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Is it time for Dunedin dogs to have their day on CBD streets? Some canine lovers and business owners want to ditch a bylaw banning dogs from a number of central locations including the Octagon, the… Read more Video, Audio

A Bay of Plenty service station owner who's been targeted multiple times by ram-raiders and burglars says she feels the region is being ignored by the government with efforts to deter criminals… Read more Video, Audio

Tākaka in Golden Bay has had more than a month's worth of rain in 15 hours today.

Heavy rain is causing rivers to overflow - sparking evacuations, too.

Our reporter Kirsty Frame is at Paines Ford on… Read more Video, Audio

'I'm delighted to be here' - the words of All Blacks coach Ian Foster after his bosses backed him to stay in the job through to the next World Cup.

Foster had come under scrutiny after the All Blacks… Read more Video, Audio

Parts of the West Coast are getting a thrashing. A red warning is in place in Westport, emergency workers and volunteers are going door to door to get people out, and the Buller River is expected to… Read more Video, Audio

One of the country's largest travel agencies say international bookings are back to 90 percent of what they were pre-Covid.

Flight Centre says the rebound has been remarkable. But there are a few… Read more Video, Audio

The Police Commissioner says many children have been let down by police responses to abuse in state care.

It was the police force's turn to front the Royal Commission on Abuse in Care today, to… Read more Audio

Members of Christchurch's Linwood community are horrified a white supremacist is standing for a local school board.

Philip Arps was jailed for 21 months for sharing footage of the Christchurch terror… Read more Audio

Auckland Council's big transport plan to get people on their bikes or feet has big aims but faces the challenge of getting residents on board.

The plan aims to get people out of their cars if the… Read more Video, Audio

A tribunal has ordered self-styled justice campaigner Scott Guthrie to repay a family thousands of dollars he charged them for supposedly voluntary work, and then failed to deliver on his promises.

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The Human Rights Commission says an immediate freeze on rent could provide a much needed break for cash-strapped tenants.

The Commission launched a housing inquiry last year, finding rents are rising… Read more Audio