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Listening to that Zane Fulljames, the operations general manager of NZ Bus. Audio

In Auckland buses will be back on the roads tomorrow after seven days of disrupted service that's crippled public transport, causing headaches for 80,000 commuters. Audio

Maori Television , TV 3 and TVNZ are meeting in Auckland at the moment. Audio

In a major u-turn today the Prime Minister has intervened in the Rugby World Cup free-to-air rights row. Audio

It's going to cost you more to register and run your car as the Government moves to raise more money for Accident Compensation and cut entitlements Audio

Research has shown that children can be made to use their imagination with the help of CDs to reduce stomach pain. Audio

It says a new resource consent represents a major increase in the allowable discharge from the Opononi Ompaere sewage treatment plant. Audio

The results of a swine flu study conducted here and in Australia will be scrutinised by health professionals around the world as they work out how best to respond to the ongoing pandemic. Audio

News from the Waatea team. Audio

The preparations for the next Commonwealth games have attracted some scathing headlines in the Indian press. Audio

A French scientist who's been working at the Geneva laboratory which houses the giant Hadron Collider has been charged with belonging to a terrorist group. Audio

The United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki Moon has issued a grim warning about the future of Afghanistan in a fifty minute meeting with the Labour Party leader Phil Goff in New York earlier today. Audio