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The government has asked Sport New Zealand to review and update its guidelines on the inclusion of transgender people in community sport. Sport and Recreation Minister Chris Bishop announced today… Read more Audio

The big stink in Christchurch continues, with residents having to wait another three years for the rancid Bromley waste water treatment plant to be fixed. That's despite the council finally settling… Read more Audio

United States correspondent Todd Zwilich spoke to Lisa Owen about a mass exodus being underway along Florida's Gulf Coast as Hurricane Milton strengthens into a rare Category five storm. Thousands of… Read more Audio

A pain killer for mortgage holders or are there more economic aches to come? The reserve bank's sliced half a percentage point off the official cash rate; dropping it to 4.75 percent. It said the cut… Read more Audio

There's been a very special gathering in Arrowtown over the last few days, with members of the Cotter family coming far and wide to celebrate the history of the Cotter clan. From the mid 1800s to… Read more Audio

The terrorist who carried out the massacres at Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre obtained his firearms licence and, as a result, the guns used in the slayings at a time when gun laws… Read more Audio

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

The White Ferns have made a winning start to the T20 Cricket World Cup and will need to knock over the world champion Australians tomorrow to stay on track in the UAE. After a terrible lead up to the… Read more Audio

A document dump by health authorities this afternoon has shed light on the huge and rising deficit facing New Zealand's hospitals. Over 450 pages of  financial reports were released amid questions… Read more Audio

The NZ Navy has this evening confirmed the HMNZS Manawanui, is lying on her side in 30 metres underwater on a reef off the south coast of Upolu in Samoa and is so far not leaking diesel. The ship with… Read more Audio

A struggling GP practice was allegedly told by a Te Whatu Ora committee to set up a cafe inside their clinic to bring in extra cash. In September, General Practice New Zealand surveyed Primary health… Read more Audio

A Coroner has criticised the hosts of a overcrowded Dunedin party where Sophia Crestani died, saying her death was likely preventable. The University of Otago student died at a party hosted in a… Read more Audio