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Australia's government says it will suspend all flights from India to Australia until the May 15.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement as India continues to deal with a record-breaking… Read more Audio

Former Dunedin Mayor, Dave Cull, has died at the age of 71 after a battle with cancer.

Cull served as mayor for three terms from 2010 - and was elected president of Local Government New Zealand in… Read more Audio

A big drop in the age limit for accessing the Covid-19 vaccine means anyone over 50 can now get their shot at Northland immunisation clinics.

The District Health Board announced the change through… Read more Audio

The demand for an assistance dog has skyrocketed, with people living with a disability waiting an average of five years to get a dog.

There are 63 families on the Assistance Dog Trust waiting list… Read more Video, Audio

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Invercargill man Russel Bell has noticed over the past several weeks his previously good cellphone signal has dissolved into basically nothing.

Since February 14 Bell thinks he has been missing calls… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand cricketers in India could miss out on the World Test Championship Final unless the UK government grants them an exemption to enter the country.

Even if that happens, a commercial flight… Read more Video, Audio

Despite Western Australia being in a three-day lockdown due to a community Covid-19 outbreak, it has been revealed a New Zealand citizen still managed to cross state lines to Sydney and fly from there… Read more Video, Audio

Non-New Zealand citizens trying to get back to Aotearoa from very high-risk Covid-19 countries are basically out of runway under the government's new rules.

It's created a category for countries with… Read more Video, Audio

In another change announced today, people returning to New Zealand at about the same time will now all be taken to the same managed- isolation hotel.

The government is changing the way it handles… Read more Video, Audio

The government is planning to give local Government the biggest overhaul in decades.

The Minister Nanaia Mahuta today announced an independent review which will determine the future of the sector for… Read more Audio

New Zealand residents in four Covid-19-ravaged countries will be barred from coming home under a new regime at the border. Only citizens from those countries will be able to return.

The rules are a… Read more Audio