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The Financial Markets Authority says protecting investors and ensuring intergrity in financial markets are top of its priorities as it starts a second year, with an expanded role. Audio

The government has forecast big increases to spending on research in its first ever national science strategy. Audio

Hundreds of homes are still without power this evening after violent winds ripped through Southland and Otago bring down power lines. Audio

A frail elderly woman who was severely underweight has died after being given too much paracetamol in hospital. Audio

An investigation has been launched into an ammonia leak which forced the evacuation of Cadbury factory workers in Dunedin. Audio

A rescue pilot is facing charges after rescuing an injured hunter in the remote Puhi Puhi Valley, north of Kaikoura. Audio

Negotiators at the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks in Atlanta are heading into another long night as officials try to nail the deal down Audio

Still optimism in Atlanta as the TPP trade talks drag on into the night. The rescue helicopter pilot in trouble for saving the life of a hunter when he shouldn't have been flying and still hundreds of… Read more Audio

Pressure from an online petition and media interest has led to an American football team canning its use of the Ka Mate haka; About 120 rangatahi have descended upon Ratana Pa for the weekend, to… Read more Audio

Since late last year there has been a huge increase in the number of New Zealanders being held in Australian detention centres, and this week it was revealed that one prisoner died while awaiting… Read more Audio

It's been revealed that a complaint that female doctors were being asked for sex in return for help with their careers was ignored by their professional body for seven years. Audio

A women's health group says a data breach at the Health Ministry is alarming and could undermine public confidence in data sharing. Audio