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8:28 AM.The coronial scope hearing on the Christchurch mosque attacks ends today.

Islamic groups and emergency services spoke yesterday, with the main focus on the large, negative impact of digital… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Māori on Aotea Great Barrier Island have told the Auckland Council to stop helipads being put in, and to start taking them seriously as kaitiaki.

But the council says the complete absence of sites of… Read more Audio

8:23 AM.Effects of tensions in Ukraine and the Reserve Bank's raising of the official cash rate could both be felt at the petrol pump. It's already almost $3 a litre.

Infometrics principal economist Brad… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Ukraine is to impose a state of emergency throughout the country and has urged its citizens to leave Russia, while Moscow has began evacuating its Kiev embassy in the latest ominous signs for those… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.Already struggling first home buyers have been stung yet again, this time by the Reserve Bank's raising of the Official Cash Rate.

The OCR was raised by a quarter of a percentage point to one percent… Read more Audio

7:55 AM.There is joy and excitement in Tonga after more than a month of being cut off from the rest of the world.

The only international cable servicing the Kingdom was severed during the Hunga Tonga Hunga… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Auckland testing sites are now using Rapid Antigen Tests as their go-to method, while labs deal with an enormous backlog in PCR swabs.

This comes as the country prepares to enter phase three of the… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.The country is bracing itself for phase three of the Omicron response after recording more than 3000 new cases on Wednesday.

South Auckland has more than 8000 active cases, more than twice as many as… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.The latest cash-rate increase puts the OCR back to where it was before the pandemic.

CoreLogic chief property economist Kelvin Davidson says that while the OCR will "definitely" keep moving up, the… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.Experts say the new raise in the official cash rate will sting for struggling businesses, first-home buyers, and the recently indebted.

The Reserve Bank announced a quarter percentage point rise in… Read more Audio

7:25 AM.Those on the frontline of the Omicron outbreak are hoping for a swift move to phase three of the government's response.

It would mean fewer people will have to isolate if they come into contact with… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Harbourmasters in Wellington and Marlborough are warning protesters planning to voyage across Cook Strait not to underestimate the risks involved in the journey.

A so-called second wave of protesters… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Police in Dunedin tried to shut down plans for a "Covid positive party" last night in the city's student quarter.

The police say at six o'clock last night they visited a house on Leith Street North… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The was a late night standoff between Police and parliament protesters on Hill Street and near the bus terminus after concrete bollards were moved and cars broke through the perimeter and into the… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.The manager of a Dunedin Covid-19 testing centre is calling for more rapid antigen tests, with the region experiencing the third largest outbreak in the country.

The Southern DHB yesterday recorded… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.The was a late night standoff between Police and parliament protesters on Hill Street and on Lambton Quay at the intersection with Bowen Street as cars broke through the perimeter back into the… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.Universities have barely begun teaching for the year and Omicron is already spreading among students.

The Union of Students Associations says there have been cases at several universities and it is… Read more Audio