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National Party MP Nick Smith is retiring next month, after 30 years in Parliament.

The list MP says he is stepping down for personal and professional reasons, including an inquiry into an employment… Read more Video, Audio

The only way out of Ashburton to the north tonight is by air, as flood waters inundate roads around the town and locals are urged to hunker down.

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown joins Lisa Owen with the… Read more Video, Audio

The only way out of Ashburton to the north tonight is by air, as flood waters inundate roads around the town and locals are urged to hunker down.

The options to the south are not much better, with 10… Read more Video, Audio

No swim warnings are closer to becoming a thing of the past for Aucklanders - as a $1 billion WaterCare project moves to the next step.

With construction on the Central Interceptor now well underway… Read more Video, Audio

Fancy the thought of lying on a sun-soaked beach, sipping a cocktail and getting a Covid-19 jab while you're at it?

Well, a growing number of countries are offering just that with Guam, the Maldives… Read more Audio

Now to Dunedin, and a cacophony of cheeps, chirps, cackles and crows at the National Bird Show.

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A pair of New Zealanders loom large, as petrolheads around the world gear up for one of the biggest days on the global motorsport calendar.

Despite entering the Indy 500 at opposite ends of the… Read more Audio

Midwives are asking for stricter limits on the amount of polluting nitrates allowed in people's drinking water.

It is in response to new research showing the risk of premature births can increase… Read more Video, Audio

Principals are demanding the Ministry of Education do more to support schools who are forced to enrol violent pupils.

Currently, if a child is excluded or expelled from one school, the Ministry can… Read more Audio

A cyber-security expert says the ransom demand for Waikato DHB's hacked data would likely be in the millions or even tens of millions of dollars, and only payable by cryptocurrency.

Stuff is… Read more Audio

The Covid-19 Response Minister says further limitations on travel from Australia will ensure a spike of Covid-19 cases in Melbourne remains 'low risk' to New Zealand.

The government's also bringing… Read more Audio

Cash, holidays, full university scholarships - those are just some of the things being dangled in front of Americans to encourage them to get vaccinated.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau has the details. Read more Audio