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People with life-shortening conditions will soon get to access their KiwiSaver earlier.

The government has announced that from March people with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, Huntington's disease… Read more Audio

The so-called "wokester" Police Commissioner has gone head to head with National MP Simon Bridges.

The pair clashed in several heated exchanges in a select committee today, over the police's approach… Read more Video, Audio

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Air New Zealand has burnt through $1 billion in cash reserves, with the company today announcing a loss of $185 million for the second half of 2020.

It has just over $170 million of its own cash… Read more Video, Audio

A Waikato doctor wants to know where promised funding for mental health has gone, after it was pledged by the Prime Minister at his practice.

Jacinda Ardern visited the Matamata Medical Centre in… Read more Audio

Associate Health Minister Ayesha Verrall apologises about the wait time of nearly eight hours on the phone to Healthline for a woman who had visited Kmart on Saturday 20 February. Read more Video, Audio

It was revealed on Thursday there was a house viewing at the home of the family most recently infected with Covid-19.

A real estate agent and three others were at the private viewing on Saturday… Read more Video, Audio

Officials are scrambling to see if they can do anything for the Whakatāne Mill, where more than 200 jobs are at risk.

As the largest private employer in the eastern Bay of Plenty, the mill is slated… Read more Audio

The government is under pressure for having housed just 12 families under its Progressive Home Ownership Scheme, since it launched seven months ago.

Seventy-eight more families have been contracted… Read more Audio

The second batch of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has touched down in New Zealand - with more expected in the coming weeks.

By the end of March, New Zealand is on track to receive a total of about… Read more Audio

The National Party has again butted heads with Parliament's Speaker Trevor Mallard - with expletives flying across the debating chamber.

The shenanigans reflect the rocky relationship between them.

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Silver Fern Farms has been fined more than $330,000 over an ammonia leak at its Hawera plant that was potentially lethal to its staff, emergency services personnel and nearby residents.

The February… Read more Audio