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7:53 AM.Day one of the historic Peter Ellis appeal at the Supreme Court in Wellington focused mainly on the reliability of a child's evidence.

Ellis died in 2019 and it's the first time in New Zealand the… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.Aucklanders will likely have to wait a few more weeks to get their lockdown locks seen to by a professional.

Hairdressers and barbers in Auckland can't ply their trade until the city gets to "step… Read more Audio

7:44 AM.RNZ reporter Katie Todd is at the Claudelands testing centre where yesterday there were long long lines of cars at testing centres with many people being turned away. Read more Audio

7:38 AM.The past 24 hours have seen a flurry of anger, denials and promises to investigate after the Pandora Papers made global headlines, where almost 12 million documents were leaked, revealing hidden… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are all offline in a global outage.

The popular social media apps all went down at about 4.45am (NZT), with both Facebook and Instagram using rival platform Twitter… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.Covid-19 modeller Shaun Hendy believes the latest announcement carries no obvious down-side.

The modest - some might say hazy - easing of some restrictions do not carry any 'super-high risk' of… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Its a government famed for its communication skills, but yesterday's three step plan to ease lockdown restrictions has left many scratching their heads.

Step one includes allowing two households to… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says mandating Covid-19 vaccinations is unlikely, but vaccine certificates are likely to be introduced in the near future. Certificates would permit people to… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Nervous doctors and nurses are bracing for Covid-19 case numbers to rise under Auckland's eased restrictions. While the city is staying at level 3, from midnight two households can now meet up - as… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.From midnight tonight Aucklanders can catch up outdoors with friends and family - but with no more than two households and 10 people mingling at a time.

They can also travel in the region for… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Political parties have roasted the government's plan to ease restrictions Auckland, saying it creates confusion and puts vulnerable people at risk.

They also want the Government to admit it's given… Read more Audio

6:13 AM.The National Party wants the government to admit failure and change how the country handles Covid-19.

It's unimpressed with the government's new roadmap to essentially live with the virus, and… Read more Audio

6:08 AM."Absolutely gutted", "devastated", a "worse case scenario".

That's the response from Hospitality New Zealand about the Government's three-stage roadmap to gradually ease Covid-19 restrictions.

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8:56 AM.Monday marks one year since a fire ripped through the Lake Ōhau alpine village, forcing people to flee in the middle of the night.

Roughly half the homes in the remote MacKenzie basin were destroyed… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Contracting out Crown prosecutions to private law firms leads to a lack of accountability and transparency and the system needs to change, according to key players in the justice system.

Private law… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.New South Wales is looking for a new leader after Premier Gladys Berejiklian suddenly quit her job on Friday.

She made the announcement just one hour after the Independent Commission Against… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.As the borders stay shut and lockdowns go on, companies that are already dealing with losses are facing another problem - growing leave balances for staff.

Untaken leave is a liability on company… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.New Zealand legal history is about to be made today when the Supreme Court considers Peter Ellis's appeal against charges of sexual offending. 

The appeal continues despite the fact that the former… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Afghan people living in Aotearoa are pleading with the government not to forget about people with connections to New Zealand who are still stuck in Afghanistan.

There are concerns the people who… Read more Audio