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News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Things may be looking up for Franz Josef with the Transport Agency hoping to have the badly damaged road to the north open before Christmas.

The news will be a welcome relief to tourism businesses in… Read more Video, Audio

St John Ambulance has confirmed that some patients on White Island are in a critical condition. St John's Director of Operations Norma Laine told RNZ reporter Katie Doyle several have burns and will… Read more Video, Audio

A massive rescue operation is underway following an eruption on White Island at around 2.11pm Monday, that sent a plume of ash and steam 12,000 feet into the air.

Around 50 are understood to be on or… Read more Video, Audio

Aucklanders' potato peels and apple cores are destined for greater things with the council rolling out a city wide composting scheme that will see food scraps recycled into useful stuf,; like heat and… Read more Video, Audio

Mums-to-be in a Bay of Plenty town say it's unfair to close their only birthing centre at short notice.

The District Health Board has closed the Opotiki Primary Maternity Unit for four months until… Read more Video, Audio

A doctor who has been on the front line of Samoa's measles epidemic believes infectious diseases and poor vaccination rates pose a greater challenge to the world then terrorism.

Hawaii's Lt Governor… Read more Video, Audio

Cabinet minister Kris Faafoi says he's said some dumb things - but did not do the wrong thing in his dealings with Jason Kerrison over an immigration case.

The lead singer of the band OPSHOP… Read more Video, Audio

Visitors to Te Papa will have the chance to immerse themselves in the psychedelic multi-verse of Alice's Wonderland with the opening of a new exhibition.

The interactive experience celebrates the… Read more Video, Audio

Scientists are trying to get ahead of the game and discover how concussions and repeated injuries affect the human brain in sport.

New Zealand's only 'brain bank' is asking rugby players and boxers… Read more Audio

In the United States the war of words in Washington DC is reaching fever pitch as Democrats push forward with impeachment charges against President Donald Trump.

There are allegations of nervous… Read more Video, Audio

The small Otago township of Kurow is in shock after a well-known local was shot dead during a confrontation with armed police on Thursday night.

Police were called to the home of the man, whose name… Read more Audio