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People in managed isolation fear they're choking the country's landfills with an estimated 100,000 takeaway containers, bottles and cutlery sets every week.

Auckland Council has voted to keep its sinking lid policy for pokie machines in the region.

Labour leader Jacinda Ardern says Collins' claim Labour would implement a wealth tax - despite promises to the contrary - are desperate misinformation.

New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is defying recent polling, saying the election is the only poll that matters. Audio

The National Party is promising to establish a commissioner for senior citizens, and maintain the winter energy payment, if elected.

A discovery that kea might be able to learn to detect toxic 1080 bait by how it looks could be a breakthrough in teaching them not to eat it.

Political commentators say Judith Collins' efforts to ramp up attacks against Labour in the final week of the election campaign appear to be an effort to shore up support from her party's base.

Before the 2017 election, Jacinda Ardern called climate change her generation's "nuclear-free moment". Three years later, do the climate policies on offer ahead of the election reflect that?

The dairy co-operative has introduced on-farm greenhouse gas emissions profiles which it says will help its farmers better understand how they can reduce emissions.

New Zealand and its Five Eyes security partners have made another plea for social media companies like Facebook to allow governments to access their encrypted data. Audio

Parents whose children were cared for at a purpose-built disability centre in Auckland say there appears to have been a deliberate attempt to run down the site.

About 2,500 Auckland children have not had a dental check-up since 2016.

Universities have indicated they were prepared to consider some help for the 250 students that will be allowed into New Zealand, but won't make any decision until the end of the week.

In Wairoa, learner tests are available, but if someone wants to sit their restricted or full licence they have to travel to Gisborne or Napier-Hastings.

Help with living costs while studying and extra support for mental health are two areas Pacific tertiary students want given more attention. Audio

The Department of Internal Affairs has signed a master agreement with a global biometrics tech supplier that just about any public or private organisation can be allowed to join.

This is what you need to know about voting and MMP.

Judith Collins and National Party supporters have been far and wide today spreading word about her "Stop the Wealth Tax Day" mission, throughout Auckland.