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Despite the pain suffered by plenty of businesses through the Covid-19 pandemic, there's been plenty of spending too. GST paid by businesses to Inland Revenue increased by $1.1 billion for the first… Read more Audio

New Zealand could have enough Covid-19 vaccine for three quarters of a million people by early next year; so who will get it first and what about everybody else.

American drug company Pfizer has… Read more Video, Audio

Air New Zealand is being criticised by its own staff for not making masks mandatory for passengers.

The country's latest community Covid-19 case was a Defence Force worker who took a domestic flight… Read more Video, Audio

RNZ Hawke's Bay reporter Tom Kitchin joins us with the latest from a flooded street in Napier. Video, Audio

Napier is being pummeled by more heavy rain this evening, hampering clean up efforts after a one-in-200-year event.

A number of homes have been evacuated and some people say they're lucky to have… Read more Audio

A marathon hearing into the proposed development of a controversial dump in Auckland began today.

The mooted Dome Valley Dump, five kilometres from Warkworth, has attracted objections from Auckland… Read more Audio

Joe Biden's win makes history in more than one way.

His running mate, Kamala Harris, stands poised to be the first woman, and the first woman of colour to become vice president.

And as RNZ… Read more Audio

US President Donald Trump is remaining defiant, refusing to concede defeat while continuing to lob grenades on Twitter at what he calls the "lamestream" media, for calling the US election against him.

Hundreds of people have been tested as officials scramble to find out how far Covid-19 has spread in the community.

It's after two Defence Force staff tested postive for the virus - and one of them… Read more Audio

Some Lake Ōhau residents are returning to undamaged homes surrounded by flowering lupins and green grass in the wake of last month's devastating fire.

The fire tore through the village damaging or… Read more Video, Audio

Warning: The descriptions and details in this story may distress some people.

A prison inmate thought he was going to die after allegedly being forced to perform sex acts on his bunk mate.

Benjamin… Read more Audio

Online meeting attendance only is likely to be the new advice from the DG of health when it comes quarantine workers catching up with their colleagues after a Defence Force employee infected someone… Read more Video, Audio