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Legal action has delayed a decision by the Crown Forestry Rental Trust on whether to fund a series of Treaty claims in Northland; The people of Parihaka have told the Government to stop allowing… Read more Audio

It will take years to give teeth to engineering watchdogs who have been proven powerless to penalise anyone over the CTV building collapse that killed 115 people. Audio

In what is the death knell for traditional film making here, Peter Jackson's Park Road studio in Wellington is closing down the country's last film processing laboratory. Audio

The Government will decide early next year whether drink driving limits should be reduced. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A Taranaki hermit has been allowed to continue living at his beach hut of 16 years after the New Plymouth District council has backed down over immediately evicting him. Audio

News from the business sector. Audio

Parliament has been told that there have been more than 700 accusations of fraud during the Christchurch rebuild. Audio

A UK tourist has become the third swimmer to drown at Piha beach in a little over a month. Audio

A few showers forecast for the drought-stricken North Island over the weekend are not expected to ease water restrictions in place in many cities. Audio

Strong earnings from Fonterra look set to come to the aid of drought stricken dairy farmers who have watched helplessly as a lack of rain dried up their milk output. Audio

The lawyer for a woman who beat up her former boyfriend with a mallet while she was drunk, causing injuries that later killed him, says she has admitted to making a mistake and is sorry. Audio