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6:42 AM.Labour Leader Chris Hipkins has unleashed a fierce attack against the opposition, accusing the right bloc of being divisive and chaotic.

He's also confirmed which parties Labour could and couldn't… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.The Pacific Island rugby teams are putting their northern hemisphere opponents through their paces.

Fiji made history by beating England 30-22 at Twickenham over the weekend. Meanwhile, Samoa… Read more Audio

6:16 AM.FIFA has suspended Spain's Football Federation chief Luis Rubiales for 90 days for kissing team member Jenni Hermoso on the lips during victory celebrations after their World Cup victory in Sydney. 

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8:42 AM.Cost of living, crime, housing, healthcare and climate change are the top five things New Zealanders are worried about according to an Ipsos survey.

Asians account for 15 percent of the population -… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.The Tall Blacks begin their Basketball World Cup campaign early on Sunday morning, playing the mighty United States in Manila.

The US team is stacked with NBA stars, making them favourites to win the… Read more Audio

8:36 AM.An infectious diseases expert is calling for an end to the blood donation ban for New Zealanders who lived in the UK during the mad cow disease epidemic.

The Massey University ecologist, Professor… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.Survivors are relieved at the jail sentences given to two brothers who raped, assaulted, drugged and filmed their victims.

38 year-old Roberto Jaz was sentenced to 17 years in prison in the… Read more Audio

8:12 AM.The Finance Minister, Grant Robertson, hopes cost-sharing packages for storm damage in Auckland and Gisborne will give some certainty to affected homeowners.

In Auckland, the Government will… Read more Audio

7:49 AM.Former US President Donald Trump will surrender to authorities at an Atlanta jail in the coming hours, to face charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state of Georgia.

Trump… Read more Audio

7:46 AM.Shane Jones' hopes of making a comeback this election will have got a boost from the reception the New Zealand First candidate received at a political meet and greet in Kerikeri last night.

Organised… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.Parliament will censure National MP Tim van de Molen next week, for threatening Transport Committee chair Shanan Halbert and impeding him in his parliamentary duties.

The privileges committee found… Read more Audio

7:35 AM.West Auckland homeowners are frustrated with the long wait for flood resilience work, with many fearful for the future of their homes.

West Auckland was one of the most severely damaged areas in the… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.A lifetime Black Power member says National's leader Christopher Luxon will come to regret going hard on gangs.

The National Party is promising to end all government contracts for gang programmes, if… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Russian President Vladimir Putin has broken his silence following yesterday's fatal plane crash, in which the Wagner mercenary group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin is presumed to have died.

Prigozhin was… Read more Audio