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Finance minister Nicola Willis speaks to Jimmy Ellingham Read more Audio

The new Finance Minister has pledged a multi-billion dollar economic repair job, carving out an initial $7.5 billion of savings to help deliver tax cuts. The details of how those tax cuts will be… Read more Audio

Southland Police are urging caution in the water after a woman was bitten by a shark in Riverton. The 21-year-old recieved a signifcant laceration to her leg, after walking in knee deep water in an… Read more Audio

Nearly $1 million dollars aside for fitting out wheelchair taxis is sitting unused, as the window to claim it draws near. Taxi companies around the country have claimed just a quarter of the $1.2… Read more Audio

The Prime Minister, Christopher Luxon, has spent another day batting away claims of hypocrisy, with his previous comments about te reo and international travel coming back to haunt him. It comes the… Read more Audio

14 New Zealand cricketers will go under the hammer in the Indian Premier League auction tonight - including rising star Rachin Ravindra. After a strong Cricket World Cup last month Ravindra has been… Read more Audio

DOC has managed to get new walking tracks around Cathedral Cove open for summer, despite the hike down to the popular Coromandel beach being off the cards, for now. Extreme weather events in January… Read more Audio

Six people have appeared in court today, charged over allegations Corrections staff were bribed with cash and sex to take contraband into Wellington's Rimutaka Prison. Of the six, three men have been… Read more Audio

A new art installation by Auckland Council is hoping to revitalise one of Central Auckland's most infamous parks. The sculpture, called Waimahara, welcomes visitors to the lower end of Myers Park with… Read more Audio

Although Aotearoa has some of the strictest quarantine regulations in the world, some travellers still try to sneak in items that are not allowed. In the past three months, quarantine officers seized… Read more Audio