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Sex educators are warning a Government-funded contraceptive implant could lead to young people having unsafe sex, increasing sexually transmitted infections at a time when contraction rates are… Read more Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

A group that represents social workers says it's unacceptable that an inexperienced social worker was given a complex case without proper supervision, in which a baby later died. Audio

The organisers of Tonga's Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Fund hope to raise one million dollars by the end of tommorrow's two hour Radiothon which finishes at 1pm. Audio

A cache of secret stolen files in Australia is being described as a dangerous breach of national security and criminal intelligence. Audio

An update from the RNZ sports team. Audio

Slowing global demand for agricultural and forestry products has helped widen the country's trade deficit. Audio

Arguments for and against the Employment Relations and Holiday Amendment bill have been heard at a select committe in Auckland today. Audio

Returning to our earlier story now, rescuers have saved the humpback whale entangled in fishing rope in Northland's Doubtless Bay. Audio

New figures from the Reserve Bank show bank lending is giving only weak impetus to economic growth. Audio

The Transport Minister says the rules for turning vehicles at intersections are confusing and out of step with the rest of the world - and now they're going. Audio

An employment lawyer says Sir Peter Jackson could offer actors in his movie The Hobbit a collective agreement if he wanted to - but he probably doesn't want to. Audio