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The borders are open, holiday is booked, but is your passport still valid? If it's not you may miss the plane due to high demand for renewals and lengthy delays, partly beause covid is hitting the… Read more Video, Audio

This afternoon's shooting outside Papakura District Court followed a major police operation in Pakuranga last night. The two incidents are the latest in over a dozen gang-related shootings, arsons and… Read more Video, Audio

The south Auckland suburb of Papakura was rocked by a shooting this afternoon... right outside its the district court, next to the police station. The incident unfolded just before one-o-clock, and… Read more Audio

Multiple waves of winter illness are washing over a health system already under strain, and now the fight is on to keep clinicians heads above water. Dunedin Hospital is closed to visitors, Hawke's… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand's Samoan peoples are celebrating 60 years since Samoa became an independent nation. The nation has marked Independence day - the day for celebrating the country ceasing to be a colony of… Read more Audio

Bus drivers are being lured away by other bigger dollar jobs both here and in Australia....leaving us hundreds short. About 1400 hundred bus services a day are being cancelled in Auckland due to… Read more Video, Audio

The release of a police progress report on bias in the force is being met with muted approval by justice advocates, but fears remain the whole exercise could come to nothing. The programme was started… Read more Audio

A popular Christchurch park has reopened after an extensive investigation, prompted by the death of a dog that got suddenly ill after visiting. The owner of a two and half year old lab posted on… Read more Video, Audio

News from the business sector, including a market report. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6307177917112 Video, Audio

Transport Minister, Michael Wood says current public transport tenders have contributed to a race to the bottom when it comes to bus drivers wages and he plans to make urgent changes. [embed]… Read more Video, Audio

Auckland bus drivers working 13 hour shifts to cover staff shortages, say their employers needs to take a hard look at the poor pay and "terrible" working conditions they're offering. They say… Read more Audio