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The South Taranaki town of Hawera is in a state of shock today after three of its police officers were charged with manslaughter over the death of a man in custody in June last year.

The officers -… Read more Audio

Air New Zealand is saying sorry, but the severity of its financial situation means it simply cannot afford to refund everyone without dipping into its $900 million government loan facility.

The… Read more Video, Audio

A short phasing traffic light at road works is being blamed for causing hundreds of holidaymakers to get caught in gridlocked traffic in the Awakino Gorge in Taranaki yesterday.

But the Transport… Read more Audio

Talk of returning the country to a "new normal" has been welcomed with cautious optimism, but those who are eagerly awaiting a change warn the devil is in the detail.

The Prime Minister this morning… Read more Audio

An organiser of the Black Lives Matter protest in Christchurch is standing by his decision to help create the event, despite social distancing rules not being followed.

It was one of several events… Read more Audio

CNN corespondent Darryl Forges is in Minneapolis - ground zero for the protests.

A few days ago his colleague Omar Jimenez and his camera crew were arrested by riot police, while reporting live on… Read more Video, Audio

In the United States now where US President Donald Trump has today declared himself a "President of Law and Order", and threatened to deploy the military to cities across the country to end a week of… Read more Video, Audio

There are calls for a thorough investigation into the contractors supposed to recover the bodies of pets killed on Auckland roads, after revelations a worker threw a dead cat into a ditch instead of… Read more Video, Audio

Campers, trampers and Coromandel residents were all wringing out their mops today after a deluge of prolonged heavy rain over the long weekend.

More than half a metre of rain lashed the region over… Read more Audio

A Māori law expert says the police minister is off the mark in saying the police is not a systemically racist organisation. Stuart Nash says while the police may have issues with unconscious bias… Read more Audio

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

Countdown is giving staff a $10 million stake in the company. The supermarket giant announced on Tuesday more than 14,000 staff would receive Woolworths Group shares as a thank you for working through… Read more Video, Audio