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The government said its changes to emergency housing are positive - resulting in significantly fewer families living in motels. But advocates for the homeless are worried about the number of… Read more Audio

Wellingtonians have weighed in on whether the city council should spend millions of dollars installing permanent fencing along the capital's waterfront. A coroner says the council must act, following… Read more Audio

Kiwis five eighth Dylan Brown is set to sign with the Newcastle Knights for a reported $13 million over ten years. Sports reporter Jonty Dine spoke to Lisa Owen. Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwillich spoke to Lisa Owen about Canada's new PM coming in hot against Donald Trump and his tariffs, and a Palestinian activist - and legal resident of the United… Read more Audio

The company making more than 125,000 meals a day for the government's revamped school lunch programme has gone into liquidation. Libelle group is contracted to Compass, the Government supplier for the… Read more Audio

A Canadian pizza parlour has taken all US ingredients and drinks off the menu as US President Donald Trump continues the to and fro over trade tarriffs. Graham Palmateer owns Gram's Pizza in Toronto… Read more Audio

United Kingdom correspondent Alice Wilkins spoke to Lisa Owen about how new research shows Brits were among the hardest hit by the fallout of COVID-19, a major drugs plot being foiled - partly because… Read more Audio

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

New Zealand golfer Steven Alker has won for the first time in more than a year on the PGA Tour Champions. Alker needed a sudden death playoff to claim the Cologuard Classic title in Arizona - his… Read more Audio

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon was fielding questions about the embattled school lunches programme at his weekly post-cabinet press conference. Deputy political editor Craig McCulloch spoke to Lisa… Read more Audio

A menu of mishaps means the government's school lunch provider is now facing new performance measures, including providing daily evidence of what it's serving up. Food Safety is investigating the… Read more Audio

The family of Fa'asala Sam Matue who died after being tased by police during a pursuit last Sunday at Orere Point is still waiting to hear his official cause of death, so they can repatriate his body… Read more Audio