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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

Leading Auckland tourism businesses have thrown their weight behind a campaign aimed at attracting more Australian here.

Visitor numbers have plummeted since Covid, with half as many Aussies flying… Read more Video, Audio

Cases of the skin infection scabies are on the rise across Canterbury and other parts of the country.

Scabies is caused by a tiny, burrowing mite, that's been described as 'lice of the flesh'.

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The government is putting money into science to tell it how many billions of dollars the country is going to have to spend to protect against the next weather event.

Research, Science and Innovation… Read more Video, Audio

The closure of a key highway into the Coromandel Peninsula has come as a welcome boost to businesses in another Waikato town. Read more Video, Audio

The government has relaunched its Three Waters policy as affordable water reforms.

The policy abandons plans to establish four mega-water entities in favour of 10.

Like the original plan, the 10… Read more Video, Audio

The coaching line-up for the world champion Black Ferns has been finalised - and there's not a woman in sight.

In February sevens maestro Allan Bunting was named the new head coach of the side -… Read more Video, Audio