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7:37 AM.The Police Commissioner says the now-scrapped Armed Response Teams have shown New Zealanders don't want an armed police force.

Andrew Coster announced armed officers won't be rolled out nationwide -… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The National Party got into something of a tangle yesterday after finance spokesman Paul Goldsmith said the Prime Minister should "stick to her knitting".

Jacinda Ardern had said she was angry The… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.New Zealand has lost some of its independence within the Five Eyes intelligence alliance and been "drawn in a lot closer" to the US-led spy network, former prime minister Helen Clark says.

Her… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.It's the beginning of the end for the original Covid-19 wage subsidy, as the 12-week, $11 billion scheme draws to a close.

The government expects close to a million people to come off the subsidy… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.The closest ever look at the country's hospitals reveals many intensive care units, operating theatres and Emergency Departments are in 'poor or very poor' shape.

The Government is releasing the… Read more Audio

7:06 AM.Beauden Barrett is prepared for plenty of feedback about his move north when the Blues face the Hurricanes in the opening round of Super Rugby Aotearoa this weekend. Read more Audio

6:54 AM.News from the business sector, including a market report. Read more Audio

6:48 AM.One year on from the beginning of the mass pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, protesters once again took to the streets yesterday, but in radically different circumstances.

An estimated 1 million… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.Sweden, unlike pretty much all others, has avoided a lockdown during the Covid-19 outbreak.

Businesses for the most part have remained open - people still going for haircuts, or a post-work pint -… Read more Audio

6:39 AM.Businesses still suffering from the turmoil wrought by Covid-19 can apply for a further eight weeks of the wage subsidy from today.

The Government expects 230,000 employers will sign up for the… Read more Audio

6:26 AM.News from the rural and farming sector. Read more Audio

6:24 AM.A brief update from the business sector. Read more Audio

6:06 AM.The Evian Championship, one of five women's golf major tournaments, has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more Audio

8:55 AM.The sight of two humpback whales breaching off the South Coast of Wellington was a rare thrill for an ardent whale watcher in the capital.

Corinne Goedbloed is an artist who lives in the Wellington… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.Super Rugby Aotearoa will be the first professional rugby competition in the world to play in front of their fans in the Covid-19 era when the competition kicks off this weekend.

The Highlanders play… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.Secondary teachers are at loggerheads with their own disciplinary body the Teaching Council and have given it a vote of no confidence.

A letter to PPTA members says the Council's head should resign… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.From today the government wants the country to Unite for the Recovery as the government's focus shifts to the economy.

But economists are warning any recovery is still some way off - and the economic… Read more Audio

8:34 AM.Locals in Raetihi say the community will be there to help the family get through the deaths of a much-loved grandmother and her two grandsons.

The three died when their farm vehicle plunged into a… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.Perfect conditions for a freezing cold weekend are on their way for the South Island.

A strong high pressure system, combined with clear skies and long nights mean temperatures could drop as low as… Read more Audio

8:07 AM.It's the first morning of Alert Level 1 and a return to a way of life not seen in more than 11 weeks.

We've sent RNZ reporters out into the streets throughout the country as we did at the start of… Read more Audio

8:05 AM.The Highlanders chief executive, Roger Clark, says having fans back in the stadium is a major boon for the Super Rugby Aotearoa competition. Read more Audio

7:55 AM.The Warehouse Group is planning to cut up to 1000 jobs across six stores and its head office. The move is part of a restructure which has been accelerated by Covid-19.

Two of the stores slated for… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.The last New Zealander to be cleared of Covid-19 says she is lucky to be alive after battling the virus in Auckland's Middlemore Hospital for more than two months.

Lilian Su'a was sedated for a month… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.As people pay their respects at a memorial service in George Floyd's home city of Houston, Derek Chauvin, the policeman accused of murdering Floyd, has just appeared in a Minnesota District Court.

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7:36 AM.The former prime minister Sir Geoffrey Palmer has revealed the Soviet Union tried to penetrate New Zealand government systems and infiltrate the ruling Labour Party during the Cold War.

In an… Read more Audio