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The Government's been told it needs to take emergency measures to build new homes amid the severe shortage of property.

There are also calls for new policy settings to help cool the country's thirst… Read more Audio

The Government's been told it needs to take emergency measures to build new homes amid the severe shortage of property.

There are also calls for new policy settings to help cool the country's thirst… Read more Audio

A former Worksafe inspector says workers at airports, ports and MIQ facilities are far too relaxed about the prospect of Covid-19 getting into the community.

Opposition parties say the government has… Read more Audio

The impeachment charge against Mr Trump comes as the Republican party faces questions about its future.

In addition to last week's unprecedented riot at the Capitol building which has left… Read more Audio

Democrats have begun an attempt to remove President Donald Trump from office.

A resolution to impeach President Trump again was formally introduced by Democrats in the House of Representatives this… Read more Audio

With just days to go until the start of yachting's Prada Cup, the number of super yachts visiting New Zealand is still well-down on what was expected, due to Covid. But the Royal New Zealand yacht… Read more Audio

Health authorities in Australia have increased the amount of time overseas arrivals must spend in hotel quarantine in case the highly-transmissible UK variant of Covid-19 makes people infectious for… Read more Audio

Pauanui Beach in the Coromandel closed for a period on both Saturday and Sunday, after reports of shark sightings. A woman was fatally attacked by a shark while swimming at Waihi Beach -- about 70… Read more Audio

Some rural communities fear the phasing out of cheques this year is coming too fast, too soon. They say reliable internet must come first before they rip up their chequebooks. RNZ's Tom Kitchin… Read more Audio

New car sales were down by more than a fifth in 2020. And while that's a little better than the Motor Industry Association anticipated last May, when it thought sales would be down by about a third… Read more Audio

Eleven people died on New Zealand's roads between Christmas Eve and January the 5th, in what was one of the country's bloodiest holiday road tolls. And the head of the Road Transport Forum says the… Read more Audio

A second Republican senator has called for the US President Donald Trump to resign following the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters last week.

Senator Pat Toomey, a conservative supporter of… Read more Audio