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4:08 PM.We are days away from the country's largest ever mass vaccination programme, but research has found 24 percent of Kiwis are unlikely to have a Covid-19 vaccine if offered; the Parliamentary… Read more Audio

4:25 PM.Wellington Girls' College has apologised to a student who was sent home for wearing high-waisted pants and a tank top to school on Friday. Seventeen-year-old Lauren Hardie was told at the time her… Read more Audio

4:19 PM.A diplomatic row between Australia and New Zealand has erupted over the case of a 25-year-old woman who was detained in Turkey with her two children, after trying to enter illegally from Syria. Which… Read more Audio

4:07 PM.A canvas of central Auckland has seen some community members in support of mandatory scanning. There are more than 2 million people registered for the app, and QR code scan rates have nearly doubled… Read more Audio

3:47 PM.The Salvation Army is warning that the Covid-19 pandemic could exacerbate "unacceptable" levels of poverty and inequity in New Zealand. Read more Audio

4:40 PM.There are calls to throw out a proposed demerit points system for young offenders, with opponents saying it fails to recognise children's rights with its "punitive punishment-focused" approach to… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.New Zealand looks set for another recession this year - but the housing market will remain hot, Westpac's economists say. Chief economist Dominick Stephens joins The Panel to discuss. Read more Audio

4:27 PM.An article in The Guardian caught our attention: Why you shouldn't work from bed and a guide to doing it anyway. Lockdown changed the way we work - do you ever work from your bed? Read more Audio

4:18 PM.One of the country's leading public health experts Prof Nick Wilson has said the numbers of people coming in to New Zealand should be restricted to humanitarian cases until levels of vaccination are… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.Today there are no new cases of Covid-19 either in the community or in managed isolation and quarantine, Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield says. He said some of the swabs taken yesterday… Read more Audio

3:50 PM.House prices show no sign of slowing down, and purpose-built rental accommodation may be one of our last options to solve the housing crisis. Crockers Property Group chief executive Helen O'Sullivan… Read more Audio

4:53 PM.Inland Revenue is encouraging their staff to include their personal pronouns in their emails, as it looks to foster an environment of understanding, and normalise conversations around gender identity… Read more Audio

4:50 PM.Following the acquittal of Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial, president Joe Biden has urged Americans to defend democracy, saying the outcome is a reminder of that 'democracy is fragile"… Read more Audio

4:35 PM.The Prime Minister has announced that New Zealand has started the use of daily saliva testing in some high-risk sites alongside the nasal swabs. John Mackay, Technical Director at dnature Diagnostics… Read more Audio

4:08 PM.As we know there are are three new community cases of Covid-19 in South Auckland. Genomic sequencing has revealed the cases are the UK variant with no clear link to MIQ, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern… Read more Audio