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Players of PokemonGo are getting serious about how to catch the creatures from the franchise and top the leaderboard - with some even taking to their kayaks to catch the virtual minibeasts. Audio

After a rocky start six years ago, Whanau Ora, the Maori social service approach for Maori by Maori, is reporting strong results at the North Island Commissioning conference held in Auckland today. Audio

Residents in the Wellington suburb of Miramar will have to continue using home-grown techniques to protect their grassy verges, with a permanent airport parking solution still months away. Audio

The group fighting the sale of council land to create a water bottling plant in Ashburton says the next battle will be to get the council to dump the water consent. Audio

The Crown prosecutor has held up the bloodied broken beer bottle to a High Court jury which he says was used by a teenager to murder a promising young rugby league player in a Grey Lynn street brawl. Audio

A woman who abandoned her leasehold home on the edge of Auckland's Cornwall Park has won the right to go to the Supreme Court in November after her rent increased from $8300 to $73,000 p.a. Audio

After a marathon eight days of vote counting, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday declared victory in the tough-fought Federal election, after Labor leader Bill Shorten finally… Read more Audio

New Zealanders spent $40 million on tickets for Saturday night's record $40 million powerball jackpot, with three winners across the country winning $13.3m apiece. Audio

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

Civil rights protests have erupted across the United States over the weekend, following the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and the subsequent murders of five police officers in Dallas.