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7:21 AM.An increase in the number of Covid-19 related employment complaints has raised fears the system can't handle the demand.

One employment law advocate says everyone's workload has doubled, and the… Read more Audio

7:16 AM.New Zealand's largest women's prison has a punitive culture where staff are too quick to resort to using force and women are not getting proper health care, according to an internal Corrections… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.The family of a man missing after the livestock export ship he was on capsized and sank in the East China Sea says the government is not doing enough to find him.

Father of two, Scott Harris, was one… Read more Audio

6:53 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:48 AM.Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was appointed over the weekend as an unpaid trade adviser to the UK government despite claims he was not suitable for the role.

The appointment comes… Read more Audio

6:38 AM.The National Party says new unemployment figures paint a sad picture for New Zealand families.

Ministry of Social Development figures show that more than 5000 New Zealanders applied for unemployment… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:20 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:19 AM.The system which deals with employment complaints has been described by someone working on the front line as "straining at the seams".

The impact of Covid-19 on employment disputes has reportedly… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Political parties are going full throttle into election campaigning, after being forced to a screeching halt when Auckland went into Alert Level 3.

The 52nd Parliament officially dissolved yesterday… Read more Audio

8:55 AM.It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Read more Audio

8:52 AM.State house tenants north of Wellington are turning their backyards into small farms to help feed hundreds of needy people with the help of a local charity.

It's part of the Common Unity Project's… Read more Video, Audio

8:49 AM.The Invercargill City Council's plans to restore trust and confidence in its ability to govern is likely to cost ratepayers tens of thousands of dollars.

Last month, rising tensions between… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Regarded as a relic of the amateur era, rugby's North-South inter-island match makes its return this weekend in Wellington.

There can't be a crowd because of Covid-19 restrictions but the game should… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A big market selloff has taken place in the US - with the DOW dropping more than 800 points, and many tech stocks losing 5 percent or more.

It's the sharpest fall since June. Some are calling it a… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A brief update of movements in the financial sector. Read more Audio

8:25 AM.A Nelson woman is furious with Work and Income that her efforts to support herself after being made redundant because of Covid-19, have left her financially worse off.

She took on casual hospitality… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Feathers are being ruffled over a potential law change that could allow land owners to charge people to shoot pheasants.

It is currently illegal to charge people to hunt game birds on private land… Read more Audio

8:17 AM.From today QR codes have to be displayed on all modes of public transport so commuters can check in using the Covid Tracer app.

RNZ reporter Sarah Robson is in Auckland central.

She speaks to Susie… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.Children are not little adults, and their experiences of hospitals can be scary. 

That's why a top Canterbury paediatrician is upset that hospital emergency care for children in Christchurch will not… Read more Audio

8:09 AM.The search is continuing for possible survivors of a cargo ship that went missing during a typhoon off the coast of Asia.

It had around 40 people, including two New Zealanders, on board, and almost… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The North coach John Plumtree is expecting close to test match intensity when his side takes on the South in Wellington tomorrow night. Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Tomorrow night's North/South rugby game in Wellington has turned team-mates to rivals and friends to foes.

The personal connections add extra spice to the All Blacks trial by another name, which will… Read more Audio

7:50 AM.Pressure is mounting on the Otago medical school to front up to Māori and Pasifika about a proposal to cap admissions through the Māori Entry Pathway. 

One of the designers of this scheme says it was… Read more Audio