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As the flame is extinguished, and Aotearoa reflects on its most successful Olympics - the dominance of haka, waiata and tino rangatiratanga flags was also noticable this year.

Ngāti Porou wāhine -… Read more Audio

A cold front has swept across New Zealand in the last 24 hours, leaving motorists stranded, closing schools and bringing a heavy dusting of snow to skifields.

Highways across the country have… Read more Video, Audio

Midwives in Auckland and Northland walked off the job and onto the streets - kicking off consecutive days of rolling strikes across the country.

About 1,500 union members are protesting following… Read more Audio

It's the cheap deal that could cost you dearly. Police say stolen gas heating systems being sold on the web are often damaged and could cause an explosion.

The califont systems are being swiped from… Read more Video, Audio

Months into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the number of vaccinated Māori and Pacific people remains well down on the rest of the population. Health groups are worried efforts to target the most… Read more Video, Audio

Months into the Covid-19 vaccine rollout, the number of vaccinated Māori and Pacific people remains well down on the rest of the population.

Health groups are worried efforts to target the most… Read more Audio

Timaru teens are being urged to be very careful around a planned tribute for five boys who died in a car crash on the weekend.

The boys - all aged between 15 and 16 - died when an overloaded car… Read more Audio

Craig Harrison is the national secretary of the Maritime Union. He discusses the case of the cargo ship with workers with Covid-19 at the Port of Tauranga.

He says the situation has been handled… Read more Video, Audio

Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test because another ship has been hit by the virus.

Our political editor Jane Patterson joins Lisa Owen from our Parliament office.

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Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test, because another ship has been hit by the virus.

This time it is off the coast of Tauranga with 11 of its 21 crew having tested… Read more Audio

Aotearoa's ability to make our own fuel is set to be scrapped, with hundreds of Northland jobs to be lost as well.

Refining NZ shareholders today voted overwhelmingly in favour of switching its… Read more Video, Audio

There are question marks around the All Blacks upcoming season, with players only wanting to do one stint in MIQ.

They're getting ready to face the Wallabies in the opening Bledisloe Cup test at Eden… Read more Audio