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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

7:34 AM.A senior St John specialist has been questioned about why one of the first paramedics at the scene of the Christchurch terror attacks waited for orders before starting to help dead and dying victims.

7:18 AM.Auckland council has comprehensively rejected the previous Labour Government's proposal for transport tunnels underneath Waitematā Harbour.

The council's transport committee voted against the… Read more Audio

7:14 AM.A senior Labour MP has gone a step too far for his party in labelling Israel's actions in Gaza, genocide.

Damien O'Connor was one of a number of opposition MPs dismayed at the government's refusal to… Read more Audio

7:07 AM.The United Nations chief is warning of a total humanitarian collapse in Gaza, as the conflict between Hamas and Israel reaches the two-month mark.

Israel's military is focusing its assault on… Read more Audio

6:49 AM.The family of a man killed by a winery worker while cycling to Christchurch for his first grandchild's baby shower hope his death serves as a reminder of the dangers of drink-driving.

Andrew Milne… Read more Audio

6:46 AM.Restaurants are reporting worse than normal Christmas booking numbers for this time of year.

A recent survey of 194 businesses conducted by the Restaurant Association shows 65 percent of respondents… Read more Audio

6:40 AM.In Ukraine, dimming prospects for additional aid to support its war with Russia is raising concern that the West's increasing disinterest could embolden Moscow.

Billions of dollars in new funding for… Read more Audio

6:20 AM.More than two-thirds of farmers in a rural crime survey say they have experienced a crime or a suspected crime in the last year - well up on the previous survey two years ago.

Federated Farmers… Read more Audio

8:56 AM.One of four new Māori-lead West Coast museums will be opened in a preview launch Thursday evening.

The Pounamu Pathway includes four centres telling the stories of Poutini Ngāi Tahu, the South… Read more Audio

8:53 AM.A Hamilton community feels bitterly betrayed about two schools being closed, only to be reopened on the same site, with the same facilities but with a new name.

Hamilton's Melville High junior… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.An international group of climate researchers has called out New Zealand over its approach to cutting emissions.

The non-profit group Climate Action Tracker has singled out this country along with… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Fake job listings seem to be the latest method of tricking people out of money among the myriad of quickly-changing scams.

CERT NZ's report on the July to October quarter notes a 22 percent rise in… Read more Audio

8:40 AM.Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters is expected to call for a ceasefire in Gaza during Parliament on Thursday.

Parliament's agenda for Thursday afternoon states that Peters will ask it to express… Read more Audio