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7:45 AM.Cabinet meets for the first time this year on Tuesday, and the Government has fewer than 50 days to complete its 100-day plan.

Items in that plan include stopping all work on He Pua Pua and repealing… Read more Audio

7:42 AM.The Labour Party says a government proposal to cut funding for Parliament's Office of the Clerk could jeopardise the democratic process. 

The Clerk's office is a parliamentary agency that have been… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.A little over a year after beginning construction, the New Zealand Transport Agency has burnt through more than 60 percent of its budget for the Mt Messenger bypass Te Ara o Te Ata project in Taranaki… Read more Audio

7:28 AM.Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Donald Trump.

He quit ahead of the Republican primary election in New Hampshire, where he was polling in the… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.The upcoming school year looks set to throw up some financial hurdles for parents.

Many families are preparing to fork out hundreds of dollars to pay for their child's school uniform.

Nick James… Read more Audio

7:18 AM.The first of three days of celebrations at Rātana is getting underway, with church leaders, iwi leaders and politicians converging at the small Rangitikei village.

Coming just days after the… Read more Audio

7:12 AM.The pricing and promotional practices at the country's two major supermarket groups are to be the focus of an investigation opened by the Commerce Commission.

The consumer watchdog is responding to a… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Otago University researchers have confirmed clear links between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Long Covid.

The study looked at the cells of patients who'd suffered chronic fatigue for sixteen years and… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.The Commerce Commission has launched investigations into the country's two big supermarket chains, after complaints about pricing and promotional practices.

The Commission is looking at Woolworths… Read more Audio

6:23 AM.The summer swelter is set to take a day off on Tuesday as a southerly starts sweeping up the country.

On Monday, Wellington's airport recorded its highest January temperature since records began, at… Read more Audio

6:18 AM.Last year is being described as "the year of correction" for the property market.

The total value of residential property listed last year was down by $28.6 billion dollars on the previous year… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.Relatives of hostages held by Hamas militants in Gaza have stormed into a finance committee meeting at Israel's parliament.

Family members yelled 'shame on you' and 'you will not sit here, while our… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.After years disrupted by Covid-19, and more recently severe weather, international tourism in Aotearoa has bounced back this summer.

One operator says it's the busiest season they've had since the… Read more Audio

8:43 AM.One of the country's last remaining woolskin tanneries is experiencing a resurgence in demand for sheepskin.

After years of muted interest in sheepskin products, Classic Sheepskins in Napier, says… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.About 50 firefighters have contained a large blaze at a commercial building in Auckland's Onehunga this morning.

Fire and Emergency said it was called to the fire on Neilson Street just before 6am.

… Read more Audio

8:29 AM.To the Australian Open, where New Zealand's Erin Routliffe is only three wins away from winning her second grand slam women's doubles crown.

Routliffe and her Canadian partner are through to the… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The mayors of Wellington and Upper Hutt want to meet urgently with the Local Government Minister to discuss their water woes.

Both regions are currently at level 2 water restrictions, and it's… Read more Audio