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The Government came under fire from multiple fronts today over race relations, cuts to public spending, and foreign affairs as MPs returned to Parliament for the new year. The first day back was was… Read more Video, Audio

Bolstering the thin blue line will require a substantially fatter budget, according to the police commissioner. The government's promising five hundred new frontline police in the next two years and… Read more Video, Audio

According to the report, 9 percent of children in OT care were harmed in the year ending June 2023. The Minister for Children says it's not good enough; while the Children and Young People's… Read more Video, Audio

A Ngatea pensioner who climbed Taranaki Maunga to mark his 90th birthday at the weekend says it was a 'humbling' experience. David Baker is believed to be the oldest individual to have ever summited… Read more Video, Audio

Increasingly warmer seas could see new types of marine mammals beaching on our country's shores. An eight metre juvenile fin whale got stuck on a sandbar in the shallow estuary at Moncks Bay in… Read more Video, Audio

More children than ever are being harmed under the watch of the very agency supposed to protect them. Oranga Tamariki's "Safety in Care" report shows 9% of children in its care were harmed in the year… Read more Video, Audio

The clock's ticking for schools to introduce cellphone bans by the start of term two, but it's an assignment one Principal's dreading. The National government's banning cellphones in schools to help… Read more Video, Audio

Sport with Jonty Dine [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6345797081112 Read more Video, Audio

Some shoppers struggling to cover their grocery bills have found a work around that lets them use buy now pay later services to cover food and other essentials at stores that don't actually offer the… Read more Audio

Police are asking the public for help after a man was found dead at a Dunedin property this morning. Emergency services were called to the scene on Hillary St in Liberton at around 9:00am. The… Read more Video, Audio

A series of violent smash and grabs at a jewellery store chain, including one in the police minister's electorate and a stabbing at an Auckland supermarket marred the weekend. In two separate… Read more Video, Audio