice advocates, concerned about a… Read more Video, Audio

5:13 PM.First it was Bunnings, now it's Warehouse Stationery closing its doors in Te Awamutu.

Monday's news came as a bolt from the blue for the community with 200 new homes set to be built in the area and… Read more Video, Audio

5:07 PM.Questions are being raised around whether The Warehouse Group acted in good faith by taking millions of dollars in Government wage subsidies before announcing at least 1000 jobs could go.

The… Read more Audio

6:26 PM.A group of students at an elite Christchurch private school say a teacher tore down posters and verbally abused them for promoting the Black Lives Matter movement.

The students at St Andrew's… Read more Audio