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The 'no paywave' sign may soon become a thing of the past - as new legislation to regulate transaction charges is announced.

Caps will be set on the amount banks can charge retailers for credit and… Read more Video, Audio

Countdown workers in Dunedin have returned to the store for a blessing today, after two were caught up in a stabbing attack.

The company will make a decision tomorrow about when it will reopen.

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Australia's tourism sector has slammed the federal government over its forecasts for the border reopening.

The Budget predicts the border will reopen in the middle of next year, but is based on the… Read more Audio

New Zealand's massive Covid-19 vaccine stockpile is being whittled away - with the government revealing it may completely run out earlier than anticipated.

It could mean the immunisation programme is… Read more Audio

Politicians - end the race debate, get on with your jobs - that short sharp message from the chair of the National Māori Authority.

In the latest political gnarl up, Te Paati Māori MP Rawiri Waititi… Read more Video, Audio

Thousands of early childhood teachers will get a pay rise next year thanks to a $170-million funding boost announced by the government today.

Education Minister Chris Hipkins says the money will be… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6253769896001 Video, Audio

Lying down to demand action - in 11 towns and cities across the country, people made an impassioned plea for the government to double Pharmac's funding, and triple it within two years.

In the… Read more Video, Audio

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout should hit the half million jab mark within the next fortnight.

Although only 120,000 people have had their second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.

The government announced… Read more Video, Audio

The executive principal and deputy principal of a prestigious private school have been absent for weeks, and questions are being raised about where they are.

Dale Burden and his wife Yevette Williams… Read more Video, Audio

Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi has been kicked out of the House for doing a haka in protest of questions by the Opposition about race-based policy.

National leader Judith Collins was asking… Read more Video, Audio

A 21-year-old man has today pleaded guilty to sexual abuse at the reclusive fundamentalist Gloriavale Christian Community. 

Much of the detail has been suppressed, but our reporter Tim Brown was in… Read more Video, Audio