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6:46 AM.Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for continued international support in the war against Russia. In a post on X, Mr Zelenskyy stressed the importance of the upcoming European Council… Read more Audio

6:42 AM.As climate talks at the COP28 summit in Dubai wrap up, a billboard near parliament is calling our country's leaders "climate extremists." Greenpeace has put the sign up in response to the government's… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.The new Workplace Relations and Safety minister has a busy two weeks ahead, with promises to axe Fair Pay Agreements by Christmas, and start work to reinstate 90-day trials. ACT's deputy leader Brooke… Read more Audio

6:15 AM.Marches will be held across the country on Wednesday protesting against the government's plan to repeal smokefree legislation. And more than 40,000 people have signed a petition calling for a change… Read more Audio

6:08 AM.An eight hour standoff with police in the Christchurch suburb of Avonhead ended late last night with a person taken into custody. Police were at the property on Beatrice Place from Sunday afternoon… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.WorkSafe is seeking independent advice about a leaking oil and gas well in the Kupe Field off the coast of Taranaki.

The KS-2 well has been leaking a small amount of gas since at least 2018 - a fact… Read more Audio

8:28 AM.With so many Christmas films to choose from, where should you start?

RNZ film reviewer Dan Slevin spoke to Corin Dann.

You can check out more of Dan's Christmas film picks this weekend on our… Read more Audio

8:24 AM.The country's courts are jam packed with cases, and the country's prisons are jam packed with people being held on remand in custody.

Now a new project to cut those logjams has worked, but only in… Read more Audio

8:20 AM.The new Government has signalled it wants to change the inner workings of the Human Rights Commission.

On Thursday, the Justice Minister, Paul Goldsmith, refused to express confidence in the… Read more Audio

8:10 AM.The new government has begun the process of disestablishing Te Pūkenga.

The Minister for Tertiary Education sent a letter of expectations to the organisation on Thursday, stating it is no longer a… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.For the record, there's just something about vinyl.

Whether it's the hiss and crackle as the needle drops or that warm analogue sound, it's the music format that just refuses to die.

Taranaki… Read more Audio

7:52 AM.A team of researchers in Auckland have been testing New Zealand's bridges - those cookie-cutter concrete ones built by the Ministry of Works in the 1930s and '50s.

Lead researcher Lucas Hogan says… Read more Audio

7:48 AM.People who are using melatonin to help them sleep are questioning the price New Zealanders are paying for the medication.

Many including those who are neurodiverse say it costs too much and they are… Read more Audio

7:43 AM.An assessment expert is warning the consequence of imposing co-requisite testing in literacy and numeracy to pass NCEA could result in students giving up entirely without completing school.

From… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.The new government has instructed Te Pūkenga to halt its multi-million-dollar transformation - putting hundreds of jobs in limbo.

The organisation's chief executive told staff on Thursday they were… Read more Audio