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One of the last families in a Bay of Plenty settlement at risk from an extreme weather event has reluctantly agreed to leave as part of a managed retreat. But for them it will be a longer goodbye. Read more Video, Audio

The runaway housing market is expected to bolt ahead by another 30 percent over the next five years - while wage growth will be less than half that.

The government books show the economy's bouncing… Read more Audio

The major gaps in data on abuse among children in state and faith-based institutions has a chilling impact for some.

An interim report by the Royal Commission estimated up to a quarter of a million… Read more Audio

Auckland Zoo's orangutans have a new playground that allows them to move around at great heights. 

The high canopy habitat was officially opened today as part of the Zoo's ongoing South East Asia… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand Post workers are in the thick of a record-breaking Christmas amid a nationwide online shopping frenzy. Its couriers are delivering two million parcels a week and asking the public to send… Read more Video, Audio

With nine days until Christmas - Auckland City Mission is gearing up to hand out tens of thousands of presents and food parcels to whānau in need.

But this year things are a bit different. There will… Read more Video, Audio

A category five storm, the highest level, is bearing down on the Fiji Islands.

Cyclone Yasa is forecast to pass directly across the country's two main islands.

It is cyclone season in the Pacific… Read more Audio

The total cost to taxpayers from Trevor Mallard's false rape claim could keep climbing, with news of further legal action still underway.

The revelation came at Parliamentary select committee this… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Electronics and appliance retailer Noel Leeming has been given a serve for misleading shoppers over delivery times.

The chain has had a formal warning from the Commerce Commission after it likely… Read more Video, Audio

A group representing some survivors of abuse believes the estimated number of people abused while in care is well off the mark.

An interim report from the Royal Commission into Abuse in Care has been… Read more Audio

Business deposits have boomed and borrowing has dropped according to latest Reserve Bank figures - strengthening calls for more wage subsidies to be repaid.

Today retirement villages Summerset and… Read more Audio