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Despite today's TPP protests, the controversial agreement was signed by Ministers of the 12 countries at the SkyCity convention centre in Auckland. Audio

New Zealand Steel collects iron sands and transports them via an undersea pipeline to a giant Japanese bulk carrier moored off the open coast near Kawhia - but NZ First claims the process is… Read more Audio

Prime Minister John Key put an end to the "will he" or "won't he" speculation today, confirming that he would be going to Waitangi on Friday, to the lower marae, or Te Tii. Audio

The government is investigating how it may be able to financially contribute to the public purchase of private land in the Abel Tasman National Park. Audio

Unemployment has unexpectedly fallen to a six year low. But while the jobless rate fell to 5.3 percent in the last three months of 2015, though 21,000 jobs were created, an estimated 14,000 people… Read more Audio

An Afghan boy who gained internet fame due to a series of photographs of him in a homemade Messi shirt made out of a rubbish bag, is waiting to meet his hero, reports Reuters. Audio

The Black Caps are playing Australia in their first One-Day cricket Interational in the Chappell-Hadlee series at Eden Park. Audio

The World Health Organisation cautions that the mosquito-borne Zika virus, linked to birth defects, could spread to to Africa and Asia which have the highest birth rates in the world. Audio