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8:42 AM.A union representing workers across a range of sectors says even if vaccine mandates ended many businesses would keep them going.

First Union represents about 30,000 workers in retail, finance… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.Catholic Archbishop Paul Martin has accepted that survivors of abuse want the Church to take responsibility and not just leave it to a particular Order that may have been involved.

He made the… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Computers are taking over some of the human decision-making at Immigration New Zealand, prompting concerns about the expanding role of automation.

Immigration New Zealand insists algorithms and… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Tents have spread somewhat on the 10th day of the protest occupation in Wellington central.

Corin Dann got an update. Read more Audio

8:17 AM.Some among Wellington iwi want the occupation at Parliament grounds to end now, saying the protesters' behaviour is not right.

More cars and tents have appeared in the area around Parliament… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.A towing company owner says it would take two dozen trucks working unimpeded for a day or so to clear the more than 400 vehicles blockading streets around Parliament.

Police confirmed yesterday they… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.In the latest in the Olympics doping saga, it's emerged Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva had three substances found in her drug testing sample.

All three of the substances detected can be used to… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Prince Andrew's public image has been shredded by his out-of-court settlement for a sexual assault case against him.

Labour MP for York Central has called on Prince Andrew to give up his title as the… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Islamic Women's Council says the attack that left a Dunedin schoolgirl with concussion after three students ripped her hijab off is a hate incident.

Seventeen-year-old Hoda Al-Jamaa was sitting… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Protesters occupying a park refused to move on Wednesday as requested by Marlborough District Council.

The group, who are protesting against Covid-19 vaccine mandates, have been staying at Nelson… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.An anti-mandate protester in Picton says the group will not be moving their camp from a public park until the government listens to their requests.

But the Marlborough District Council says… Read more Audio

7:26 AM.Aotea Great Barrier Islanders fear they will go the same way as Waiheke Island with lots of helicopters buzzing their skies.

The isolated island has had five applications for helipads in five months… Read more Audio

7:22 AM.A protest in central Christchurch that began in December is growing.

Christchurch City Councillor Jake McLellan of the central city ward, says there are now more than 50 people camped on the… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.A Whangarei nurse is so fed-up with anti-vaccination billboards in Northland, she donned a disguise earlier this month and spray painted over misinformation.

The nurse, who RNZ has agreed not to… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Businesses in central Wellington are still facing disruption due to the convoy protest.

Wellington Chamber of Commerce chief executive Simon Arcus spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The police ultimatum to protesters blocking streets around Parliament appears to have evaporated with not a single illegally parked vehicle being towed away.

Yesterday the Commissioner told Morning… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.Principals are fuming that schools won't have ready access to rapid antigen tests to keep their doors open during the Omicron outbreak.

They're urgently asking to be included in the government's… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.Vaccine mandates are one of the more contentious public health measures - and the Government's facing pressure to give a timeframe for when they'll be removed, or - at the least - an exit strategy.

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6:17 AM.New Zealand Olympian Sir Mark Todd has been given interim suspension by the British Horseracing Authority for repeatedly hitting a horse with a tree branch.

In a video, Sir Todd runs towards the… Read more Audio