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A trauma cleaning business that has been posting graphic death-related images on social media has been forced to apologise.

Ten years after he disappeared without trace, a beloved pet is set to be reunited with his owners.

Winky, a one-eyed but very sociable moggie, wandered off in 2012 from his family's apartment at… Read more Video, Audio

While plenty of us have had interruptions to our lives because of Covid, spare a thought for the littlies who started school in 2020.

Now into year three, they're yet to have a full year of school in… Read more Video, Audio

Businesses have strongly rejected the government's assertion it did not swipe their rapid antigen tests for their own stocks.

The government spent much of last year with a ban on the importation of… Read more Video, Audio

It's time to ditch the government's test, test, test mantra in favour of a more targeted message; according to the scientists processing those tests.

Lab workers say they have been operating on the… Read more Audio

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New Zealanders are being warned to prepare for pumped up petrol prices, with rates likely to climb for some time yet.

That's according to the managing director of low cost operator Waitomo, who says… Read more Video, Audio

Parliament became a parking lot for hundreds of people's vehicles and Covid grievances today.

An anti-government convoy arrived at the doors of power with people from up and down the country voicing… Read more Video, Audio

The government is eyeing a shake-up of the ambulance sector as staffing and funding issues continue to plague St John.

The charity runs the majority of New Zealand's ambulance service, but has been… Read more Audio

Covid Modelling Aotearoa is standing by its latest projections of an Omicron outbreak leading to thousands of hospitalisations every day. Read more Video, Audio

The Prime Minister has been dragged in to a fresh Ministry-made muddle over Rapid Antigen Tests on the first day back at Parliament.

The Opposition accuses the Government of commandeering tests from… Read more Audio

Vaccinators say there's a rush on boosters as more Kiwis became eligible for another dose of the Covid-19 vaccine today.

Almost 1.5 million New Zealanders have had a third jab, but with the gap… Read more Audio