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Police have redesigned their policy when it comes to pursuing fleeing vehicles. Most drivers who've failed to stop for police in the last two years haven't been caught.

But parents who've had… Read more Audio

Many Palmerston North Hospital staff operate under a siege mentality, where they fear speaking out with concerns, and they often face barriers when trying to move patients between departments.

That's… Read more Video, Audio

The owner of a boutique beer company says his business is in strife after Inland Revenue's ordered him to pay back Covid support funding.

Avondale business Hopscotch could not open during the… Read more Video, Audio

An extension of chunky fines and the threat of jail time might be what's needed stop people bolting onto sports pitches according to an events manager.

Embarrassing, cringy and appalling is how some… Read more Video, Audio

The Coroner's hearing looking into whether a Queenstown man and his step-son are dead has today been told the boy's family believe the pair are alive and living overseas under assumed identities.

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A funding boost for what the government describes as its "highly popular fog cannon subsidy scheme". An extra $11 million is going into the programme that picks up part of the cost of installing fog… Read more Video, Audio

Torrential rain has caused flash flooding in Waihi Beach and dozens of people have evacuated from their homes.

MetService says a thunderstorm sent 44mm of rain in just an hour after 2pm. Western Bay… Read more Video, Audio

The huge demand for youth mental health services is causing long waits for patients, with some practices even being forced to turn new clients away.

The New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists… Read more Audio

Community health clinics are again offering incentives in a bid to get people immunised before winter.

It's a formula that's worked in the past, with covid vaxathons drawing people in their hundreds… Read more Audio

'It took me a long time to be proud of myself'. Iam Tongi has become the first Pacific person to win American Idol - and says there's no reason why others can't follow in his footsteps.

The… Read more Video, Audio