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Police are investigating possible corruption at Rimutaka Prison involving guards and gang members, which might have been going on for years.

An investigation has been running since July and involves… Read more Audio

The family of a terminally-ill Brisbane man is fighting for permission to bring his four children over the state border to see him one last time, after initially being told only one of his kids would… Read more Video, Audio

The Greens are playing hard-ball on tax, floating the prospect of sitting on the cross-benches if Labour doesn't take a more extreme position.

Labour has promised no tax changes other than a new… Read more Audio

Fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories are putting New Zealand's Covid-19 response at risk and could block the path to alert level 1.

That was the strong message from the Health Minister… Read more Video, Audio

Southland workers at the endangered Tiwai Point smelter are frustrated it has taken political leaders so long to take their livelihoods seriously.

In July, Rio Tinto announced production would end at… Read more Video, Audio

National leader Judith Collins has promised a Royal Commission will investigate the fatal Whakaari White Island eruption if her party is elected in October.

She says the people affected want answers… Read more Audio

Jacinda Ardern returned to Whakatāne for the first time since the aftermath of the Whakaari White Island eruption which killed 21 people and seriously injured 25 others.

The Labour leader had morning… Read more Video, Audio

Corrections has admitted it has acted outside the law by confining women to to their cells at Auckland Women's Prison for more than 23 hours a day.

Women at the jail, 67 percent of whom are Māori… Read more Video, Audio

Ahead of the 2020 General Election, National's health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti and Labour's health spokesperson Chris Hipkins debate the main parties' health policies. Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. Video, Audio

Labour is vowing to create a new top tax tier for people earning more than $180,000 a year if it's re-elected next month. 

Lisa Owen talks details with Finance Minister and Labour's finance… Read more Video, Audio