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Inflation has hit its highest level in three decades, driven by the cost of fuel, food, and housing. The consumer price index, which was revealed yesterday, rose 1.8 percent in the three months ended… Read more Audio

The winners of the Fieldays No.8 Wire National Art Awards were announced last night. The awards were launched back in 1997 to give artists a platform to celebrate the iconic material through art and… Read more Audio

A West Coast shop owner found a flood of water when she arrived at work yesterday and now faces a very big cleanup. Sue Roper, who owns the Pink Possum Quilt Shop on the state highway between between… Read more Audio

It's that time of week again - Friday and time to talk fresh produce with our Minister of Fruit and Veggies, Glenn Forsyth... Fruit of the Week: NZ Avocados Audio

To Africa we head where troops have been deployed in areas of South Africa hit by deadly floods a week ago. Joining Nathan Rarere from Ghana is our correspondent Nabil Ahmed. Audio

We begin this morning in the USA, where President Joe Biden has announced another package of military, financial and humanitarian support for Ukraine. The President says heavy artillery, ammunition… Read more Audio

We'll get a good idea of how much the cost of living has actually gone up by later today when the much-anticipated consumer price index for the March quarter is released. It will come as no surprise… Read more Audio

After reading about an elderly man who was skipping lunch because he couldn't afford it, North Canterbury woman Julie Lamplugh felt she just had to do something. She came up with a simple idea but one… Read more Audio

It's Thursday so we're going to be looking around the Motu and chatting with our Local democracy reporters, and this morning we're talking to Brendon McMahon from the Greymouth Star. Audio

Forty years ago this month, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The South Atlantic archipelago has been British territory since 1833 but Argentina has never stopped staking their claim to the… Read more Audio

To Europe now, where the Russian deadline for people to leave the beseiged city of Mariupol has passed. For more on this and other stories out of Europe, Nathan Rarere was joined from Sweden by our… Read more Audio