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First-five Beauden Barrett will captain the All Blacks for the first time, while three players are set to make non-test debuts in Sunday morning's match against the Barbarians at Twickenham. The… Read more Audio

The National Party is flexing its muscles and promising to do it all it can to make life tough for the new government. Bill English unveiled his new opposition lineup at Parliament yesterday as his… Read more Audio

There are fears $20 million-worth of plastic, paper and other waste will end up in landfill when it can no longer be recycled in China. From next year, China will stop taking certain waste products… Read more Audio

Ngati Whatua Orakei says the thirty-year plan unveiled by the city's port company is a cynical step to avert possible re-location. The council-owned Ports of Auckland outlined its plan to accommodate… Read more Audio

Māori Community leaders are rejecting the idea of having foreign police officers recruited to work in their communities. Instead they are calling for more Māori liason officers to work alongside them… Read more Audio

Auckland Council has allowed one of the city's busiest buildings to remain open without a warrant of fitness for 436 days. The six-storey Sky World building on Queen St hasn't had a warrant since… Read more Audio

Refugees on Manus Island are begging Jacinda Ardern to allow them to come to New Zealand, saying she's their last hope. The Prime Minister is set to meet her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in… Read more Audio

Refugees on Manus Island are begging Jacinda Ardern to allow them to come to New Zealand, saying she's their last hope. The Prime Minister is set to meet her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull in… Read more Audio

There have been several brawls in south Auckland between Tongans and Samoans in recent days, ahead of the two countries' Rugby League World Cup match in Hamilton on Saturday. Police say some were… Read more Audio

Six people were arrested last night following a brawl involving 200 Tongans and Samoans in a carpark in Otara. Police say the fight was linked to tension in the run up to Saturday's Samoa-Tonga Rugby… Read more Audio