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Going bush might cost you a little more in the coming months. Thanks to inflation, foul weather and the long tail of Covid, DOC says its had to review the price if its huts, lodges and campsites.

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It's just 24 hours old, and already there's a legal challenge to the government's replacement for the Three Waters proposal.

The government has ditched the four mega-entities that would have… Read more Audio

Residents in some of the most remote areas of north west Australia, are hunkering down, as a category two cyclone batters their region.

Described as the most severe cyclone to hit the region in 14… Read more Video, Audio

The government's added another $10 million the new Dunedin Hospital development, but that does not guarantee any more patient beds or operating theatres.

But it comes with a commitment. The Health… Read more Video, Audio

Thousands of fans have packed Apia Park to watch Moana Pasifika play their first game in Samoa.

They're playing the Reds in the Super Rugby Pacific match up. And local fans have come out in big… Read more Video, Audio

The wife of Blue Ferry skipper Bill Elliot has spoken for the first time as the wider family gathers at his bedside.

The 77 year old was airlifted from Paihia to Auckland's Middlemore Hospital and… Read more Video, Audio

Northland Regional Harbour Master Jim Lyle talks to Lisa Owen about the water between Paihia and Russell, after a powerful motor boat crashed into a passenger ferry yesterday.

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Bay of Islands locals are calling for harsher penalties for recreational boaties, after witnesses described the launch involved in yesterday's collision with the Paihia-Russell ferry travelling at… Read more Video, Audio

The FBI recently tweeted out a warning to avoid using public USB ports.

The US agency says "bad actors" have found ways to use them to introduce malware and moinitoring software onto devices.

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A ferry skipper is in a critical condition following a collision between two boats in the Bay of Islands. Robyn was travelling with her husband and two young grandsons from Russell to Paihia just… Read more Video, Audio

The govenrment has scrubbed up and relaunched it's highly controversial three waters policy - complete with a new name - "affordable water reforms".

It's ditched plans for four mega-water entities in… Read more Video, Audio