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Fed up with students not turning up, an Auckland college has hired attendance navigators and taken out radio ads to try get kids into the classroom.

New PPTA numbers show 60,000 students are missing… Read more Video, Audio

One of New Zealand's largest supermarket chains is temporarily freezing prices on at least 500 items in response to what's being called a cost of living crisis.

Countdown says it has identified… Read more Video, Audio

New Zealand's first qualified Pacific Island Funeral Director is calling for better cultural understanding if there's ever a return to lockdown restrictions.

Ese Tatupu says grieving Pacific… Read more Audio

Sub-contractors working for the collapsed construction company Armstrong Downes Commercial are already out of pocket and worried about what lies ahead.

The Wellington firm has suffered substantial… Read more Audio

Former National leader Simon Bridges has just delivered his final speech at Parliament - marking the end of his 14 year political career.

He called for less poll-driven politics, more diversity of… Read more Audio

Major omissions, a new captain and a debut call-up for an Olympic gold medalist are the features of the first Black Ferns squad of 2022.

With New Zealand getting set to host the World Cup in five… Read more Audio

A severe shortage of specialists is the elephant in the room when it comes to clearing patient backlogs for surgery and hospital appointments.

That's according to the Association of Salaried Medical… Read more Video, Audio

The last remaining member of the 28th Māori Battalion has been knighted by Governor General Dame Cindy Kiro this morning.

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What can you do with 50kg of bronze? Thieves will be figuring it out after an early morning heist from Pah Homestead in Auckland.

They made off with a bronze sculpture, and the Wallace Arts Trust… Read more Video, Audio

Time is putting pressure on local authorities around the country, after recent warnings that they have less than 20 years to confront decisions about low lying communities and rising sea levels.

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Former National leader Simon Bridges is farewelling Parliament this evening, after 14 years as an MP.

Bridges announced in March he was bowing out - and gives his final speech in the house tonight -… Read more Audio