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Jetstar has announced it will axe all regional flights from December 1.

The budget airline is citing high fuel costs and a softened market for ongoing losses on the turboprop routes, which currently… Read more Video, Audio

Police are searching for a man they describe as a sexual predator following two separate attacks over the weekend.

In the first attack, a 17-year-old woman was abducted from the New World supermarket… Read more Video, Audio

It's set to be biggest single event in Australasian combat sports history.

When UFC 243 takes place in Melbourne next Sunday - no less than four New Zealanders will compete in front of a worldwide… Read more Video, Audio

The next stage of gun law reform which will introduce a firearms register and new penalties has passed its first reading. In April a law banning military style semi-automatic weapons and parts passed… Read more Audio

Up to 21 people are reported dead after ongoing violence in Indonesia's remote Papua province, as security forces clamp down on more student mobilisations.

About 16 people died in the town of Wamena… Read more Video, Audio

The government's given the green light for a new highway to replace the Manawatu Gorge road.

The gorge road, which had been one of the main routes between the west and east coast of the lower North… Read more Audio

An abuse survivor says heads need to roll if trust is to be restored in the Royal Commission of inquiry into abuse in care.

The Minister responsible for the inquiry, Tracey Martin is demanding… Read more Video, Audio

A record number of threatened kākā have been released into the Abel Tasman National Park.

Twelve of the native parrots - raised in captivity - flew from their purpose-built aviary at Bark Bay and… Read more Video, Audio

While the Rugby World Cup dominates headlines it's not the only rugby tournament going on in Japan

Defence forces from around the globe taking part in their World Cup. The tournament has run… Read more Video, Audio

For the second time in two years a government has announced the demise of the much-maligned school decile system.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins wants to replace the 1-10 decile number by 2022 with… Read more Video, Audio

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

The Christchurch mosque attacks have been front-and-centre of what's been a jam-packed day for the Prime Minister at the United Nations.

Jacinda Ardern talked gun control with the US President Donald… Read more Video, Audio