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The government is taking the reins on a new, nationwide water infrastructure programme.

The government is working to introduce a single set of rules that it says will be enforceable - and will help boost consumer confidence in organic products.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged countries not to pause Covid vaccinations, as several major EU member states halted their rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab.

A coalition of 85 businesses and organisations has asked the government to launch a promised inquiry into whether a modern slavery act is needed in New Zealand.

Former education minister and Tongan academic is calling for reconsideration of the plans to amend the Tongan language policy. Audio

The government's clampdown on firearms and seizures of high-powered semi-automatic weapons has had no impact on a rise in gun crime and violence in New Zealand. Audio

Sugar taxes work overseas, and should be introduced here based on already successful models, the Dental Association has told the Government.

Spectators watching the America's Cup have filled some Auckland waterfront hotels this weekend, as hoteliers call for an end to the council's bed tax.

Of the 35,000 farmers and businesses eligible to access a subsidy for crush protection devices for quad bikes, only 270 have taken it up.

The Cook Islands PM outlines vaccine approach, kidney disease cases increase in Samoa, American Samoa looks to raise smoking age and more.

A proposed Draft Police Bill in Fiji has come under intense scrutiny from civil society groups and opposition parties. Audio

The European Union's parliament symbolically declared the bloc an "LGBTIQ Freedom Zone" on Thursday, in its latest move to censure Hungary and Poland for their curbs on LGBT+ rights.

Wellington City Council has taken the first step in establishing a Māori ward for the next election. Audio

The government has extended the temporary medicinal cannabis regulations to help with a continued supply of products.

In today's sports news - Breakers beat Taipans in thriller, Saunders to lead Steel, City return to winnings ways.

The way British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is being treated in a New York jail is "degrading" and "amounts to torture", her brother says.

IOC President Thomas Bach has won an unopposed second term that will keep him in the post until 2025, and reiterated the Tokyo Games will go ahead.