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7:14 AM.It's all hands on deck at Northland's border checkpoints, with the mass exodus out of Auckland well underway.

Police, with support from iwi, have two checkpoints on State Highway 1 at Uretiti and on… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.Aucklanders are taking to the skies to get out of the city after 120 days unable to leave the region.

Thousands are expected to leave the city today.

RNZ reporter Jean Bell who is Auckland airport.

6:51 AM.Aucklanders are on their way out of the city after the borders opened for the first time in months.

RNZ reporter Chen Liu is at the city's southern border. Read more Audio

6:45 AM.Iwi are supporting police at Northland checkpoints, to keep Covid-19 out and let vaccinated visitors in.

Te Tai Tokerau Border Control leader Hone Harawira spoke to Corin Dann. Read more Audio

6:38 AM.Auckland's borders are finally dismantled after more than 120 days of the city being cut off from the rest of the country.

Random spot checks will take the place of borders to ensure travellers are… Read more Audio

6:21 AM.Roadside cafés along the roads out of Auckland are hoping the border reopening will provide a much-needed boost to their business.

Suzanne Braks runs the Autobahn Café at Papakura and Bombay.

She… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.As the Auckland exodus begins, the gateway to Northland will still be protected by two checkpoints to ensure those entering the region have the right documents.

Police, with support from iwi, are… Read more Audio

6:09 AM.Fortress Auckland is no more. The borders which have fenced off the supercity for more than 120 days have finally been lifted.

That means Aucklanders are free to move about the country - as long as… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.The public can now vote for the best New Zealand quote of 2021.

Ten one liners have been finalised.

Competition organiser and Speech Writing specialist Heather Kavan from Massey University spoke to… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Māori and Pasifika health providers have teamed up to try and vaccinate people whom the government rollout has failed to reach.

After a protracted court battle, the Ministry of Health has been… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.More and more parents are wanting to home-school their children.

The Education Ministry's received more than 3,000 home-schooling applications this year, 800 in November alone.

Among those applying… Read more Audio

8:44 AM.Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon is asking Kiwis to dial down the heat a notch and keep conversations civil when it comes to Covid-19 vaccinations.

Foon says judgement should be dialed down and… Read more Audio

8:35 AM.At least three-quarters of one Kentucky town is gone following the deadly tornadoes that tore through the heartland over the weekend.

Determined recovery efforts are afoot, as residents grapple with… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.It may be December, but the weather has things other than sunshine on their mind for most of us over the next day or so.

A hard rain's a-gonna fall across much of the country, with significant rain… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.Some sexual assault victims have experienced extreme frustration dealing with ACC.

Two sexual assault victims have told RNZ ACC discouraged them from making claims and failed to inform them about the… Read more Audio

8:19 AM.The National Party is describing the police's insistence they don't specifically collect crime-related data on emergency housing as a "campaign of denial".

A number of reports, dating back to July… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.All going well, most of Aotearoa will be in the orange light setting on New Year's Eve, but an epidemiologist believes the government has deliberately given itself time to backtrack.

All regions bar… Read more Audio

7:53 AM.A Hamilton mum, who says she was a Covid-19 denier until she got the virus, is finally back home after ending up in hospital.

Karina Haira shared her fight for life on social media via a series of… Read more Audio