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7:10 AM.The leaders of both National and ACT have returned to the Capital, where it's hoped a coalition deal will soon be announced.

As of Wednesday afternoon, there were only a few outstanding issues for… Read more Audio

6:50 AM.Generative AI is the extraordinary new technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT.

It works by predicting what's likely to come next. But even ChatGPT is unlikely to have predicted the recent… Read more Audio

6:47 AM.Seventy-percent of New Zealanders want decisions around Te Tiriti o Waitangi to be done on an equal footing between Māori and non-Māori.

That's according to a new Horizon Poll commissioned by the New… Read more Audio

6:43 AM.The Auckland offices of several National MPs have been vandalised overnight by a pro-Palestine group calling for politicians to support a ceasefire of the conflict in Gaza.

Tāmaki for Palestine… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.While a temporary ceasefire has been negotiated in Gaza, there is no pause for the thousands of civilians facing dire humanitarian conditions in the enclave.

The Hamas-run Gaza health authorities… Read more Audio

8:45 AM.The Conservation Department is concerned about two reported wallaby sightings on the West Coast of the South Island in recent months.

The pests threaten the environment and biodiversity, and can have… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The Gore District Council has rejected a second petition calling for its chief executive, Stephen Parry, to go.

Parry's fractured relationship with the mayor led him to resign in September but he was… Read more Audio

8:26 AM.Hutt City Council has voted unanimously to support a call from mana whenua to change the name of the suburb Petone back to Pito-one.

The area's traditional name was misspelled after colonial… Read more Audio

8:21 AM.Negotiations for the release of hostages in Gaza are in their final stage, and could be announced at any time.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened his 'war cabinet', ahead of… Read more Audio

8:16 AM.There are plans to increase pay for early childhood teachers in line with school and kindergarten teachers.

A Cabinet paper shows the Education Ministry underestimated the cost by a quarter of a… Read more Audio

8:11 AM.We're into the 19th day of coalition negotiations as National, ACT and New Zealand First seek to form the next government, and talks are now down to ministerial allocations between the three parties.

7:41 AM.An invasive, Australian rival to New Zealand's ancient wētā grasshopper is slowly gaining a foothold in some of the country's warmer regions.

First recorded in 1990, the "winged wētā" has small… Read more Audio

7:37 AM.Passengers trying to fly in and out of Wellington are facing further disruption Wednesday morning.

More than a 100 Air New Zealand flights were cancelled on Tuesday affecting more than 6,000 people… Read more Audio

7:33 AM.New Zealand is getting a second professional football team from next year, with an Auckland franchise set to be added to the A-League.

Colours and the home ground for the new team haven't been… Read more Audio

7:30 AM.Job listings in October fell six percent, following a dip of two percent in September, while the number of applications rose four percent month-on-month from September.

That's according to the latest… Read more Audio

7:27 AM.A Cabinet paper shows the Education Ministry underestimated the cost of passing on school and kindergarten teachers' pay rises to early childhood teachers by a quarter of a billion dollars over four… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.More than 110 flights were cancelled because of the low cloud.

The airline says additional delays or cancellations could happen on Wednesday due to aircraft and crew being in the wrong places around… Read more Audio