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8:10 AM.School principals are arguing for foreign teachers to be allowed into the country, warning that they face a staff shortage if an exemption to Covid-19 border restrictions isn't made.

That shortfall… Read more Audio

8:06 AM.The Black Ferns Sevens coach Corey Sweeney says the playing group are committed to trying to win gold at next year's Tokyo Olympics. Read more Audio

7:51 AM.Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff says the investigations and allegations around the America's Cup won't derail the event.

Team New Zealand has denied any wrongdoing in the way it has handled public funds.

7:44 AM.'Say Nope to Dope' campaigners have come under fire for their 'affiliation' with a powerful US anti-cannabis lobbying group.

Both groups - SAM and SAM-NZ - share the same name.

SAM also provides… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.Hong Kongers in New Zealand are worried they could be arrested if they return home because they have attended political demonstrations here.

Beijing's new national security law is now in place. It… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.A woman who was sexually harassed in the Air Force by a sergeant known as "Groper Roper" is allowed to start a new claim for compensation.

She will also no longer have to pay costs as ordered… Read more Audio

7:31 AM.Three New Zealand sailors who are at the centre of a repatriation mission to the Falkland Islands have been arrested after a bar-brawl on the island.

A Sanford fishing boat spent 25 days getting to… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.A piece of possibly unexploded ordinance turned up in Whanganui yesterday evening.

Workers at the Sarjeant art gallery, which is being redeveloped, found a cannonball while excavating the site early… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A man whose two nephews died working in East Coast forests says if Worksafe thinks it is doing a good job, he hates to think what 'hopeless' looks like.

Families are speaking up about their… Read more Audio

7:15 AM.Auckland City Council has been granted an extra 75 million litres of water a day from the Waikato river in an emergency meeting.

Yesterday parties agreed in principle to supply the water - now 250… Read more Audio

7:11 AM.Wild weather has been lashing Wellington's south coast , with gusts of up to 100-kilometres an hour, and six-metre swells are expected.

The worst weather coincided with the high tide in the early… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.Principals want an exemption for foreign teachers because they are worried the Covid-19 border restrictions will leave them short-staffed next year.

They say there is no guarantee the lack of… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Peter Fulton has stepped down as Black Caps batting coach to take up the role as head coach of the Canterbury men's team. Read more Audio

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

6:41 AM.A trust fund is being set up to look after the health of the Waikato River as authorities agree in principle for Auckland to take more water from it.

The agreement is an interim measure to help ease… Read more Audio

6:37 AM.Principals say the Covid-19 border restrictions will stop them hiring foreign teachers to fill next year's vacancies.

They say they are still struggling with a shortage of good teachers and they want… 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

6:18 AM.Advocates working with young homeless people say the situation is at "crisis point", and it's likely to worsen in the wake of Covid-19.

Maanaki Rangatahi - a collective of six groups - is petitioning… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.A shipment of 14 metric tonnes of amphetamines - with a market value of one billion Euros - has been confiscated in the Italian port of Salerno.

Italian police tracked three suspect shipping… Read more Audio

6:12 AM.The US has bought almost all the world's upcoming supply of Covid-19 treatment drug remdesivir. More than 10.3 million cases of Covid-19 have been reported world wide.

Remdesivir which was originally… Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Warriors have drawn up a list of potential loan players if three of their own players decide to return home. Read more Audio

8:55 AM.Global coffee sales are set to plunge this year, due to the impact of Covid-19.

A new Rabobank report predicts the demand for beans will drop worldwide by over 1 million bags of coffee and cafes will… Read more Audio