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The All Blacks' ability to score second half tries, could have a major bearing on whether they hold onto the Bledisloe Cup. The All Blacks host Australia at Eden Park this weekend in the first… Read more Audio

The government's ditching the Holidays act and replacing it with the Employment Leave Act. After 6 months on the job all workers generally qualify for ten sick days a year .. regardless of whether… Read more Audio

6000 senior doctors and dentists have today walked off the job, in a 48-hour strike that began at midnight. Union members are taking part in protests across the motu as drawn-out collective agreement… Read more Audio

Some blood cancer patients are a facing a terminal disease prognisis after waiting so long for stem cell transplants their cancer is no longer curable. Piece meal funding and a lack of committment… Read more Audio

A Tauranga family holidaying in Vietnam are caught up in the travel disruption caused by Typhoon Ragasa. They've spent the past two days trying to figure out how to get home after Cathay Pacific… Read more Audio

New visa residence pathways for skilled workers has caused a rift between the government coalition, New Zealand First invoking the "agree to disagree" provision over "serious concerns". The Economic… Read more Audio

The Foreign Affairs Minister says New Zealand is not about to "jump the gun" on recognising Palestine, despite many others doing just that. Winston Peters sat in on a UN conference on a two state… Read more Audio

Team USA captain Keegan Bradley has defended a plan to pay US players at the Ryder Cup. He argued that the break from tradition will bring the prestigious golf competition into "today's age." Sports… Read more Audio

Outward bound is pushing the age boundary with a new course aimed at those 60 plus. The not for profit specialises in personal and professional development, and building resiliance by challenging… Read more Audio

Autism New Zealand says it has serious concerns around what it calls "misleading claims" made by Donald Trump and his administration around the link between autism and paracetamol. The US President… Read more Audio

Part time workers will get fewer paid sick days under proposed law changes. The government has agreed to ditch the Holidays Act and replace it with the Employment Leave Act. Under the new system part… Read more Audio

United Kingdom correspondent Lucy Thomson spoke to Lisa Owen about the reaction to the UK formally recognising the state of Palestine, as well as Jeffrey Epstein being linked back to another member of… Read more Audio