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News from the rural farming sector. Audio

Latest news from Radio New Zealand's business team. Audio

A proposal to merge Southland's four councils into two is being criticised as giving ratepayers "hugs and rainbows" by Gore's mayor Ben Bell. Southland District Mayor Rob Scott spoke to Ingrid… Read more Audio

New Zealanders are being told the cost of living crisis is easing with inflation falling and more interest rate cuts on the way. Krystal Gibbens reports. Audio

Former Kiwis and Wests Tigers star Benji Marshall has been inducted into the NRL Hall of Fame. Audio

On today's episode, the government has told Te Arawhiti - the office for Maori Crown relations - to concentrate on Treaty Settlements and Taku-tai Moana applications. Labour leader Chris Hipkins joins… Read more Audio

An encounter with a native Australian bat in Marlborough is raising questions about how it got there. Samantha Gee has the story. Audio

In a first of its kind visit New Zealand's deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters visited the Federated States of Micronesia also called FSM. Caleb Fotheringham who was in the FSM has more. Audio

An accountant who has been on a JobSeeker benefit for over a year is shocked and angry his payment is being cut by half next week for not showing up to a meeting he knew nothing about. Audio

A Wellington Girls College prefect says students are furious with the Ministry of Education after finding out 13 of their school classrooms are earthquake prone. Prefect Millie Aislabie spoke to… Read more Audio

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into a hotel in Cairns on Monday has been named as 23-year-old Blake Wilson from Palmerston North. Reporter Lauren Crimp spoke to his former principal… Read more Audio

The country's largest gas user Methanex is temporarily shutting its Taranaki methanol plants and selling the gas to power companies. Chief Executive John Carnegie spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio