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7:39 AM.The Countdown supermarket where the latest absconder from managed isolation browsed the health and beauty aisle, bought toothpaste, body wash and razors, and took selfies has just reopened.

The… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.A California family have an underwater drone ready to go to look for the body of their son, drowned when a skydiving jump went wrong over a South Island lake.

But the police won't let them.

RNZ's… Read more Audio

7:23 AM.Michelle Boag says she was provided a list of people infected with Covid-19 from the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health, in turn, is refusing to confirm if it supplied the list to Boag.

Kim… Read more Audio

7:19 AM.The Ministry of Health is refusing to confirm if it supplied the former National Party President Michelle Boag with a daily list of people infected with Covid-19 and their private information.

In an… Read more Audio

7:13 AM.He bought razors, toothpaste and body wash at Countdown, but then where did he go?

Authorities are still trying to work out what exactly a man, later found to have Covid-19, did during his 70-minute… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.A witness to the latest Covid-19 border debacle has described how the man absconded from the isolation hotel by casually strolling through a gap in the fence the wind had blown open.

The government… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Next week's scheduled resumption of football's A-League is under threat after three Melbourne-based clubs failed to leave the city for a second straight night due to Covid-19 restrictions. Read more Audio

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

6:50 AM.Fishers say the money on offer from the government to help some of them adopt more dolphin friendly methods, falls well short and will put some out of business.

The government estimates the cost to… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.The police are stopping an American family from searching for their drowned son's body in Lake Wakatipu.

Tyler Nii's body was never found after a tandem skydive went wrong in early 2018. His… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Shockwaves continue to ripple through National MP Hamish Walker's electorate in the wake of revelations he's behind the leak of Covid-19 patient details to media.

He won Clutha-Southland comfortably… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.A witness to the latest border bungle says the absconder just walked out a through a gap in the fence, apparently unfazed that he could be caught.

The government's now undertaking a rapid review to… 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

6:16 AM.A funding boost for freshwater and environmental project is being called a little bit of hope at the end of a very dark tunnel.

The government is investing $162 million towards 23 projects through… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The A-League's hopes of resuming its season next week remained in the balance after another failed attempt to get Melbourne-based football clubs out of the city amid tightening coronavirus… Read more Audio

8:57 AM.Backseat drivers - we've all complained about them.

First there's "you're driving too slowly", then it's "you're driving too fast" or there's the old favourite, "we're late ... and now we're going to… Read more Audio

8:54 AM.Winston Peters has denied hiring a team of British political operatives to work on the New Zealand First election campaign.

That's despite a report out of London that New Zealand First has engaged… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.An Auckland freight operator says the Firth of Thames is the only viable relocation option for the Ports of Auckland. He's ruled out Manukau Harbour or Northland as potential sites.

Yesterday a new… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.Job uncertainty, no access to welfare, and concerns over Covid-19 are some of the reason New Zealanders abroad are coming back to Aotearoa.

It's estimated 1 million Kiwis live abroad, but since New… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Otago Regional Council will today vote on the fate of chair and former Labour Cabinet minister Marian Hobbs.

Hobbs appears set to be rolled after three-quarters of councillors signed a letter… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.A lack of medical facilities in Queenstown is pushing it down a list of priorities for managed isolation.

The Southern DHB met yesterday to discuss plans by the government to expand its isolation… Read more Audio

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

8:25 AM.People who have been chronically homeless are choosing to stay in permanent housing - some for the first time in more than 20 years.

Organisations working with rough sleepers say the change in… Read more Audio