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Health Minister David Clark has replaced the Waikato District Health Board with a commissioner. That has one member worried health services will have to be cut if a ballooning deficit is to be… Read more Audio

A plan for how to distribute the remainder of the money donated via Victim Support to mosque shooting victims will be announced this week. And as Logan Church reports, that money is desperately… Read more Video, Audio

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are celebrating after the much-anticipated birth of their first child. The baby boy, seventh in line to the throne, was born early this morning and weighed 3.2 kilos… Read more Video, Audio

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

As the government announces its plans for a cannabis referendum, a self-described "cannabis master" who grows and sells marijuana, provides insight into the illegal business he's running, and what a… Read more Video, Audio

The government has announced its plan to hold a yes/no vote on cannabis legislation, but New Zealand First leader Winston Peters says whether New Zealanders can smoke pot or not isn't his party's… Read more Video, Audio

Massey University Professor Steve Trewick wants DOC to impose daily limits on the number of visitors to Awaroa Inlet - the so called "people's beach" bought through a crowd funding campaign. Video, Audio

Christchurch City Council is going to miss its self-imposed deadline for getting chlorine out of most of the city's water supply. Audio

When the Lambert family bought their cottage in 2006, it had been 15 years since the last big flood hit the small town of Milton. Since then, it's flooded every two to three years, inundating their… Read more Video, Audio