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Auckland Council is cutting back on red tape approving many substituted building products on site to help get the industry through a plasterboard supply crisis.

It's also loaning out its building… Read more Audio

The rapidly rising price of diesel is going to put more pressure on household budgets as it filters through into almost every corner of day to day life, according to the AA.

Per litre diesel has gone… Read more Audio

GPs say people are having to travel hundreds of kilometres just to get a 15 minute doctors consult, amid the doctors shortage that's seen half the country's clinics close their books to new patients.

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is visiting New Zealand meeting Jacinda Ardern for the first time.

In a meeting today, described as warm and productive, the leaders discussed climate… Read more Audio

Sport NZ's getting an independent government funded integrity body, after a slew of recent reports showing athlete welfare was over looked or not taken seriously enough.

Drug Free Sport NZ and some… Read more Video, Audio

The All Whites have one shot to be the 32nd - and final team - to qualify for this year's Football World Cup. If they qualify, they'll join Australia, who sneaked in this morning, after a penalty… Read more Audio

Enough plans and too much talk - it's time to curb cars on Queen. That's the message from Auckland Central MP Chloe Swarbrick and the City Centre Residents' Group who have launched a petition for… Read more Video, Audio

ACC doesn't have a strong privacy culture, its policies are outdated and its staff have a narrow view of what privacy breaches are.

Those are just some of the findings in a damning independent report… Read more Audio

"Absolutely dire". That's Master Builders' summary of the GIB shortage that's left projects unfinished and some businesses struggling to stay afloat.

Fletcher Building has an effective monopoly with… Read more Video, Audio

The incoming Police Minister Chris Hipkins has admitted the government needs to do more to tackle gang crime - but exactly what that is remains unanswered.

He was given the role after yesterday's… Read more Audio