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7:18 AM.Parents will be allowed to take leave at the same time as their baby's primary carer under a proposal by the Labour Party.

Partners will also get two weeks' paid parental leave from next year, if… Read more Audio

7:09 AM.It's been a big start to the week for Prime Minister, Chris Hipkins.

New Zealand's Covid restrictions era has formally ended, with the lifting of mandates for the seven-day isolation period as well… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.The group behind a potential $5 billion offshore wind farm in the South Taranaki Bight has opened an information office in Hāwera to help convince locals of the project's value.

Taranaki Offshore… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Otago University epidemiologist, Professor Michael Baker, accepts it's time to lift the last of the Covid mandates.

But he says there needs to be more information for people on how to keep themselves… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.Whānau Manaaki Kindergartens, which provides services to many Pacific families, is backing the removal of GST on fruits and vegetables.

The Finance Minister Grant Robertson says Labour's election… Read more Audio

6:10 AM.A sign of desperation; stupid populism; a depressingly bad idea.

Ask nearly any tax expert - and it's likely that's how they'll describe Labour's new GST-free fruit and vegetables policy.

RNZ has… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.The owner of the country's last United Video store says their focus on creating a unique customer experience is what kept them alive for so long.

Daryle Blackler's video rental shop in Invercargill… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.To the U.S now where the US attorney general announced Joe Biden's son, Hunter, will now be investigated by a special counsel with additional powers.

U.S. Special Counsel David Weiss, who was… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Folic acid will be added to all commercial bread-making flour in New Zealand from Monday.

The food supplement has been proven to prevent neural tube defects affecting pregnant women which ends up… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.One New Zealand, which was until recently Vodafone, has been fined a record $3.675 million for misleading consumers under the Fair Trading Act.

The penalty relates to the company's marketing of its… Read more Audio

8:30 AM.A major study has found a 10 percent drop in the number of year eight students who enjoy maths compared to five years ago.

The National Monitoring Study of Student Achievement surveyed 4,000 year… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.The Green Party are proposing grants of up to $6,000 for people to install solar panels and make energy efficient home upgrades.

But the New Zealand Green Building Council is concerned focus on… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The country's longest-running property dispute heads back to Court - nearly 180 years after the Crown promised Māori landowners in Nelson they'd keep at least one-tenth of their land if they sold to… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The Child Poverty Action Group has criticised Labour's tax policy as hugely disappointing, saying the poorest families would miss out.

The policy, aimed at easing the cost of living, would see GST… Read more Audio

7:57 AM.Australia has been diagnosed with football fever after their women's team - the Matildas - beat France to make the semi-finals of the FIFA Women's World Cup.

Around 49,000 people watched the very… Read more Audio