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There are no new community cases of Covid-19 today and just one new case reported in managed isolation facilities.

New Zealanders living overseas have launched a petition to reform the MIQ booking system, increase capacity, and consider alternatives for returnees who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Audio

Lisa Carrington has become New Zealand's most successful Olympian ever winning the K1 500m gold medal in Tokyo.

The US President, Joe Biden, is expected to address Pacific Islands Forum Leaders at their virtual meeting tomorrow.

The prime minister turned down a chance to star in RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under as a guest judge.

The World Health Organisation has called for a suspension on booster vaccines for Covid-19 until at least the end of September.

Responding to the recent controversy over mātauranga Māori and the letter he co-authored titled "In defence of science", Emeritus Professor Michael Corballis said: "We don't know any Māori who knows…

The Ministry of Health has launched a new working group to tackle the spread of sexually transmitted and blood-borne viruses and diseases, including syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C.

A Tauranga mother is moving to Australia with her ill daughter to access treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy that Pharmac won't fund. She has to leave her husband and son behind.

Hapū and iwi have been promised more influence in naming new roads in New Plymouth.

A student job recruiter says these are unprecedented times for the labour market, as youth unemployment drops and job listings soar.

Greenhouse gas emissions from dairy farming are at an all-time high, according to Stats NZ, but emissions from the dairy cows themselves continue to drop, according to Ministry for the Environment.

How can New Zealand be importing massive amounts of coal when we are supposedly on a journey towards 100 percent renewable energy? The answers are complex.

Mediawatch: The data is clear - economists' forecasts are often wrong. Given their track record, shouldn't these prognostications come with more disclaimers when they're broadcast by the media? Audio

Voices - A new report on Asian students' health and wellbeing finds explores their experiences of lack of safe spaces, "achievement pressure", poverty, mental health, and discrimination. Audio