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7:50 AM.Auckland Council says it takes weeks to house rough sleepers and eliminating homelessness is an "unreasonable goal".

Business association Heart of the City wants more police on the beat and tougher… Read more Audio

7:41 AM.House prices are continuing to rise. The latest QV figures show the average home value rose 2.1 percent, to just over $907,387, over the three months to the end of October. Whangarei, Hamilton, and… Read more Audio

7:38 AM.A New Zealand charity is asking for urgent help to fix its broken medical aid ship stranded in Fiji.

Youth with a Mission Ships sails to remote Fijian islands to provide free healthcare, but 'The… Read more Audio

7:34 AM.A climate activist with the 'Restore Passenger Rail' protest group could get a compensation payout after being arrested while putting up posters.

A number of the protestors are before the court… Read more Audio

7:24 AM.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has welcomed back a former Prime Minister into his cabinet. David Cameron, despite not being an MP, is the country's new foreign minister taking the place of James… Read more Audio

7:20 AM.Leaders of APEC's member states are coming to San Francisco this week, but protestors are already there.

The annual summit between the group's 21 Asian and Pacific nations will to focus on… Read more Audio

7:17 AM.Red paint has been thrown at the US consulate and Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Auckland.

A group calling themselves Tāmaki for Palestine says the paint symbolises the blood on US and New Zealand… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.Gaza's humanitarian situation is worsening - with the area's main hospital now deemed non-functional by the World Health Organisation.

The Palestine Red Crescent society say the territory's… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.A WorkSafe investigation has found an accident, which left an Auckland scaffolder with no arms, was preventable.

Jahden Nelson was working in the West Auckland suburb of Massey last year dismantling… Read more Audio

6:44 AM.The Thames-Coromandel mayor says the reopening of State Highway 25A before Christmas is a beacon of hope for many local businesses.

The road, a key link to holiday homes in places like Whangamatā and… Read more Audio

6:22 AM.A Hawke's Bay wine and food festival is set to bring dozens of the region's best hospitality businesses together on the banks of the Tukituki River.

Hawke's Bay Harvest was set to make its debut in… Read more Audio

8:51 AM.Christchurch's International Antarctic Centre has a brave new penguin - Matiu.

The juvenile penguin is originally from Matiu Somes Island, but swam all the way to Kaikoura where he was injured in a… Read more Audio

8:47 AM.A new report says parents are cutting back on swimming lessons for their children because of the cost of living crisis.

It says two in five families do not have their children enrolled in a learn to… Read more Audio

8:42 AM.Australia dominated the final of the Fast Five netball world series Sunday night, beating New Zealand 35 - 23.

The tournament was played in Christchurch, and saw the Australians go back-to-back… Read more Audio

8:38 AM.One of the Cook Strait ferries, the Interislander's Kaiarahi, above the waterline just behind the bow.

Last week, a hole was ripped in the hull of Bluebridge's Connemara.

Wellington Harbourmaster… Read more Audio