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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

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

Barriers and sand bags are going up in Wanaka as residents and council staff brace for flooding.

Gradually rising water levels are yet to reach the main street, but locals say it's only a matter of… Read more Video, Audio

More pressure is being heaped on Pharmac over its brand switch of epilepsy drugs.

The Chief Coroner has announced she is launching an investigation into four deaths linked to Logem - a brand of… Read more Video, Audio

Two days of national shut-down in Samoa are coming to a close and over 100 vaccination vans are returning to Apia - many from remote villages.

Almost everyone has been staying at home, under… Read more Video, Audio

He was 'stupid and dumb'. Cabinet Minister Kris Faafoi has refused to resign but he has said sorry to the Prime Minister on Friday afternoon over his poor handling of a family friend's immigration… Read more Audio

The Pike River recovery team expects to break the main seal and push further into the mine by Christmas if all goes according to plan.

WorkSafe has signed off on an exemption that will allow the next… Read more Video, Audio

The Chief Censor is concerned about the rise in popularity of simulated incest porn online and videos with non-consensual behaviour.

The Office of Film and Literature Classification has released a… Read more Audio

The Commerce Commission has confirmed what many drivers already suspected: they're probably paying too much at the petrol pump.

The competition watchdog says the big fuel companies' stranglehold over… Read more Video, Audio

Returning to Samoa now where just 5,000 people were vaccinated today as the medical teams raced against time to vaccinate the country's population against measles.

People were told to stay at home on… Read more Video, Audio

An experienced hiker who was swept almost to his death in a Tasman river, says it's the closest call he's ever had in the outdoors.

Chris Muse, an outdoor guide in Alaska, was walking the South… Read more Video, Audio

Many Ngāpuhi leaders are doubtful the Crown's renewed effort to get its Treaty settlement back on track will work, and are furious they've been given just days notice before an open hui about a way… Read more Video, Audio