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A new kind of health worker is being created in a bid to ease the growing pressures on family doctors and nurses. Audio

A group of hapu in Northland is claiming they own the water that comes from springs which partly supply Whangarei; The Government says tangata whenua will be able to start having their say on… Read more Audio

China is reassuring the world its economy is in no danger of collapsing in the wake of financial crises in the United States and Europe. Audio

The family of a sailor killed on a navy warship says the buck needs to stop with the Minister of Defence at the time. Audio

The mayor of Auckland has unveiled his ideas for a 10-year plan for the city and they include the possibility of congestion charges to help pay for the Auckland City Rail Link. Audio

An update from the team at RNZ Sport. Audio

A priest who resigned as a senior manager at AUT has appeared in court charged with defrauding the university of more than six hundred thousand dollars. Audio

News from the business sector including a market report. Audio

To Sydney, where the family at the centre of last night's hostage drama has been speaking about the ordeal. Audio

The father of a sailor killed on the Canterbury warship, whose death has been found to have been preventable, says the buck needs to stop with the Minister of Defence at the time. Audio

Official figures show the number of people out of work remains stubbornly high despite signs the economy is picking up. Audio

We are joined now by Inland Revenue's Carolyn Tremain Audio