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7:15 AM.Air New Zealand will be putting its Auckland to Hobart and Auckland to Seoul services on hold from April, as the airline scrambles to make schedule changes in response to maintenance issues with… Read more Audio

7:10 AM.A public relations and lobbying firm were embedded in the offices of the Commerce Commission, working on highly sensitive areas of competition policy at the heart of the cost of living crisis.

Staff… Read more Audio

6:48 AM.For anyone feeling particularly wind-blown recently - NIWA agrees with you.

The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research has released its climate summary for the month of October.

It… Read more Audio

6:14 AM.The 163rd Melbourne Cup will be run Tuesday afternoon at Flemington, with tens of thousands of punters expected to bet on Australia's biggest horse race of the year.

No New Zealand horse has made the… Read more Audio

8:52 AM.Are New Zealanders falling out of love with craft beer?

Last week, Auckland-based Deep Creek became the third brewery to announce liquidation in the past five months.

Reporter Ellen O'Dwyer asks… Read more Audio

8:49 AM.For the Greens, the special votes delivered their best result ever, and their fifteenth MP - Kahurangi Carter.

Carter ran in Christchurch Central and on the party's list.

She spent the last few… Read more Audio

8:46 AM.The Black Caps' chances of making the Cricket World Cup semi-finals have taken a hit after losing their weekend match against Pakistan in a rain-affected result.

Batting first, the Black Caps made a… Read more Audio

8:41 AM.The sperm whale that was stranded on Christchurch's Brighton Beach on Saturday was buried Sunday night.

Local iwi, Department of Conservation representatives, residents and volunteers stayed late… Read more Audio

8:27 AM.Wellington Water's warning fixing the region's water woes would take about $1 billion each year.

It says that's wholly unaffordable for councils, and the Government would need to chip in.

The… Read more Audio

8:22 AM.Stray fireworks set a house on fire in Auckland overnight.

Fire and Emergency says the fire began when fireworks hit the upper deck of the property in Mount Roskill.

FENZ spokesperson Adrian Nacey… Read more Audio

8:18 AM.The city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, is naming a street after New Zealand aid worker Andrew Bagshaw in honour of the lives he saved.

Bagshaw died in Ukraine in January while working as a volunteer.

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8:10 AM.Negotiations to form the next Government will ramp up on Monday, now that more than half a million special votes have been counted, and the final shape of the next Parliament is known.

There are a… Read more Audio

7:54 AM.Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killers of children - and for unknown reasons, a third of cases are in Māori tamariki.

Auckland University researchers are using artificial intelligence to… Read more Audio

7:45 AM.National Party leader Christopher Luxon will begin ramping up coalition talks from Monday.

Apart from some recounts in tight electorates, the incoming Prime Minister now has a clearer view of what… Read more Audio

7:40 AM.Facial recognition technology has failed almost half the time in tests of a landmark government system called Identity Check.

Official information documents raise the prospect of it failing even more… Read more Audio

7:36 AM.Pacific Leaders and their delegations are starting to arrive in Rarotonga for the largest annual leaders meeting - the Pacific Islands Forum.

New Zealand's incoming prime minister Christopher Luxon… Read more Audio